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Post by BigBruvOfEnglandUK on Oct 17, 2021 0:26:26 GMT
Very few stores have weights at the moment down here and those that do are charging the earth for them now so I've been looking on Facebook marketplace for used ones. I didn't want many. Just an adjustable dumbbell set and some more weights to add to my T handle. All I was seeing was used adjustable dumbbells selling for almost double what they would have cost when they were available at the shops or large amounts of plates with a bench or other items that I didn't want. Yesterday morning there was an ad on Facebook selling "About 100 kgs" of weights for $200. The seller was my local scrap yard so I went down and bought them. It turned out to be two rusty adjustable dumbbell handles and 112 kgs of weights. Most were quite dirty and some were very rusty so I gave them a quick scrub with a cheap paintbrush and soapy water and a hosing down and then went over them with rust converter liquid. The rust converter stabilised the rust and they look great. Much easier than fucking about painting them and this stuff really keeps the rust at bay (I've used it before on other stuff). The dumbbell handles have gone a golden colour because of the rust converter but at least my hands won't get covered in that horrible orange rust now. I decided I wanted to sell off what I didn't need so I kept the dumbbell handles and 28 kgs of weights. I listed what I didn't need on Facebook yesterday evening for $210 and sold them this morning Profit. $10 + 2x dumbbell handles + 28 kgs of weights. I'm rich, m8s! Before. After. I swapped my newer 5 kgs plates that have the built in handles and kept the old school solid plates instead. I prefer the older plates because they are thinner so they make a smaller stack on the T handle.
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Post by macky on Oct 17, 2021 2:37:35 GMT
Fargin capitalist.
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Post by MBS on Oct 17, 2021 5:36:28 GMT
After reading your post, I decided to price used weight plates on Offer Up here in Vegas. People are asking $1.20 to $2 a pound. And there’s no lockdown here.
Given the lunacy in Australia, I’m surprised the cost wasn’t higher.
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Post by Magnus on Oct 17, 2021 6:09:07 GMT
After reading your post, I decided to price used weight plates on Offer Up here in Vegas. People are asking $1.20 to $2 a pound. And there’s no lockdown here. Given the lunacy in Australia, I’m surprised the cost wasn’t higher. Lots of silly people out there, brand new Olympic plates are approximately $1.70 a pound delivered to your door from Amazon, other sites are slightly more...
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Post by MBS on Oct 17, 2021 6:28:27 GMT
I remember when I bought 330 lbs of Olympic plates for my trap bar, in 2008 or so off of Craigslist, I parted with $50.
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Post by BigBruvOfEnglandUK on Oct 17, 2021 6:51:34 GMT
Kmart were selling weights for about $3 ($2.22 US) per kilo and a 20 kgs adjustable dumbbell set was $49. Free delivery on orders over $80. No weights or dumbbell sets available there for a long time now though. New and even old weights are a minimum of $3 a kilo on Facebook here but most are more. The new dumbbell sets are now double what they were. I just had a quick look and there's a used 24 kgs dumbbell set on there for $140. 2x23 kgs plates for $180. $300 for a used standard barbell, one dumbbell handle and 54 kgs of weights.
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Post by Deuce Gunner on Oct 17, 2021 7:15:10 GMT
Fargin capitalist. Bruv was paid for his labor of finding them, transporting them home, cleaning them up, sorting them, and passing what he did not need on to someone that does. Absolutely nothing wrong with that.
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Post by macky on Oct 17, 2021 10:02:42 GMT
Fargin capitalist. Bruv was paid for his labor of finding them, transporting them home, cleaning them up, sorting them, and passing what he did not need on to someone that does. Absolutely nothing wrong with that. Hehe.....cast the line out.....reel 'em in
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Post by Deuce Gunner on Oct 17, 2021 13:29:17 GMT
Bruv was paid for his labor of finding them, transporting them home, cleaning them up, sorting them, and passing what he did not need on to someone that does. Absolutely nothing wrong with that. Hehe.....cast the line out.....reel 'em in So, stating one's beliefs and convictions here is now a cause for embarrassment. I'm surprised you're not dead from shame already.
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Post by ddh on Oct 17, 2021 16:27:06 GMT
Where I live here in California, the prices for both weights and even kettlebell have dropped to under 2 bucks a pound now. I might even get myself another kettlebell, if the price drops a bit more.
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Post by Dave Reslo on Oct 17, 2021 16:57:21 GMT
Just had a look at argos, weight prices here are back to normal. People shifting second hand barbell sets are still trying to get a high price for them but I suppose they've a sense of regret over what they paid themselves.
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Post by BigBruvOfEnglandUK on Oct 17, 2021 18:49:18 GMT
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Post by macky on Oct 17, 2021 19:05:00 GMT
Hehe.....cast the line out.....reel 'em in So, stating one's beliefs and convictions here is now a cause for embarrassment. I'm surprised you're not dead from shame already. Oh come on. Pierini (for one) tunes me up quite often, and it's all taken in good manner. I won't be packing a sad and deleting my posts any time soon.
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Post by Deuce Gunner on Oct 17, 2021 19:31:36 GMT
Since Bruce is busy decorating his front yard in preparation for the Trick or Treaters I'll save him the trouble of posting that there in the Isotonics section of Grunt & Shen's Workshop there is his formula that uses Coca-Cola to restore rusty weight plates also.
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Post by Magnus on Oct 18, 2021 2:39:32 GMT
I tried to go to the Australian link you provided but they wouldn't let me in because I refuse to be vaccinated ? Then a notice came on the screen and they threatened to arrest me because of my forum posts on sierraexercise.proboards.com/board/5/politics-rants-ravingsSo I hopped the hell out of there like a kangaroo on a trampoline, m8
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