Wot think \fit\? Guy wants $150 OBO. 400lbs total standard weights

>>39071588
What's the barbell like?

>>39071588
>not oly
turbopoor plebs gonna pleb

>>39071631
Idk, but 2 rust areas on it in the pic

>>39071588
the barbell looks like it could use a quick scrub but otherwise i'd say that's a pretty good deal.

>>39071588
You're buying blaha's garage gear? Ask for a signature on it first.

New weights tend to be about $1 a pound at a sporting goods store, which is retarded, so that's a pretty reasonable price

>>39071716
for real though why the hell are weights so expensive?

Especially when there has to be years worth kicking around in people atticks and basements and all the gyms that have ever bought weights. Should weights just last for every? At one point should the world just be like "okay we have enough wieghts and they are plentiful and everywhere so if anyone every needs any just grab some?"

why isnt that how things are? are there some italian hoodlums going around stealing all the old weights and throwing them in the atlantic?

>>39071745
Because weights are iron and dont degrade over time.

OP here

Offered $90 and looks like the guy will take it. Thanks fit.

>>39071745
Iron is the most used metal in human civilization. A large part of the cost of weights (excluding top tier calibrated plates or olympic bumpers) is the iron itself.

Transport costs for weights are a bitch, so you can't just economically move excess plates from one market to another.

That said, plates are still overpriced by a bit for some reason, maybe because the developed world only bothers making the high quality stuff and all the basic shit most people buy has to be shipped very far.

For plates, don't ever pay more than a dollar a lb depending on quality or if you're getting a micro weight set. Scored 110lbs for 10 bucks at Goodwill the other day which was rare tho