| To get ready for those great ski vacations you want | | | | after the ski season ends and negotiate a special |
| to take, plan ahead and begin looking around for the | | | | deal. Your success will likely depend on where the ski |
| best prices you can find on ski equipment. There's no | | | | shop is located and whether it is owned by an |
| reason to spend more than you have to when it | | | | independent entrepreneur who would be glad to see |
| comes to quality ski equipment. Bargains abound if | | | | last year's models walk out the door. |
| you are willing to spend just a little time and effort in | | | | Don't forget to search online for new or used ski |
| looking for them. | | | | equipment dealers. There are also online auctions like |
| Prices begin dipping right after the end of the ski | | | | Ebay who may have low-priced items, but the |
| season when the majority of ski vacations take | | | | transportation charges may kill the deal for you. If |
| place. Some shops start marking down ski equipment | | | | you live near a ski area and you go onto the Ebay |
| right after Christmas, especially if they are a | | | | website, you can not only search for new or used ski |
| multi-sport retail store. The reason why multi-sport | | | | equipment, you can also sort the on-screen list to |
| stores begin their sales early in the year is to make | | | | show the sellers who live the closest to you. You |
| room for other seasonal sports equipment that they | | | | may just get lucky and find someone who lives near |
| will be bringing in - backpacks, tents, spring sports | | | | you trying to sell off their used ski equipment. Using |
| equipment, etc. | | | | the same strategy, you could go to craigslist.org and |
| Specialty ski shops will usually hold out until after | | | | search for ski equipment for sale or post an ad |
| President's Day in February to begin putting their | | | | seeking someone who has ski equipment they'd be |
| equipment on sale. But ski shops in resort towns will | | | | willing to sell. Seeing your posting just might jog |
| usually hold huge ski equipment sales the weekend of | | | | someone into wanting to make some money off |
| President's Day to capture the tourists and skiers | | | | their skis that have been in their garage for a couple |
| who flood their towns on ski vacations during that | | | | of years. |
| long weekend. | | | | Pre-season Ski Swaps are also good places to pick |
| You might also try calling resort shops that rent large | | | | up great deals. There is a lot of used stuff at these |
| amounts of ski equipment. After the season ends, | | | | seasonal swaps, but there is usually new stuff too. |
| they may have used equipment that they will offer | | | | Sometimes there are unused items that are a season |
| at sale prices. | | | | or two old, but some companies only change their |
| Sometimes there are opportunities to go into small | | | | graphics from year to year and the equipment is |
| ski shops who may have unsold ski equipment left | | | | perfectly fit to serve you well on your ski vacations. |