Thanks for the welcome all.

As to breaking up the kites and selling them on the forum, I have had some bad experiences selling stuff on forums that have left me hesitant to do it again.
I don't like the chunk of money ebay and paypal are going to take, but I'm looking at it as the cost of keeping things simple for me. Breaking them up falls under the same category... just want to get it taken care of all at one time. (though, damn, I have been getting loads of email about the 9m which surprised me... I liked the size, but not many people shared my opinion back when I bought them).

I'll definitely be poking around the forum for awhile. I did a vacation with my family out to VA beach last week and decided to bring a few of my smaller kites along (Little Devil 2m & 3m and a Mac Bego 400). First time flying them in over a year and it hit me hard how much I miss kite flying (though the Bego managed to remind me how out of practice I am). Gonna renew my search for a decent area to fly up here in northern virginia... hopefully dust my buggy off.

Its all in good fun around here! We look at each other as a family. And as family we like to push each others buttons all the time.
the Willard always has so wisdom!! nice to know we are loved

Thx

We should start a pool to guess the final sale price on the bay.

Winner gets a cool PKF t-shirt......

Or in my case a coffee mug.. :o

It will provide me some extra entertainment beyond the bidding while I am stuck working out in Black Hawk.

$1050:P + shiping

$1135 +shipping

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Originally posted by Lostfox1 :piggy: in this case myself or pokite hehehehe and I will fight him for it JK pokite I share :singing:

Aint Skeered! I hope at least whoever winds up with them is a PKF'er. No worries, If I dont win them, Im sure some will go on the sale block when the Phantom 2's hit the street, and we'll probably pay alot less for them. Funny how how our emotions work our wallet.

I am just enjoying sitting in the cheap seats for this one.

Other than the vids beamerbob is posting on facebook, this is my only entertainment.

I send best wishes and good luck to the bidders.

Or you could wait for the phantom II's... I was hoping to snag it at NABX from "someone's" bag for a test flight

Price is steady climbing... Can we all agree not to bid til the last day, so as not to jack the price up more than it needs to be...?:dunno:

So who all here is still interested? Just for the record, I'm not in. I just got my 12 a couple days ago. It's too bad that a bunch of us pkf guys are having to bid each other up. Even family competes sometimes.

Im in. :P

Remember: A stiff kite has no conscience!! :evil:

I have limits though. I'm certain these Phantom Version I's will hit the market when the new Phannies come out so I wont get crazy bidding. I know what I've paid for a "like new" Phantom with "like new" bar and lines and seen what a good RTF PL ARC should go for so I won't get upset to pay for a good kite.

IMHO the bidding is already pretty high, it looks like with shipping it'll end up around 1000. Certainly a few dozen % above the going rate. The 9m in the UK or AUS with shipping is still less :o I was looking for a 9 for ivanpah, which I no longer need, and a yet unplanned trip out to Alvord (Any takers?). I doubt I'll bid; I can't imagine paying more than 1/2 P2 prices for a P1. Plus I've got my P12 which I've flown in 25 on the beach, so I'm set... if the wind is +25 I'll be in the water anyway But hey who knows :frog:

A local made an offer I couldn't refuse... I ended the auction.

Apologies for the anticlimactic finish.

Neato :D
(No I did not buy it)

Now to do the forensic sig searching here to see if any of "us" are "local" ; )

(We're ALL "loco".)

Hope it was a PKFer at least! No sweat. It was fun fighting over them though!

Well, I was going to pass right by there tomorrow anyway so................... Nah, no idea here.

If I bid on an item on ebay, I am committed to buying it if I'm the highest bidder. Right?

I don't understand why sellers are not committed to selling to the highest ebay bidder.

Don't any of you that were bidding feel like your time was wasted? Guess not. No contract mentality here.

It's like the seller went "Psych, gotcha looking! Figured out what the going price was!"

Guess I shouldn't care.

I am glad I wasn't bidding. When this happens to me on ebay I get real upset (read as !!&@&!**) as a bidder. To think you have a legit chance to win only to have the rug pulled out.

If you win can you just change your mind and say.... naw I don't want it.....

Yah, It burns me too but it is what it is. Lemme guess....you were the highest bidder? Just let Slothart know you had your max bid at $2,000. I'm certain that auction would have SOARED over 1,200 (ask me how I say that so confidently....you know....me being two kites short of a four-stack and REALLY keen on achieving it ; )

I can't help but wonder what the guy made off the sale. No harm in letting us know Slothart. Care to share? t the end of the day you've saved us ALL money and envy

I will say the range of offers from the many individuals requesting to purchase just the 9m was $400 - $600 (the lower offers were kite only and the higher offers were for the kite & the PL Bar with lines)

No one contacted me to buy the 12m separately

Nope. I wasn't bidding. I am committed to a Synergy deal and buggy deal. So I didn't have the dinero to jump in. But boy I wanted to. I was hoping to make an offer on some of the extra gear that I was sure would have found its way to the forum though.

hehehe - thanks for entertaining us Slothart.....it's all good : )

I just noticed you've got a sig too which means an official "Welcome to the family" is in order. Looks like you're here to play with us for a while! We'll pry the info outta you yet

I'm glad I'm cured of my phantomphilia ... could have been messy otherwise

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Originally posted by slothart ... No one contacted me to buy the 12m separately

I am sooo late to this party. I would have bit on the 12m. Instead I was at the Rodent Retreat with the family standing in some line.

Philip