Best place to buy Xikar Xi3 cutter

[Jonsey5484]

As a retailer the thing that ticks me off about the ebay sellers is that most manufacturers ask retailers to keep prices within a certain threshold. They don’t like bottom of the barrel Internet pricing because it hurts the little guys (especially your neighborhood cigar shop). The ebay sellers apparently don’t like to follow the rules that the Xikar sets.

Would I like to price my products lower? Obviously yes. But I’m not going to risk a good relationship with my suppliers to do so.

The problem with a lot of ebay sellers, is they are not direct distributors, so the regular rules that Xikar has really don't apply to them. Ebay is like the online black market. Most items are most likely stolen. Some guy works at a cigar distributor and on his last day leaves with a whole box of Xikar cutters. He can sell them on ebay fairly easy at rock bottom pricing because he has nothing to loose. They were free! This is not the case with all of the people on ebay, but, if you see an Xikar cutter for $20, you know there is a good chance it is stolen becuase no one who bought that would be able to sell it at that kind of price.

[cigar no baka]

The problem with a lot of ebay sellers, is they are not direct distributors, so the regular rules that Xikar has really don't apply to them. Ebay is like the online black market. Most items are most likely stolen. Some guy works at a cigar distributor and on his last day leaves with a whole box of Xikar cutters. He can sell them on ebay fairly easy at rock bottom pricing because he has nothing to loose. They were free! This is not the case with all of the people on ebay, but, if you see an Xikar cutter for $20, you know there is a good chance it is stolen becuase no one who bought that would be able to sell it at that kind of price.

That's why I only buy from well-established sellers with a long history on e-bay, hundreds if not thousands of customers, and a 99.5% or higher satisfaction rate. That way I'm pretty damn sure I'm not buying stuff that was stolen or hijacked.

[Jonsey5484]

I buy from ebay stores as well, but, you will not find the low prices like you will with average Joe who stole something and is reselling it on the net.