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One of the most popular knives in the Spyderco collection—and for good reason—the Para Military 2 is ergonomically crafted for a wide range of applications. This version features a 3.4-inch blade made from CPM S110V stainless steel, a premium steel with high levels of vanadium and niobium, giving it exceptional wear and corrosion resistance Read More
Again, you're all saying this isn't a bargain, you got it for the same price.
Show me a single other place you can get this for 132.97
Please, do.
Oh, you can't? That's because you can't read the description.
You see the price and go 'I bet massdrop is so stupid! Let's Google the price!' and good job, pat yourselves on the back! You're so smart!
Hmmm, great knive and for a reasonable price. Almost exactly the same price as the S35VN I ordered a couple of weeks ago. When you decline the complementary case and get a $15 discount.
Just a bit to soon to justify buying this blurple one right now :-(
I question this sites intentions. I believe truly that you have used your name and initial purpose to take advantage of us as customers. I doubt I will warrant a response but maybe you will take a moment to analyze what you are becoming. The price here is a match exactly for blade hq. If you are gonna move product for a vendor and take a month to ship then where is the deal?
I've bought a few spydercos on amazon that were all fine. That being said they clearly said SOLD FROM AMAZON, not a third party. That's where you can run into junk or fakes, is buying from third party or market sellers on Amazon (not all of the third party are junk but some are). The main thing is to read the reviews. If it doesn't have many, or if they are bad and lots of complains on the merchant/item just move along. Amazon's customer service is phenomenal though they take care of you even if it's one of their third party sellers that screws you over.
danhorntxI also heard that even if sold by Amazon people will substitute a return with a fake. Overall I’m careful about what I buy from Amazon, especially Spydercos. I once bought a fake from an auction site and it’s the worst feeling ever. I don’t like being duped no matter what the price I paid. I was lucky enough to get a refund.
Most people skip over your comments because they regard them as childish tantrums. Your silly nom de plume doesn't help. I'm doing you a favor by responding--in and effort to make you look less irrelevant to the conversation. Just between the two of us; I suspect it's not going to work.
Honestly I get that massdrop has to honor Spyderco’s policies, but your whole thing is either getting exclusives or getting special pricing. When you can’t do either, better to stay in your own lane and spend your time and energy on something where you have a competitive advantage and can offer us better value. I love Spyderco but maybe that means you shouldn’t be carrying their knives, unless you can get exclusive sprint runs... I’d drop pretty much any amount for a Shaman in Cruwear with Micarta handles, for instance...
Aaronkb Agreed they should just remove this type of drops altogether unless Maybe md is a workaround for people who cannot buy these knives from regular dealers otherwise If they are in say NYC or A location with strict restrictions on knives?
Once again. Don't offer us standard production pieces at full price we then have to wait for and pay tax on. Significant discounts or Sprint runs/exclusives or both.
A genuinely excellent pocket knife. But why wait a month to have it in your pocket?
Buy it right now, at this exact same price, with free shipping, at both KnifeCenter and BladeHQ:
https://www.knifecenter.com/item/SP81GPDBL2/spyderco-c81gpdbl2-paramilitary-2-folding-knife-s110v-satin-blade-blue-purple-blurple-g10-handles
https://www.bladehq.com/item--Spyderco-Paramilitary-2-Knife-Dark--31164
These are just the first two vendors I checked, but I imagine others are also selling at this price.
And, OK, to be fair, MD's price is actually$10 lower, if you get the knife without the useless case ... So in return for only $10 ( a 6% discount), you get to wait for weeks to get your purchase - if the drop even attracts enough buyers to go forward. If this seems like a good deal to you - great! For me, not so much ...
MSRP is actually $254.95, but who pays full MSRP for Spyderco products - ever?
For that matter, why does anyone sign up for a MD offering like this (complete with delayed shipping!) without even checking the actual online retail prices at major knife vendors?
More importantly: why does MD persist in promoting offers like this as "bargains," when they clearly are not?
For the five of you who signed up for this drop without checking other sites, it's not too late to cancel your order, buy this great knife at the same price at KnifeCenter or BladeHQ - and have the knife in your hand next week, instead of a month from now.
NovanglianIt’s a win for me. I rolled the dice, the drop just moved forward (yah!!!), I don’t need the case (a knife is meant to be used!!!!) so I saved a few bucks (saved a bit more since I had an additional credit) I honestly don’t mind the wait - I have a PM2 in S30v.
Life is good. But I hear what you are saying. But I guess my point is Massdrop will work for some folks.
I may swap out the clip with a deep carry and the scales with carbon fiber just for fun. I have these lying around somewhere. Depending if this is the blue or red loctite model. For those who are thinking of doing the same thing beware if your knife had red loctite ( they only recently switched to blue), you’ll strip the screws. You can take special precautions or send your knife in to Spyderco for them to back out the screws for you.
Cheers!