Ebay finished for knives... Now what?
- Thread starter jojo
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I wonder if Tony could allow auctions here on members classifieds and makers section? Just a place to put bids up to a deadline?
Red
Red
I guess there's always the option of selling to the highest offer or doing PM'd bids or something similar.
Scoops
Scoops
I never sold on ebay, all through word of mouth the knife show and my site I do think its sad ebay have done this though , BB used to have an auction area but no one really used it not sure if its still there as I dont go on anymore
Knives are being sold on auction sites
http://www.specialistauctions.com/
and
http://www.countrylifemarketplace.co.uk/
Hope this helps.
http://www.specialistauctions.com/
and
http://www.countrylifemarketplace.co.uk/
Hope this helps.
There are actually STILL knives for sale on ebay! was a clipper on there last night in the bushcraft section from a UK seller. There are still also loads of knives for sale from the states which ebay cleverly still brings up when you search eg, Fallkniven!
There are some lovely Opinel "cutlery sets" for sale on ebay, and ,cleverly, if you have one of these sets and lose one, you can buy a single one!
Surprisingly they look the same as the "illegal to carry" locking knives that Opinel produce that used to be sold by the bucket load on ebay...
Surprisingly they look the same as the "illegal to carry" locking knives that Opinel produce that used to be sold by the bucket load on ebay...
There are some lovely Opinel "cutlery sets" for sale on ebay, and ,cleverly, if you have one of these sets and lose one, you can buy a single one!
Surprisingly they look the same as the "illegal to carry" locking knives that Opinel produce that used to be sold by the bucket load on ebay...
Next thing they'll be selling Beretta bird scarers.
You are still free to buy knives from any other country on eBay - also sellers can list on ebay.com so it makes the whole ban thing pretty pointless (unless you count PR brownie points)
You'll still find knives pop up all the time, they will only be removed when someone reports the item. i wouldn't recommend trying to get around the ban by using different keywords, this will just get your ebay account suspended.
Rob
Need to contact Admin...
Yup - the ban came in on 11th March.
Would you believe it, our last ebay knife customer was half way through a purchase when all of the listings got pulled. He was from mainland europe and wasn't aware of the ban coming in. He was able to buy everything that he needed through ebay - bar one of the knives that he wanted and had not pressed the "buy it now" button in time.
Ebay sure looks empty without all of those moras, clippers and crook knives on it. Next stop will be the suvival kits that contain blades.
Whilst a lot of the more established traders will no doubt consider their futures and maybe go on to set up their own sites, I do hope that I see other auction sites flourish and enable the makers to keep selling their wares.
Would you believe it, our last ebay knife customer was half way through a purchase when all of the listings got pulled. He was from mainland europe and wasn't aware of the ban coming in. He was able to buy everything that he needed through ebay - bar one of the knives that he wanted and had not pressed the "buy it now" button in time.
Ebay sure looks empty without all of those moras, clippers and crook knives on it. Next stop will be the suvival kits that contain blades.
Whilst a lot of the more established traders will no doubt consider their futures and maybe go on to set up their own sites, I do hope that I see other auction sites flourish and enable the makers to keep selling their wares.
.............and what was it our beloved Gordon Brown said about climping down on drinking???
"But as we crack down on binge and under-age drinking it's also right that we do not want the responsible sensible majority of moderate drinkers to have to pay more or suffer as a result of the excesses of a small minority."
Now swap 'drinkers' for 'knife users' and 'Binge / Underage drinking' for violent crime. If this is the Prime Ministers attitude can we expect to be protected from restrictive legislation and harassment while pursuing out legitimate business / hobby?
"But as we crack down on binge and under-age drinking it's also right that we do not want the responsible sensible majority of moderate drinkers to have to pay more or suffer as a result of the excesses of a small minority."
Now swap 'drinkers' for 'knife users' and 'Binge / Underage drinking' for violent crime. If this is the Prime Ministers attitude can we expect to be protected from restrictive legislation and harassment while pursuing out legitimate business / hobby?
The nanny state goes from strength to strength
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090318/ap_on_en_mo/eu_britain_angelina_jolie_ad
You can have people like Ross and Brand making obscene talk on day time radio, modern drama and even soap opera's showing very explicit scenes, but you can't show some Hollywood actress shooting a gun, good grief where will it all end
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090318/ap_on_en_mo/eu_britain_angelina_jolie_ad
You can have people like Ross and Brand making obscene talk on day time radio, modern drama and even soap opera's showing very explicit scenes, but you can't show some Hollywood actress shooting a gun, good grief where will it all end
Rob
Need to contact Admin...
Excellent.
That will hit the papers soon and the media will make sure that everyone will know about it.
Now that can't be bad so far as advertising goes.
That will hit the papers soon and the media will make sure that everyone will know about it.
Now that can't be bad so far as advertising goes.
I used to use a rather good quality kitchen knife in my camping/fire kit....a quality item which I was unfortunate enough to lose! I have now replaced it.....with 14" machette purchased from Amazon.....does everything I need, didn't cost a lot and totaly legal to purchase and use (legitimately) so what is the point of restricting sales elswhere?
it's not the knife that's the problem it's the idiot holding it!
it's not the knife that's the problem it's the idiot holding it!
hi all i've just come across the web site where you can buy and sell knifes www.specialistauctions.com
Have you noticed we have had a couple of new members whose first posts are -"I have a knife for sale...."
Yep, I loved the "twice what I paid for it" ray mears aniversary knife...
After two weeks and no reply I was tempted to post this:
After two weeks and no reply I was tempted to post this:
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