Saturday, March 19, 2011

Boker Cruel Girl Action Roper Folding Knife Review

Just did my first youtube knife review, knife I bought for my wife, you can go here to check it out.

Some of the text comments:

Knife description:

AUS-8 blade, partially serrated
Zytel handle with lanyard hole and pocket clip.
Blade length: 3". Overall length: 7 1/8". Weight: 1.5 oz.
Price - should be able to get it for under $30 USD/CAD

Likes:
- price
- light weight
- pink
- comfortable handle (in regular grips)
- good steel
- good serrations
- good pocket clip

Dislikes:
- sharp point at end of handle
- would prefer jimping on thumb ramp
- the lockback - it's solid but I generally don't like them, I think it's good for this knife
- Cruel Girl name, it sounds too "mean" and a little silly, plus it entirely removes the male market

Very good knife for the price, was favourably surprised. I would recommend it for a female friend or family member. My rating.....7 out of 10 for the price (I've seen this for $20 on Amazon for U.S. buyers). I really don't like the name or that it's listed on the blade.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Ebay selling update

So far no complaints and no returns but I have had several "when did my item ship" and "why isn't my item here" yet questions. Not sure why people can't see the "your item has shipped email" or look at the item and see the ship date....as for shipping times, wow, some people are pretty impatient. When you pay for regular shipping you can't expect items to show up in a week or so, especially for cross-border shipping!

Hopefully things keep going OK. Got lots more items to sell but waiting for another cheap listing period for most of them. Some of my more expensive items I am going to post this week with Buy it Now prices.

One thing I totally screwed up on was with the ending times on my auctions. I work shift work and am up at all hours so I listed things at odd hours. Not thinking at all that a lot of people just look at what is ending soon to bid on (duh), ending things at 3am on a Tuesday is a bad idea! Ah well, more info. Try to end things on an evening, some people say Fri or Sat - I think any day is probably OK but probably not to early on a Mon-Fri weekend.