I’ve stopped collecting, so it’s rare for me to buy anything, and never pricey.
But, last year, I got lucky on an eBay listing for a brand spanking new, in box benchmade 710b, the exact knife I’ve been carrying daily since it first came out over twenty years ago.
I’d been thinking about retiring my old one entirely, and had a couple of variants of the model (including one that I also got a solid deal on a few years ago that is an updated, fancy version I carry when I want a pretty knife on me.
I triple checked all the pictures, checked against my actual knife to reduce the chances of it being a fake. Talked to the seller and got his story, and figured I had enough to take the risk.
Which, in case nobody is aware, there is a major problem with counterfeits on eBay. Never, ever buy a knife from there unless you can independently identity counterfeits of what you’re looking for. Yeah, you can usually get cheap knives there and be fine, but even the 50-100 dollar range stuff has some counterfeits. So you gotta know your shit if you try and find deals on eBay because most of them are Chinese counterfeits being drop shipped and marked up to just a little below genuine prices so they look like a good deal, but not so good it’s suspicious immediately
Anyway, at the time, when you could find a used example of this model, you’d be looking at 200 plus for anything in decent shape, way higher for mint condition, and even higher NIB.
I found a new in box, opened but totally unused for 150. Was nervous as hell until it got here, and not only was it legit, but the box was in decent shape, and had the original price sticker on it at 98 bucks (I only paid fifty for my original one, but it was lightly used when I got it). Dude had been sitting on it and some others for years and decided to set the prices roughly to what they would be in inflation adjusted amounts rather than secondary market values.
Not a huge splurge, not compared to some knives I’ve bought in the past, but the most recent one
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I’ve stopped collecting, so it’s rare for me to buy anything, and never pricey.
But, last year, I got lucky on an eBay listing for a brand spanking new, in box benchmade 710b, the exact knife I’ve been carrying daily since it first came out over twenty years ago.
I’d been thinking about retiring my old one entirely, and had a couple of variants of the model (including one that I also got a solid deal on a few years ago that is an updated, fancy version I carry when I want a pretty knife on me.
I triple checked all the pictures, checked against my actual knife to reduce the chances of it being a fake. Talked to the seller and got his story, and figured I had enough to take the risk.
Which, in case nobody is aware, there is a major problem with counterfeits on eBay. Never, ever buy a knife from there unless you can independently identity counterfeits of what you’re looking for. Yeah, you can usually get cheap knives there and be fine, but even the 50-100 dollar range stuff has some counterfeits. So you gotta know your shit if you try and find deals on eBay because most of them are Chinese counterfeits being drop shipped and marked up to just a little below genuine prices so they look like a good deal, but not so good it’s suspicious immediately
Anyway, at the time, when you could find a used example of this model, you’d be looking at 200 plus for anything in decent shape, way higher for mint condition, and even higher NIB.
I found a new in box, opened but totally unused for 150. Was nervous as hell until it got here, and not only was it legit, but the box was in decent shape, and had the original price sticker on it at 98 bucks (I only paid fifty for my original one, but it was lightly used when I got it). Dude had been sitting on it and some others for years and decided to set the prices roughly to what they would be in inflation adjusted amounts rather than secondary market values.
Not a huge splurge, not compared to some knives I’ve bought in the past, but the most recent one