I don't get it.

[cody6268]

This Chinese made, current production Scout knife, in used condition is up for sale on eBay. Current bid is $33.25.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Boy-Scout-Pock ... 0005.m1851


You can get the same knife from the BSA's store for $20

https://www.scoutshop.org/bsa-deluxe-po ... 15782.html

What I don't get is why someone is paying that much for a used imported Boy Scout knife, when the USA made ones, in great shape, can easily be had in a $20-30 range.

[kootenay joe]

Not the exact same knife: BSA store is a 5 blade, ebay knife is a 4 blade and has been used ("once").
kj

[cody6268]

Not the exact same knife: BSA store is a 5 blade, ebay knife is a 4 blade and has been used ("once").
kj

I just noticed that. But still, I don't think it would be worth that kind of money.

[kootenay joe]

The ebay bidders have not done a search to check on original price.
kj

[doglegg]

A lot of impulse buying Joe, I guess I have made that mistake a time or two myself.

[Dinadan]

I hate to see someone who pays too much for cheap knives ... so I try not to look in the mirror!

[4ever3]

Who was it that said “There’s a sucker born every minute!”

[Meridian_Mike]

Who was it that said “There’s a sucker born every minute!”

P.T. Barnum.....

[jerryd6818]

Most sources say Barnum had nothing to do with the phrase. Here's what Wikipedia has to say on the subject. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s ... ery_minute

"Barnum's biographer Arthur H. Saxon tried to track down when Barnum had uttered this phrase but was unable to verify it. According to Saxon, "There's no contemporary account of it, or even any suggestion that the word 'sucker' was used in the derogatory sense in his day. Barnum was just not the type to disparage his patrons."

Some sources claim that it is most likely from famous con-man Joseph ("Paper Collar Joe") Bessimer, and other sources say that it was actually uttered by David Hannum in reference to Barnum's part in the Cardiff Giant hoax.[citation needed] Hannum was exhibiting the "original" giant and had unsuccessfully sued Barnum for exhibiting a copy and claiming that it was the original. Crowds continued to pay to see Barnum's exhibit, even after both it and the original had been proven to be fakes.

Another source credits late 1860s Chicago saloon owner Michael Cassius McDonald as the originator of the aphorism. According to the book Gem of the Prairie: Chicago Underworld (1940) by Herbert Asbury, McDonald was equipping his gambling house known as The Store when his partner expressed concern over the large number of roulette wheels and faro tables being installed and their ability to get enough players. McDonald then allegedly said, "Don't worry about that, there's a sucker born every minute."

[4ever3]

Doesn’t really matter who said it, it’s true.

[Meridian_Mike]

Most sources say Barnum had nothing to do with the phrase.

Yeah, but..... P.T. Barnum is easier to remember.....

(Sorry if I smeared Mr. Barnum's name......)

Mike

[jerryd6818]

Doesn’t really matter who said it, it’s true.

And that's true.

[jerryd6818]

(Sorry if I smeared Mr. Barnum's name......)

Mike

Oh? Did you think something you didn't say?

[TwoFlowersLuggage]

I didn't think it would be possible to smear the name of PT Barnum...

[peanut740]

I didn't think it would be possible to smear the name of PT Barnum...

My thoughts also.

[Meridian_Mike]

Oh? Did you think something you didn't say?

OOOOPS.... I forgot to put a smiley after that statement.....

[jerryd6818]

Mike, I posted that because I didn't see anything you said that could be interpreted as offensive.

[Meridian_Mike]

Mike, I posted that because I didn't see anything you said that could be interpreted as offensive.

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[knife7knut]

I think it originated with a used car salesman as a variation on their famous slogan:"An ass for every seat"