I must admit, like many other folks, I have quite an inventory of gear. Some were nice ideas at the time but just didnt work out. I had a very high end Hyperlight Gear tent that I bought several years ago that just didnt fit my expectations or use. It was a close out and by the time I decided that I was not going to use it, there were no return options. I suppose I could have tried selling direct but to much hassle for me and I expect that for many folks they would run into into the same limitations.. It was advertised as an ultralight two man tent but they were really stretching the definition of "two men", far more likely a solo person and maybe a small dog. I had heard of Geartrade in the past and had bought some gear retail from them so I decided to try their consignment shop. Its gets a lot of eyeballs from all over the country. They send a free shipping label so I packed up the tent and sent it. In about 2 weeks I got their apprised cost at about 30% of new and copy of the listing. It got sold once but got returned about 3 months ago but recently sold. Once they got past the return period they notified me and the money got deposited in my account.
Sure I might have been able to sell if for more but expect I would have found a lot of tire kickers and folks wanting to wheel and deal but for me the lack of hassle was worth a lower price as the alternative was for it to sit on the shelf and probably get given or more likely thrown away. I will probably pack up another mixed batch of stuff one of these months. They are looking for new or nearly new geat and do have the right to reject items so keep that in mind if you try it. I dont know a lot of young hikers these days so I dont have a lot of options to give stuff away to someone who can use it. I gave my friends daughter a nice Marmot Hydrogen down bag last year but her parents are also gearaholics and are getting close to the point where they need to seriously pare down the gear.
One of the items for future sale is a pair of size 13 plastic winter boots. I tried them on and off for a couple of years but despite being known to be wide, they sure were not wide enough for me.
Sure I might have been able to sell if for more but expect I would have found a lot of tire kickers and folks wanting to wheel and deal but for me the lack of hassle was worth a lower price as the alternative was for it to sit on the shelf and probably get given or more likely thrown away. I will probably pack up another mixed batch of stuff one of these months. They are looking for new or nearly new geat and do have the right to reject items so keep that in mind if you try it. I dont know a lot of young hikers these days so I dont have a lot of options to give stuff away to someone who can use it. I gave my friends daughter a nice Marmot Hydrogen down bag last year but her parents are also gearaholics and are getting close to the point where they need to seriously pare down the gear.
One of the items for future sale is a pair of size 13 plastic winter boots. I tried them on and off for a couple of years but despite being known to be wide, they sure were not wide enough for me.
