Thread: OVERPRICED !!

Since you are a collector of other things you know that knowledge is power. Learn about straights, watch the market and you'll know when you're seeing a decent deal. Avoid RAD if you can... it is a slippery slope.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

. Avoid RAD if you can... it is a slippery slope.

EASY TO say Jimmy

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Since you are a collector of other things you know that knowledge is power. Learn about straights, watch the market and you'll know when you're seeing a decent deal. Avoid RAD if you can... it is a slippery slope.

ok jimmy, tell me how to get off this slippery slope...also is this slope any slippery than that HAD slope you are on my friend?

HAD is like glare ice.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

HAD is like glare ice.

i will try and throw you a rope as i slide past

While it seems it is a rip off the reverse is true. While ignorant people price things way too high, they also price them way too low. Mint FWE Leader=$40, Two NOS Solingens=$20 each, 8/8 Tally Ho= $60, minty Hess 42=$30, the deals are out there you just have to be patient lol.

Carry a pocket loupe with you. It works. I have had someone tout the finer points of a razor in mildly passable condition to me recently, but upon pulling out the loupe and showing them the flaws, and showing them the razor in MUCH better condition that I had purchased a few minutes earlier at another booth (with the price tag still on, and lower than their asking price) I walked away with a Wostenholm for $10. They were asking $40. It always helps to tell someone who knows squat about razors "Do you know how OLD this thing is?"

Not that I am advocating the fleecing of a vendor, but you do have to take measures to break even at the register, you know? Between Sweeny Todd and zazzle.com selling Wade & Butcher shirts we are getting taken to the cleaners due to this new popularity.

The real slippery sloap is SSAD and SCAD, especially if you live on a hill...

I know what you mean, I see it in every antique shop. You are not always stuck with the price that is on the tag. I always ask for a discount. No matter what the price reads, always ask if the seller will sell for a lower price. I have walked away with some great deals. As far as chipped blades, broken scales, and burley rust, I don't even bother with them buckled ass razor's!
One other thing, I never photo before shot's of the razor's I restore.

heh, ya, 350 for wasted razors? People are morons...