Benchmade 52

kgnikon

• September 05, 2012 13:06

Hi All,

I have someone trying to sell me a Benchmade 52 in mint condition. They are asking 250ish? Is this a good price?thanks!

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  jaybird

  • September 05, 2012 16:17

  You mean 51 or 62 or 42 or 53? I don't think there is a 52. if you had a pic that would help

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  kgnikon

  • September 05, 2012 16:27

  it the 51. Sorry. In mint with box and, paper work and pouch.
  value?

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  jraysp

  • September 05, 2012 16:30

  $250 sounds steep for a 51. You can find them from online retailers for less than that. IMHO.

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  kgnikon

  • September 05, 2012 16:48

  I showed him online they can be had for 189 shipped. He is taking $110 is that good deal?
  thnaks

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  jraysp

  • September 05, 2012 16:55

  If its BNIB and you can get it for $110. Id say buy it.

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  steo

  • September 05, 2012 16:56

  Huge price drop, RED FLAG.

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  steo

  • September 05, 2012 17:06

  I'd use protection in case it's too good to be true, just saying.

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  jraysp

  • September 05, 2012 17:06

  quote:

  Originally posted by steo:
  Huge price drop, RED FLAG.

  
  
  Good point.
  
  Is this someone online? Looking for a MO as payment?

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  kgnikon

  • September 05, 2012 17:08

  I would highly value your thoughts on Red Flag? Fake? Other?
  thanks

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  jraysp

  • September 05, 2012 17:16

  Some good pictures will help a lot.

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  steo

  • September 05, 2012 17:44

  I said red flag meaning such a big drop in price makes you wonder. Talking to the Benchmade guys in Vegas last week and they said they've been seeing more and more fakes come in for service. It's certainly possible. It's not unreasonable for you too ask for pictures. I'd also ask if payment with paypal was an option. Technically they forbid balisong knives but at least you have some hope of getting your money back if the seller isn't legit. There's one of the popular knife sites that provides the users IP address. I like to go to IPlookup and see if they are over seas. All too often that is an indicator of a scammer. I had a guy claimed to be in Penn. and his IP was in China. Feel free to pm me info on the seller, I'd be happy to share if I've done business with them.

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  kgnikon

  • September 05, 2012 18:55

  He is in my state. He seems like honest guy. What are the visible difference between the real mckoy and a fake?

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  jraysp

  • September 05, 2012 19:21

  There are several. However, anymore the fakes are getting harder to spot. The best thing you could do is ask the guy to send you a lot of pictures. Get the screws, the latch, the markings. Everything. Then post them here. There are a lot of guys who would be able to tell you if its fake or not.

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  something

  • September 05, 2012 22:05

  Also, if he's willing to send a bunch of pictures, it's more likely that he has an actual knife to sell.
  
  The huge price drop is a little fishy sounding, but I've seen guys do that before just because they didn't know what the actual value was when they came up with the original price.
  
  $110 definitely sounds like a good deal to me.

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