eBay - Get It While It's Hot

Back-to-back posts!  Finals must be over.  Grumpy emailers, do you copy?

Some more cool stuff for sale on eBay right now, so, although we're getting to most of these things a little late, here's some holiday gift ideas.  Time is running out on these auctions, so get there now.  The auctions benefit a charity doing relief work for some really bad flash floods that happened in Genoa a month or so ago.

The seller claims to only ship in Italy, but the pro eBay move here is to win the auction, and then just get them to ship it to the US.  If they refuse, you apologize and walk away, they'll get the item to the next highest bidder.  These items are small enough to ship via the mail (as opposed to FedEx or UPS) so the shipping will actually only be a few bucks.  Because the items are used, there will be no import duties on them:

Lara Gut's race suit from Soelden.
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Lara Gut's helmet from 2011 Garmisch DH.
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Verena Stuffer's Invicta DH gloves.
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(She skis for the Italian Forestale team, and has some single digit results on her resume, so maybe the fact that you've never heard of her makes these even more legit?)

Lisa Agerer's Italian team Vuarnet hooded vest.
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(20 race wins and two 6's.  Yup.  Buy the vest)


Lara Gut's autographed bib from Lake Lousie
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Note: This bib is not tainted with the ass-whipping of the century


And, finally, apologies to Dustin Cook for not plugging his 2010-2011 Slalom jacket in time.  Looks like he made out just fine though.  (Not a mark on it, just like his shin guards from the Nor-Am SC)



Photo blatantly borrowed from the Internet.


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Charity Auctions: Julia Mancuso Edition

If you live in the Squaw area, or happen to be visiting there around the holidays this year, you should probably take a look at Julia Mancuso's eBay charity auction.  Skis, bindings, 2 season's passes, and a Dawn Patrol rager with Julia in December for you and 20 friends.  A perfect opportunity to demonstrate to your friends .  It's a benefit for the High Fives foundation, which is a non-profit dedicated to providing Winter sports opportunities to those who "have suffered a life altering injury."  What the above picture (from the eBay auction) has to do with any of this is unclear, but that pool does look pretty inviting.

Unlike Lindsey Vonn, Julia wisely took our advice and went with the 10-day auction format (although the HTML in the description could definitely use some work).  Almost 30 bids already, though at present the price is well shy of the $3400 retail value.  Good deal, good cause, place your bid now.  Time is running out.


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