Post by: marduk on September 21, 2018, 01:59:31 AM
Does anyone know more about these knives?
Post by: smiller43147 on September 21, 2018, 03:10:40 AM
Post by: zoidberg on September 21, 2018, 03:19:48 AM
500 million milestone swisschamp limited edition (https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,74376.0.html)
Post by: Rapidray on September 21, 2018, 05:00:39 AM
Post by: magentus on September 21, 2018, 10:41:11 AM
Post by: Rapidray on September 21, 2018, 12:20:29 PM
Gotta love Victorinox for that :cheers: Imagine if all companies acted with the same concern for their staffs wellbeing! :dd::iagree:
Another company I know of that did that was Keuffel and Esser, who made slide rules and provided draftsmen with supplies. It would take the electronic calculators to being made to kill the company. K&E lasted well over a 100 years before the company became history.
Post by: magentus on September 21, 2018, 12:22:46 PM
:salute: Are they a company local to you Ray?Gotta love Victorinox for that :cheers: Imagine if all companies acted with the same concern for their staffs wellbeing! :dd::iagree:
Another company I know of that did that was Keuffel and Esser, who made slide rules and provided draftsmen with supplies. It would take the electronic calculators to being made to kill the company. K&E lasted well over a 100 years before the company became history.
Post by: Don Pablo on September 21, 2018, 12:33:46 PM
:salute:Gotta love Victorinox for that :cheers: Imagine if all companies acted with the same concern for their staffs wellbeing! :dd::iagree:
Another company I know of that did that was Keuffel and Esser, who made slide rules and provided draftsmen with supplies. It would take the electronic calculators to being made to kill the company. K&E lasted well over a 100 years before the company became history.
I’m still looking for a slide rule to use for personal calculations. A pity that there don’t seem to be many (second hand or otherwise) in Ireland. ::)
To slide rules, and K&E. :cheers:
Post by: Rapidray on September 21, 2018, 12:53:38 PM
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Post by: Don Pablo on September 21, 2018, 01:14:50 PM
You need to go to eBay. I have over 20+ K&E in my collection.I just checked the Bay again, some K&E there! :ahhh
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What would you consider a good price? Should we talk in another thread to stop derailing this one?
Shipping seems to cost more than the actual slide rule in most cases. ::)
Post by: magentus on September 21, 2018, 02:07:33 PM
If you want to use me as a middle man I'd be happy to accommodate Pabs.You need to go to eBay. I have over 20+ K&E in my collection.I just checked the Bay again, some K&E there! :ahhh
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What would you consider a good price? Should we talk in another thread to stop derailing this one?
Shipping seems to cost more than the actual slide rule in most cases. ::)
Post by: smiller43147 on September 21, 2018, 05:10:05 PM
If you want a slide rule to actually calculate with, I really like Pickett.You need to go to eBay. I have over 20+ K&E in my collection.I just checked the Bay again, some K&E there! :ahhh
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What would you consider a good price? Should we talk in another thread to stop derailing this one?
Shipping seems to cost more than the actual slide rule in most cases. ::)
Post by: Rapidray on September 21, 2018, 05:30:54 PM
PM sent :b2t:You need to go to eBay. I have over 20+ K&E in my collection.I just checked the Bay again, some K&E there! :ahhh
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What would you consider a good price? Should we talk in another thread to stop derailing this one?
Shipping seems to cost more than the actual slide rule in most cases. ::)
Post by: ghiekorg on September 21, 2018, 06:42:30 PM
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Post by: Mechanickal on September 21, 2018, 06:44:53 PM
On top of that, it's a "minimum offer" price...
Look at the "buy it now"...
Post by: ghiekorg on September 21, 2018, 06:46:06 PM
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Post by: Mechanickal on September 21, 2018, 06:46:10 PM
Dream on, smurf off.
Moneygrabber!
Post by: Don Pablo on September 21, 2018, 06:47:58 PM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180921/b8587eeb437a815c9dd1e403acf07c91.jpg)Thats no way to talk to a Victorinox employee! :P
Dream on, smurf off.
Moneygrabber!
Post by: Mechanickal on September 21, 2018, 06:50:21 PM
An act of kindness and appreciation gets abused to try and make fast cash.
Bweik!
Post by: ghiekorg on September 21, 2018, 06:52:43 PM
Someone who wants to make money like that on the back of a gesture by his/her employer shouldn't work anywhere.I agree 100%.
An act of kindness and appreciation gets abused to try and make fast cash.
Bweik!
The same applies for the ones that are buying limited editions and are selling them to other collectors charging 30-40-50% more. It’s not nice.
