Is SwissBianco slacking?

[NutSAK]

...or by himself.

Exactly.  Roger's point of view tends to be whatever best serves him at any given time.

[gardenvalley]

Ive got a bit of a head start on them on modding.    him being banned from the best sak forum doesnt help either..

Oh do tell, enquiring minds.........

[Syph007]

Ive got a bit of a head start on them on modding.    him being banned from the best sak forum doesnt help either..

Oh do tell, enquiring minds.........

Dont know really, he was banned form this forum before I even joined.

[jrp316]

Ive got a bit of a head start on them on modding.    him being banned from the best sak forum doesnt help either..

Oh do tell, enquiring minds.........

Dont know really, he was banned form this forum before I even joined.

Seems that it's been a while since he was banned. I searched out his username and couldn't find any specifics, but one thing was telling: his username was evidently been changed to "Icheatpeople". Whatever it was couldn't be good.

[Mr. Whippy]

I believe there were some less than admirable business practices involving excessive shipping charges, late shipping, forgotten orders and similar such things.  That's all I know.  Caveat Emptor.

[Pignut71]

Mjn

[Marius]

Anyone knows how did change Roger's account name here to "Icheatpeople"? Reading this topic made me curious and did a search for the discussions he participated to. And I was when I read this alias name. It's obvious to me as he did not do this himself - for example, anyone who saw his postings knows that he never uses uppercase letters.

Here:

http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=profile;u=62

[victor7000]

Do you really want to dig up old ugly bygone things...   
That's the problem with Internet. It never forgets and people do never forgive...

[Marius]

Do you really want to dig up old ugly bygone things...   

I am asking about the account name that can be seen today here. How can this happen? Normally a user cannot change their account name. So if somebody - anybody - gets banned they should also expect their account names to be edited?

[enki_ck]

Do you really want to dig up old ugly bygone things...   

I am asking about the account name that can be seen today here. How can this happen? Normally a user cannot change their account name. So if somebody - anybody - gets banned they should also expect their account names to be edited?

No, one shouldn't.

What happened there happened 6 years ago, ancient past in internet terms so I'm with Martin on this one. Let sleeping dogs ... well, sleep.

[Dr Gonzo]

From his Facebook page this week...
"today i looking for feedback about the apocalypse (ap) green sak that we did offer, how did you like that color and should we offer more models in that color? we did think about a pioneer as we had the soldier and on the alox minichamp? cadet plus maybe?"

Looks like he want's to do more runs in Apocalypse Green...maybe he has some rights on that colour?

[rickinFL]

I wish he would run more green carvers.  The only green 93 left is half a farmer at double the price.  The carver gave us awesome scales with leftover springs and blades to play with. 

He does have nice products but needs to work on site and that ridiculous shipping charge!  He should also think about using click and ship on paypal so that I have a tracking number.

[Dr Gonzo]

I've only ordered from him once and it went missing in transit...I claimed via PP and he had a hissy fit saying he would not ship to the UK again and that it was my fault

I like some of the models he gets made but I will go via the Canadian +B store if I ever want anything as I've heard they are great to deal with

[daverobson]

Speaking of ridiculous shipping charges, is it normal to ask $17 shipping to the U.K. for a set of 91mm scales?

[Syph007]

Speaking of ridiculous shipping charges, is it normal to ask $17 shipping to the U.K. for a set of 91mm scales?

That's alot!

From Canada I can tell you when I ship scales it costs me $5 for an international order.  They are thin and will go through a letter slot so they can go letter rate.

[burnside]

If swissbianco does Cadets made with 84mm scissors as a final run, I wonder what he will be charging for them. I bet they will be sold for more than usual if it's to be the final run of limited Alox, and if it includes 84mm scissors.

[rickinFL]

I've only ordered from him once and it went missing in transit...I claimed via PP and he had a hissy fit saying he would not ship to the UK again and that it was my fault

I like some of the models he gets made but I will go via the Canadian +B store if I ever want anything as I've heard they are great to deal with

Registered is the only way to ship.  It's about 20.00 but of it gets lost, It's the posts fault.  Insure for value.  For scales though, yes they can go as letter.  You better be willing to assume risk for loss though.

Us priority ship in a small flat box is 5.15 with paypal click/ship.  He charges 10.00.  For 10.00 I should not be begging for a tracking number. 

[Syph007]

If swissbianco does Cadets made with 84mm scissors as a final run, I wonder what he will be charging for them. I bet they will be sold for more than usual if it's to be the final run of limited Alox, and if it includes 84mm scissors.

They have a big pile of used 84mm scissors and I bet thats what they will be using.  They wanted to give them to Vic to assemble but they refused to make new knives with old parts.  So unless they got a batch of new 84 scissors they must be assembling themselves this time. 

