Thread: Modified Gold Dollar

I'd be interested, but I already have a Double Arrow, so I'd only want in if it was the stainless 800.

I think I've already said this, but I'm in! I keep coming back to this thread.

Originally Posted by aragornelessar86

I'd be interested, but I already have a Double Arrow, so I'd only want in if it was the stainless 800.

As I mentioned, just a few posts above, Stainless 800 hasn't been manufactured yet, therefore it cannot be ordered. In fact they will not even give its price or date of manufacture.

Rudy

Originally Posted by Raminagrobis

I could be interesting by a GD as well, but since i'm in europe, transatlantic shipping is likely to kill the economic rationale

Maybe not, keep an eye on this thread and If I can get it done, we will talk about it then. We have a worldwide box that is reasonable.

Nothing new yet ladies and gents, It seems there is a small language barrier to overcome? Anybody fluent in "Gold Dollar-eze"?

Originally Posted by RudyG

As I mentioned, just a few posts above, Stainless 800 hasn't been manufactured yet, therefore it cannot be ordered. In fact they will not even give its price or date of manufacture.

Rudy

Thanks Rudy, anything you can share with us on these is awesome.

Originally Posted by qdaddy

Nothing new yet ladies and gents, It seems there is a small language barrier to overcome? Anybody fluent in "Gold Dollar-eze"?

Well, you can post it here and maybe we can go at it and see if we can decipher it. I sent an email asking about the Model 200. Here's what I got:

Hi Rudy,

I'm glad to receive your e-mail.
1.the model 200 cost 37 RMB for each one
2. at least order 100units (packagene small box including 10 units,each carton have 100 units)
3.length:15cm width:2cm height:0.5cm
4.the shipping cost about 350RMB

Best Regards,
Nancy Ye

So it looks like the shipping is around $50 per carton of 100 razors. If I did my conversion correctly. Also Seraphim was right on the dot when he said the Model 200 was about $5 per blade.
He also mentioned that the Model 800 will be $18 per blade whenever it comes out. So he must have nagged them until they surrendered the price. Although he was a bit off on the shipping.

You know what gdaddy, it looks more and more like the other models will come out to about an $8 - $10 per unit price with the group buy. And of course Mr.Parko sells them for about $12 shipped. So unless we do a group buy for Model 200 this is probably not going to be worth it.
But let's see what answers you get. Also you still haven't mentioned which exact model you were hoping to order.
Here's a link that was posted earlier in this thread to the manufacturer's website that lists all available models:
electric hair clippers,hair scissors,tailor scissors,household scissors manufacturer in China

Rudy

Originally Posted by Shangers

Haven't been to Mr. Parko's site, but Gold Monkey is JinHou (Jin=Gold, Hou= short for Houzi= Monkey)... I have seen the Gold Monkeys online, but their numbering system isn't like GD or DA. The GM number I saw was 666. If you're superstitious, maybe not for you. Price was about $2.50- 3.00 retail.

There is another brand, that I have seen called Chaoba. They look better than the others, but that doesn't mean much. I have seen square points and round points in that model and the blade is a heavier than the DAs and GDs. As I said though, that point may be moot.

Here's a Chaoba I saw selling for about $15USD. Scales seemed nicer than the DA 74 that I bought, but I was going for the cheap, tried and tested blade, so I didn't buy it to test it. Also, the DA scales are abysmal, so it isn't saying much. Though, I have yet to see the DA/GD 200.

As an interesting side note: the number 6 is considered lucky to the Chinese (that I've talked with when I studied Mandarin in college). In fact, my phone number in college was 666-XXXX and my prof kept going on and on about how lucky that number was...

Also, I'd be totally in for the group buy (maybe multiple razors too), and my vote would be for the 800 stainless model.

Also, you may want to discuss this with the mod team just to make sure that everything is cool with them.

*subscribes*

If you're doing the 200 I'll take 2. When the 800s come out we should do another buy and I'll be in for another 2.

the ones i want most are the 200 300 & 800