The Hook-up

I am so happy right now I am doing a happy dance around my apartment.

Last night, as you will remember, I wrote about how I wanted to buy a pair of Lange Banshee 90 ski boots, but was having trouble pulling the trigger.

The problem, of course, was price. The pair I had found on eBay were $171, including shipping. While in the whole scheme of things, that's a low price for good ski boots, it was more than I wanted to spend, because I'm a cheap bastard. I was hoping to get my entire ski package for under $300. Having already spent $150 on skis/bindings, and needing another $25 or so for poles, these boots would push the package into the $350 range.

There were other boots I was looking at in the $125 range, and I was wondering if I should get those instead.

This afternoon, I decided to check on "completed listings" on eBay to get a sense of what the Banshee 90s had sold for in the past. I noticed sales by Liquidation Sports, which was selling the same boots for $115 (including S/H). However, they didn't have any listed in my size.

So I called them, and Felicia, the nice person who answered the phone, promised to check and see if they had any 11.5s in the warehouse. She called back and said they had one last pair, which I promptly bought. So basically, I just got the boots I wanted, saved almost $60, and am pretty pumped right now.