Greets,
There's a lot of emotion displayed whenever someone resells 1 or many knives that are "NIB", "Never Used", and now even "Purchased for resale.
Many object that the "spirit" of the forum is violated if someone makes a profit when reselling. Some further suggest seller is trying to "run a business" selling knives.
Just as many speak to the free market aspect of such sales and feel that as long as a mutually acceptable price is agreed on between buyer and seller then no harm, no foul.
I personally lean to the second camp with a toe in the first. To me, re-sellers provide an opportunity for people to buy knives that they would not otherwise encounter. And a consensual transaction between buyer and seller is between them and not for others to judge. Personally I remember buying a Cleaver with a Fish handle several years ago for a cheap price ($140). Try as I might I could not like using the knife and resold it for $140. A month later it was on bst again for 200+ and quickly sold. Then it went on again for 300+ and quickly sold. Last time it went up it was about $350. It would not have been comfortable for me to make money on a knife here. But I'm not going to judge others that marked it up to market value.
I'm curious about other's thoughts and how we should go forward. Please (female dog) here to your hearts content. Feel free to comment on how the most recent bst was handled by the forum (but pls leave individual out of it).
Thanks,
Dave
There's a lot of emotion displayed whenever someone resells 1 or many knives that are "NIB", "Never Used", and now even "Purchased for resale.
Many object that the "spirit" of the forum is violated if someone makes a profit when reselling. Some further suggest seller is trying to "run a business" selling knives.
Just as many speak to the free market aspect of such sales and feel that as long as a mutually acceptable price is agreed on between buyer and seller then no harm, no foul.
I personally lean to the second camp with a toe in the first. To me, re-sellers provide an opportunity for people to buy knives that they would not otherwise encounter. And a consensual transaction between buyer and seller is between them and not for others to judge. Personally I remember buying a Cleaver with a Fish handle several years ago for a cheap price ($140). Try as I might I could not like using the knife and resold it for $140. A month later it was on bst again for 200+ and quickly sold. Then it went on again for 300+ and quickly sold. Last time it went up it was about $350. It would not have been comfortable for me to make money on a knife here. But I'm not going to judge others that marked it up to market value.
I'm curious about other's thoughts and how we should go forward. Please (female dog) here to your hearts content. Feel free to comment on how the most recent bst was handled by the forum (but pls leave individual out of it).
Thanks,
Dave