schattenjaeger 0 #1 October 20, 2003 'cuz I'm gonna deplete all my money after AFF:( then having to rent's gonna limit me to at mininum 4 jumps a month, occasionally more. Obviously once I get my own gear that's gonna double. but until then, that's like 48 jumps a year at worst So how cheap can one get used gear? And I don't mean like super crappy 15 year old gear, at least something decent, but reasonably priced. And what are the odds I could make payments on it? at the very least when summer comes around I can work more and get more money! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveNFlorida 0 #2 October 20, 2003 Seems like your subject is a completely different question than your post. But, i'll answer the post. Mirage offers credit, if you have good/decent credit you could probably finance new gear. I highly doubt you'll find a place financing used gear. I bought all of my gear used: Javelin tjn, dom 97 or 98, $500 PD reserve, 1 deploy, $680 PD zero-p canopy, 230 jumps, $1000 I do not yet have an aad. Total so far is 2200$. Angela. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
schattenjaeger 0 #3 October 20, 2003 haha, I was kinda rambling while I was typing, just consider it like two questions, sorry. I'm alllmost tempted to go all new and see if I can finance it, 'cuz I'm good at coming up with smaller amounts of money quickly, but bahh:( I guess theroretically I could ask my parents to pay for used gear, then pay them back in installments. Man, picking an expensive hobby when you're 18 is a pain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casch 0 #4 October 20, 2003 QuoteMan, picking an expensive hobby when you're 18 is a pain No lie! I started about 14 months ago when I was 17, I'm now 18, only have 49 jumps and just got my A license. I won't be able to afford my own gear for another 6 months minimum, and I'll be financing the majority of it, most likely. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ianmdrennan 2 #5 October 20, 2003 Hey There, Dropzone.com is an excellant source for used gear, although I don't know too many skydivers who'd take payments Blue skies Ian ps: Don't buy gear for where you want/think you'll be in a couple of jumps. Buy gear for your current skill set.Performance Designs Factory Team Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gerryfuss 0 #6 October 20, 2003 In the summer I was getting quite sick of the rental cost along with 1/2 the time it being unavailable due to the amount of students at my DZ. I had the opportunity to buy used gear at a decent price but didn't have the cash. So I went to the bank and applied for a line of credit. I used part of that money to buy the gear. I'm currently in University and don't have a job so I take more money from the line of credit just to make the monthly payments on the line of credit. Financially this is pretty dumb but I was able to do a lot more jumping and my gear was better than the student gear I had been jumping. Bottom Line: Money isn't everything & I LOVE my Gear! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andy2 0 #7 October 21, 2003 [QUOTE] In Reply To -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Man, picking an expensive hobby when you're 18 is a pain -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No lie! I started about 14 months ago when I was 17, I'm now 18, only have 49 jumps and just got my A license. I won't be able to afford my own gear for another 6 months minimum, and I'll be financing the majority of it, most likely. [/QUOTE] Yeah but think how many other 18 year olds are skydivers. Not many. You're lucky you got into it so early, but the time your 20 you'll have hundreds of jumps and still have the jump on age of the average skydiver! --------------------------------------------- let my inspiration flow, in token rhyme suggesting rhythm... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casch 0 #8 October 21, 2003 My goal is to have at least 200 jumps and a C license by the time I turn 20. And yes, it's a pretty cool feeling knowing that I'm not your average 18 year old. While I'm at the dropzone for the weekend, jumping out of planes, the average person my age is at home playing Playstation or going to the mall, or dancing, and will never experience all the emotions and sensations involved in our sport Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tonto 1 #9 October 21, 2003 At least 100 a year for 10 years, never skipping a single calender month. I'd think they were uncurrent - but regular. Nah. Every second weekend for 3 months - especially if they came out on a day that looked marginal for jumping. tIt's the year of the Pig. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AdD 1 #10 October 21, 2003 Dude, sounds like you have a dz where you can actually jump when you have the money. Most of the days I had off this summer (from my peice of shit job) were almost all screwed up by wind and low clouds, and then of course when I go to work it clears up. Damn maritime weather. Now I've got money but it's getting chilly up here in Nova Scotia and the dz's close, so by the time I get out in the spring I'll have spend all my dough on sweet sweet alcohol. This winter will be one major withdrawalLife is ez On the dz Every jumper's dream 3 rigs and an airstream Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmcd308 0 #11 October 21, 2003 You're a regular when your absence at the dz causes people to wonder where you are regardless of whether they even like you - you become a regular when people just expect you to be there. ---------------------------------- www.jumpelvis.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyDave 0 #12 November 1, 2003 im 16! and im planning my AFF for next summer after i did a very exciting Tandem. ive got about £500 out of the 1190 needed and then after that im going to (hopefully) get my parents to fork out some money for second hand gear. I might also sell everything with value that i own Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpinfarmer 0 #13 November 4, 2003 at my dz it's not just the jumping that makes you a regular.you know your starting to fit in when your asked if you want to go to dinner after jumping with the regulars.we're a club so you also feel more loved when they start asking you to do chores like returning empty beer bottles. