Teriffic topic cudgee, and great comments too, so much so I felt I had to add my $.02! I've been a member here for about 10 months, and in that time I've purchased from 3 different sellers, Mark at SSk, Matt at Sanders Knives, and Brent at Luvstag, as well as getting some very informed information and advise from Gary at Kennedy Knives, and although we couldn't strike a deal he was more than happy to try to help. Mark has sold me knives from his store stock, and, bid on and won knives from Ebay, due to the seller not shipping to Canada, and, me not having the necessary monies readily available. For the one's from Ebay Mark used his own money to buy them, and then held them for me until I had the funds to purchase, and when the time came to buy he only charged me a very minimal mark-up. This means, he tied-up his own money that could have been in the bank collecting interest! Now I ask you, WHO DOES THAT? Certainly NOT Ebay! I've purchased about 25 pieces so far from Mark, with 3 more yet to come, and for each and every transaction he wasn't happy until he was absolutely sure I was happy with my knives, going as far as to tell me if I wasn't happy with ANY of them he would take them back, but that has never happened because he only deals with quality knives. Mark has also done research to help find me the best shipping rates, when he easily could have just said, "this is the shipping charge, period"! Customer Service like this is quickly fading into obscurity, and I feel very fortunate to have experienced it. Matt and Brent both did the same thing for me, held knives until I had the money to pay, when they could have just as easily told me "NO" and possibly made the sales far sooner, but they both were happy to accommodate me, and neither knew me from Adam. Prior to coming to AAPK I made most of my knife purchases from Amazon, because I've only been using Ebay for about as long as I've been here, and not once have I received the same level of C/S as I have here. If these reasons aren't enough to support our sellers, then I don't know what is! So, thank you guys, for proving this is the greatest site on the internet!
Wish more felt the way you all do 
. A Great place to sell your knives' 
