You guys are crazy!

There is nothing wrong with buying and selling and changing your collection around. But I ave a problem with people that buy with the sole purpose to sell the kife for a large profit days or a couple of weeks later. It is pretty much scalping and nobody seems to think that is ok..

You guys are right though, all people can do is not pay the high prices..
 
ok, what I think it is, is that the rest of the knife community is finally fnding out about these knives. These guys that have been collecting other knives costing in the thousands think nothing of paying top doller for what they want. Hence an SHSH for 1,000 is cheaper and better than a custom from someone else for 2,000.

What I am seeing and do not care for, even though it is a free trade system is the Company Store getting the lower end knives and they all sell out so fast that there are none left within minutes. The only way this is happening is if there is peple buying more than they plan to keep. Such as buying 10 or 20 and reselling them at a profit. I mean really GW's going for over 50% more within weeks? Give me a break. I consider that much worse than the guy that has owned his SHSH for years and sells it for a high price. He would not put it up for sale if he had to sell lower than that. If someone wants that SHSH and is willing to pay for it so be it. But to buy an SJTAC for 227 and resell it within a few months for 60% more is just money making venture and not a love of Busse INFI.

I bought a Ripper and then decided it wasnt for me about 6 months later. I made no profit off of it. If I had bought that ripper 2 years ago then I would have made money off it.
 
Progunner said:
"...Ducci, I know you aren't talking about me! :D:D:D
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I'm not picking out anyone in particular, just a general observation. I'm also not really including the one off, unique knives, they are always going to command a premium price. I just paid a good price for a knife because it was rare. I'm talking more of the production based knives, new or old that are high priced.
;)
 
Cobalt said:
You mean like Game Wardens going for 50% more than they sold for 2 weeks earlier? Just an example.
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Well the insanity of that could come home to roost very soon. I think Skunk said that Amy shipped something like 600 Game Wardens. So if some guy paid 300 for one last week and there are say 150 of them on the way to the Co. Store that buyer could be seeing them staring back at him for a while being priced at $187.00.

One thing about the Warden is that it is a small knife that people can carry and use so it could be hitting a more main stream market that Busse never tapped before. Along with that may come a large number of people being drawn to the product by the Warden and becoming interested in Busse in general.

Anyway, I guess we’ll see soon if there are some Wardens that sit in the store for a while. I don't know enough about what is going one with the larger knives to make a comment.

Anyway it is a great knife and I look at Busse the same way I looked at buying California Real Estate "don't buy anything you wouldn't be happy owning for a long long time".

Tony G
 
Schuey2002 said:
I think it started when one sold awhile back for $950 on KF. Since then, the prices have continued to climb...
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in all fairness, that SHBM was a 1 of 300 slightly used, so it wasn't just any old SHBM. It also came with a sheath that could resell for near 100 bucks, so it was actually a decent deal in my opinion.
 
My thought is that as long as THE BOSS doesn't start raising his prices we will be fine. There will be some out there that are "worth" way too much(as in people willing to pay that much for them), but the production knives will still be available(kind of) for those uf us that won't pay that kind of premium for a user.
 
Yeah I've been tracking the prices and you all are right. Way high.

It's supply and demand, if there's a "I've got to have that knife or I'll die" knife, we all are willing to go a little higher. Right now there's a bunch who are willing to pay a little more for a knife that they must have (I'm one of those from time to time), I think that's been a big contributor to the racheting up of prices.


I'm glad I got what I got when I did, cause it's gotten hard to find the older models at a good price. My meger collection is worth a whole lot more than I payed, I don't have a problem with that, but it's making it more difficult for the Piglets to find their INFI. People are getting priced out of the secondary market.


Like Eric said, it make the deals that much sweeter.
 
I usually try to pick up a few Game Wardens when I can but I'm buying for myself, my dad and father in law. I've never put up any Busse I own for sale (not yet anyways).

I feel the extreme pricing is driving some people away from the secondary market but some folks will pay what you're asking so others will continue to sell their knives for what they want to get out of them.

