OK when did this happen i seem to recall that i paid 9 dollars for mine, and that included the shipping... but $81 that is just crazy.
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OK when did this happen i seem to recall that i paid 9 dollars for mine, and that included the shipping... but $81 that is just crazy.
38000 members ago Jim and that is just on this forum
When Wapis were $9 shipped was when I joined SRP and we had about 2800 members... The only other Forum was B&B and there were maybe 100 SR shavers over there total...
whoa. I sold one of those for $0 to someone last year...
yup i bought a number when they were cheap too. given or sold for the shipping cost nearly all of them... i was just in awe of the sticker priceQuote:
Originally Posted by Slartibartfast
yup glen i forgot you are a noobie! :mace:Quote:
Originally Posted by gssixgun
Let's see :thinking: , you can get a shave ready Dovo from SRD for about the same money that the Wapi went for . Which proves to me that some ebay bidders have no common sense . I haven't bought anything from ebay for the past 3 years , because of crazy bidding , like this . Sure , you can get some good deals if you spend enough time looking for them , but I don't have that much free time .
What he said. My last E-Bay deal I got scammed with an open-box item instead of NIB. No more of that silliness for me. I'll buy new from SRD thanks. :D
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Originally Posted by dave5225
Look a little bit back in the completed listings. Someone paid over $200 for one.
That seems like alot for a wapi, glad mine was a gift as I love that razor
I stopped thinking about bidding when it $50!! 80+ is too much IMO
Wapis are NOS, harder to come by than a couple of years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by dave5225
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Originally Posted by rjezuit
I have got a few living in my closet :-)
Sell them on ebay!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kees
i was somewhat interested in checking one out until i read all the mixed QC reports...now, no way :nono:
The wapis werent near as bad as the Gold dollars, but they had their issues. Great shavers though once fixed(if needed).
The Wapis had a heel problem, although different from the GD's and DA's, it wasn't the form it was in the steel about 30-40% of them after a few honings had the steel in the last inch or so of the heel just fall apart... It was almost like they had a temperd edge and an un-tempered center..
Hush Glen! Kees and I were just about to abscond some obscene profits. I curse your fingers man! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by gssixgun
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Originally Posted by syslight
May his stones go soft!
Rolls back the hands of time...
http://straightrazorpalace.com/razor...g-my-wapi.html
Note the difference in times.. Back then any honing problem was Overhoning :)
I never had any issues whatsoever with any of the Wapis I bought. They honed in about 2 minutes and I still have one left that I shave with now and again - same edge as I put on it over 5 years ago and still fine. All of mine were the SFK stamped shanks, which I seem to recall were a different (better?) batch or something... sorry, memory is not what it used to be and I couldn't be bothered using the search to find out if I am right or not - I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong :)
Based on my experience with them, they shave in the same ballpark as any Dovo I've come across, and have a similar proportion of quality control issues. The only issue I have with the Wapi is the scales - certainly heavy and out of balance with the blade - but you do get used to it and many people simply rescaled them anyway.
The cheapest Dovo you can buy in Australia is about $120. So although 80 bucks for a Wapi seems just plain wrong to me, I can see why they might fetch that price. Makes me glad I bought mine when I did though.... :p
James.
mine are also the SFK models. no honing issues and the scales sort of grow on you after a while. guess i was lucky.
I like mine. No problems honing or shaving.