No more free Deep Carry clips...

sharkattacksw · Feb 25, 2019

I just got off the phone with Benchmade customer service looking for 2 deep carry clips; one for a 940 and one for a 943. They are now $5 each. I guess the run of free clips had to end some time.

TonySal · Feb 25, 2019

Thought they were a bit Too generous, now they have a bigger problem to worry about! I'd be handing them out by the fist full....

abbazaba · Feb 25, 2019

I asked for a shorty Bugout clip when they first came out and they sent me two for some reason! Now you can't even get one.

Michael Sankewitsch · Feb 25, 2019

Not going to complain about $5 pocket clips. I think they ought to just go ahead and charge $5 more per knife, include the two types, then, after a couple of years and massive trading around, no one would be asking for extra clips, they would just trade amongst themselves - just ramblin....

357snubnose · Feb 25, 2019

This is troubling as one reason for the high prices was the "after the sale" service.

42Jackbauer23 · Feb 25, 2019

Yikes. Between the bad QC, the recent outrage, and now this, I feel bad for the new CEO guy. Is it just deep carry I wonder or all clips? And does Kai ship free clips? This is bad timing for bad press.

eon blue apocalypse · Feb 25, 2019

goephoto said:
Yikes. Between the bad QC, the recent outrage, and now this, I feel bad for the new CEO guy. Is it just deep carry I wonder or all clips? And does Kai ship free clips? This is bad timing for bad press.

Feel bad for the new CEO? Why? These incidents (aside from bad QC issue that predates him) all happened under his guidance... If anything I would blame him, not feel bad for him. I haven't bothered stating my stance on the gun thing and I won't bother here either, but the CEO would have to be truly living in his own little world not to realize that video showing your company destroying guns was gonna upset a lot of folks.

And then to come out and start charging for something that was previously free (well...baked into the price of your knife anyway) during the height of scrutiny is pretty damn ballsy.

Ballsy, ballsy CEO.

*Edited for a spelling error*

McFeeli · Feb 25, 2019

Were they standard deep carry clips or were they the mini’s? I know they limited how many mini deep carry clips they’d send out, some times none at all, but I’d be really surprised if they decided to charge you for their standard clips, especially now. It doesn’t add up.

TonySal · Feb 25, 2019

Again, I would send out clips gladly right now, or as stated above, add an extra. How about ones 'scratch resistant'- better quality to start with??

sliceofaloha · Feb 25, 2019

This is the first shoe to drop. They looked at their daily sales numbers and started bean countin’. Next comes layoffs.

BMCGear · Feb 25, 2019

I'm on hold now. The person that answered started to explain it but stopped and said "let me get you to customer service so they can explain."

EDIT TO ADD:

So after being on hold for a bit (had a meeting after I spoke to them so it took me a bit to reply) I spoke to Ryan. He took my order for a clip. I was not charged.

sliceofaloha · Feb 25, 2019

^ the beginning of SEP - somebody else's problem (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=SEP

TonySal · Feb 25, 2019

sliceofaloha said:
^ the beginning of SEP - somebody else's problem (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=SEP

TonySal · Feb 25, 2019

After all this, I guess I'll just carry an Old Timer or something again! Lol

BenchMEDAL · Feb 25, 2019

IMHO, all Benchmades should come with deep carry clips pre-installed.

Since that’s not the case, I believe if someone either registers a Benchmade knife or sends it in for service, they should be entitled to a replacement clip free of charge.

But, we all know that the Benchmade candystore has pretty much been wide open, and at some point, it has to come at a loss, especially with Benchmade paying for shipping as well. Yeah, yeah, their knives aren’t cheap. Agreed.

I suppose “it is what it is.”

sliceofaloha · Feb 25, 2019

For me it's ok because I won't be needing them any longer.

BenchMEDAL · Feb 25, 2019

sliceofaloha said:
For me it's ok because I won't be needing them any longer.

!

357snubnose · Feb 25, 2019

BMCGear said:
I'm on hold now. The person that answered started to explain it but stopped and said "let me get you to customer service so they can explain."

Did you get a story behind it all?

BMCGear · Feb 25, 2019

357snubnose said:
Did you get a story behind it all?

I just edited my reply above.

So after being on hold for a bit (had a meeting after I spoke to them so it took me a bit to reply) I spoke to Ryan. He took my order for a clip. I was not charged.

Coyja · Feb 25, 2019

sliceofaloha said:
This is the first shoe to drop. They looked at their daily sales numbers and started bean countin’. Next comes layoffs.

WE GET IT. You can't wait. You've said it endlessly in numerous threads.
Take it to the political forum if you're looking for schadenfreude.