My 2 cents,

-Ed
 
Tony G said:
Well the insanity of that could come home to roost very soon. I think Skunk said that Amy shipped something like 600 Game Wardens. So if some guy paid 300 for one last week and there are say 150 of them on the way to the Co. Store that buyer could be seeing them staring back at him for a while being priced at $187.00.

One thing about the Warden is that it is a small knife that people can carry and use so it could be hitting a more main stream market that Busse never tapped before. Along with that may come a large number of people being drawn to the product by the Warden and becoming interested in Busse in general.

Anyway, I guess we’ll see soon if there are some Wardens that sit in the store for a while. I don't know enough about what is going one with the larger knives to make a comment.

Anyway it is a great knife and I look at Busse the same way I looked at buying California Real Estate "don't buy anything you wouldn't be happy owning for a long long time".

Tony G
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Tony-

You may be right, but the "problem" with the GWs is that there are so many varieties. I think Skunk said there would be about 15 different ones by the time they are done (and that doesn't count Bad Wardens or the Custom Shops, etc.) 600 GWs spread across several different varieties means fewer of each one. Since there are many people (like me) that really would like to have the full set, that puts more pressure on these than SJTacs or HRs.

Just my 2 cents, but I'm afraid the GWs will sell out quickly no matter what. I don't know if you were around early this year for the Heavy Dutys, but they were also under $200, and typically disappeared within about 30 seconds of posting on the BCS site. They also have been selling for > $300 in the secondary market. The small knives really seem to go up by a crazy percentage as soon as they become scarce. I guess more people can afford them.
 
mercmaster said:
I usually try to pick up a few Game Wardens when I can but I'm buying for myself, my dad and father in law. I've never put up any Busse I own for sale (not yet anyways).

I feel the extreme pricing is driving some people away from the secondary market but some folks will pay what you're asking so others will continue to sell their knives for what they want to get out of them.

My 2 cents,

-Ed
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How many Father in-laws do you have?:D :D :D
 
It also means that if you want an "affordable" Battle Mistress, you'd better order one now from the shop while they are available.. :thumbup:
 
It all depends on the buyer. Better informed buyers will research on the original price and see through the over-inflated price.
 
Schuey2002 said:
It also means that if you want an "affordable" Battle Mistress, you'd better order one now from the shop while they are available.. :thumbup:
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I'm not getting cought with my pants down:thumbup: I have my LE and my CG on order.
 
thegratenate said:
My thought is that as long as THE BOSS doesn't start raising his prices we will be fine.
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That is something I almost got into.

At some point if you are the maker you have to wonder if you are leaving too much on the table for the secondary market.

Anyway I (and many of you) have lived long enough to know that this is most likely temporary. The only thing I know of that that has nver gone down in price is San Francisco real estate and the other.... well if I mention it here I'll get edited... Oh how about the oldest pofession (that should make it by.)

I do think about selling much of what I do have and buying it back later. And it isn't just Busse I was selling and Umfaan and got some very high offers.
 
I'm not even talking so much about the old birds beaked stuff or the customs or one offs.
What I don't get is a Satin Jack Tac or Hell Razor going for such a premium.
One thing that's different now than in the old days is that there are a lot of smaller runs. Before if you wanted a SH-E you just went to the site whenever you wanted and ordered one.
The really small runs like the Game Wardens and the Heavy Duties are almost impossible for some of us to get. I'm not complaining but that's exactly why some people buy to resell. I never was able to get a Heavy Duty from the Company Store. I had to pay more on the secondary market to get one.
I don't begrudge someone buying more than one knife. I'm the king of having multiples but I didn't buy them to resell in a week at such a huge markup.

Having said all of that, there's really nothing to be done about it. You can do what you want. If you want to buy several and resell right away for profit, well that's your business. It's my business if I don't buy from you. No Regrets.
I'm paying attention to those that gouge and they just won't get my business. That's my right as much as it is theirs to over charge knowing that someone will want it bad enough to pay the price they're asking. I buy a lot to. :D
 
I'm waiting for some wise A$$ to evacuate this thread by posting here that there are SMOGs at the Co Store... by the way, they are not.
 
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