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Post by: Mechanickal on September 21, 2018, 06:56:11 PM
He was looking for his first multi and fell in love with the BO S.
I sold it at a €5 profit. He payed little over half the current value.
I've had some luck in collecting so far, so I'm trying to pay it forward.
Therefore, this kind of dealing makes me sick.
Post by: Mechanickal on September 21, 2018, 06:57:17 PM
Post by: pfrsantos on September 21, 2018, 06:58:58 PM
Someone who wants to make money like that on the back of a gesture by his/her employer shouldn't work anywhere.I agree 100%.
An act of kindness and appreciation gets abused to try and make fast cash.
Bweik!
The same applies for the ones that are buying limited editions and are selling them to other collectors charging 30-40-50% more. It’s not nice.
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This is a little different. The LEs are presented to the general public for acquisition. If, later on, you want to sell them with some profit, I see nothing wrong in that. These, however, were presented to the employees personally. It's like selling a wedding gift you received...
:-\
IMHO, of course.
:salute:
Post by: Don Pablo on September 21, 2018, 06:59:16 PM
Anyway, more on topic, does anyone know what the ACTUAL value of one of these 500MIO knives would be?If no one has ever bought one, it’s impossible to tell.
Post by: pfrsantos on September 21, 2018, 06:59:51 PM
Someone who wants to make money like that on the back of a gesture by his/her employer shouldn't work anywhere.I agree 100%.
An act of kindness and appreciation gets abused to try and make fast cash.
Bweik!
The same applies for the ones that are buying limited editions and are selling them to other collectors charging 30-40-50% more. It’s not nice.
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This is a little different. The LEs are presented to the general public for acquisition. If, later on, you want to sell them with some profit, I see nothing wrong in that. These, however, were presented to the employees personally. It's like selling a wedding gift you received...
:-\
IMHO, of course.
:salute:
General Public!
:salute:
Post by: Don Pablo on September 21, 2018, 07:00:09 PM
Post by: Ron Who on September 21, 2018, 07:00:20 PM
Anyway, more on topic, does anyone know what the ACTUAL value of one of these 500MIO knives would be?
Thses knives were freebies for the employees, so they are priceless. :D
Post by: Mechanickal on September 21, 2018, 07:00:58 PM
https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?topic=74376.0
Post by: Don Pablo on September 21, 2018, 07:02:41 PM
T14 Bought one...Okay then, it’s worth €100.
https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?topic=74376.0
Post by: Mechanickal on September 21, 2018, 07:03:46 PM
Post by: Don Pablo on September 21, 2018, 07:06:13 PM
Let’s default back to “whatever the buyer wants to pay”.
Post by: Mechanickal on September 21, 2018, 07:07:28 PM
Post by: Don Pablo on September 21, 2018, 07:08:39 PM
Post by: ghiekorg on September 21, 2018, 07:21:35 PM
Someone who wants to make money like that on the back of a gesture by his/her employer shouldn't work anywhere.I agree 100%.
An act of kindness and appreciation gets abused to try and make fast cash.
Bweik!
The same applies for the ones that are buying limited editions and are selling them to other collectors charging 30-40-50% more. It’s not nice.
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This is a little different. The LEs are presented to the general public for acquisition. If, later on, you want to sell them with some profit, I see nothing wrong in that. These, however, were presented to the employees personally. It's like selling a wedding gift you received...
:-\
IMHO, of course.
:salute:
I see the collectors community, as the word says, as a community. It's a shared love. I don't like trying to get advantage on a shared love.
There 2 ways in my opinion: you buy something paying normal price, you wait it to gain value, you sell it. I am fine with that. But i saw people buying 5x of the limited 100 years Elesner for 90/100$ dollars each and selling them the day after for 140/150$. That's unfair. That's the same thing that happens with concert tickets.
That's my opinion though, so i could be really wrong. :)
Sorry for the OT. This case is even worse as it's a gift for your work. Especially if one asks 18000$ for something he didn't actually make.
For the value i think we need at least a bunch of people who bought/sold it to value it :D I read an article on the local newspaper but there was nothing more than the auction price.
Post by: Nibbish on September 21, 2018, 08:41:52 PM
Post by: Mechanickal on September 21, 2018, 08:47:28 PM
Massice facepalm
Post by: Rapidray on September 21, 2018, 08:51:00 PM
Just read this https://www.thelocal.ch/20180919/why-this-swiss-army-knife-has-an-asking-price-of-19000-francsCool read...thanks
Post by: marduk on December 20, 2018, 03:28:30 PM