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Equipment and Media - £700 flow bindings - WTF??

paulmc - Nov 02, 2009 - 09:51 AM
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Has anyone seen these <a href="http://www.bargainboards.co.uk/P/Flow_24_REAL_-_24K_GOLD_Snowboard_Bindings_Large_Gold_2010-(16119).aspx">£700 Flow's</a>, is anyone seriously going to spend that amount on a pair of bindings??

richn - Nov 02, 2009 - 10:02 AM
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don't think i'd pay 7 quid for those! Ugly and gold's hardly lightweight Very Happy

Zetetic - Nov 02, 2009 - 10:33 AM
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paulmc wrote:

Not being funny but why are you slagging off your own products???

charlie - Nov 02, 2009 - 11:04 AM
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Cheap advertising... Maybe this way they might find some punter with more money than sense.

Mazz - Nov 02, 2009 - 11:05 AM
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It's not his website, people advertise websites in their sigs where you can get good products for cheap prices to help the other members of this site, and Richn I agree with you there, those bindings would be so heavy

dunx - Nov 02, 2009 - 11:10 AM
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It is his website.

Aegis - Nov 02, 2009 - 11:13 AM
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They're only plated with gold rather than being made of solid gold. You can pretty much guarantee that the layer of gold will be extremely thin to save on production costs, therefore the weight addition will be minimal.

All in all there's probably less than a fiver's worth of actual gold in a product like this... Plus they look hideous.

Stuffe - Nov 02, 2009 - 11:13 AM
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Maybe he's doing a Ratner style business suicide?

nickmotture - Nov 02, 2009 - 11:17 AM
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The same person has posted 6 different identical threads on goneboarding today as well. Do these people seriously think everyones stupid?

Chris_Malone - Nov 02, 2009 - 11:22 AM
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Havent you guys heard? These bindings are £700 as they are coated in magic dust, allowing novice riders to bust massive 1080s on thier first attempt.

Aegis - Nov 02, 2009 - 11:25 AM
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Chris_Malone wrote:

Havent you guys heard? These bindings are £700 as they are coated in magic dust, allowing novice riders to bust massive 1080s on thier first attempt.

Ooh, I'll take 5 pairs! Bargain!

charlie - Nov 02, 2009 - 11:31 AM
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Chris_Malone wrote:

Havent you guys heard? These bindings are £700 as they are coated in magic dust, allowing novice riders to bust massive 1080s on thier first attempt.

I'd better get some and then organise my video part for next year! Well probably three video parts actually; what with all the extra runs I'll get in whilst everyone else is strapping into their bindings.

cantridepete - Nov 02, 2009 - 11:33 AM
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you'd have to mentally void to use these flows!! Its really does take the "all the gear no idea" thing to a whole new level!!!

Chris_Malone - Nov 02, 2009 - 11:45 AM
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It'll be interesting to see how many decent/experienced riders acutally buy these. it's effectively jewellery for your feet.

richn - Nov 02, 2009 - 11:49 AM
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They should really go all out. Maybe a diamond encrusted version? Maybe some heavy mr t style jewelry dangling off them?

Reminds me of someone i saw in courchevel with ferrari skis and wearing a thick heavy fur coat and hat.

Chris_Malone - Nov 02, 2009 - 11:54 AM
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MR T would have to get the ski train cos he aint gettin on no plane fool!

richn - Nov 02, 2009 - 12:24 PM
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Damn straight, he'd wear those flows as earings too

oneloveofboardsports - Nov 02, 2009 - 05:24 PM
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paulmc wrote:

No !

nickmotture - Nov 02, 2009 - 05:25 PM
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wonder who at bargain boards thought it was a sensible idea to order them in.,..and if they still have a job.

oneloveofboardsports - Nov 02, 2009 - 05:32 PM
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Good point, maybe the thread should of said

Have you seen these bindings, seriously would any shop ever buy into these !

If they were about 200 and from Union or Ride or another brand that makes good bindings I would get a set to sit on my desk or hang from my rear view mirror or something daft like that but at 700 quid, someones having a laugh

ThomasYaxley - Nov 02, 2009 - 05:35 PM
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I like the way the site states that the 'sell-out risk' is extreme!

Sidget - Nov 02, 2009 - 05:48 PM
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Risk of looking like a rite ghey: EXTREME

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We will not be beaten on price for any current season Flow bindings

As nobody else is dumb enough to stock this crap

craignixon - Nov 02, 2009 - 07:05 PM
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They are bliiiiiiiiiiing.

