Ladders on eBay

[aricooperdavis]

There's a couple of electron-style ladders going on eBay at the moment. What sort of prices do these things tend to go for? 

[Edit: it's not my listing and I'm not in the market, so no conflict of interest, I'm just interested]

[mikem]

Depends on the length, but more if the sale finishes during evenings or weekend & if someone tells other interested parties...

They seem to be buying & selling a lot of random stuff.

[aricooperdavis]

Just found a couple more on there that have starting prices nearly 10 times that of the first one!

[Cap'n Chris]

All of the Ebay examples look to be royally knackered out.

[royfellows]

I would avoid SH wire ladders.
The wires can rust inside the aluminium rungs, not obvious until the thing fails.

[mikem]

& you can buy a new one for the second price:
http://www.upandunder.co.uk/Professional/Access/Ladders/P---Swaged-Eye-Ladder---14623/

[aricooperdavis]

Thanks for the advice, I'm always wary of buying second hand gear that I can't inspect in person, but it's good to know that it's hard to inspect ladders regardless!

[ttxela2]

Or make your own, it's not too hard. my first attempt had an 'automatic descend' feature where the rung you were standing on slowly made it's way down the wire