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Found this randomly searching ebay.
Brand new Channel Islands The 4 surfboard. Current model - 98% off.
Looks like an extreme bargain, or the mohobu ebay account has been hacked. Strange, as there are a number of other items listed at the same time that are not so bargain like. The $6.95 shipping also makes me wary of a scam.
Either way, I've put in an order just in case.
We can hope!
Please don't buy if you don't know how to swim. Just because you know how to swim in a pool, does not necessarily qualify yourself as an ocean swimmer.
nothing ventured nothing gained. Who care if it's a pricing error and gets refunded. Wow, what a find, thanks to OP.
lol! This has been said before on these types of deals, then you see a few hours/day later a lot of grumpy people waiting for their refund!
Maybe a "+" for the OP?
There's also 5.8 size.
http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/m.html?_odkw=&item=121197808932&_…
I wonder if Surfstitch has any free shipping deals at the moment.
yes they do - buy 2 for $30 and get free shipping…
I just received feedback from surfstich
"Great communication. A pleasure to do business with."
OK I have called them, it was a toll free number it is a pricing error. They are trying to fix it. The item are surfboards and not surfboard covers.
why do they keep adding different sizes then?
call them… check for yourself 1800 172 208(FREE Call) http://www.surfstitch.com/info/footer_contact_us
Automatic system and the people that have access don't work on weekends.
When I called I got a please call during business hours message….
are they honoring the purchases?
No. Said they will be issuing refunds soon.
Different size boards
5'6
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Channel-Islands-The-4-By-Dane-Rey…
6'2
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Channel-Islands-The-4-By-Dane-Rey…
Thanks for pointing that out.. Here are the other sizes I see. May be more too.
5.4 http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Channel-Islands-The-4-By-Dane-Rey…
5.6 http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Channel-Islands-The-4-By-Dane-Rey…
5.8 http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Channel-Islands-The-4-By-Dane-Rey…
5.10 http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Channel-Islands-The-4-By-Dane-Rey…
6.0 http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Channel-Islands-The-4-By-Dane-Rey…
6.1 http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Channel-Islands-The-4-By-Dane-Rey…
6.2 http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Channel-Islands-The-4-By-Dane-Rey…
Cheers!
Apparently you get $20 off for signing up to Surfstitch. Looking into it now.
$100 minimum spend
7 surfboards?
I thought for shipping,
See below for a list of shipping costs for extra heavy or bulky items.
Large Surfboard Rack*s and Multi Surfboard Travel Covers - $19.99
Bodyboards - $29.99
SURFBOARD and Softboards - $49.99
Meant to have $50 shipping… what is going on here?
Being 90kg, I'm guessing these are all too small for me?
Fingers crossed!
I have called them it is a price error.
I called them too. They are going to issue refunds.
Thank you for the clarification aacheney and alive3!
Shame it was an error…I quite fancied watching the postman try to get a surfboard up the driveway :)
Not even sure what my size is, should've have really done some researching before buying.
Were they meant to put $150? lol forgot a zero?
more likely they meant to put 15% the price not the price of $15
Jumped on it.
PayPal buyer protection is there anyway :P
Even if its a pricing error I wonder how they will go about it on ebay? if they refund the money there will probably still a crapload of people leaving negative feedback which will cripple them or they loose out on the cost of the boards.
nah you can get negs removed from ebay easy enough anyway. ive had several dodgy sellers have my negs removed. there may also be avenues because its a large business to stop you being able to neg for this deal.
Cant leave a negative feedback if the item is cancelled
Usually requires both parties to agree but if seller has a merchant account they can do it without your approval.
So wont be much neg feedback being left if they cancel them
Someone find me a $15 longboard instead, I want to learn how to ride one! (I'm in my mid 30's too, so some kind of camouflage kit would be nice too, so I don't look like a doofus)
They sell sleepers for $15 at bunnings :P I have not tested their ability to float, but they are long.
I'm using the term longboard re: skateboard - I don't know if it applies to surfing also.
"Longboards are the original, and very first variety of board used in standup surfing."
Well maybe they are but I was still talking about this!
https://www.google.com/search?q=Longboard&hl=en&tbm=isch
Given they have manually added a subtitle to the listing stating
'RRP $895.00 NOW $15.00 SAVE 98%'
I cannot see how this price is an error as this is a manually written section of a listing, not automated.
No it's automatic. You apply a discount and the web template is parsed by the interpreter/compiler and then the description reflects the new values.
i.e. RRP {$product -> originalprice} NOW {$product -> discountprice} SAVE {$product -> discountsaving}
what makes you think they added anything manually? lol
go take a look at some of the ebay automated seller tools :)
Ordered even though I'm fairly positive it's an error. But Paypal refunds are easy, so no problems having a go.
A 4" surfboard would be incredibly hard to ride :P
A cotton one would be hard to ride too lol
I better get my mind out of the gutter whenever someone mentions 4"
Great! Now I just need to learn how to swim and surf!
