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Nice kites on Ebay
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 8:08 am
by oldflyer
None of these are mine or being sold by me, but they look good!
Benson Airbow
Benson Gemini
TC Ultra vented
Sliegers Vliegers kite
Stranger Level 7
+ others
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/wayneshorde/ ... 7675.l2562
Re: Nice kites on Ebay
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 8:32 am
by Andy S
Someone was after an Airbow the other day?
Re: Nice kites on Ebay
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 8:34 am
by Andy S
It was KaoS.. I'll DM him in case he hasn't seen this.
Re: Nice kites on Ebay
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 8:42 am
by Andy S
That SL7 looks like it's signed too.
Re: Nice kites on Ebay
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2020 8:30 am
by Andy S
Is anyone here seriously looking at the SL7? If someone wants it, I will not bid, but if no one here is interested I might try and grab it cheap. God knows why... I'm just drawn to it.
Re: Nice kites on Ebay
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2020 7:12 pm
by Ian Newham
Go for it - if you flatten the nose so it doesn't fly straight at you they aren't as weird as we once thought.
Re: Nice kites on Ebay
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2020 8:25 pm
by Andy S
I think it might already be out of the cheeky punt range at £27. Can you even get replacements for those LLEs any more?
Wasn't flying towards you the whole point of the thing?
Re: Nice kites on Ebay
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 10:12 am
by Ian Newham
The LLE's seem pretty robust, they are fibre glass rather than carbon. I've broken a few spreaders but despite a lot of bouncing the LLEs have always held up.
There's a big difference between a glide when you expect it and heading toward you at random just because you reached the top of the window.
Looks like they're all out of cheeky punt territory now
Re: Nice kites on Ebay
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:10 am
by Andy S
£206 for the SL7!
Re: Nice kites on Ebay
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 2:27 am
by KaoS
£168 plus shipping for the Airbow... over my budget
Re: Nice kites on Ebay
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 5:22 am
by davy2019
And the gemini went for £155
Re: Nice kites on Ebay
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2020 8:17 am
by jaydub
Crazy money. You can buy new for not much more.
Re: Nice kites on Ebay
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2020 11:32 pm
by Stan Doff
jaydub wrote:Crazy money. You can buy new for not much more.
Perhaps it was perceived as an older 'classic' version.It seems that there is a hint of a classic market in old kites; this
Flexifoil Erazor ER03 went for it's £75 starting price,more than what it cost new?.
I bought a used Stranger a few years back for £30, sure I saw one go last year for £70+; back in 2004/05 Kiteworld were selling them off new for half price i.e.£45 and throwing in a lineset.
I see the same seller's cashing in again with
another Flexi