spottedcatfish
11-18-2012, 01:25 PM
There was this Finis Competitor Monofin being sold on Ebay, that I have been following for a few days now till it ended this morning.
link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Finis-Competitor-Professional-Freedive-Monofin-SIZE-Large-/261126561774?nma=true&si=hoWdNfcXBDdpjulYTZgR4cIuCQs%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
(Scroll down to see the description)
Now I did not win this monofin, but I set the price bar up high enough to make sure the seller got a fair price for the item. It ended a little too high for my budget, but I noticed a few things that were odd about this Ebay sale from the beginning. First, seeing a competitor monofin on Ebay is rare in itself, and when you do see one it generally does not have a starting price of $25,:jawdrop: with no BIN (Buy It Now) price, or reserve price!
Second, the description was a bit odd. Why was he selling a "Brand New" Competitor, for such a low starting bid? Second, he mentions his wife in the description, saying that she has a size 8 foot and can use it with a neoprene sock. Uh, ok, but does she like to use the monofin too? Maybe not... who knows. Then for about a paragraph or so, it copies information I've seen before about the benefits of training with a competitive monofin... Little odd, but I guess the seller felt he had to give a sales pitch. But the one thing that threw me off, and really made this description stand out, was the last sentence:
"Due to constant business travel I'm having to resort to the smaller blade monofin that I can fit in a roll-on bag or gym bag." Wait so he's taking this fin to swim with on business trips? Where is he going? Hawaii? Maybe he's taking it to exercise in at the hotel pool. Of course the fin is too big to travel with, and secondly, why do you need a monofin for free diving, meant for use in the ocean, to take with you on business trips anyways? I don't know! this part threw me off the most, also the sellers location which was Salt Lake, Utah, where there is no body of water to be found... The Competitor fin, can be used in pools, as we all know. Also it's a very large fin, and would be cumbersome to travel with.
What do you think? Odd or normal? Comment below.
link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Finis-Competitor-Professional-Freedive-Monofin-SIZE-Large-/261126561774?nma=true&si=hoWdNfcXBDdpjulYTZgR4cIuCQs%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
(Scroll down to see the description)
Now I did not win this monofin, but I set the price bar up high enough to make sure the seller got a fair price for the item. It ended a little too high for my budget, but I noticed a few things that were odd about this Ebay sale from the beginning. First, seeing a competitor monofin on Ebay is rare in itself, and when you do see one it generally does not have a starting price of $25,:jawdrop: with no BIN (Buy It Now) price, or reserve price!
Second, the description was a bit odd. Why was he selling a "Brand New" Competitor, for such a low starting bid? Second, he mentions his wife in the description, saying that she has a size 8 foot and can use it with a neoprene sock. Uh, ok, but does she like to use the monofin too? Maybe not... who knows. Then for about a paragraph or so, it copies information I've seen before about the benefits of training with a competitive monofin... Little odd, but I guess the seller felt he had to give a sales pitch. But the one thing that threw me off, and really made this description stand out, was the last sentence:
"Due to constant business travel I'm having to resort to the smaller blade monofin that I can fit in a roll-on bag or gym bag." Wait so he's taking this fin to swim with on business trips? Where is he going? Hawaii? Maybe he's taking it to exercise in at the hotel pool. Of course the fin is too big to travel with, and secondly, why do you need a monofin for free diving, meant for use in the ocean, to take with you on business trips anyways? I don't know! this part threw me off the most, also the sellers location which was Salt Lake, Utah, where there is no body of water to be found... The Competitor fin, can be used in pools, as we all know. Also it's a very large fin, and would be cumbersome to travel with.
What do you think? Odd or normal? Comment below.