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What's up with this 8OT. It's unusually high. I don't think it is bone.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/222397117831?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

I saw that one too, it's nice but not bone. Already much more than I would pay.

I've been watching that one too. Apparently it's caught a lot of folk's attention. I would probably pay close to that current price, but not more unless it came with a hinged box and papers.

These bidders do not understand the process, which is typical, and which is a delight to the seller, but this is indeed a good one.

tongueriver wrote:These bidders do not understand the process, which is typical, and which is a delight to the seller, but this is indeed a good one.

The current leader has 0 purchases. I would be bailing on that one right about now.

" I would be bailing on that one right about now"

Or, you could see it as a challenge to get 'Mr. 0' bidding 3 figures. Jump ahead of him maybe twice more and he's up to $100.
Go 0 go !
kj

Well, Mr 0 has hit the hunnurd mark and beyound.

kootenay joe wrote:" I would be bailing on that one right about now"

Or, you could see it as a challenge to get 'Mr. 0' bidding 3 figures. Jump ahead of him maybe twice more and he's up to $100.
Go 0 go !
kj

As a matter of fact I know a guy who out of pure fun did exactly that but I'm not tellin' who. And it wasn't me.

tongueriver wrote:

kootenay joe wrote:" I would be bailing on that one right about now"

Or, you could see it as a challenge to get 'Mr. 0' bidding 3 figures. Jump ahead of him maybe twice more and he's up to $100.
Go 0 go !
kj

As a matter of fact I know a guy who out of pure fun did exactly that but I'm not tellin' who. And it wasn't me.

He'd think he got one up on you, until he has to pay for it

Absolutely. Never bid an amount you are not willing to pay.
kj

The bad thing about winning your first purchase like that comes next week when he sees A BIN in the same condition for $39.99 go unsold.

gsmith7158 wrote:The bad thing about winning your first purchase like that comes next week when he sees A BIN in the same condition for $39.99 go unsold.

If there's one like that it won't go unsold if any of us see it

KnifeSlinger#81 wrote:

gsmith7158 wrote:The bad thing about winning your first purchase like that comes next week when he sees A BIN in the same condition for $39.99 go unsold.

If there's one like that it won't go unsold if any of us see it

KS you mean that would last as long as a June bug in a chicken house huh.

gsmith7158 wrote:

KnifeSlinger#81 wrote:

gsmith7158 wrote:The bad thing about winning your first purchase like that comes next week when he sees A BIN in the same condition for $39.99 go unsold.

If there's one like that it won't go unsold if any of us see it

KS you mean that would last as long as a June bug in a chicken house huh.

I believe we're on the same page

KnifeSlinger#81 wrote:

gsmith7158 wrote:The bad thing about winning your first purchase like that comes next week when he sees A BIN in the same condition for $39.99 go unsold.

If there's one like that it won't go unsold if any of us see it

Well Mr. 0 purchases has his first buy at $121.00!

Yowza! Maybe next we'll see that very knife on the forum and he will want to know more about it.

KnifeSlinger#81 wrote:Yowza! Maybe next we'll see that very knife on the forum and he will want to know more about it.

And we will be most respectful and tell him what a fine knife it is, and maybe next week we'll tell him he could have gotten two for that price.
I will have to say that one is dead mint though!

gsmith7158 wrote:

KnifeSlinger#81 wrote:Yowza! Maybe next we'll see that very knife on the forum and he will want to know more about it.

And we will be most respectful and tell him what a fine knife it is, and maybe next week we'll tell him he could have gotten two for that price.
I will have to say that one is dead mint though!

In the long run he'll probably forget all about the price, none of us would pay that much but in a way that knife is worth every bit that price. If they still made them today they would probably retail for at least $80 and it's a quality tool that will give many years of service if he so chooses to use it. And like you say, it IS dead mint.

KnifeSlinger#81 wrote:

gsmith7158 wrote:

KnifeSlinger#81 wrote:Yowza! Maybe next we'll see that very knife on the forum and he will want to know more about it.

And we will be most respectful and tell him what a fine knife it is, and maybe next week we'll tell him he could have gotten two for that price.
I will have to say that one is dead mint though!

In the long run he'll probably forget all about the price, none of us would pay that much but in a way that knife is worth every bit that price. If they still made them today they would probably retail for at least $80 and it's a quality tool that will give many years of service if he so chooses to use it. And like you say, it IS dead mint.

I get a chuckle about such situations because I am recalling my own initial forays in to ebay and knife collecting. I also was Mr. 0 purchases for ten 7 day auctions before I too bet the house to collect my first Case Large Redbone Toothpick.

I can't even remember my first bid purchase Was it an xx era toothpick? Have any pictures?

Correction: I do remember my first bid purchase, I always tried to stay in the lead and paid $217ish for a brown g10/s35vn steel spyderco paramilitary 2. I was in Colorado on vacation at the time and went to a small area in the valley we were camped in that had phone service so I could bid. What a doofus I was

[quote="KnifeSlinger#81"]I can't even remember my first bid purchase Was it an xx era toothpick? Have any pictures?

Correction: I do remember my first bid purchase, I always tried to stay in the lead and paid $217ish for a brown g10/s35vn steel spyderco paramilitary 2. I was in Colorado on vacation at the time and went to a small area in the valley we were camped in that had phone service so I could bid. What a doofus I was [/quot

Mine was an xx toothpick but at the time I did everything on my phone pics, buying ,selling everything and that was 4 phones ago so all those pics are no more.

This is the third time i have seen a Delrin 8OT, no box, sell for over $100. During this time there have been numerous other minty 8OT's which sold in the $40-$50 range which i see as 'market value'.
In general, the price of minty Schrade USA knives seems to be going up. During the last 10 years of my ebaying i have seen Schrade USA prices go through a few cycles of high to low to high again. Until recently the prices have been towards the low end and now they seem to be climbing again.
kj

Yes they go up and down.

For what it's worth, I'm still Mr. 0 purchases on eBay. I never even registered. I have sold quite a few items on eBay though, through buddies who were registered. They got excellent feedback and I got great money, so all of us were happy.