Helping a friend out, am I doing alright?

[Radar O\'Reilly]

So after reading about Gillette deploying the shrink ray on cartridges, a friend of mine on Consumerist decided to consider DE shaving. Since she knows I DE shave, she asked me about taking it up, so I sent her over here to B&B, but also decided to send her some razors so that she could try them out and choose the ones she wants to keep and send the other back to me. I have narrowed the razors I am going to send her to these:

http://www.badgerandblade.com/forum/media/20117/full&original=1Full image

I am also sending her 10 Derby's, 10 Bluebirds, 10 Red Persona's and 5 Green label Gillette 7 O'clocks. I am asking her for $6 for the blades, which is about what I paid, and told her if she likes all the razors, she can have all 6 for $99.99. Am I doing right by her?

 

[gaj90027]

The price is more than fair for all 6 but you can probably skip the Fatboy and the Barber Pole Merkur and lower the price accordingly.

 

[Radar O\'Reilly]

The price is more than fair for all 6 but you can probably skip the Fatboy and the Barber Pole Merkur and lower the price accordingly.

If I recall the breakdown I gave her, the two Super Speeds(un-dated 50's style and A1 flair tip) are $7 each, the M4 Slim is $15, the G3 Fatboy is $20,the 12c is $40 and the K1 Ladies is $15.
I'm letting her try before she buys, so she may not like either the FB or 12c, and not choose them. She asked me for a price if she decided to keep them all, which is how I arrived at $99.99(Earl Scheib corrupted me). IIRC, she said she talked to someone on here who leg shaves, and she uses a 11c, and the closest I have and sadly don't use is the 12c. There's also a chance her HWMO(He Who Must Obey) might try the razors out and keep them for himself. It's the least I can do to help spread the joy of wet shaving.

 

[Blue-EyedSon]

I'd say the price you offered is more than fair. The FatBoy alone might fetch that much on eBay. It is a very generous offer, especially as you are letting her try before committing to it. Nice work!

 

[dpmtherrien]

This is a nice offer, and very generous on your part.

You can never be faulted for doing something nice for someone, and in so doing something nice will come your way.

 

[Sammer]

That really is a great deal for a beautiful collection of DE's.

I think it would be great to bring more women into DE shaving, but the women who I've mentioned it to all balk at the idea of taking the time I do on my face (15-20min) or even trying multiple passes. Does anyone know if DE leg shaving takes as much longer for women as DE face shaving does for men? Are any women satisfied with a one-pass DE leg shave?

 

[Radar O\'Reilly]

That really is a great deal for a beautiful collection of DE's.

I think it would be great to bring more women into DE shaving, but the women who I've mentioned it to all balk at the idea of taking the time I do on my face (15-20min) or even trying multiple passes. Does anyone know if DE leg shaving takes as much longer for women as DE face shaving does for men? Are any women satisfied with a one-pass DE leg shave?

I will admit to shaving PART of my legs when trying out new razors, as I have greater control and they are less sensitive. Even dry, I can usually get BBS doing a WTG and then a ATG. I'm sure if my legs weren't so hairy to begin with, since leg hair is finer and more sparse, with a nice lather, you could maintain with an ATG one pass. I will have to wait for my friend to move before she starts shaving. She has also decided she doesn't like the Merkur, but does like the "pretty blue one".

 

[Copierguy]

Even if she only keeps the "pretty blue one" and her guy only keeps
the " pretty fat one", they will be a happy couple.

The world one or two shavers at a time....LOL