"Used Only Once" - Really?

So I'm pretty sceptical... But seriously, the amount of kites and boards for sale in the "For Sale" section that say "used once or twice" is **c*ing ridiculous! And some even say "a small repair job, but only used once or twice" Come on...

Yes I'm sure on the very, very odd occasion this may be the case, but I reckon the vast majority of items that say this have been used way more than once.

It would be pretty easy to fly a kite for a season and pass it off as "only used once or twice" as the ageing process seems to take a while to be visible, same with a twin tip as they seem to stay "new" looking for a fair while...

Anyone ever purchased a "as new" item only to find it wasn't exactly "as new"?

ahhhh thats what I've missed, the ....'too often" bit!

Here's a true scenario
You have an 8 /10/ 12 quiver
You live in the Midwest wa
You flog your 7 to death
You ride your 10 now and then
Your 12 has been used once
I have flown my 12 for 2 hrs since new 2014

I once bought a twin tip from a shop in another state, via their webpage. It was advertised as having only been used a couple of times for demos and there were photos provided, but these were taken from a couple of metres away.

When it arrived it had an obvious cigarette burn in it. One of the edges had suffered and impact and was slightly crushed. The top had started to delaminate and there were multiple deep scratches on the bottom where it had gone over rocks or a reef.

Not a happy customer......

Moral of the storey is it's not just Joe Public that will use deceptive language when advertising goods for sale.

Oh they also sold me a new seat harness, then contacted me to tell me they had no new ones left but would give me a second hand one instead!!

Used only twice, by whom? Some brand new kites get a harder flogging by a beginner in 2 sessions than an experienced kiter would do in a whole season.

My take
You belong to some reliouse group that allows multiple brides
Ones 19/20 hot as, great personality, toned, never has a headache and the words don't do that, isnt in her vocabularie
The next ones 25/30 bit rough round the edges , but still a bit of a goer,
The other one is 40/ 45 , moans , chews your ear , doesn't like this / that blah blah blah
So is used once,
The 19/20 year old is a 7mtr kite
The 25/30 year old is a 10 mtr kite
The 40/45 year old is a foil board / 17 mtr combo

Glad I'm not in qld

whats with all the wingers about the buy and sell section.....????

or is it the same person wining all the time....???

"price is too high"......"I dont like the description"...,,...... jeez get a grip.....you dont have to buy anything.........................

theres that saying.......if it sounds to good to be true.,,,...yada yada..... apply commonn sense in there and it will be ok......

......or just spend less time going through the ads maybe?????

at my age the 10m is dirty enough...

Cauncy my 10m while dependable and consistent can be energetic and playful at times...




good nick name for your smallest kite...my 6m will be now known as 'rolf', my 13m will be called 'the wife' and the 16m will be known as 'the cougar'.