Ebay UK ban sale of "samarai swords"

ALEX · 2nd April 2008, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by kronckew

....the value of any swords i have now is basically gone from a fair amount to nil with no compensation and for no purpose other than to make our govt. look good.

Do not count your losses yet, my friend. The effect on the value of your collection can be quite positive, AS LONG AS DEMAND IS PRESENT. And it is the case now, and will be for a long while. Banning these swords from ebay, etc will NOT decrease their high demand and interest. Just look at the lessons of prohibition era, not even mentioning the drug industry

spiral · 2nd April 2008, 07:53 PM

I agree Kronckew, essentialy our swords are worth infinatly less than they were, , accept in illegal sales, but without ebay they are just worth local village junk shop England prices , not international world market prices.

Sadly I doubt if the Torys would do it differently, they all just run the country for their own ends & those of there mates, they just play with the population & newspapers etc. But I digress.

But as I said in this thread...
linky...

"If you live in "Blighty" "land of the free" & want a longish curved blade youve got 8 weeks to get it."

I would now add to that statement , it seems likley that if you want a longish straight blade in or from England you've got 6 months left to get it, {or sell it if you dont want it.}

Luckily I took my own advice. But theres still some pieces I would have liked that I will probably never own.

I think this law should have been introduced yesterday, Aprill fools day would have been a suitible timing.

Spiral

2nd April 2008, 07:53 PM	#2
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	I agree Kronckew, essentialy our swords are worth infinatly less than they were, , accept in illegal sales, but without ebay they are just worth local village junk shop England prices , not international world market prices. Sadly I doubt if the Torys would do it differently, they all just run the country for their own ends & those of there mates, they just play with the population & newspapers etc. But I digress. But as I said in this thread... linky... "If you live in "Blighty" "land of the free" & want a longish curved blade youve got 8 weeks to get it." I would now add to that statement , it seems likley that if you want a longish straight blade in or from England you've got 6 months left to get it, {or sell it if you dont want it.} Luckily I took my own advice. But theres still some pieces I would have liked that I will probably never own. I think this law should have been introduced yesterday, Aprill fools day would have been a suitible timing. Spiral