Any help here as I'm not getting it.
I see so much gear up for sale on the face book selling pages which state never seen the bank or used once with the reason that they are upgrading?
How can you upgrade if you've never used kit or only once?
Am I being cynical?
I see so much gear up for sale on the face book selling pages which state never seen the bank or used once with the reason that they are upgrading?
How can you upgrade if you've never used kit or only once?
Am I being cynical?
In reply to Post #1
Its obviously BS. I saw an advert a few weeks back exactly the same thing about a set of reels that had seen the bank once yet the handles looked battered and there was paint chips all around the reel seats. Half of these muppets must think you were born yesterday.
Its obviously BS. I saw an advert a few weeks back exactly the same thing about a set of reels that had seen the bank once yet the handles looked battered and there was paint chips all around the reel seats. Half of these muppets must think you were born yesterday.
In reply to Post #2
Only used a handful of times is another and they want 90% of the new price, see a set of three reels today that you can buy new for £1500 but seller wanted £1350 NO OFFERS, you'd be made not to buy new with the knowledge that should you have any issue you would the the receipt to take them back to the shop.
Only used a handful of times is another and they want 90% of the new price, see a set of three reels today that you can buy new for £1500 but seller wanted £1350 NO OFFERS, you'd be made not to buy new with the knowledge that should you have any issue you would the the receipt to take them back to the shop.
In reply to Post #1
"Used for one week on a France trip".........
'course it has
"Used for one week on a France trip".........
'course it has
Someone keeps listing a ridgemonkey bait boat on ebay, used once. They want £650 for it, you can buy it new for under 500
In reply to Post #1
Someone near on a local facebook page had a "used once" tempest with all the extra's with it and wanted £1200.
Comments underneath said that you could buy them all at full RRP brand new and it was cheaper... apparently was selling for a friend who wouldn't drop the price
Now a days i generally give away or swap my old gear (beds, bivvys etc) they have served a purpose for me and if it helps a new person get more into the sport its all the compensation i need.
Someone near on a local facebook page had a "used once" tempest with all the extra's with it and wanted £1200.
Comments underneath said that you could buy them all at full RRP brand new and it was cheaper... apparently was selling for a friend who wouldn't drop the price
Now a days i generally give away or swap my old gear (beds, bivvys etc) they have served a purpose for me and if it helps a new person get more into the sport its all the compensation i need.
In reply to Post #6
Granted a lot of the time it could be BS and people over valuing their kit but I personally have sold equipment that has GENUINELY only ever been used once. I dont fish much and often buy kit on a whim, only to decide that it isnt quite right for my circumstances when I do actually go. There are still some honest people out there....
Granted a lot of the time it could be BS and people over valuing their kit but I personally have sold equipment that has GENUINELY only ever been used once. I dont fish much and often buy kit on a whim, only to decide that it isnt quite right for my circumstances when I do actually go. There are still some honest people out there....
The one I don't get is people buying something brand new, deciding they don't like it then selling as new at a loss. Why not take it back to exchange or refund?!
In reply to Post #7
Agree with this and have also done the same . . .currently have an Actor Plus that I'm probably going to sell because after using once I don't actually like it . . .not all people are full of bs . . .
Agree with this and have also done the same . . .currently have an Actor Plus that I'm probably going to sell because after using once I don't actually like it . . .not all people are full of bs . . .
In reply to Post #9
Yes, and 'due to upgrading' sounds better than 'I don't like it'
Weird thing for someone to get annoyed about. Better to get annoyed by the countless other irritations relating to selling on Facebook.
Yes, and 'due to upgrading' sounds better than 'I don't like it'
Weird thing for someone to get annoyed about. Better to get annoyed by the countless other irritations relating to selling on Facebook.
In reply to Post #1
Wife, used once, selling due to upgrade
Wife, used once, selling due to upgrade
In reply to Post #8
I've got a brand new, genuinely unused reel for sale on here. Now selling it to offset an overspend on a new boat purchase. I'll take the loss as it wasn't planned, things do happen sometimes.
I've got a brand new, genuinely unused reel for sale on here. Now selling it to offset an overspend on a new boat purchase. I'll take the loss as it wasn't planned, things do happen sometimes.
I got back into fishing this year after a layoff and made some mistakes which cost me - Sonik Vader reels and CTX rods for example both terrible products that I'd only realised once I'd used them, so they went as used once.
When I was looking for replacement stuff there was also a lot of people selling up because they didn't like fishing so there was the chance of some belting buys out there.
But I rejoined a forum instead and looked to see what others were using and so far so good 👍
When I was looking for replacement stuff there was also a lot of people selling up because they didn't like fishing so there was the chance of some belting buys out there.
But I rejoined a forum instead and looked to see what others were using and so far so good 👍
In reply to Post #1
I've always wondered how much gear we see on Facebook is knockoff gear.
I've always wondered how much gear we see on Facebook is knockoff gear.
My fav is only used for a week in France 😂