Fell for that $200 clipper sharpening scam last month

Sent my whole set to a place I found online that promised factory sharpening for $40 each. Got them back 2 weeks later and they were cutting worse than before, had to take them to a local guy who fixed them for $20 each. Anyone else get burned by those mail-in sharpening services?

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troythompson22d ago

Hang on, you telling me those mail-in places are actually that bad? I gotta admit, I used to think they were a solid deal because the websites look all professional and stuff. But hearing your story and a few others, it totally changed my mind. I was about to send my Fiskars there but now I'm just gonna find a local sharpener instead. Saves the shipping headache too.

terry_wood5122d ago

You mentioned "saves the shipping headache" and that's exactly what my buddy learned the hard way. He sent his Wusthof chef knife to this big mail-in place with a slick website, paid extra for the "premium service." Got it back two weeks later with a chipped tip and a grind that was totally uneven on one side. He ended up having to take it to a local guy anyway to fix what they messed up, so he paid twice. Now he just walks his knives to the farmer's market sharpener and waits twenty minutes.

vera_murphy22d ago

OH MAN, I nearly fell for the SAME thing! Sent my shears off to some "professional" sharpener and got back what looked like a toddler tried to fix them with a rock. Learned my lesson the hard way too.