I choose "I would flip..." and that is what I took that choice to mean. Not bought with the intent of reselling it, but if it isn't a good fit for me, I have no qualms in setting it free. All that said, I think I've actually sold two knives and given away 5 in my life. Am I a "flipper"? Not in my mind.MachSchnell wrote:I've sold a couple sprints due to them not seeing much pocket time/use. Sold 'em used and for a reasonable price.
To be fair, I think we should, based on your comment, include people who buy more than 1 of any sprint then. You know the folks that use one and keep one in the safe. Why stop there, let's include the collectors. Both groups are taking rare knifes out of circulation, leaving "knifenuts" in the lurch without there shot at the latest sprint run.Rossi wrote: Genuine knifenuts missing out on sprints because people (again, especially if they aren't into knives themselves) are buying them up to flip really pisses me off.
I don't. I would certainly call a collector a "knifenut". My comment was based on people who aren't even into knives, taking advantage of the market.jtoler_9 wrote:To be fair, I think we should, based on your comment, include people who buy more than 1 of any sprint then. You know the folks that use one and keep one in the safe. Why stop there, let's include the collectors. Both groups are taking rare knifes out of circulation, leaving "knifenuts" in the lurch without there shot at the latest sprint run.
Not probably. I am at times. Course I already told you that a few posts ago. What I do with my property is really none of your **** business. But since we subscribe to the forum I thought I would provide a counterpoint to discuss. No need to "justify" anything to myself. I really don't give a rats A## what you think about what I do in my free time.Rossi wrote:I think "based on your comment" you are probably a profit "flipper" and are trying to justify it to yourself :p
jtoler_9 wrote:Not probably. I am at times. Course I already told you that a few posts ago. Course what I do with my property is really none of your **** business. But since we subscribe to the forum I thought I would provide a counterpoint to discuss. No need to "justify" anything to myself. I really don't give a rats A## what you think about what I do in my free time.
I'd say you just got lucky. Not at all the kind of seller that a lot of people are disgusted with.RIOT wrote:i actually never bought my Spydercos to sell, i just had tons of mo ey at one point and bought over 300 spydies, they sat in their boxes for 2 years, lost my job and sold most of them except the delica collection, turned out though that the sprint and discontinued ones brought the most money, some even more than doubled.
but it can be done correctly id you seek out the right ones.
Interesting story, maybe, from my work life. I've worked with a very well-know and well-regarded financial services company for years. When they buy securities in private offerings, they will not make a representation that they are buying for for investment purposes (i.e., buy and hold) without a view to reselling. Instead, they represent that at the time they made the decision to purchase it was for investment purposes but the control (i.e., the decision to sell) of their property remains subject to their discretion. I always thought that was a nice balance. I have something else to say...separate post, though.jtoler_9 wrote:Not probably. I am at times. Course I already told you that a few posts ago. What I do with my property is really none of your **** business. But since we subscribe to the forum I thought I would provide a counterpoint to discuss. No need to "justify" anything to myself. I really don't give a rats A## what you think about what I do in my free time.
