If you mean by "secret handshake", you mean "Be on their email list", then yes.
If you mean by "secret handshake", you mean "Be on their email list", then yes.
Oh, I kid. Mostly to poke at the secret handshake crowd. My most success lately has been with CK's reserves.Well, it's always nice for folks who have "bro-deals" in place with dealers to come rub it in our faces! Thanks!
Oh, I kid. Mostly to poke at the secret handshake crowd. My most success lately has been with CK's reserves.
Yes, a head scratcher.That's fair. That said, I DO think there are several folks on the Porch who do have those sorts of dealer "friend" deals, given how often you see the same people end up with one of every cover of each successive run.
Edited to keep this party polite.
Yes, a head scratcher.
Well, getting my one or two I'm certainly happy to get what I get. A thread such as this will allow people to do a personal cost benefit analysis. I know for my self I don't see the benefit at these higher price points.
Don't forget you/we have been buying knives at the lowest dealers are allowed to sell for for a long time. MSRP has always been up in these ranges.
Bob who? When did he pass? And new owners of what?It's too bad after Bob passed away that the new owners are price gouging, but that's for another thread..
If non-supporting dealers prices are being posted, I would think that is - in effect - advertising for them...and isn't that the rationale behind the prohibition on deal spotting.Or is it the exact opposite of deal spotting?
More like: "Who is charging the most above MAP?" spotting.
JTB_5 Doesn't this amount to deal spotting?
To be frank, I hardly think that is applicable here considering that these releases sell out in mere minutes - regardless of price. Rather, I view it as an exercise in transparency - a watchdog effort, if you will.
Or is it the exact opposite of deal spotting?
More like: "Who is charging the most above MAP?" spotting.
If non-supporting dealers prices are being posted, I would think that is - in effect - advertising for them...and isn't that the rationale behind the prohibition on deal spotting.
As far as I can tell many of the dealers don’t release pricing until they’ve received orders or posted a lottery. There is a small chance of trying to squeeze in, but that would also be contingent on me posting and a person finding the thread within a small window. But that’s not my purpose and I don’t think it would be a very effective method of deal seeking anyway. It would be deal spotting for future runs insofar as it allows folks to see how dealers tend to price the knives, but that seems to me like a reasonable use of the feedback forum, since it is reporting on past activity with a look to future exchanges.JTB_5
Perhaps I misunderstood. I did grasp the concept as it would apply to runs already sold (though I don't necessarily agree that this would eliminate the deal spotting aspect); but I thought the other thread was for an upcoming run. Either way, it's a call the mods will make if it's a problem; and it doesn't concern me beyond my initial question.
I haven't received a dealer email notification of a GEC release in a few years; and I have no interest in what they seem to have become. Besides, I've been telling myself that I have enough knives for so long that I'm actually starting to believe it
As the rules are written you would be correct.If non-supporting dealers prices are being posted, I would think that is - in effect - advertising for them...and isn't that the rationale behind the prohibition on deal spotting.
Bob who? When did he pass? And new owners of what?
Thanks to JTB_5 for putting this together. I am new to GEC collecting. For new guys doing research, through the dealer sites, to understand what is a good price can be difficult as they are rarely in stock. That leaves youtube or the secondary market's super inflation as a guide. Finding out, through getting on the email lists, what they go for retail was eye opening.