Hi All,

New to the sport. Looking to pick up some second hand gear and I have an idea of what type of thing I'm looking for in terms of models/sizes but not really sure what is a fair price to offer. There appears to be a lot of variation in asking price among kites of similar model and age.

Is there a basic rule of thumb on the depreciation rate on kiting gear in reasonable order?

Thanks

Assume a $2000 kite
Ex demo 30% $1400
1 year old 50% $1000
2 years another 25% $750
3 Years another 25% $562.5
4 years +... Good luck

Plummet said..
Assume a $2000 kite
Ex demo 30% $1400
1 year old 50% $1000
2 years another 25% $750
3 Years another 25% $562.5
4 years +... Good luck

That'd make your gear worthless, I just sold 2013 Vegas 7
Vegas 9
vegas 12 for $1000, inc 2 bars
was bombarded with offers of extra , but they served me well and was happy to see someone get a bargain, Carnt see the point of f....g around with some goons for weeks making offers

Simple really - look in the buy and sell and put in the year of your kite and the size and hit search - in your face then are the top and bottom end prices of the kites from all brands - look at the descriptions of condition and price yours accordingly!

NorthernKitesAUS said..
I had one goon claiming he couldn't find decent kites under $400 in Seabreeze...
I was like - yeah what ever... get lost and learn how to search! Geesus... how do you think I can do it and on-sell them?

Thought you had moved on to be a Buzz kite dealer now.

Richoa said..

NorthernKitesAUS said..
I had one goon claiming he couldn't find decent kites under $400 in Seabreeze...
I was like - yeah what ever... get lost and learn how to search! Geesus... how do you think I can do it and on-sell them?

Thought you had moved on to be a Buzz kite dealer now.

Mate. There is no money in selling kites. Hasn't anyone told you yet?

Buy and Sell can be a real "Fools Paradise".

There is some proper ****e in there. I would suggest finding someone who has been in the sport for more than a year and asking them to help you sift through the rubbish to find a gem. Most people in the sport for only 1 year will likely know stuff all about, but extolling the virtues of the best (and only) kite they have ever flown.

As a general rule, You get what you pay for. If it's cheap, it's probably crap. Why would you sell a kite worth $1200 for $400 unless it has problems? There are some exceptions, but you need to know what you are looking at to tell the difference. Fair dinkum buyers may even let you take the kite to a local shop for evaluation.

I've seen many people faff around dealing with stretched lines, leaking bladders, peeling valves and stretched canopies that don't fly right for a whole season only to eventually buy a quality late model used or new kite and wonder why they persisted with the old crap for so long.

Quality means reliability and performance as intended. Cheap means someone else finally got sick of pouring money into an old kite which let them down one too many times.

Find someone knowledgable and ask for help. Most decent shops will also help you sift through the crap on SB if they are quiet.

DM