Thread: A LOT of eBay listings now

Originally Posted by jtischler

Personally, the way I have found that worked for me was to buy a ton of razors, make mistakes, learn what to look for and then become pickier.

That has been my experience as well. Another thing that happened for me was that some of the razors I had to have, Wonderedge, goldedge, reaper, Filly 12,13, and 14 and so on , once acquired are off my list. Point being that as we fill the holes in our collections we are out of the running for the 'hot' items. I definitely have become much more selective in what I will spend the hard earned $ on now.

Actually i think more crappy razors out there that is why number of the adds increased.

Personally, I've been trying to keep to a really strict rule of buying only really, really excellent razors that ALSO cost under $60 or so. This actually makes the whole process a lot more interesting, as you can just scratch off the list all of the super-hot brands that are going to get bid up to the sky anyway and concentrate instead on the dark horses. Of course, I break my own rules too once in a while, but I've found that there's just as many excellent razors to own under $60 as there are over $300.

I wouldn't be surprised if the ebay sellers noticed that some razors were making alot of money (much more then they picked them up for at the estate sales where they buy them for resale) and decided to start picking up more razors and selling them. I saw something similar at an antique mall that I go to occasionally. When I was going there alot and picking up straight razors, the number of razor kept increasing everytime I went back. Unfortunately, so did the price.

I hope this doesn't mean that straight razor shaving is actually becoming popular!?! All of us contrary-to-everyone-and-we-like-it-that-way-M.F. types will have to start shaving with seashells or tin can lids!