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adrenaline16 0 #14 January 3, 2004 Thats for sure!! I started when i was 16( im now 17) I'm saving up for my own equipement right now, its finanacially complicated taking up this sport at this age, but totally worth it that i can say! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unstable 9 #15 January 3, 2004 Lol - I started In this sport when I just turned 18 and managed to buy used gear right off the bat. I bought a Used Dolphin, pd193, Tempo, and New Cypress for about $2,200 USD. Here is what I did -- I Just wandered around town walking into banks until I found one that was willing to give me a gear loan. $200 Payements a month for a year took care of that puppy - and I can promise you that if I could find a banker to invest in my crazy ass, you'll find somebody........=========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unstable 9 #16 January 3, 2004 Quote'cuz I'm gonna deplete all my money after AFF Ouch, AFF..... If I had to do That I don't Know if I ever could have become a jumper. I got my Licence on the Dope Rope for less that $400 =========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveNFlorida 0 #17 January 3, 2004 QuoteQuote'cuz I'm gonna deplete all my money after AFF Ouch, AFF..... If I had to do That I don't Know if I ever could have become a jumper. I got my Licence on the Dope Rope for less that $400 whas dat? Static line? When was it that you could get licensed for 400$? I bet I could get a few more people into the community at those rates, lol! :D Angela. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LivingInClip 0 #18 January 3, 2004 I wish I was a regular. I started during winter, got a couple jumps in and now I haven't been able to jump for a month due to weather. What a real bad time to start. Just hope that it clears up and when it does, I will go ahead, do a couple levels all at once. Worry about gear later on. I need to worry finishing AFF now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slug 1 #19 January 3, 2004 IMO nothing wrong with 10-15 year old gear unless it's been real abused and used or you want to do FF. Lots of folks spend the big Bucks for new gear make 3-400 jumps and then hang it in their closet and forget it. If you want to do the FF stuff then the"old gear" won't work but for a belly flyer IMO there hasn't been that many changes in gear. Make sure a your rigger checks outthe gear befor you buy it to make sure it's not ragged out. IMO A reguler jumper is someone who's at the DZ every weekend when the weathr is jumpable. R.I.P. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bch7773 0 #20 January 3, 2004 QuoteQuote'cuz I'm gonna deplete all my money after AFF Ouch, AFF..... If I had to do That I don't Know if I ever could have become a jumper. I got my Licence on the Dope Rope for less that $400 $400? cmon shaun, we know that static line is cheap, but not quite that cheap. I believe the figure you are looking for is $500, which is still pretty damn good if you ask me. MB 3528, RB 1182 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msmithd8769 0 #21 January 3, 2004 QuoteQuoteQuote'cuz I'm gonna deplete all my money after AFF Ouch, AFF..... If I had to do That I don't Know if I ever could have become a jumper. I got my Licence on the Dope Rope for less that $400 $400? cmon shaun, we know that static line is cheap, but not quite that cheap. I believe the figure you are looking for is $500, which is still pretty damn good if you ask me. Well, it depends how long ago it was done I guess. Back when I started jumping but in 1981 the first jump course (SL) was $69 with subsequent student jumps at $19 a piece. And the normal jump sequence for that student progression in those days normally was three jumps at each delay level. So you would have to do your minimum of five SLs which included three good DRCPs then you went onto freefall for three hop 'n pops, then three 5 second delays, three tens, three 15s etc till you graduated which usually took in the neighborhood of at least about 25 jumps. And try doing it with old surplus military gear that weighed about 500 lbs (well, maybe not quite THAT much), chest mounted reserve with shot and a half capewell releases and an olive drab 35' T10 canopy with wooden toggles. Ahhh, those were the good ol' days ....._____________________________ "And when the prophet shall arise who appeareth as a bird then the time of the Lord draweth nigh and the flock shall rule the earth." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jas8472 0 #22 January 3, 2004 I started jumping 16 months ago and havent jumped in about a month because my local dz closed for christmas, Ive got nearly a hundred and my b licence, and I didnt think Ive been jumping much compared to most people I know. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newsstand 0 #23 January 3, 2004 QuoteAnd try doing it with old surplus military gear that weighed about 500 lbs (well, maybe not quite THAT much), chest mounted reserve with shot and a half capewell releases and an olive drab 35' T10 canopy with wooden toggles. Ahhh, those were the good ol' days ..... Oh the memories! I started out like that back then but only got in four jumps in a many months because of high wind speed, > 7 MPH. Hated those landings too. When I restarted last year it was AFF and it is the only way to go. "Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sdgregory 0 #24 January 3, 2004 I remember those days and frankly, I am glad they are far behind me. Hell I forgot about the wooden toggles. More like little dowels really. But oh how much fun PLF's were under those round babies. Yeah right! PLF my ass. Hope you don't break something on impact! Oh look there's the trees! Yippee I guess I get to land in them today! Oh joy! I'm not bitter really. I just realize now that my current rig is such a better to do things than those days in the Marines. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fstz28 0 #25 January 3, 2004 got real lucky here. had to goto a military freefall school for the navy and found out skydiving was awesomeon military rounds though, at the end of that impressions were grim, thankfully freefall rocked. was quite the addiction. after the course was finished, was able to walk next door and had to do three coach jumps and two solos to get my A liscence. cost me only $230 for all of it including gear. if i had a wife i'd have sold her into slavery to support the hobby Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
