The knife business isn’t all edged steel and handle choices. There’s a lot of basic business involved. Determining demand, placing orders, overstock, profit margins and, of course, dealing with mistakes.
A Benchmade Auto-Rift (9555SBK) arrived the other day. I have a customer who has been waiting quite some time for it. Unfortunately Benchmade shipped my wholesaler the black serrated blade, not the black plain edge he ordered. The wholesaler just assumed it was the right order and shipped it to me.
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| Benchmade Auto-Rift Model 9555SBK |
I was so happy to see it, I didn’t check it either. My wife caught it right before we finished packing it up.
I checked with the customer and I’m ordering him another knife. I can send it back to my wholesaler, but I’d really like to save myself from jumping through flaming hoops to return it and get all my shipping back.
I’m going to try to sell it locally. It’s a nice knife and the picture in Benchmade’s catalog doesn’t do it justice.
Want to find out more about the Auto-Rift? Here’s a link: http://www.benchmade.com/products/9555
