Here ya go Crux
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+1! team manix!!!the74impala wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2020 10:14 pmSo when is the purple DLT MANIX going to be announced? I would like a pm2 also, but a purple Manix would be right up my alley.
Odd, a Canadian retailer still has a few in stock currently. I actually just ordered one yesterday.
This system stinks!!!!
I snagged one on ebay yesterday.
There have already been at least 2 runs of Manix2 in Cruwear, but I think Cruwear is a good steel for it so nothing wrong with producing more of them.
At the time of your post, there's a huge variety of brand new Para3s available at a long list of authorized retailers, both online and in-store. Just because the specific variant that you wanted may have only been available on eBay doesn't mean that Spyderco failed in anyway.Crux wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2020 6:56 pmIf I have to buy new Para 3s off eBay (which I just did for the 1st time) then Spyderco is doing something wrong. I might be considering moving on as Spyderco doesn't seem to inform people like they used to. Their new format is a failure and it seems as long as they make a profit then.....whatever
Crux wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2020 6:56 pmIf I have to buy new Para 3s off eBay (which I just did for the 1st time) then Spyderco is doing something wrong. I might be considering moving on as Spyderco doesn't seem to inform people like they used to. Their new format is a failure and it seems as long as they make a profit then.....whatever
If Spyderco was providing the news, it still would be through the web... the origin shouldn't matter. In the case of a Spyderco sprint run thats not a dealer exclusive, such as the Para3 S45VN, not all dealers receive or are ready to sell their batch at the same time.
No mater what Spyderco does, people on the web will complain.koenigsegg wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2020 8:51 pmI'm sure they will stop reveals altogether after everyone complains like they did about the catalog.. I almost always have luck by following the alert thread for the given knife. Everytime one retailer has them, people expect all retailers to have them but they trickle in after a week or two usually. I think they should have all retailers hold them until a release date, most tech releases are done this way and I think it would help especially with rare stuff.
Edit. Could also make it worse because everyone knows when to look