Thoughts please.....
I'm not looking to start finger pointing but I simply wonder whether flipping on this forum is something worth a little thought.
I've been quiet on the forum for a while, not due to any gripe but simply because I've been busy with life closer to home.
In that time what was a growing part of this forum has continued to, well, grow. I'm going to focus on GEC and their output as it suits this part of the forum. before I left you would expect SFO's to be flipped, particularly runs of TC's. Recently I watched as runs of the Esky Zulu were flipped for prices up to $325, custom prices. It now appears that GEC's own popular production runs are being flipped, something I hadn't really seen before.
Now my thoughts are, hey, we're in a free market right? People will pay what they're prepared to pay.... Fine but my only thought is, given how GEC's runs are limited it seems a bit unfair to those who genuinely wanted a particular pattern may have to pay over the odds because they weren't quick enough with their digit.
Also, I love GEC but I a also feel by inflating the price of their knives you are creating an unfair comparison with custom makers work.
Please don't think I'm looking for a bun fight here, I just think it would be worth garnering people's opinion. I'd really appreciate thoughts from those who moderate too
Sam
I'm not looking to start finger pointing but I simply wonder whether flipping on this forum is something worth a little thought.
I've been quiet on the forum for a while, not due to any gripe but simply because I've been busy with life closer to home.
In that time what was a growing part of this forum has continued to, well, grow. I'm going to focus on GEC and their output as it suits this part of the forum. before I left you would expect SFO's to be flipped, particularly runs of TC's. Recently I watched as runs of the Esky Zulu were flipped for prices up to $325, custom prices. It now appears that GEC's own popular production runs are being flipped, something I hadn't really seen before.
Now my thoughts are, hey, we're in a free market right? People will pay what they're prepared to pay.... Fine but my only thought is, given how GEC's runs are limited it seems a bit unfair to those who genuinely wanted a particular pattern may have to pay over the odds because they weren't quick enough with their digit.
Also, I love GEC but I a also feel by inflating the price of their knives you are creating an unfair comparison with custom makers work.
Please don't think I'm looking for a bun fight here, I just think it would be worth garnering people's opinion. I'd really appreciate thoughts from those who moderate too
Sam