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Chockstone Forum - For Sale

Buy and Sell Used Climbing Gear Please do not post retail SPAM.

Author
Moving Overseas, Climbing gear FS
nomadiclimber
27-Mar-2015
2:42:07 PM
DB C4 Cams #0.5, #0.75, #1.0, #2.0 and #3.0, selling due to no need for double set of cams. Good condition, no falls. $300
Beal Golden Dry 60m 9.7. Used once for ice climbing, no falls taken. Excellent condition $300.
Located in Melbourne, pick up preferred
lightfoot
27-Mar-2015
5:27:16 PM
interested in the #3 if your prepared to split.
nomadiclimber
28-Mar-2015
9:31:59 AM
Sorry mate. Can't split
a_stevo
29-Mar-2015
11:17:30 AM
I'm interested in the cams. Are you prepared to put them in the post to Sydney?
Wendy
29-Mar-2015
3:57:00 PM
I'm going to be one of those glumbums again who point out this is not exactly a good price. You can by those cams new from climbing anchors.com for $385 no postage costs. If you bought them this week, they have a 15% off sale on top of that. Rock hardware is basicly the same price without the sale on.
nomadiclimber
29-Mar-2015
5:24:43 PM
Wendy thanks for that information. We all know how to look for gear online and are aware of the current RRP of gear and sales. If your not interested, I'm not sure of why you would comment in the thread. I have used them once and selling because I have no use for double set of cams.
Jayford4321
29-Mar-2015
6:06:49 PM
On 29/03/2015 nomadiclimber wrote:
>Wendy thanks for that information. We all know how to look for gear online
>and are aware of the current RRP of gear and sales. If your not interested,
>I'm not sure of why you would comment in the thread. I have used them once
>and selling because I have no use for double set of cams.

Thanks for that clarification, as it shows us you are happy to rip off your fellow climbers who may be less well informed.
nomadiclimber
29-Mar-2015
6:34:28 PM
I'm sorry you feel that way mate, I do not intend to 'rip off' anyone. What price can you suggest?
Jayford4321
29-Mar-2015
6:47:50 PM
On 29/03/2015 nomadiclimber wrote:
>I'm sorry you feel that way mate, I do not intend to 'rip off' anyone.
>What price can you suggest?

2/3 current cheapest retail for starters, given the good condition of the stuff, less if U want a quicker sale.
Dunno if others disagree, but that seems reasonable to me.
Feel free to disagree and score other replies like mine?

zarb
29-Mar-2015
7:32:26 PM
Glad Wendy has opened the gates, because I didn't want to be the first one... $300 for a privately sold rope is a bit of a stretch (Haha stretch? Get it?).
Wendy
29-Mar-2015
9:09:46 PM
This site has a long history of overseas climbers trying to fund their trips by selling gear they brought with them without realising that gear prices in OZ have plummeted. Some people may also be innocent enough to think that someone selling second hand will be offering an appropriate price. Others might also think if you are selling gear on a site sponsored by a gear store, it would be polite to not sell anything in the order of what they sell it for. Then there's the whole thing about you say they have only been used once, but lets face it, once something is out of the store, it loses a stack of value. Once it has it's labels off, it loses still more value. Once it has a few scratches, it could have been used once or 15 times for all we know. It could look great but have been stored in your boot next to your spare battery. Second hand gear is a lottery. You have to price it to make it worth the lottery.

As to the rope - I'd be super wary of buying a second hand rope. Esp if it was no longer in it's original coil. A rope can look good and be ancient. I climbed with a friend who pulled out her rope the other week. Most of her gear looked suitably ancient (she had a good 10 year break from climbing) and I suggested it was time to treat herself to some new slingage and draws, but the rope looked ok. Turns out she bought it in 1999. I wasn't that keen on climbing on it after that, even if it did only look like a rope that had had a year or so of use. Besides, my 60m mammut 9.2 I bought last year only cost me $200.

It sucks when you buy gear and end up concluding you don't really want it. But you just have to suck it up ad admit you will loose money on it. You can either decide it's worth more to you to keep it or accept the loss.

gordoste
1-Apr-2015
10:36:01 PM
Seriously if it doesn't sell he'll come back with a lower price. If someone buys it, they'll both be happy (assuming people don't buy stuff for a price they don't like).

Flano
12-May-2015
8:33:57 PM
Climbers simply can't help themselves but jump on fellow climbers when they put a post up. Quite sad really but unfortunately this will always be the case in our community

a) A guy has some climbing gear to sell (for whatever reason, none of our business really)

b) He advertises it on the relevant website which he's entitled to do at a price he wants to sell it for, again which he's entitled to do

c) Prospective buyers will ask relevant questions before purchasing the gear, which we all do when buying anything in life

d) The seller answers the questions (truthfully or not)

e) The interested buyer will make their own decision on if they want to make the purchase with the information provided them

A simple every day process made unsavory by like minded people (lovers of rock) all because they don't agree the guy should be selling items he is rightfully entitled to sell. I'd suggest showing a bit of maturity and let the man sell what he's allowed to sell.

Now, allow me to step off my soap box.
martym
12-May-2015
11:17:07 PM
On 12/05/2015 Flano wrote:
>c) Prospective buyers will ask relevant questions before purchasing the
>gear, which we all do when buying anything in life
>

2 people have already shown interest - therefore it would seem this advertisement is valid.
You can hide the "For Sale" section from your forum view if you are not interested, which until recently I have not been - so you needn't ever be exposed to any of this.

I'm all for reselling unused/good condition gear - the less stuff sitting in the back of cupboards the better.

Flano
13-May-2015
4:12:06 PM
Have you got a spare trad rack sitting in the back of your cupboard Marty? I don't want to hog the clubs ;-)
martym
13-May-2015
10:29:46 PM
On 13/05/2015 Flano wrote:
>Have you got a spare trad rack sitting in the back of your cupboard Marty?

Saving it for a rainy day.

No wait...

Capt_mulch
17-May-2015
9:19:34 AM
Caveat emptor. Vellunt dii vobiscum.

E. Wells
17-May-2015
9:31:45 AM
Does this say 'a priest masturbared me at little school' ?

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