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daveslisa

18/3/2012 at 3:57pm
Location: None Entered
Outfit: Too many!

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OMG.......I love it....now please take down the pictures as I REALLY DO NOT need to look at any other tents!!!!!

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Rik Brooks

19/3/2012 at 6:45am
Location: South London
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Depends on the type of tent.

I wouldn't touch a second hand plastic tent because they're not fixable and have a limited life but yesterday I won a Relum Canaria 4 for under seventy pounds on Ebay which looks to be in good condition and even if it isn't and takes (say) £150.00 or so to mend I still have a bargain.

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bevvybabe2

19/3/2012 at 8:52pm
Location: Lincoln
Outfit: Outwell Montana 6 + Extension

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I reaallllyy need a teepee now!!! wish you hadn't posted the pics !!! and the website is out of stock now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! gggrrrrrrrr

ALI162

20/3/2012 at 4:05pm
Location: Scotland - Fife
Outfit: Coleman Octagon 8 and others

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We're glad you like it, one reason we bought it. It's so retro, not that we want to stand out. The space inside is vast. On our next trip later on this week we're taking the 2 plastic cups and string so we can talk to each other when at opposite ends of the tent.

mercurydtar999

20/3/2012 at 7:56pm
Location: Hereford
Outfit: Outwell Montana 6

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We bought a second hand montana 6 with a footprint and carpet. Also got a load of other kit included paid £500 for a pretty much a full setup. This will be our first year camping and i didn't want to spend a fortune for my wife not to like it.

I won the auction, drove up and pitched the tent on a piece of green near his house. I fully inspected it and then paid for it.

I feel that it was a good buy

raftguid1977

21/3/2012 at 11:21am
Location: North west
Outfit: Kalahari 8

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My Other half got are tent from this guy

ebay link

payed 49 pound for a Kalahari 8
description was : used once from brand new bought back due to water leakage
she got it thinking hey presto a quick water proof
but alas their was nowt wrong with it no leaking at all

some of the tents have tiny minor defects that most people could easily fix

we actually think its some sort of go outdoors used tent site

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Fairywings75781

21/3/2012 at 11:59am
Location: Cambridgeshire
Outfit: Vango Eclipse 600 Airbeam

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Quote: Originally posted by raftguid1977 on 21/3/2012
My Other half got are tent from this guy

ebay link

payed 49 pound for a Kalahari 8
description was : used once from brand new bought back due to water leakage
she got it thinking hey presto a quick water proof
but alas their was nowt wrong with it no leaking at all

some of the tents have tiny minor defects that most people could easily fix

we actually think its some sort of go outdoors used tent site

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Fairywings75781

21/3/2012 at 11:59am
Location: Cambridgeshire
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Quote: Originally posted by Fairywings75781 on 21/3/2012

Quote: Originally posted by raftguid1977 on 21/3/2012
My Other half got are tent from this guy

ebay link

payed 49 pound for a Kalahari 8
description was : used once from brand new bought back due to water leakage
she got it thinking hey presto a quick water proof
but alas their was nowt wrong with it no leaking at all

some of the tents have tiny minor defects that most people could easily fix

we actually think its some sort of go outdoors used tent site

Thanks I've been watching this seller for a while now, got my eyes open for a Hi-Gear Corado 6.

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raftguid1977

21/3/2012 at 10:45pm
Location: North west
Outfit: Kalahari 8

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good luck the only problem we have figured out is theirs maybe a hand ful of buyers buying them and then selling them on at profit so some of the bidding wars can get pretty hardcore (i recommend a sipper)

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KD1963

22/3/2012 at 12:01am
Location: Rhyl North Wales
Outfit: Vango Calisto 500 & canopy

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We are new to this tenting business after years of caravanning and we had no problems in buying a used tent over a new one, as luck would have it we got ours locally with a few accessories as the previous owners didn't enjoy the experience of camping.

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