KrisFlyZ 0 #1 January 28, 2004 So where/from who did you buy your first rig at? I brought mine in parts, still not done. At DZ gear shop ================ Alti-2 Neptune Altimeter. Z1 Helmet. Jumpsuit(on order). Sabre 2 canopy(the one for sale). Internet dealer ============ Mirage G4. Sabre2 Canopy(Custom colors on order). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
downwardspiral 0 #2 January 28, 2004 bought my first rig from a firend. Javelin J5, Sabre 190, Raven 2, 4 year old Cypres, $2,300. Planned on putting another 500 jumps on it but since it got torched I'm gonna buy my first custom rig soon...hopefully Sabre 2 170 (on order, custom colors) Raven 1 (on its way) Vector 3 (have yet to order... thinking about another Jav, undecided) Cypres (looking for another used one) Pro-Dytter (on its way-Larsens & Brussgard rocks. they're replacing my torched one for free) Helmet (undecided) Jumpsuit (undecided) AltiMaster Galaxy of course (already arrived)www.FourWheelerHB.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blahr 0 #3 January 28, 2004 My rig came from a DZ gear store, but not MY DZ :-) Bought it through Arlo at TSO-D. If I ever buy another rig I'll buy it through Arlo at TSO-D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sdgregory 0 #4 January 28, 2004 Should have allowed for multiple answers. I bought my container and reserve off of a friend and I bought my main directly from my DZ gear shop. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
downwardspiral 0 #5 January 28, 2004 Oh yeah. I should mention that Precision is replacing my torched Raven 2 for free. They rock!www.FourWheelerHB.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydyvr 0 #6 January 28, 2004 Through my rigger, which I guess is similar to buying through a gear shop. . . =(_8^(1) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KrisFlyZ 0 #7 January 28, 2004 QuoteShould have allowed for multiple answers. Sorry was going to add another option "In Parts". That is why I did'nt allow multiple answers. Laundry beckoned....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stacy 0 #8 January 28, 2004 Square3's used gear network, and the main from a coworker in manifest. Replaced with my roommates main. Replaced with another friends main and a new rig ordered via Majik/another friends reserve. I buy a lot of gear from friends. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Unstable 8 #9 January 28, 2004 Bought Mine from a local rigger in Wichita who was running a little operation of moving rigs around to buyers. Not a bad deal, got the whole set up (98 Dolphin, 2001 Tempo, 97 PD193) and a brand spanking new Cypres2 for $1,900=========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites garef001 0 #10 January 28, 2004 square 1 talon fs spectre pd reserve alt protec helmet used cypress bh midwrap Thanasi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Lee03 0 #11 January 28, 2004 I'm sure, when I do buy one, it will be at my dz.-------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites FunBobby 0 #12 January 28, 2004 Dropzone dot com. Thanks so much to the folks who assembled and maintain this website. I bought 2 great rigs using the classifieds. Each time, I bought the container and then the reserve together, and then a separate main, all off the classifieds. I was smart when I shopped, and dealed and everyone - buyers and sellers alike - is happy. FunBobby Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bch7773 0 #13 January 28, 2004 from a rigger and one of our DZ's pilots. MB 3528, RB 1182 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkyAnt 0 #14 January 28, 2004 Bought my first and only from a gear dealer. I got a fair price on the rig considering I guess. A 2nd hand cypress burned a whole in my hip pocket but thats what ya get for not paying cash. Moral... If you are buying second hand you have way more leverage if you have the cash up front. P.S. I gurantee that as soon as you buy, a better deal will be advertised a week latter. "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites nitecap 0 #15 January 28, 2004 Bought my first rig from McElfish parachute service Dallas.Total cost $67.50. 28 ft surplus canopy with double L modification.Dyed red no extra charge. B4 harness and container with 24ft twill reserve. Reserve fresh packed. The year 1964. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lazyfrog 0 #16 January 28, 2004 complete from a guy at the DZ, "2nd" hand, actually the rig is 4-5 th hand and my canopy was a real whore, everybody already had a ride ---------- Fumer tue, péter pue ------------- ourson #10, Mosquito Uno, CBT 579 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites peacefuljeffrey 0 #17 January 28, 2004 Ugh, I shudder to think of how much I spent in rental fees before a used rig found me! I now own a Javelin with a Lotus 170. The container/reserve/new Cypres 2 were sold to me by Tom Collins here at Skydive SoBe. The Javelin had only a couple of jumps on it, by a guy who was going to buy it but couldn't. The reserve, a Raven 181, is new, the Cypres 2 was ordered and sold to me for cost, apparently. The Lotus 170 has a couple hundred jumps on it, and is now equipped with Slinks, a dual-cinch slider, and a collapsible pilot chute. I'm quite happy with the whole rig. It sure feels great to join the ranks of skydivers with their own equipment. I plan to make my own Monkey's Fist pilot chute handle. I'm an old hand at Monkey's Fists, but when you start to try to make them with NINE turns instead of only THREE, it gets quite complicated and you have to build a frame to help tie it around the golf-ball core. I'm eager to fly a rig that has some part actually hand-made by me. ---Jeffrey-Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skymama 35 #18 January 28, 2004 I bought both of mine through dealers, and sold my first one on dz.com.She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites KrisFlyZ 0 #19 January 28, 2004 In the process of selling stuff on here already.......and I don't