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Moving Overseas, Climbing gear FS 29-Mar-2015 At 9:09:46 PM Wendy

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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.