Selling Prices of Factory Seconds on Ebay

[rycen]

Just thought I'd keep track of the factory seconds I've seen sold on Ebay.

MANIX 2 CTS-XHP
107
92
90
94

MANIX 2 154CM black G10
51
60
56
60
67
77 (BB)
76
75
76
62
65
63
67
71
70
68
68

MANIX 2 154CM pink G10
56

CHICAGO
100
105
110
61
57
80
69
76
70
65
60
76
70
52
69
50
51
51
51
47
55
48
61

CAT
88
71
67
75
66
61
66
81
103
51
59
61
54
43
61
50
51
96
55
92
64
56
55

CIVILIAN
81

UKPK frn
21
22
27
26
23
35
31
26
25

Para
110
108
113
93
75

Police
76
66

Leafstorm
86
94
105
110
86

Walker CF
61

Native
46

Delica
41

Military
71

Temperance 2
128

Forager
112

[cosmo7809]

Yeap, those people selling Cat's and Chicago's are making atleast 80+ dollars.




Heh...SOB's

[Jowens]

I bought my factory second Manix 2 154 CM Black G10 for $ 40. Seemed like a good deal to me.

[sovereign]

Yeap, those people selling Cat's and Chicago's are making atleast 80+ dollars.




Heh...

Well, that is what buying Spints and seconds is all about, ain't it? :rolleyes:

[Pinetreebbs]

Well, that is what buying Spints and seconds is all about, ain't it? :rolleyes:

I'm making popcorn to watch this one. :D

[phaust]

Well, that is what buying Spints and seconds is all about, ain't it? :rolleyes:

That reminds me of an article I read recently: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/de ... y-auctions

Cliffnotes:
--Record company sells "sprint runs" of records in the realm of 100-300 per run.
--They're very popular, so the company limits the number each person can buy to prevent people from buying them just to resell them.
--Profiteers hire people to purchase more for them to get around the rule, and then they put them up on eBay.
--Company decides to get rid of the profiteers by putting them up on eBay itself.
--Customers complain.

I wonder what would happen if Spyderco put their whole sprint runs and factory seconds on eBay. The prices on eBay now are a lot higher than the price from dealers and from the factory seconds sale, but part of that is not a ton of them make it to eBay. If the full 700 of the S90V PM went to eBay, for instance, I bet they wouldn't sell for $300+ each, but I also bet Spyderco would make more per knife than they do with sprints selling them to dealers and with seconds at the yearly sale. It cuts out the two middle men, dealers and eBay resellers, though it adds in eBay's fees. Maybe I'm wrong. It'd be interesting to see what would happen.

[Sequimite]

The reason I love 2nds is that I like to try out all my Spydies. 2nds are great users because the lower investment allows you to buy and try more models and the resale value doesn't suffer that much from light use should I eventually part ways with some of them.

I've some NIB Spydies that I'm afraid to use because of the resulting drop in value.

[rycen]

While I don't have a problem with any of the posts here can we just keep it on topic?My intention in starting this thread was just to have a point of reference.

[cosmo7809]

Rycen, my apologies if I took this thread off topic.

[Leatherneck]

Yeap, those people selling Cat's and Chicago's are making atleast 80+ dollars.




Heh...

I wanted one of each when at "normal" prices. I don't care to pay triple pricing for a knife that Spyderco deemed not worthy. I filled that niche with a G10 Dragonfly just fine.

[Pinetreebbs]

While I don't have a problem with any of the posts here can we just keep it on topic?My intention in starting this thread was just to have a point of reference.

No problem, and I appreciate your summary listing. I watched several several of the these auctions on eBay. If a person is looking for a Spyderco second those prices are not bad. This is especially true if attending the annual sale requires a 3,200 mile round trip to Golden, Colorado. :eek:

[Domanfp]

sad....
Spyderco does a lot for it's fans on the annual sale and I dont think buying and selling for a huge markup like that is why they do it. They seemingly bring in the most people possible to try and handle the hoards. They price the knives very well especially considering most of the "problems" are hard to pick up on unless you truly look for them. They open the doors early to let those of us who were outside for hours in and get some free coffee and cookies.

Bottomline is I think the Annual sale is quite an undertaking for spyderco and for those who do go and get extras to pass the savings on. I went and walked out with more then 50 knives but I kept less than half, the other half went to forumites and friends who couldn't make it to the sale. Did I make any money in the process? No. Do I care one bit that I missed to opportunity to make decent money by selling on ebay? No.

[bohica1998]

Black bladed Native SE - 37
Merlin PE - 40
Tenacious SE - 22

[Morris]

The Chicago CF and Cat CF are the two that selling at the premium. I suppose it helps
That they are really cool knives.

[rycen]

added some more

[Pinetreebbs]

added some more

Thanks!

[Creepo]

This should prove usefull to some.
BTW maybe you should add some prices the models were originally sold at the sale, I'm sure other would chime in with the sale prices, I know a few. :) Granted the prices varied some.
Manix2 XHP 45$
Manix2 154CM black 35$
Chicago and Cat 10$
UKPK FRN 15$
ParaMilitary1 50$
Walker CF 45$
Military 50$ (I heard Ti model was 50$ too)

[jforbush]

I need to acquire a BUNCH of factory seconds but refuse to pay 100 percent mark up. I wish I was close to CO so I could go and get 50 or so seconds!!

Any leads for a guy looking?

[chuck_roxas45]

I need to acquire a BUNCH of factory seconds but refuse to pay 100 percent mark up. I wish I was close to CO so I could go and get 50 or so seconds!!

Any leads for a guy looking?

Maybe you can hook up with a forum member living close to Golden.

Or you can book a plane ticket at a discount. :p

[jforbush]

Good idea....I created a thread looking for a proxy.