Benjamin Posted September 8 Report Share Posted September 8 Hello everyone, To fulfill a recent trend about price, I oftenly ask myself about swords without prices (taged "price on request", or "ask") proposed by sellers that usually display it even on expensive items. Of course I suppose that thoses deals are open to proposals and negociations, that these types of sword are often very high end nihonto, or may be "out of market" for some reason or another. But Is it just the rule for items that cost for exemple more than 100 000 €/$/GBP ? Is there anything else that hide behind ? The provenance of the buyer ? a need to be introduced ? Is there a common factor about these sword ? Thank you for reading Benjamin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matsunoki Posted September 8 Report Share Posted September 8 I guess you are not referring to swords for sale on this forum?…..because a price is always required here. So, the reasons for “price on request” are various, as follows… 1. It’s vastly overpriced but the dealer doesn’t want everyone to know he is overpricing things 2. The dealer wants to get you to contact him so he can give you a load of b.s**t 3. The dealer wants to figure out who you are, what you can afford qnd why you are interested so that he can then give you the highest price that he thinks matches your budget 4. The dealer thinks he is more important than he really is 5. The dealer does not to reveal the price in case the person he bought it off finds out 6. Or finally he really is a top end dealer who has wonderful things but simply does not wish to reveal the price to everyone and simply wants to talk only to knowledgeable customers who can probably afford it. There are probably a few more that I’ve forgotten 🙂 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivkin Posted September 8 Report Share Posted September 8 Usually above 20k USD, in part because people are uncomfortable showing such prices, in part because they don't want someone comparing and later coming with "well you sold better blade for less money". Part of the reason these are usually sold as "reverse auction". 2 days after its posted you'll get full quote, 1 year later the price drops without making a fuss about it. Yes, the top buyers often are paying a bit more for the right being the first to whom the offer is made. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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