Hey ! I checked it out on Friday - a fuc king shambles gear evwryqhere and hard to find some stuff seen online
I bought a new mast at a bargain $200 for new gorilla 430 but other than that got outbid. Things went for crazy lrices! Some boards looked good but the grip 89 was ****d it had bubbles and was peeling on bottom (see pics)
grip 99 was good nick but still went for $700 with no straps or fins so fairly normal. Grip 82 was covered in dirt but fine someone got a bargain with that for around $300 (2019 model)
most sails were brand new so bargains there but it was all a mess
The way i see it is that everybody needs fries and drink with a burger so the shops will be there to supply those,
Almost everyone including me always wants more and more
I don't plan to stop buying gear from the shops just because i got few things today, (and i did)
Congrats to winners, share the old gear with your mates, and family
Hope to see few more sailing the coming season on the goldie
Will see you guys at the Brisbane, sunny coast and gold coast shops soon
Bring on summer .......
Wowww I watched that auction very carefully today, people just went crazyyyyy. Appart from some mast which went for quite reduced price, some items went very closed to RRP. Sure with a sweet friendly talk to your local we could get the same deal.
Looking at people behaviour, if I had a shop, I would sent put my whole shop to auction every week and replenish weekly.
I reckon in general there were some good buys as long as you stuck to a sensible plan, paying anything too much more than 50% of retail for any of this stuff is a risky plan
Prices out there.. Footstraps $50-$100 for 3
When i have stock i was selling 3 brand dakine primo with free postage for $74 bucks on ebay.... .
Some good buys but mostly overpriced , i think the shops will be glad most of the gear did not go cheap and will not appear at give away prices on the market.
^^^^ Yeah but I got 3 for 50 with screws etc.
I know your price for footstraps is good, but screws are overpriced to blazes at all the shops. That's Cobra's fault I know but still, reality.... I saved $30 plus if we count screws and anti twist thingies.
so if 1 guy is buying 10 boards its pretty obvious that he has a shop, is going to fix them & sell
'them onto unsuspecting people. we should find out witch shops bought stuff & let everyone
know who they are. who was paying over $700 for the burnt up jp 150 foil board.
they will have that board in a shop with $2000 on it in a month.
the xc race booms going for over$1000 lol ha ha ha.
there wasn't much of a bargin to be had but shop owners don't give a **** if they can sell it
off as new after buying it cheaper.
I don't agree with the guy above .. I don't think there are dodgy windsurfing shop owners around ...
it's surprising that there aren't any guys that have posted comments on the boards and sails that they purchased. Or maybe today was the pickup day, so we'll get some feedback in the next few days.
how are u going to know if the gear is fire sale or not, do u have stock take lists of your mates
shop. business is just business. if owners can get a score, sell it on & make more than they would
normaly they will jump at it. they may have a few problems or none, that's the bad part, unsuspecting
custemers are the ones left to find out.
any body buying a 2nd hand board bring a cotton bud, wipe it up & down the mast track & fin screw holes
find any black stuff offer them a zero less.
Ditto above. My local shop owner is in full support of those who walk through his door wanting to be a windsurfer. I have 100% TRUST in him, the products he sells me and his advice.
On a brighter note... I'm very pleased with what I managed to grab, there's a few scratches on the sail but I'll tape them. Just disappointed I won't be able to rig anything up for 6 weeks... or sail for 10
What did others grab? :D
-Scotty