The Official Craigslist Thread (part 2)

[judgecrandall@gmail.com]

Anyone know what model Body Solid Bench this is?

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Here's the seller's description: Body Solid Military / Incline / Flat / Decline Bench.

He's asking $125 or best offer, which seems like a good deal, but I'd like to know the weight capacity before contacting him.

[Stasher1]

Anyone know what model Body Solid Bench this is?

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Here's the seller's description: Body Solid Military / Incline / Flat / Decline Bench.

He's asking $125 or best offer, which seems like a good deal, but I'd like to know the weight capacity before contacting him.

It looks like the FID70, but the front foot section is obviously from a different model. It originally had a long u-shaped foot. Iirc, the FID70 was rated for 1000lbs just like the current version, the GFID71.

Personally, I'd try to use the bench's "frankenbench" status to negotiate a lower price. $125 is a fair price for a spotless FID70...but the modification to that one makes it less desirable, imho.

[motivat3d]

Finally found a power rack in my area.

Can someone tell me what model this power rack is? Seller says its a Body Solid. He's asking $350 OBO.



Edit: Seller is actually asking $200.

[Stasher1]

Finally found a power rack in my area.

Can someone tell me what model this power rack is? Seller says its a Body Solid. He's asking $350 OBO.

It appears to be the old GPR378. Not a bad rack at all, but you can typically pick up a brand new one for not much more.

[oldred]

Spotted some milled plates on craigslist day before yesterday. Contacted the seller and he said the 45's and 35's said York on them, the other plates had no name. Drove an hour and a half yesterday to look at them. Gave him $300 and took home 650# of York plates, two York bars and some standard bars and weights to boot.

[urbanlifter]

Cybex 5435 Bench on eBay!!!

You might want to email the seller first to check on shipping (He is located in Buffalo, New York), I found another deal on a 5435 bench online right before this one or I would have picked it up. My all time favorite bench, just awesome!!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Catalyst-Com...4#ht_25wt_1142

[jdforsy]

Spotted some milled plates on craigslist day before yesterday. Contacted the seller and he said the 45's and 35's said York on them, the other plates had no name. Drove an hour and a half yesterday to look at them. Gave him $300 and took home 650# of York plates, two York bars and some standard bars and weights to boot.

sweet haul man. I'm waiting for my awesome Craigslist to finally happen.

[Giager]

Cybex 5435 Bench on eBay!!!

You might want to email the seller first to check on shipping (He is located in Buffalo, New York), I found another deal on a 5435 bench online right before this one or I would have picked it up. My all time favorite bench, just awesome!!!

**NOTE** Must be picked up between May 1st and May 7th. Local pick up only.. BUYER PAYS ALL SHIPPING CHARGES !!

Local pick up only..
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BUYER PAYS ALL SHIPPING CHARGES !!
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Clear as dishwater

What's your email address?

[Stasher1]

Local pick up only..
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BUYER PAYS ALL SHIPPING CHARGES !!
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Clear as dishwater

What's your email address?

The auction closes in 5 days but the buyer can't pick it up until May 1? That's just stupid.

[urbanlifter]

Yeah, they started out the auction at "Local Pickup Only", and then when I inquired they added shipping. I think they forgot to take off the "Local only" part. I was curious about the pickup date as well, I wonder if they meant April 1st thru 7th instead of May.

[morebarbell]

Someone just asked me to drive 3 hours (6 hours round trip) to sell them a bench that I have listed for $80 (65% off retail). LOL

[Stasher1]

Someone just asked me to drive 3 hours (6 hours round trip) to sell them a bench that I have listed for $80 (65% off retail). LOL

CL buyers are definitely something special, aren't they? Lol.

[dnb]

This probably isn't a steal like some of the posts in this thread, but I'm happy with it. Picked up a new condition Parabody 874 Bench with leg and curl attachments for $70. The guy who sold it to me said if I ever decide to get a different bench he'd buy this one back from me at the same price, ha. He buys and sells stuff all the time and knows he could get more out of it. He's a good guy to do business with.



and these Ivanko Collars for $20.

Those were good deals and I would take them collars off your hands any day!

[urbanlifter]

Someone posted the auction here a couple days ago, on eBay for the Ironmaster 120lb db set for $400. Picked it up in Columbus today, plates have typical wear but overall everything looks great for less than 50% retail. Home gym rebuild has begun, hopefully my Cybex 5435 bench will materialize here soon!

[Vermonter]

You're welcome

[morebarbell]

CL buyers are definitely something special, aren't they? Lol.

