eBay idiot, or not?

[Harv 86]

they guy selling the "michigan helmets" is on craigslist.... http://detroit.craig...2915450714.html

I'll be sending 'Zoran' a nice message telling him to removed my listing from his craigslist ad.

[rocknrolltakeover 0]

Those gloves would have been $25 shipped a few weeks ago before the whole retro gear bandwagon began

But I do have a pair of Forte made (Eagle CP96) Rawlings 4 Rolls that are brand new, never even shot with them. (hence of course brand new right?)

$25 shipped? I think a lot of people love those gloves...

And I didn't realize a retro gear bandwagon started a few weeks ago??

[Monty22 833]

$25 shipped? I think a lot of people love those gloves...

And I didn't realize a retro gear bandwagon started a few weeks ago??

Agreed-. Certain pieces of older gear have always commanded a premium since they were discontinued.The Easton gloves, Jofa buble cages and shin/shoulder/elbows and Tacks skates all come to mind.

[steelnation248 102]

http://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/spo/2934202069.html

No explanation need...

[ibeck 38]

I know they're vintage, but c'mon

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Warrior-pro-stock-hockey-gloves-centennial-retro-vintage-montreal-nhl-leather-/110851857509?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19cf491c65#ht_500wt_1075

[IPv6Freely 2096]

Curious what you guys think of this... am I an ebay idiot? I just bought them...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/190662078942

[ibeck 38]

Curious what you guys think of this... am I an ebay idiot? I just bought them...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/190662078942

$300 for top of the line brand new skates plus you mentioned in I think the SHOW IT OFF thread the EE will help with your foot pains, I say good deal unless they suck.

[hockeymass 11]

http://detroit.craig...2934202069.html

No explanation need...

Reebok 20k, Hockeytron 20k...what's the difference, right?

[IPv6Freely 2096]

$300 for top of the line brand new skates plus you mentioned in I think the SHOW IT OFF thread the EE will help with your foot pains, I say good deal unless they suck.

True, was just making sure I wasn't REALLY missing something here. The label on the skate says "9EE-LR".. I'm not sure what the LR means.

[sharks25 9]

Left and Right I think. Showing that both skates are 9EE. Some customs have different sizes.

[bagsbie 8]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-RBK-REEBOK-JOFA-7K-PRO-ELBOW-PADS-SIZE-4-SMALL-/320882079276?_trksid=p4340.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC.NPJS%26its%3DI%252BC%26itu%3DUA%26otn%3D5%26pmod%3D330689937659%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D7487228363894017802

why so much?

[RussianDangler15 0]

Smalls are very rare, regardless that's way overpriced and you'd have to be nuts to pay that for elbow pads.

[shoeshine boy 242]

I will admit that I've never worn them but I don't understand why Jofa elbow pads command prices upwards of $150.

[krwwc6 0]

Everytime I see those jofa pro elbows so expensive I'm baffled. I bought them, originally size 5 (medium) from hockey giant. Since these pads are seriously ginormous, i ended up returning them for size 4 (small) and they are still big but fit very well.

I payed $50 shipped form hockey giant probably 1.5 years ago. . . . I wish I never returned the size5's and ended up putting them on ebay no. Amazing these things are selling for these prices, just amazing.

[Harv 86]

I just sold a pair of size 5 7ks for $250. I threw them up there just to field offers on them.

They lasted 17 mins before someone paid the full $250.

[Medic 0]

I just bought some size 5 8k pros for $80 on ebay. Must have gotten lucky?

[HockeySavants 5]

Haven't you heard, Jofa is to the hockey player as aluminium wings on cars are to ricers. Not that Jofa is bad they are obviously a quality product but I paid $9.99 for my Bauer Supreme Classics and work just fine for me.

[Half 2]

I will admit that I've never worn them but I don't understand why Jofa elbow pads command prices upwards of $150.

I've worn them. I also bought a pair from Hockey Giant after hearing everyone rave over them. I hated the blasted things and sold them for about what i paid for them. I personally felt ripped off paying $40 for them.

[Harv 86]

I just bought some size 5 8k pros for $80 on ebay. Must have gotten lucky?

8k's normally go for half of what 7ks go for.

Nature of the beast.

[bagsbie 8]

I happened to watch the Colorado's last game of the season where at the end of the game some lucky fans were getting a signed jersey of their fav Avalanche player and guys were taking their game worn jerseys off right there, on the ice. I must have noticed more than half of the players wearing 7K elbows. this is it, I guess. wear what the pros wear mentality that drives the craze about these pads. I can't see how a casual player would need those. I had 6K older ones and they were, like some said, too big.

[hockeymass 11]

I happened to watch the Colorado's last game of the season where at the end of the game some lucky fans were getting a signed jersey of their fav Avalanche player and guys were taking their game worn jerseys off right there, on the ice. I must have noticed more than half of the players wearing 7K elbows. this is it, I guess. wear what the pros wear mentality that drives the craze about these pads. I can't see how a casual player would need those. I had 6K older ones and they were, like some said, too big.

It's not a "wear what the pros wear" thing. It's that they're good pads and people like them...

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

I've been wearing that style elbow pad for 13 years straight. It just works.

[krwwc6 0]

I think the "wear what the pro's wear" isn't why they are what people want to wear. They are absolutely amazing pads. . . and they are tanks. If I landed wrong on my old elbow pads I'd have zinger's going up my arms from landing on my elbow. . . . and now I can take some heavy slashes before I feel any pain.

The $250 price tag they are going for on ebay is a bit ridiculous though. . . . but hell if I had a few extra pairs I'd definitely try to turn a profit on them. . . . I know I'm not giving up the pair I've got.

Back to ebay idiots. . . . I've been trying to get a new pair of flak shoulder pads for a few months. There is a ebayer selling a pair of junior large. . . . I've been trying to contact this guy to find out exact sizing for a month, and he doesn't respond at all. He did respond once to only say "I don't have these on site and can't measure them" Makes me so angry!!!!

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

No, I think it is exactly that.

The reason why the size 4 are going so quickly (and so expensive) is because it fits teenagers/very small arms; people who did not grow up wearing Jofa.

[bagsbie 8]

I am not arguing that these pads are good or even excellent but are they so good that someone will pay $250 for them? I guess, an idiot would. that's the topic of the discussion.