Knife shipping question

[Tsar Bomba]

Yeah, that gets a serious internal debate going about the prospect of giving that guy a negative rating for me.

[ken98k]

Some sellers are not knife people.

Plain and simple! they just don't get it!

[Mr. Stafford]

Some sellers are not knife people.

Plain and simple! they just don't get it!

I think some people are just plain stupid and inconsiderate. It shouldn't have anything to do with being a knife person. I don't have children, but I know better than to strap them to the roof of a car. I'm not a chef, but I know to not store chicken in a hot van. I don't collect crystal, but I know not to play badminton with it. Anyone who is not a moron should know that if someone has just paid you for a product, you should treat it with care and do everything you can to ensure it is delivered to them safely.

There is also something to be said for pride in presentation, in my opinion. Restaurants could save money on water, electricity and broken dishes if they served their food on paper plates; even more so, if they washed, dried and reused those paper plates. They don't do that because they are aware that people appreciate presentation. It shows the customers that they appreciate and respect them enough for their patronage to make their experience pleasant and memorable.

Receiving a knife dropped loosely in a paper envelope is, in my opinion, akin to saying, "Tanks for da money, bub. Here's your knife...catch. Now screw you, pal."

[Tsar Bomba]

I don't have children, but I know better than to strap them to the roof of a car.

Uh oh. So that's a no-no?

P.S. Absolutely agree with Mr. Stafford regarding what a lazy, haphazard shipping job on just about any sort of pocketknife represents to a buyer.

[Mr. Stafford]

As a contrast, I just received my order of a one ounce bottle of quick release oil from Latama Cutlery (https://latama.net/pages/quick-release-oil). It came in a new cardboard box, padded on all sides with paper padding and was inside of a black faux-velvet drawstring pouch and included a business card and shipping invoice. All of that FOR A BOTTLE OF OIL. That tells me that they most definitely care about me as a customer and that it is very important to them that I remain a satisfied customer. That one touch of including the drawstring bag (an insignificant expense for them) is enough for me to tell my family and friends about the experience. I will probably be buying a knife for my brother-in-law from them to give as a gift to him.

It's not that I found monetary value in the little bag. It simply was a classy little touch that caught my attention for a product that one would not expect such a touch. It's like ordering laxatives and opening the packaging to find them wrapped in a bow with a had written card that says, "Good luck."