even have a rig. see sig Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Brains 2 #20 January 28, 2004 I bought my first one mostly new in pieces through the internet. Second one(sold the first to a guy at the dz) bought new from the dz(gear store) I am in the market for another one and i will buy it in pieces from here Never look down on someone, unless they are going down on you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflygoddess 0 #21 January 28, 2004 Square 2 ----------- Eclipse AA Container (used) Sabre 135 (used) Firefly pants, helmet, dytter and alti all new... Airspeed ---------- PD 126 reserve Acutally I am in the market for a new main. I still want to buy used. I just want something that will open nicer. I wish I could afford a new canopy cause I would order the Fusion 120 that I demoed at the holiday boogie...it is sweet...However those are new canopies and in the $1700 price range. I am also looking for somethind used along the lines of a VX 100, not for me of course, but for someone else that does not have computer access. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. 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Unstable 8 #9 January 28, 2004 Bought Mine from a local rigger in Wichita who was running a little operation of moving rigs around to buyers. Not a bad deal, got the whole set up (98 Dolphin, 2001 Tempo, 97 PD193) and a brand spanking new Cypres2 for $1,900=========Shaun ========== Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
garef001 0 #10 January 28, 2004 square 1 talon fs spectre pd reserve alt protec helmet used cypress bh midwrap Thanasi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lee03 0 #11 January 28, 2004 I'm sure, when I do buy one, it will be at my dz.-------- To put your life in danger from time to time ... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. --Nevil Shute, Slide Rule Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FunBobby 0 #12 January 28, 2004 Dropzone dot com. Thanks so much to the folks who assembled and maintain this website. I bought 2 great rigs using the classifieds. Each time, I bought the container and then the reserve together, and then a separate main, all off the classifieds. I was smart when I shopped, and dealed and everyone - buyers and sellers alike - is happy. FunBobby Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bch7773 0 #13 January 28, 2004 from a rigger and one of our DZ's pilots. MB 3528, RB 1182 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyAnt 0 #14 January 28, 2004 Bought my first and only from a gear dealer. I got a fair price on the rig considering I guess. A 2nd hand cypress burned a whole in my hip pocket but thats what ya get for not paying cash. Moral... If you are buying second hand you have way more leverage if you have the cash up front. P.S. I gurantee that as soon as you buy, a better deal will be advertised a week latter. "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nitecap 0 #15 January 28, 2004 Bought my first rig from McElfish parachute service Dallas.Total cost $67.50. 28 ft surplus canopy with double L modification.Dyed red no extra charge. B4 harness and container with 24ft twill reserve. Reserve fresh packed. The year 1964. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lazyfrog 0 #16 January 28, 2004 complete from a guy at the DZ, "2nd" hand, actually the rig is 4-5 th hand and my canopy was a real whore, everybody already had a ride ---------- Fumer tue, péter pue ------------- ourson #10, Mosquito Uno, CBT 579 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peacefuljeffrey 0 #17 January 28, 2004 Ugh, I shudder to think of how much I spent in rental fees before a used rig found me! I now own a Javelin with a Lotus 170. The container/reserve/new Cypres 2 were sold to me by Tom Collins here at Skydive SoBe. The Javelin had only a couple of jumps on it, by a guy who was going to buy it but couldn't. The reserve, a Raven 181, is new, the Cypres 2 was ordered and sold to me for cost, apparently. The Lotus 170 has a couple hundred jumps on it, and is now equipped with Slinks, a dual-cinch slider, and a collapsible pilot chute. I'm quite happy with the whole rig. It sure feels great to join the ranks of skydivers with their own equipment. I plan to make my own Monkey's Fist pilot chute handle. I'm an old hand at Monkey's Fists, but when you start to try to make them with NINE turns instead of only THREE, it gets quite complicated and you have to build a frame to help tie it around the golf-ball core. I'm eager to fly a rig that has some part actually hand-made by me. ---Jeffrey-Jeffrey "With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 35 #18 January 28, 2004 I bought both of mine through dealers, and sold my first one on dz.com.She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KrisFlyZ 0 #19 January 28, 2004 In the process of selling stuff on here already.......and I don't even have a rig. see sig Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brains 2 #20 January 28, 2004 I bought my first one mostly new in pieces through the internet. Second one(sold the first to a guy at the dz) bought new from the dz(gear store) I am in the market for another one and i will buy it in pieces from here Never look down on someone, unless they are going down on you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflygoddess 0 #21 January 28, 2004 Square 2 ----------- Eclipse AA Container (used) Sabre 135 (used) Firefly pants, helmet, dytter and alti all new... Airspeed ---------- PD 126 reserve Acutally I am in the market for a new main. I still want to buy used. I just want something that will open nicer. I wish I could afford a new canopy cause I would order the Fusion 120 that I demoed at the holiday boogie...it is sweet...However those are new canopies and in the $1700 price range. I am also looking for somethind used along the lines of a VX 100, not for me of course, but for someone else that does not have computer access. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
