ebay is the place where the crazy is on display!

[awa54]

If I'm interpreting the rules correctly mentioning an auction is OK, just not linking to one (especially if it's still live)... If I got that wrong I apologize and please remove the thread, or I can edit it.

So I saw an auction that still had time left on it for a Jester sprint run (gray G10), anyone care to guess what it had made it to already??

over $200! (and counting) Really?!? Maybe they think it's a Lum Tanto sprint? Same color, sorta the same shape...

I'm glad I got mine while they were still (just barely) available from regular retailers, I paid under $70 shipped IIRC.

Great little knife, but $200+ c'mon, someone needs to have their meds checked! ...maybe I should put mine up for bid?

[MCM]

Gave one to my wife.. Its still in the box........... Hmmmmmmmmmmm.........
No, cant do it. :D

[farnorthdan]

That one sure did climb fast.I got mine about a year ago from another forum for $35, mint condition. But no box, I got super lucky on that one,

[3rdGenRigger]

Heh...makes me feel real good about my decision grabbing 2 for $100 CDN + shipping a year and a half ago. I'm not planning on selling mine for anything though, and the other was a gift to my mother who as sure as **** wouldn't part with hers lol. They're too useful to part with.

[losinground]

wow, some people.

[The Deacon]

Crazy, especially since there's either a blemish on the handle, or a piece of dark lint that stayed in the same spot through all the photos. Still, it happens fairly often on eBay. All it takes are two or more people who "want" something badly enough to act irrationally.

[dubya3]

I've been looking for one for months but the only one I found the guy wants to trade for my PM2 camo/black and I'm not giving a $135 for a $70 one. I told him I'd give $100 but no go.

[kbuzbee]

I've been looking for one for months but the only one I found the guy wants to trade for my PM2 camo/black and I'm not giving a $135 for a $70 one. I told him I'd give $100 but no go.

I see your point, of course. But I would gladly trade a $135 knife I never used for a $70 knife I really wanted and couldn't find elsewhere. I'm not saying either of these conditions apply to you, here, just a different perspective.

Ken

[hudsonhawk]

The biggest problem I see with these auctions is that if two folks get into a bidding was (as mentioned above my Deacon) then it sells for way more than fair market value. Then the next person that wants to auction one prices theirs based on the last price.

I've been watching the same knives get re-listed for months now that are priced at 2-3 times what they are worth but the seller won't lower them.

[bh49]

I found the guy wants to trade for my PM2 camo/black and I'm not giving a $135 for a $70 one.

You are not correct. PM2 is currently available for $135, sometimes for less. Grey Jester was $70 knife, not anymore.

[awa54]

You are not correct. PM2 is currently available for $135, sometimes for less. Grey Jester was $70 knife, not anymore.

The Jester Sprint may be one that actually ends up being pretty valuable as a collectible... the current auction seems to me like a fluke, but there aren't any other G10 or Sprint run Jesters and it's an out of production knife that quite a few people seem to admire. Unless there is a return to production, or another Sprint run, this may wind up being the going price for a JGGYP

[tvenuto]

I recently noticed that there were 2 Brown PM2 auctions going on at the same time. They ended 2 hours apart, one for $136, the other for $188. The titles were virtually the same, both new, the only difference was one was lacking a box. A $52 box!

[awa54]

I recently noticed that there were 2 Brown PM2 auctions going on at the same time. They ended 2 hours apart, one for $136, the other for $188. The titles were virtually the same, both new, the only difference was one was lacking a box. A $52 box!

Or $52 worth of gung-ho bid to win over-enthusiasm.

I have seen used items that are *not* collectible at all, go for more than retail on ebay and routinely see people bid an item up past available buy-it-now prices for an identical item. Lots of foolishness and more money than sense tactics practiced there regularly.

[bh49]

Jester Sprint may be one that actually ends up being pretty valuable as a collectible.............. Unless there is a return to production, or another Sprint run, this may wind up being the going price for a JGGYP

There were pland for sprint run of FRN Jester in (I beleive) 2016

[tvenuto]

I've been watching the same knives get roasted for months now that are priced at 2-3 times what they are worth but the seller won't lower them.

Thought of this when I noticed a G10 dragonfly listed for $300 buy it now! Haha 2x MSRP of an knife that's available currently...

[Archimedes]

That's Ebay. I buy and sell knives all the time on Ebay and there is no rhyme or reason to it. Some of the best deals I have ever gotten on knives were on Ebay auctions where no one else bid.

[bh49]

I've been watching the same knives get roasted for months now that are priced at 2-3 times what they are worth but the seller won't lower them.

Possibly seller is not in a rush to sell. But again, how do you know how much does it worth until you sell?

[tvenuto]

Possibly seller is not in a rush to sell. But again, how do you know how much does it worth until you sell?

Motivation is certainly a factor, but a no-reserve auction is a great way to explore that. Obviously it's not a perfect method, but it's no coincidence every standard PM2 auction ends between $95-$120.

In real estate, they use comparable properties, and that's a well-accepted method even though every property is unique in some way. Barring condition, production knives are as close to identical as you can expect a tradeable good to get.

[DougC-3]

There have been so many of the over-priced non-selling knives lately, I've been forced to consider the paranoid theory that some people may price a few totally out of sight high (maybe in a different account?) and have some more just moderately overpriced, hoping buyers will see the former high prices and conclude that the latter are a good deal.

[bh49]

There have been so many of the over-priced non-selling knives lately, I've been forced to consider the paranoid theory that some people may price a few totally out of sight high (maybe in a different account?) and have some more just moderately overpriced, hoping buyers will see the former high prices and conclude that the latter are a good deal.

Of cause, this is possible.
But can be different options as well.
A friend of mine few years ago sold his collection. In the middle of sale somebody on BF gave him advise: if a knife rare, put a it on e-bay with only option BIN for 30 days at any price you can imagine. Sooner or later somebody will buy this knife. He sold many knives at the prices, which shocked me. And quite a few of them were purchased by serious grown-up people (they were shipped to their business addresses). I guess that some people have more money than others :rolleyes: .