Thread: is "Ready" worth it?

I have some razors up on the bay right now, and one of them is a nifty Henckels "Columbian"

In the auction, I offer my services to the winner if they wish to get the razor shave ready.

Do you guys see any increase or decrease in your sale prices when you put the mystical lettering of "Shave Ready" into the advertisement?

Sometimes I do it because I can, sometimes because its a razor I shave with. But does it bring (enough) increase to make it worth doing for ALL razors?

Just curious what some of you other guys have experienced.

magpie, i think it realy depends on the end user who you are looking to satisfy seasoned pro or someone just getting started, myself i think its an added bonus when i see one advertized as shave ready as i certainly dont consider myself a pro honer i tend to look at things that tends to tell me there aren't any issues ,crummbling edge ,overbuffed with the temper burned out etc. so as a buyer i would be willing to pay more for shave ready just because it says to me less time pulling my hair out with a crumbling edge or realy wonky bevel. hope this is helpful.
jeff

Originally Posted by Magpie

In the auction, I offer my services to the winner if they wish to get the razor shave ready.

Are you charging the winner for honing on top of their winning bid and shipping cost? If you are, I would just hone the razor from the beginning and not worry about it. Just advertise it as shave ready, however, one man's shave ready razor may not be anothers. I think most people bidding on any item want to get it as cheap as possible and probably wouldn't want to pay extra for honing unless you're a household name in the world of straight razors.

Unless I'm pretty familiar with the seller, "shave ready" on ebay doesn't necessarily mean SHAVE READY to me.

So more often than not, it doesn't affect the bid I make.

Knowing your abilities, if I knew your ebay ID, I might consider letting you hone up a razor if I were to purchase one of yours, but I doubt it would affect my purchase if that makes any sense.

I agree unless you know the honer I would take "shave ready" with a grain of salt.

Thanks for the imput guys. I actually enjoy honing, and have even made a few of the NOT shave ready razors I have sold good shavers before shipping them out. Just because. But now I am looking to "thin the heard" as it were, and prudence is becoming a new word for my vocabulary.

I have said often that I am no Dillon or Glenn, but I know more now than I did then, and I like to keep learning! =D

Hey there

I list as shave ready for all razors that I sell. I do this knowing that a pro could buy it and give it their own finish, and that a new guy could buy it and shave with it. It is good for a first timer to know they can shave with it. I have seen a slight increase in sale prices but honestly ... I don't put it there to increase prices, I only do it for the reason above.

Carl

Unless I know the person does quality work, I'd rather they did nothing to a razor. No "restoration," no "rescales," and no "honing." Because, unless I know what that person can do, I have no idea what those words mean to the person.

So, for me, the question is entirely one of reputation.

I would rather pay extra for a clean razor than one where the seller comes out with the line: 'estate sale find know that you would rather clean it yourself'. My 1st thought is sure : $10.00 razor and you're to lazy to clean the hair and soap off it or 'I'm leaving the dirt and rust on to cover up something'!