Nobody makes me overpay. I still have all kinds of crap I don’t need, most of which at one time I thought would be cool, or come in handy someday, or was a good deal compared to other readily available offerings. I might sell it, or give it away, or throw it away, but right now it’s my crap, my burden to bear.
Danke, my stock tip for you is this: sell your Mora stock, and buy Mora product (if it suits your needs and you like it). Or truck parts, or edibles, or something tangible.
You know, or have it on good authority, that the use value of a Mora knife exceeds its cost. Mora stock, on the other hand, is an intangible construct with a fluctuating value, and no use value at all. It’s like buying next Friday’s weather - might be sunny and calm, or rain til it floods. Nobody knows.
Actually the weather is a smaller gamble, because the entity sponsoring it doesn’t have the opportunity to profit at the expense of those who guessed wrong. Stock prices OTOH are frequently manipulated at high levels. Once in a while, somebody gets caught at it, but seldom.
I’d rather gamble on a company whose CEO holds a doctorate in engineering.
Victorinox will always make the standard SAKs because they are the best in the world at it.
Not true. They will make and sell them as long as the profit gained is satisfactory
to the people with decision-making authority.
150 years ago, Colt owned the apex of handgun technology, the SAA. I bet some cowboys and outlaws thought they’d always keep making them, cause the product was so good. For a month’s wage, who wouldn’t buy a product that (operated correctly) could save your life, or persuade a bank teller to hand over all the cash in the safe? Magic in a holster, I tell ya.
Colt was the best in the world at making revolvers. But some funny things happened on the way back from the OK corral, and now if you can find one, a SAA costs much more than this cowboy can afford.
Manufacturers produce products to gain profit. No profit, no products. Simple as that.
Parker
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OK I'll bite as imo it's an interesting move on Moras part. I did a little reading and it seems the CEO Fredrik Skarp (sp?) is a PhD in marketing who joined them iirc in 2016. In December 2022 there was movement on Mora shares (more created) which Skarp "purchased" it seems. This shifts the percentage owned more away from the grass roots level. So perhaps we are seeing a shift in their business model?