Hey guy's just bought 15 for each of my kids, great deal op, and free shipping yay!
How did you get free shipping?
You have 15 kids! You really working hard
No, he bought 15 for each of his kids, just in case they break 14 they each still have another.
lol! Yes interesting. There's a bit of ambiguous wording in the original comment.
You can never own enough soon to be refunded surfboards.
deal has been broden'd
I m u s t r e s i s t … . . N O T!!!
haha someone ordered 20…
lol ebay says 323 sold! that's about 250 in 1 hr 12 mins.
I wonder why they haven't gone into their ebay account (or shop) and deleted/edited the product lol!
I'd make the popcorn now, but I think it will get cold before things get interesting.
Yup wait a few more hours lol for the "official" statement once a few more thousand boards have been sold lol! Then the raging comments will come.
I ordered one….will see what happens.
Indeed you will. Refunds, like fezzes, are cool.
Bowties too :)
confirmed pricing error. no deal unfortunately.
Called then too. All orders will be refunded.
Oddly enough, surf stitch and Mohobu appear to have placed up another 3-4 listings each of the same item in the past 10 minutes
I'm in for a board.. AND I actually surf, 3-4 days a week with a 2+ year old board. So I deserve this board, not like all you professionals! :)
This will actually be interesting to see what they do with this if it is a mistake as surfstitch has a nice 99.9% rating, and mohobu has 99.8.
I don't think deserve is the right word to use LOL.
We're not worthy. I can barely swim, can't surf and definitely can't stitch.
Futures Fins will be having a field day If this does go through. I hope you realise this board does not come with a set of fins right?!? :)
:)
Price of fins….$850?
Who cares! lol I bought it anyway. two boards. nice find OP!
Only people that don't want to lose access to some of their money for up to two weeks :~) (paypal, credit card refund… delays).
Otherwise.. GREAT DEAL YAY :P You get: nothing… you wait: up to 10 days.
I can actually buy 50 of these and set up my own eBay store.
So… now we discover who's buying up all the surfboards :P
Love it how people are still ignoring the absurd discount, the wonky description and multiple comments confirming it's a mistake and just going ahead and ordering LOL.
gotta be in it to win it
gotta risk it to get the biscuit.
this deal does not include biscuits :P
plenty of crackers tho
That's what you do mate, it's OzBargain and we are all certified professionals!
There's no downside, only upside. There's still a small chance they may honour the purchase, it has happened before, albeit restricted to one piece per person.
How small are we talking?
A business giving away 1000 surfboards at a $880 discount (including shipping … maybe $930) is likely to lose, $930,000 and get in payments (15 + 6.95 per "board"), $21,950. I don't think this will happen! They may however offer a discount coupon towards some future purchase.
I just can understand why they havent pulled product from Ebay. They have known for quite a while now.
Very good logic. but logic doesn't got far when people have a bargain in their eyes!!
I'm negging it not as a reflection on the OP but because it is obviously a mistake.
Yes I also negged the deal in order to get the deal removed from the front page (it's an automated process once some ratio is reached I believe).
Duplicate comment. Neg to hide.
Indeed.. Common sense usually flies out the window when a discount reaches over a threshold of 80% and above… Not uncommon to see posts with 'I don't actually need it, but it's a good price so I bought'.
It is one thing to be a thrifty / bargain shopper and another being a silly shopper.. Surfboard for $15 - right…. on which planet or time?
Yes it seems a bit like a psychological effect, whereby greed (and trying to get in first) overtakes rationality. This can be seen in queueing in the UK too :P
Also only a few people have negged the deal, most people appear to be giving +ve without reading comments / assessing the nature (and/or reality) of the deal which appears to be spreading like wildfire :P LOL. The +ves to negatives is huge atm (124 to 5).
On the first page, MOST of the comments have + green next to them, so, I suppose people scan the comments, see the +ves and think the deal is legit.
bought two, YOLO.
You only "yolo" once.
true that, I actually yolo'd twice…..damn.
Bought one anyways,
maybe they will honour it like JB hifi did with the sony charger? ;)
Even if only 1 % of the ppl gives a negative feedback on ebay, they will have an enormous reduction in feedback score :o
Let the whinging about refunds begin…….
won't be long now :P
what size should i pick?
those under 6' boards would be too short for anyone except kids, according to this chart:
http://www.surfertoday.com/board-size-chart/surf?gclid=CPjvk…
is it?
Would have been a good item to display at home
For about 5 minutes there I actually thought I was about to take up surfing
lol same here… I was reminiscing my teenage years and thinking to take up surfing again just last night. Then I see this deal.. damn haha
Yeah I was keen, suddenly I thought about riding the waves, most likely though it would become an ornament in my house lol.
lol. My husband was the same.
9/10 ozbargainers don't read comments, but do buy insane priced deals on impulse, this is what we like to see :P