View Full Version : Maybe selling a tent... Need your help
Wise Old Owl
05-29-2009, 18:50
I am in a bit of a dilemma, I have successfully sold several large tents on ebay after posting them here first. I have one very well made Qwest 8 man tent that I use once a year for back of car camping. Our family used this tent in the past to drive out to a park and and then hike the trails on the weekend. Yea thats right, one person on the left one on the right a table for the laptop and a chair to sit out a down pour. THis is as big as the original swamp on Mash. You can stand up in it! Get changed! kick back and have a few brews after a long day. Rip stop nylon, tub floor, sun windows, electric port. Puchased for $350, five years ago, I won't be using it anymore. So I was going to blow it out. My dad talked me out of it, that some day I will need it again.... hmmm maybe after Armegedon. So I went to the box stores and they just don't market these big tents anymore. So I am starting to see his point.
Should I hang on to it? What are your thoughts.?
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg275/MarkSwarbrick/2009B055.jpg
Phoenixdadeadhead
05-29-2009, 19:18
I'm a packrat lol, so I say keep it. I am sure it is worth more than you will ever get for it
Me too. I had an even bigger one that I spent a few periods of one to two weeks inside it car camping, sold it to a neighbour for $100 , less than a third of what I paid.
If you don't need the room , keep it.
Franco
Wise Old Owl
05-29-2009, 19:28
Ok that was 1 vote to keep it. - need some reasoning here
Sidewinder
05-29-2009, 19:31
WOO- is that a duplex tent?
Wise Old Owl
05-29-2009, 19:32
WOO- is that a duplex tent?
Yup! hahahahhahaha..............It has a removable mid section and three hanging storage areas.
Sidewinder
05-29-2009, 19:36
does the green frige and easy chair come with it?
Cabin Fever
05-29-2009, 19:42
You'll never get more back than it's worth. It's great to keep around for car camping in case you decide to go on a whim and for friends to borrow. I enjoy having enough gear to outfit people.
bigcranky
05-29-2009, 19:45
Keep it. It's irreplaceable. You'll want it for similar camping at some point.
Wise Old Owl
05-29-2009, 19:46
does the green frige and easy chair come with it?
Oh you must be jealous,,,, I forgot to mention the cold Yungling Lager inside it...:rolleyes:
unclemjm
05-29-2009, 20:17
I'd keep it.
Of course I still have the 3 man A-frame tent I bought from the sporting goods department in JC Penny's back in 1980.
I also have several others I keep talking about selling then end up using or loaning.
The nice thing about the big car camping set up is if you ever are encouraging non-camping friends to spend a few days in the woods, you have something comfortable to give them a good first experience.
Yep, another vote for keeping it if you have room.
Sidewinder
05-29-2009, 20:53
Oh you must be jealous,,,, I forgot to mention the cold Yungling Lager inside it...:rolleyes:
Would you take $345 and throw in the cold Yungling and the green cooler?
Wise Old Owl
05-29-2009, 22:05
uhh OK will you accept 1 case?
Phoenixdadeadhead
05-29-2009, 22:41
I have a tent that size I use for Thanksgiving night when I camp out for black friday lol.
johnnybgood
05-29-2009, 22:55
It's a mobile AT Hostel !!!
It's a mobile AT Hostel !!!That was my thought as well! ;)
Shutterbug
05-30-2009, 13:39
Give it to a church. They can use it for a camp meeting.
I am in a bit of a dilemma, I have successfully sold several large tents on ebay after posting them here first. I have one very well made Qwest 8 man tent that I use once a year for back of car camping. Our family used this tent in the past to drive out to a park and and then hike the trails on the weekend. Yea thats right, one person on the left one on the right a table for the laptop and a chair to sit out a down pour. THis is as big as the original swamp on Mash. You can stand up in it! Get changed! kick back and have a few brews after a long day. Rip stop nylon, tub floor, sun windows, electric port. Puchased for $350, five years ago, I won't be using it anymore. So I was going to blow it out. My dad talked me out of it, that some day I will need it again.... hmmm maybe after Armegedon. So I went to the box stores and they just don't market these big tents anymore. So I am starting to see his point.
Should I hang on to it? What are your thoughts.?
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg275/MarkSwarbrick/2009B055.jpg
Sidewinder
05-30-2009, 14:58
Why should he give it away if he can sell it for a few $$$?
Wise Old Owl
05-30-2009, 18:52
Ahh Yes well Donations are fine but this tent would fetch $100 on ebay...
cowboy nichols
05-30-2009, 19:12
Keep it.Always handy for house guests.
Homer&Marje
05-30-2009, 19:16
If my new car fits in it i'll use it as a garage:D
unclemjm
05-30-2009, 22:55
I still say keep it, but if you decide to get rid of it and are not willing to do the work of a $100.00 ebay deal, I have a church youth group that would put it to use.
Wise Old Owl
05-31-2009, 11:06
If my new car fits in it i'll use it as a garage:D
With smaller government Chrysler green cars on the way they just might fit though the door.:eek:
The last tent fetched $91 on Ebay after no responses for a month on WB.
We have a Large Boy Scout troup that would benifit first if I couldn't sell it. I donated heavily my time and old gear to them for years.
Keep it.Always handy for house guests.Er . . . uh, make that guests you don't want in the house! :eek:
It looks like a great car camping tent, if you occasionally do that sort of thing and don't have an RV.
Wise Old Owl
05-31-2009, 12:14
Yea but I just inherited a two man RV!
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg275/MarkSwarbrick/Oct08a035.jpg
flemdawg1
06-03-2009, 22:48
Why not keep the tent and sell the RV?
flemdawg1
06-03-2009, 22:49
Rv=Ruined Vacation
Wise Old Owl
06-03-2009, 22:49
Funny, not an option.....
I also have this...
http://www.kmart.com/shc/s/p_10151_10104_089W171461110001P?vName=Fitness%20&%20Sports&cName=Camping&Hiking&sName=Tents&psid=61236152&sid=KDx20090423x00001
Unless your wife is Mrs. Dugger, sounds like you need to unload a tent or two. :)
Funny, not an option.....
I also have this...
http://www.kmart.com/shc/s/p_10151_10104_089W171461110001P?vName=Fitness%20&%20Sports&cName=Camping&Hiking&sName=Tents&psid=61236152&sid=KDx20090423x00001
Do you have one of these? http://www.kmart.com/shc/s/p_10151_10104_089W892306110001P?mv=rr
Wise Old Owl
06-05-2009, 20:27
Very funny 10K no I have no intention of decorating the tent....
Very funny 10K no I have no intention of decorating the tent....
Sorry, had to ask. :)
I really do like that big tent though. If I had that it'd be in the "I'm going to need that one day..." category.
Wise Old Owl
06-05-2009, 21:25
it was great when my son was growing up but I suspect my snoring drove him nuts... When I am back of car camping this has held up in near hurricane conditions. When it gets bad you just hang a lamp and read magazines in a camp chair. Drink a beer in complete privacy. One campground had free wifi and I sat there and posted on WB after a full day hiking. The only hitch with the tent is the half hour setting it up by myself - the kmart tent goes up in minutes.