I have noticed that there is quite a lot of new and " used " gear being given away particularly by one retailer . So cheap its advertised as $0 .

Must be tough to make a living .

Its so tough that the poor guys cant even afford to delist stock they have already sold and have to offer alternatives at double the price .

Poor bastards.

I wouldn't be selling gear like that , it would be just too hard .

So I guess i wouldn't buy it like that either ..

Yeah aint it Marvelous, I found that the gear was just sold , must be fantastic turnover, but there was anothery though, brand new just a bit dearer than $0.

I can't believe I've been duped to read (AND reply) to this.

Yeah retailing kites is no breeze.... need to add 100%+ mark-up to cover overheads, spend all day giving free advice and demo equipment to noobs, then they go away and buy on-line or from your competitor.
On the other hand, product testing would have to beat working in an office, even on a bad day.