One of the joys of CL. lol

[urbanlifter]

You're welcome

Haha, I actually saw the ad randomly checking eBay before I checked bb.com. But it did light a fire under me to place a bid, I was 100% sure someone else would bid it up but I guess got lucky! Now that I have used both Ironmaster and Powerblocks I think I actually like the Ironmasters better. I rarely do drop sets anymore, and the traditional db feel is a nice change!

[urbanlifter]

UCS Adjustable Bench (Cleveland Browns) MSRP $1150.... going for $500 near Columbus, Ohio. Looks like a sherman tank!!!



http://columbus.craigslist.org/spo/3711222833.html

[DamonB82]

That's a member here

[jackbravo]

UCS Adjustable Bench (Cleveland Browns) MSRP $1150.... going for $500 near Columbus, Ohio. Looks like a sherman tank!!!



http://columbus.craigslist.org/spo/3711222833.html

yea man. same gentleman with the power-lift racks and elitefts things. i really REALLY wanted to pick one up - but it's 19.5" tall, made for athletes I guess, not little ol' me

[urbanlifter]

yea man. same gentleman with the power-lift racks and elitefts things. i really REALLY wanted to pick one up - but it's 19.5" tall, made for athletes I guess, not little ol' me

It has me tempted, but I think I'll hold out for what I really want at that price. I'm 5'9" also and my ideal bench would be about 2-3 inches lower than that. I really like how the backrest meets the seat though, very cool design.

[Dice76]

What bench is this? It looks kinda like a super bench, but when I compare it to the one on the IM website it looks different.

tulsa. craigslist.org/spo/3713786928.html

[Gzs7]

5,000 sq. ft. health club auction in Seaside Heights, NJ April 3:

http://bestbuyauctioneers.com/NJauct...ss%20Club.html

[KBKB]

What bench is this? It looks kinda like a super bench, but when I compare it to the one on the IM website it looks different.

http://tulsa.craigslist.org/spo/3713786928.html

Here are the photos:





It is not a present day Super Bench, but it may be an old Ironmaster product. It looks like it could be a precursor to the present day Super Bench.

These are the differences that I see from the present day Super Bench:

- The base is silver instead of dark grey or white.
- There are only two seat height positions instead of the three found on the present day Super Bench.
- The incline adjusting ring uses a pin that fits into holes instead of a lever / latch which fits into slots in the ring.
- The Ironmaster logo doesn't appear anywhere (visible in the photos) on the bench. The present day Ironmaster bench has "Ironmaster Super Bench" embroidered on the bench cover. There is also a decal on the base.

Regardless, $45 seems like a reasonable price for the bench.

[matrix563]

its probably the original style superbench.

[Dice76]

I wonder if the new attachments like dip and chin-up bar would work with it.

[morebarbell]

its probably the original style superbench.

I think it's very likely.

Here are some photos of an older IM bench...

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Older IM Super Bench (Courtesy of Fishingeek):






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[judgecrandall@gmail.com]

It looks like the FID70, but the front foot section is obviously from a different model. It originally had a long u-shaped foot. Iirc, the FID70 was rated for 1000lbs just like the current version, the GFID71.

Personally, I'd try to use the bench's "frankenbench" status to negotiate a lower price. $125 is a fair price for a spotless FID70...but the modification to that one makes it less desirable, imho.

Anyone have any other thoughts on this mysterious Body Solid bench? I asked the seller what model it is and the weight capacity, but he didn't know (he did say he's benched almost 300 on it, for whatever that's worth). I'm going to take a look at it today. Seller doesn't sound like he's willing to go down in price though.

[morebarbell]

Anyone have any other thoughts on this mysterious Body Solid bench? I asked the seller what model it is and the weight capacity, but he didn't know (he did say he's benched almost 300 on it, for whatever that's worth). I'm going to take a look at it today. Seller doesn't sound like he's willing to go down in price though.

I think Stasher pretty much summed it up. It's a frankenbench. At $125, I would rather put up a few more bucks and buy a new bench instead. Or wait for a better bench on CL.

[judgecrandall@gmail.com]

I think Stasher pretty much summed it up. It's a frankenbench. At $125, I would rather put up a few more bucks and buy a new bench instead. Or wait for a better bench on CL.

Thanks, appreciate the input. Any suggestions on new benches I should be looking at? I would have just gotten something like the Rogue Flat Bench which is about $215 including shipping ($210 for the Bolt Together version), but I thought it might be nice to have the option for incline and decline.