Thread: Nice Palmera from Argentina

Originally Posted by Utopian

If it IS in fact only $116, then someone should jump on it.

I have a number of #14 blades that cost between US$16 and US$32. They are just razors. Wide, typically reasonably well made (Filarmonica an Palmera not being the top end of the spectrum, but you know that), but in the end, just another razor.

When you consider that few new razors cost less than $116, I still consider this to be a very good deal.

Originally Posted by Utopian

Well the Dollar sign threw me off. If it IS in fact only $116, then someone should jump on it.

It's got to be USD. I mean, it can't be in pesos, right...? Right?

<entropy1049 scrambling madly to ensure actual purchase price is indeed USD and not ARG pesos>

Email the seller and ask.

Wow. Just confirmed, it is indeed ARG pesos.

If a person had the ambition to determine how to obtain membership on the sight and if the seller would ship international, they'd own one heck of a razor at one heck of a price. For me personally however, the fact that the seller is new enough on that sight to not have any seller ratings, and my scam radar is calibrated to hyper-sensitive, I'll watch from the sidelines.

Sure hope it pans out for someone, I'd love to see some nice pics of it here!

Based on current exchange would be a hair less than $154 USD. Of course there is a risk for me for reasons above. I tend to stick to what I know...

Dudes, my wife's family is from Argentina. Thinking of taking a trip there next year and there are 2 things I'll be on the lookout for. Straight razors and leather for strop making!

Let us know how you make out with that razor

I joined the site, still having problems with payment arrangements. No response from the seller to my questions. I tend to not buy things from people who don't talk to me, especially if a price seems TOO nice. Know what I mean?

Originally Posted by Magpie

I joined the site, still having problems with payment arrangements. No response from the seller to my questions. I tend to not buy things from people who don't talk to me, especially if a price seems TOO nice. Know what I mean?

One of these cases where "Like" isn't absolutely appropriate, but must suffice as we currently don't have the option to press the "Vigorously Agree" button.

Sadly, the whole thing just seemed like the minutiae were going to make this a hard transaction to conduct.

Keep us posted. I'm morbidly interested . Will cross my fingers for you!

Slightly unrelated, but the heir of a well known Solingen brand has 50 keisters with 20 razors each. Those were just "a few samples" for the Argentine market. Given that not so long ago Filarmonica razors went for $100 max (good, but those scales...), there should be many of them (and other nice vintage razors) around. Same as razor shopping in Sweden...