Thread: Ever gone overboard?

Brian I think in your case, there's a certain intoxicating delight in finally taking all that squeaked away moulah, all the little bits that you put in, and then cracking the chest open and doing a little rape and pillage on the unsuspecting eBay sellers.

Why is it so satisfying to spend good hard earned money on something you truly desire and can afford. Or, perhaps more especially, when you cannot afford it, haha.

I dunno, but I know I'm waiting to get paid so I can buy more soap

Originally Posted by bgertz

Brian I think in your case, there's a certain intoxicating delight in finally taking all that squeaked away moulah, all the little bits that you put in, and then cracking the chest open and doing a little rape and pillage on the unsuspecting eBay sellers.

Why is it so satisfying to spend good hard earned money on something you truly desire and can afford. Or, perhaps more especially, when you cannot afford it, haha.

I dunno, but I know I'm waiting to get paid so I can buy more soap

Well...I don't think I'm going to war now. There's already a significant pissing contest between a couple bidders on the object of my desires. I'll still be watching for a well positioned snipe, but I don't think my plan will come to fruition.

Now...I have the warchest eating away at me... speeeend.. SPEENNNND.... between that and seeing the post on the Robert Williams razor...I'm getting all twitchy. Then there's always that Dovo stainless mother of pearl... but I dont' really need another 5/8 razor.

That's it. I'm going to the 7-11 for a Thorazine big gulp.

Well I think if I had the bones, I'd be aiming at some of the stuff on www.shavingshop.com all those redone old blanks, super scales, absolutely huge sizes... yeah I'd be in trouble.

Although just waiting and watching the buy/sell/trade here is nearly as enticing...

Hope the Slurpy run to 'slev' worked it's usual magic.

Originally Posted by bgertz

Well I think if I had the bones, I'd be aiming at some of the stuff on www.shavingshop.com all those redone old blanks, super scales, absolutely huge sizes... yeah I'd be in trouble.

Although just waiting and watching the buy/sell/trade here is nearly as enticing...

Hope the Slurpy run to 'slev' worked it's usual magic.

Oh yeah - I did the shavingshop last year. Got a beautiful 8/8 Friodur with Sambar stag scales (thanks Papabull!). That's one of the reasons I tried ebay - thought I might get a nice blade at a bargain price. Oh well - some of us are destined to be "store shoppers" no matter where we buy from.

James.

I've gone overboard a few times. Once when I was starting out and didn't know value of razors. I was attracted to this one that looked nice and shiny with goldwash on the blade. I think I overbid on it in retrospect. I'm not sure if I did though, and try to rationalize that I didn't: I paid almost $70 for a KAMA in great condition- I've seen it offered later on Vintage Blades for $110 (NOS), but I've also seen pretty good examples go on ebay for $30. Mine was in very good condition with almost no hone wear.

I also wanted an old-style friodur for a while, and kept getting outbid. I finally got one, but paid $110 for it. It too was much less in the last hour, like $85 I think, until someone tried to snipe it for $109, but I had a higher max bid in just because I was tired of losing. I've seen examples of the quality I got go for $65 or so.

Other than that I'm preeeetty happy with my purchases. I'd love to get an Escher, but I can't afford to compete with the $200-$250 price tags they are going for.