[burnside]

If swissbianco does Cadets made with 84mm scissors as a final run, I wonder what he will be charging for them. I bet they will be sold for more than usual if it's to be the final run of limited Alox, and if it includes 84mm scissors.

They have a big pile of used 84mm scissors and I bet thats what they will be using.  They wanted to give them to Vic to assemble but they refused to make new knives with old parts.  So unless they got a batch of new 84 scissors they must be assembling themselves this time.

I take it that swissbianco has one of those SAK machines that basically presses everything together once all lined up, and ta-da!..it's done.

Wait...does that even exist?    I think I saw that on the Victorinox documentary on youtube.

[Syph007]

If swissbianco does Cadets made with 84mm scissors as a final run, I wonder what he will be charging for them. I bet they will be sold for more than usual if it's to be the final run of limited Alox, and if it includes 84mm scissors.

They have a big pile of used 84mm scissors and I bet thats what they will be using.  They wanted to give them to Vic to assemble but they refused to make new knives with old parts.  So unless they got a batch of new 84 scissors they must be assembling themselves this time.

I take it that swissbianco has one of those SAK machines that basically presses everything together once all lined up, and ta-da!..it's done.

Wait...does that even exist?    I think I saw that on the Victorinox documentary on youtube.

No simple machine for doing alox rivets that I know of.  Id love to see factory alox video.  The one from that documentary video was doing cellidor but probably the same type of machine with a finer or special tip. 

Hes made alot of claims that never happened so I wouldnt bank on cadets with scissors appearing. 

[lowtech]

I have no personal experiences with Swissbianco, but I can say their Canadian eBay shop/Website´s personnel processed my order quickly - And while neither teh scales nor the shipping were extraordinarily cheap, It was the only place where I could find black Nylon scales in 91 mm, so I bit teh bullet and now I love the look of my Syph007 BO Spartan.

I am not into alox very much, but let´s just wait and see what he comes up with.

[enki_ck]

As far as I know, the CA site is run by Alexei who is a member here also but doesn't post for quite some time although he's online and follows the discussions. He does help out the members regularly though.

[comis]

I don't have experience directly dealing with the Swissbianco main site, but I do have some experience dealing with Alexei from Swissbianco CA.  Personally, I do consider Alexei a good upright dealer, and he was very helpful in terms of trying to help me to locate some rare to find SAK, and the shipping is quick and well-packaged. 

[crackout]

I highly doubt there will be Alox models that Roger assembles himself.

[daverobson]

Speaking of ridiculous shipping charges, is it normal to ask $17 shipping to the U.K. for a set of 91mm scales?

That's alot!

From Canada I can tell you when I ship scales it costs me $5 for an international order.  They are thin and will go through a letter slot so they can go letter rate.

SwissBianco wanted to charge US$17 shipping from the U.S. to the U.K.
I've just had an email from Alexei in Canada & he is quoting CAD$7 shipping!
Some difference!
Unfortunately, Alexei is out of 91mm Black Nylon Scales, re-stock expected in 8 weeks.

[sticktodrum]

Alexei is epicly awesome. Got most of my Wenger SI's from him, and a number of the green models.

[Marius]

Alexei is awesome and I'm glad that people here like him. He truly deserves this. But please remember next time when you want to say something bad about SwissBianco that Alexei is also SwissBianco.

In my opinion without SwissBianco, Roger and Alexei, we would not have several cool and interesting SAKs. And I am not referring to just the Carver. The annual Damascus series - where did that start from? And so on. To me the SAK world won't be the same without SwissBianco.

To everyone:

[burnside]

I'm personally looking forward to what Swissbianco will be bringing forth in the world of Alox SAKs. I'm sure we have some great surprises in store for us in the not too distant future.

[rickinFL]

Well, after having my second order canceled by Roger I receieved this very friendly email...

hello,

we reserve the rights to sell to who we want, as items are in stock. you did complain email in the past, please do not order anymore.

best regards

+B 

The complaint he is referring to is my asking for a tracking number for my order that he charged me 10.00 to ship.  It is VERY SAD when a dealer treats their customers in this manner.  VERY SAD! 

[detron]

Well, after having my second order canceled by Roger I receieved this very friendly email...

hello,

we reserve the rights to sell to who we want, as items are in stock. you did complain email in the past, please do not order anymore.

best regards

+B 

The complaint he is referring to is my asking for a tracking number for my order that he charged me 10.00 to ship.  It is VERY SAD when a dealer treats their customers in this manner.  VERY SAD!

very sad indeed,  I am sorry to hear this