Just got the deal of the century!

BAM

Cathlete
I was at a tag sale over the weekend and asked if they had any fitness equipment. The daughter said that she has an elliptical machine at her house up the road for a tag sale she was having the next day. I don't have a lot of space for equipment but as she's describing it, it sounds like it could work. Plus she said it's not that heavy so it wouldn't be difficult to put in my car. Is this sounding too good to be true? :eek: The next day I went to her house (had a hard time finding it but I guess sometimes we have to work for good things, lol) and it seemed to be working o.k. It's an Orbitrek and she originally paid $400. Since it was sitting in her basement unused for awhile, it did have some rust on the screws and it needed some cleaning up. It's missing the monitor that calculates time and steps but I don't really need that plus I could always order it from the company if I want. I decided to buy it even though I wasn't really looking for an elliptical. (I guess this could replace my Brenda Dygraf stepper that I paid $45 for on clearance, lol. }( ) My friend helps me get it in the house and we clean it up and......IT WORKS GREAT!!!! So guess how much I paid for it. Dum dee dum dee dum dee dum......are y'all thinkin'? lol O.K. ready......10 Bucks!!!! Is this not the greatest thing? It fits perfectly in my workout area and it's not cumbersome and it's light weight and it's just amazing! I just love it when something like this happens. Guess what I did yesterday......returned that Brenda Dygraf stepper. Hmmmmmmm, $45 for a piece of ______ (fill in the blank) or $10 for an amazing piece of equipment. I'm flying high! :7

Bam
(Sorry this is sooo long but I love telling as many details as possible....and this is the watered down version. You guys are lucky, lol. :p )
 
Wow Bam, that is SOOOO cool!!! I would feel so proud of myself if I were you! I'm always on the lookout for the "holy grail" of exercise equipment but haven't come CLOSE to your find. You give me hope that someday, I'll be able to make a great find too!!

Carolyn
 
I'll tell ya, Carolyn, hang in there because you WILL find a great deal. They're out there. It's very cool the way things work. I'm not a tag sale person but decided to start looking for some exercise dvd's mostly. This weekend was my first trek out there. I'm going to plot my locations for this coming weekend. I wonder what I'll find. I wonder if I'll need to think about tearing down some walls to make room for more "deals", lol. :7 :+

Bam
 
Congratulations BAM - I never seem to find those great deals. Perhaps that's a good thing as I'd have to borrow your construction crew.:+
 
Melody, I'll share my construction crew with you. But lately they're saying that I should be the one tearing the walls down with all the workout gear I have. :p Hmmm, I'm not there yet but maybe they might be on to something. :7

Bam
 
I just had to add to this experience. After reading on this board about people getting exercise videos/dvd's at a goodwill store, I thought I'd stop in one. I don't have one that near me but I was driving by one on my way home from an appointment today. Low and behold, there's a video for the Orbitrek elliptical that I recently paid $10 for. It was never used because it was still sealed. The cost was $1.99 so at least it wasn't more than I paid for the elliptical, lol. When I went to purchase it, they said that it's 50% off so I paid a buck for it. Woo hoo! Now who'd a thunk I'd find a video to go along with it. I'm not even sure that they make the model that I got anymore. I was a smilin' today! :7 :D :7 :D

Bam
 

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