This is it precisely and I can't understand why self appointed flipper vigilantes don't realize that they are doing a disservice to the community with their misguided, feel good actions. The original flipper thread started as a good idea, but it seems it evolved into something else, where the attitude now is that anyone selling for what some feel is too much gets called out and questioned. If you disagree with the price DM the seller or better yet don't buy. The seller should not be expected to explain the price and the outside observer can't know all the details to be able to determine a flip in many cases. Some are obvious of course, but many are not. There are just too many variables. What has happened because of this need for some to try to "save" the rest is that many sell their best, most sought after pieces privately or on other platforms due to not wanting to get grief here and we all lose as the result.I have no problem with knives being sold at market price, regardless of much the owner paid or how long they had it. @OwlWoodworks certainly did not and does not owe anyone an explanation for his pricing and I’m sorry he now feels pressured into explaining all of that on his BST posts.
Calling out “flippers” for their pricing when they’re an honest normal person just selling a knife only serves to drive sellers to other platforms like eBay. “Honest” is the key word - definitely call out the misrepresented knives, the knife acquired for free as a reject/second and sold at full price, etc.
If you sit next to @martinhuber on a plane on his way to a bladeshow and by some miracle manage to out-drink him on a bet and he hands you a knife for free, by all means sell it the next day for $600. If Yannick is your bestie and he gives you a knife for Christmas, hell yes sell it to me for 1k. And if a River Jump sells for 3k, then sell it for 3k.
And @OwlWoodworks dammit I still want your Straub jailbird but that one I think we should make an exception and you should sell it to me for 50% off. On 2nd thought I still can’t afford it at 50% off so maybe 75% off.