Supply and demand. I imagine GEC feels that if they were to flood the market with more 77 Barlow runs (or 15 TC Barlows, or 14 Lick Creek Barlows, etc.) that it would damage the secondary market so many of their customers take part in. If you've noticed, the 15s go for 250-300% markups almost immediately after they come out, as they're all essentially short run SFOs, and stay at that level for quite some time. If suddenly everyone could just reserve him or herself a TC Barlow with new yearly runs, the secondary market would reflect that with lower prices over time. GEC is smart and they know that many of their regular buyers are depending on those price increases to make their initial investments worth it.Ivoryman wrote:Bomba, what little business acumen I have would tell me that if something like a 77 Barlow was that popular, selling for that much over retail, then it would make good sense for GEC to make more of such a good seller, no? What am I missing here? Why is that why they probably won't do another run anytime soon? I don't get that.
As someone who just wants to buy and use GEC Barlows, it drives me nuts. But I've got my 77 and my 15 so I can be happy until the next "lolly scramble" comes about.
Wow Roger that's quite a pair. I guess HSB did some high end contracting on some of their knives.