I'd order a pair, but they're so damn sexy, I've had to blind myself to preserve the image in my head forever, knowing that they're the last things I'd ever see, and as such, can no longer Snowboard.

I'm taking up blading instead!

ChasKi - Nov 02, 2009 - 08:44 PM
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I'd be the person who rides with those flow's bitch fo sho.

Mutley - Nov 02, 2009 - 10:31 PM
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I was just about to say that i'm sure more than a few people would buy them in Courcheval, that place is rediculous faberge ski's and prada poles haha

RickBower - Nov 02, 2009 - 10:55 PM
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I'd like to know who at bargain boards thinks that 700 quid for bindings is a bargain!

You gotta be a tool to buy these, can't wait to see somone with them this year , I'm gonna show them my 150 quid pair then show them how to ride. Hahahahaha

lewis234 - Nov 03, 2009 - 12:42 AM
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RickBower wrote:

LMFAO tool that word is somehow amusing LOL i would never pay 700 for a pair of bindings like that.

-Zach- - Nov 03, 2009 - 04:38 AM
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got these on my new Vapor, cannot wait to get jibbing down the dome lads. sweet.

RickBower - Nov 03, 2009 - 07:37 AM
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-Zach- wrote:

got these on my new Vapor, cannot wait to get jibbing down the dome lads. sweet.

Hahahahaha

BarShaker - Nov 03, 2009 - 08:49 AM
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Real 24 Carat gold PLATED. Just like the watches you can buy on Torrevieja beach.

Personally, the shame of being seen riding Flows would be enough.

paulmc - Nov 03, 2009 - 12:16 PM
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Zetetic wrote:

paulmc wrote:

Not being funny but why are you slagging off your own products???

We weren't slagging off the product, we just wanted to judge the reaction was to them them. Pretty much what we thought!!

nickmotture - Nov 03, 2009 - 12:26 PM
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There may well be someone on here looking at them and thinking hmm i want them they rock, problem is who would actually admit to that in public?

700 quid Gold bindings in a recession = epic fail

craignixon - Nov 03, 2009 - 04:17 PM
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Are you actually buying them in?

If so, when you lynch mob whoever stocked them, get it up on youtube

Mac83 - Nov 03, 2009 - 04:33 PM
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craignixon wrote:

Are you actually buying them in?

They're showing as "in stock" on your site... does that mean you have actually got some!!?

Shocked

HarryCambs - Nov 03, 2009 - 07:23 PM
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Some people don't have any shame, if you buy them that is.

paulmc - Nov 04, 2009 - 09:32 AM
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We have a pair in stock, but they are on sale or return from flow....the only people in the country that have actually brought them in are harrods i think, and Im sure they'll sell them all by the end of the season too. To be quite honest with you, they are really nice! Im sure insurance on a pair for the season is gonna cost you more than the trip itself though!

richn - Nov 04, 2009 - 09:55 AM
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Do you get a carry case for each binding? Thats the real deal breaker

paulmc - Nov 04, 2009 - 10:54 AM
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they come in that aluminium/foam carry case thing as pictured, great present!

Veedubboarder - Nov 04, 2009 - 12:51 PM
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Not sure why anyone would bother gold plating Flow Bindings, as the say, you can't polish a turd.

HarryCambs - Nov 04, 2009 - 02:47 PM
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Still, WHY?????

BartSimpsonhead - Nov 04, 2009 - 03:03 PM
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paulmc wrote:

....the only people in the country that have actually brought them in are harrods i think, and Im sure they'll sell them all by the end of the season too.

Kinda makes me wonder what sort of snowboards Harrods will be selling to go with them - maybe a Prada UltraBling, with genuine mink fur topsheet and solid gold edges (just so they don't rust)... or even a Burton Method Cool

richn - Nov 04, 2009 - 03:17 PM
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Might go down there one lunch break for a laugh

HarryCambs - Nov 04, 2009 - 03:19 PM
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Assume is peple like Posh who parades on Corcheval with their kit and never steps on real snow. (In the case of Posh she prob will break in half if she goes down a slope)

R1ch - Nov 04, 2009 - 03:32 PM
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The same people who buy Gucci snow goggles probably.
Or buy Ski wear made of things like leather and suede.
Maybe one of these outfits:

But seriously.
Only place I can see these being is maybe as a display item in a shop or something.
But even then, would be more interesting displayed if the while thing was gold.

Mac83 - Nov 04, 2009 - 08:44 PM
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Dude! Resize your photo...

Or at least crop the munters off either end! Very Happy

Tiberius - Nov 23, 2009 - 06:11 PM
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well, they probably saw what people paid for a second hand sparkly glove