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Thread: best ski swap score?
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10-28-2015, 10:13 AM #26
2 pairs 183 Rossi Axioms, with demo 912's, for $20 total, from the former Irwin catskiing operation. Had I known that the Axiom would be my favorite ski, and it still is to this day, I would have bought all 10 pairs or so that they had. The good thing is that Crested Butte was flooded with Axioms, so whenever someone broke one, I would invariably get the single, so I've been milking that for the past 12 years or so...
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10-28-2015, 11:57 AM #27
banff swap seemed to have fair prices from retailers (20% commision) and a balance of new to town kids looking for 1 ski for everything (155-175, 70-90mm) some parents looking for kids skis, and long term locals looking for work skis.
Sell thru was VERY high I found...
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10-28-2015, 01:26 PM #28Registered User
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10-28-2015, 02:51 PM #29
our last swap shop / local club died a 5+ years ago, sux. think at thier last one I grabbed a pair of black and pink solomon rear entry boots and old straight skis marked free, thinkin I'd just mount the boots in the skis over the fireplace.
Probably have 20 crap days on the boots now and they are going strong."Can't you see..."
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10-28-2015, 03:59 PM #30
That's how they all work. All the volunteer ski patrols and ski teams that sponsor the events started inviting vendors in thirty plus years ago, nothing's new. But renting the space is expensive, advertising is expensive, and people are lazy and want to buy shit on the internet, so commission prices shot up from 10 or 15% to 20% over the last decade. So to maximize profits, sponsors started charging vendors tag fees and sold item fees. And charging people at the door. And doing friday night sales for $20 entry fees. Then when the economy ate shit in '08 and all the manufacturers scaled back production, closeouts disappeared, which was how the vendors managed to get so much good gear for so cheap. Now closeouts get picked up by the websites (backcountry, stp, et al.) so they never make it to the swaps. Add that to the rapidly changing tech in skis and snowboards and there's just not a lot of great stuff to be sold at swaps nowadays.
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10-29-2015, 02:16 PM #31
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10-29-2015, 04:03 PM #32
The sales here in Crested Butte were pretty incredible back around 2000. There were a lot of pros living here then, so they would put an ad in the paper and sell all their extra gear at the park. The successful ones would walk with 5-10K...
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10-29-2015, 10:28 PM #33
Shit yeah they were, I got two pair of 4x4 bigs for $100 one year. I think roughly everyone in the butte was skiing those at that time.
Vail ski swap was unreal for a while there too, barely used race skis with 916s and p18s for next to nothin. Still some good deals at that one, especially soft goods, but the ebayers are all over it now.
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10-30-2015, 01:04 AM #34
Got a pair of armada JJ's last year for $40, one small core shot, otherwise minty. Few years ago got some FKS 140s for $15.
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10-31-2015, 12:55 PM #35Registered User
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Brand new expensive climbing rope.. a nice bibler bivy sack and a slightly used Yosemite wall bag at a garage sale for 150 bucks.. I was so stocked
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10-31-2015, 01:54 PM #36
We got a pair of brand new in plastic Head STD up at Crystal Mtn, WA.....we have since used 1 ski as a pro sign ski
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11-01-2015, 08:36 AM #37
Not the greatest deal, but I'm really happy with the Thule I picked up for $150. Two keys, and all the hardware. No damage, very little use, and it looks like I could fit at least 4 pairs of 200cm fat skis.
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11-02-2015, 09:02 AM #38
A new kokatat expedition drysuit for $100. Less skiing, more kayaking and open hull sailing for a possible el niño winter.
Someone once told me that I ski like a Scandinavian angel.
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11-02-2015, 09:04 AM #39
I also picked up a pair of solomon 1080 skis at 181cm when they were recent for $1 new in plastic at a police auction in Kent Washington. They were stolen from a shop and on auction the next winter as evidence. They even had an evidence sticker I threw on the ski and rode with for a few seasons in college.
Someone once told me that I ski like a Scandinavian angel.
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11-04-2015, 05:31 PM #40Registered User
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I got a brand new Giro ski helmet for $6.00.
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11-04-2015, 05:44 PM #41
New Rossi Radical Pro boots, perfect fit, only pair they had, for $100 at the North Tahoe swap some years ago. Great boots, still skiing em.
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11-05-2015, 12:18 AM #42Banned
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Not at a swap, but a CList score...someone selling for their boss...two prs of Trekkers for $40. One pr never even used, one with a busted runaway strap buckle. Not that I really needed them but couldn't resist.
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11-10-2015, 08:31 AM #43Registered User
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Brand new '14 Icelantic Keepers 181cm for $90 back in August
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11-10-2015, 09:37 AM #44
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11-10-2015, 01:05 PM #45Registered User
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Not at a ski swap, but back when I was in high school, I picked up a Thule roof/ski rack at Value Village for $50 AND fit my car without any issues. I was pretty pumped.
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11-10-2015, 03:11 PM #46Registered User
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a chouinard mountain lounger. 3 bucks.
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11-10-2015, 04:40 PM #47
Just bought some t-race shells, was looking at about 200 for intuition liners....found some perfect fit for $60
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11-10-2015, 05:16 PM #48indentured servant
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just to piss gwat off, 1 pair if 15DIN pivots and one pair of 18DIN pivots for 20$ each including the skis they came on...
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11-11-2015, 05:47 PM #49self proclaimed JONG!
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^grrrrrrrrrrrrr
You win.Do what you like, Like what you do.
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10-08-2017, 08:11 AM #50
bump for a new swap season.
not amazing this year but ok deals
$10 skis with naxo bindings
$75 skis with older dynafits (80mm brakes)
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