Thread: Classifieds flooded?!!

I guess selling razors you restored is subjective to the person making the sale in general. If you cruise the bay it's rather easy to spot out the guys who bought a crap blade for little money made it look decent, tossed some half assed scales on it and put a Bin for $350. OTOH I like many restore mainly my own blades, but have done a few restorations for others as well. For me I keep it to bartering or if I do accept money it would be kept in the hobby so I can Buy myself a new razor, some scaling material or a new tool to help my progression. IMO eBay is like a retailer where everyone selling is looking for top dollar where as the classified are more like a neighborhood lawn sale; sure the seller on classifieds want money for their piece, but your more likely to see "friend prices" there which I think is nice. I agree with Bruno on this one- selling a restored straight razor you will rarely get back all you put in, but isn't that true with most all hobbies? Buy a model airplane for $1,500, put it together, paint it, test it, clean it up and sell it. At the end of the day the $1500 airplane is worth $1600 to a buyer.. You spent 40 hours assembling 5 hours painting plus the cost of materials to increase the value $100? You tell me it's not a labor of love!

Originally Posted by Bruno

What we have here, is failure to communicate. Or rather, we're coming from different angles.

Most of the senior people here, are in it for the love of the art, in whatever part of it that we like. We put a lot of effort into this place, just because of our passion. There are people who have put thousands of posts into honing research, or helping out newbies in the beginner forum, or experimenting with various restoration or smithing techniques. And then of course there is the staff. I have quite literally put thousands of hours in, to make this site run. So have most of the other staff. One of our unsung heroes is the guy who takes care of the giveaway each month, receiving and sending all packages (and they are many), honing the razors that need honing before sending, etc. Anyway, my point is that all senior here, whether they are regular members or mentors or staff, give a lot.

It is of course possible that we misread the intent of your first post in this thread. Text is a very limited medium. What we read into it was that you were complaining that you were not going to be able to make the quick buck you thought you were going to make. And for people who've all put a lot of free time and money into this site, that can be rather annoying.

Btw, most things sell eventually. Sometime you get 12 offers within a couple of hours, and sometimes it takes 20 days. Things sell eventually. However, my original point stands, if you calculate the hours you put into a decent restoration, your profit is going to be peanuts. After a long time, ou may start to make money restoring other peoples razors, but by then you've put so much time in that it isn't remotely funny unless you do it for the enjoyment and the passion.

Obviously the words spoken got misconstrewed from the facts and truths of who I am and the time, effort, passion and love I have for this hobby. But thanks Bruno I have learned a pleathera of knowledge here and im truly greatful.

Originally Posted by Grazor

Guns n Roses quote. YES!

No, not Guns n Roses ....... they took it from ........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2f-MZ2HRHQ

Facts: You used a buffer for the first time about one month ago, and had some problems with the sisal wheel. You bought your Ryobi bandsaw about three weeks ago. Yesterday, you wanted to know if all your hard work would be appreciated by people on the forum in the form of cash money..and preferably more profitable than Ebay.

I'm sure you're a fine fellow. But those are the facts. I'm fairly sure I didn't misconstrue anything.

Hey guys ....... nothing more to see here AFAIC ........ Why don't we let this thread go and get on to more productive topics ?

All restored in shave ready condition.

They look nice.

Originally Posted by razorbarber38

All restored in shave ready condition.

These would do good on ebay, they love mirror finish!

Originally Posted by Martin103

These would do good on ebay, they love mirror finish!

Thanks..they must have since they already sold.

Originally Posted by razorbarber38

Thanks..they must have since they already sold.

You sold them on ebay? Found some of your auctions you did very well on the 2 W&B, probably a lot better on ebay then here IMHO.