JohnMitchell 16 #2 May 2, 2012 The used car salesman is not your friend. Besides, if someone in the country wants that canopy but there's an experience restriction, it's easy to lie about it over the phone/internet. It's up to the DZ's to enforce that stuff, IMHO. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pchapman 279 #3 May 2, 2012 Interesting ad. I actually do have a little admiration for the straightforwardness of the post. It isn't like he's trying to pawn off some old junk to a newbie. If someone is going for a JVX 94, they have a certain mindset anyway, whether they can handle it or not. Why not make the sale and take some money from the DGIT who is going to dig a hole for himself one way or another? So there's one of the philosophical questions: Selling a hot canopy to a DGIT adds to the risk in the sport if you are the only one who would do such a thing, but it adds very little to the risk in skydiving if there are others who will sell the DGIT such a canopy anyway. Which makes policing things hard. What I also find interesting in the ad is the willingness to trade either for a Velo 96, or a Katana up to a 120. There's a vagueness about goals there. Often if you are looking for one of those choices, ending up under the other is either unwanted or stupid. (But on the other side of the argument, both are good canopies and would be fun for an experienced jumper to have in a second rig for example.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #4 May 2, 2012 Hey! The guy wants to upsize. That's a good thing, right? My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
