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OK Glass customers out there. I learned something from a couple local blowers out there. There is at least one shop out there selling seconds as normal pipes. All blowers QC there stuff. If it fails, they will not sell it as a normal production pipe. Many shop buy these and sale them at a discount noting its a second. NVS glassworks does this often especial with Goldstiens. I saw one yesterday the only issue was the rooster decal had some marks on it. It was 50% off. For people who don't care this is an excellent deal, and you know what you are getting.
Well this internet only shop locally here in Portland is selling Liberty 503 seconds with 15% off, but never state this is a second. 15% off is a standard sell price for a production pipe, not a second.
The issue it hurts everyone. The customer buys a second at a normal "good" price for a good pipe. They don't know its a second. Next, others see this good price and use it against other shops who actually have good QC'ed pipes in which they paid more for. Now their margins are gone to crap and the value of the product is dragged down. That does not help the blowers, other shops or us as consumers. We get bad pipes, blowers product value drops and stores loose margin all because someone is misrepresenting the stock...
This shop has been complained about in the past with a fellow member getting ripped on a Steve Beer piece. Well, I wonder about this because the blower stated they sold this pipe to them as a second and the description never stated "second" on there store page and they said that was the deal when they sold it to them... This isn't the 1st time this has happened. They are selling other liberty's at near wholesale cost, but not stating they are seconds. That just screws everyone because honest shops paid that for them...
Well this internet only shop locally here in Portland is selling Liberty 503 seconds with 15% off, but never state this is a second. 15% off is a standard sell price for a production pipe, not a second.
The issue it hurts everyone. The customer buys a second at a normal "good" price for a good pipe. They don't know its a second. Next, others see this good price and use it against other shops who actually have good QC'ed pipes in which they paid more for. Now their margins are gone to crap and the value of the product is dragged down. That does not help the blowers, other shops or us as consumers. We get bad pipes, blowers product value drops and stores loose margin all because someone is misrepresenting the stock...
This shop has been complained about in the past with a fellow member getting ripped on a Steve Beer piece. Well, I wonder about this because the blower stated they sold this pipe to them as a second and the description never stated "second" on there store page and they said that was the deal when they sold it to them... This isn't the 1st time this has happened. They are selling other liberty's at near wholesale cost, but not stating they are seconds. That just screws everyone because honest shops paid that for them...
