Thread: Razor Sales Decline

Are straight razor sales on the decline? Ebay, for instance, has had a very dramatic drop in listings. This too could be one of their "System Upgrades".

I've noticed that it is less common in the last 6 months to find good and sought-after razors for sale on eBay. I like 7 day sets and rare Wade & Butchers, but they are few and far between.

Yet, some good buys still do come up... I find it hard to get a fair BIN price, but that may be due to how many people are searching far more regularly than myself. I also notice there are more and more sellers listing their items at very high prices for what they are offering.

maybe good vintage razors are harder and harder to find after a few years of people hunting them in antique stores and such, and then hoarding them in large numbers soon large WB will be like tigers in the wild, almost extinct.

It is pre Christmas and sales seem slow too. There have been a number of razors not moving in the classifieds too. Although there is still a lot of razors on EvilBay they are certainly looking rather picked over. The over priced ones seem to go round and round. It makes a guy wonder if suddenly in late November is sales are going to pick up and prices with them, that would be the trend on a lot of other things. Wait watch and see.

I think buyers shouldn't be shy to make an offer on an item even if there is only a BIN price. Sometimes you can get lucky.

Just have to keep at it,Just finished rescaling a nice Palmera I snagged off the bay,took 6 weeks to get here from spain but well worth the effort.

I am doing my best, but I can only buy so many at a time

For the record... (yes, I did take notes)

Ebay, used razor listings, 2009

All listings.... (averaged out) 4700 (approx.)
Auction (not buy it now) 1460

Todays listings
All listings 5940
Auctions 1785

So there are literally thousands more razors for sale than in the past, and more of them are fixed price than ever before. The great majority of the fixed price are by dealers and restorers.
you want to see more sales? Lower your prices. Its that simple. But then, that would undo 5 years of convincing people that some razors are gold and worth paying 3 times what a custom razor might cost!
Ohhhh, I should do that with my bottles of wine!

Originally Posted by Midoio

maybe good vintage razors are harder and harder to find after a few years of people hunting them in antique stores and such, and then hoarding them in large numbers soon large WB will be like tigers in the wild, almost extinct.

Yes, collectors do 'hoard' them, then they eventually die and their relatives put their treasures in an auction house, or on ebay. Nobody is taking them along with 'em ........

Thanks for the data.............used to be a number cruncher but love selling now and have drifted away from the records.........easier to just ask you guys I guess. Love the razors, buying, selling, repairing and honing, lots of work, lots of skill involved, don't even know how I got started, just did and now sometimes I worry about this business (or hobby) fading.