Have been a longtime buyer and seller… Have been a longtime buyer and seller on Geartrade. Their customer service is always willing to do the right thing and solve any problem. Shout out to Scott for finding a solution on my last order where I needed a Black Diamond jacket that I ordered faster than I had originally selected. The service was prompt and the order showed up when I needed it. Hard to find service like this in a world of chat bots.

This website is a great resource for gathering equipment/goods for even better prices! The scope of products, vendors and owners is great! It's difficult to not find what you're looking for, new and old. Pricing is typically fair and better brick and mortar store prices. The various sizing methods could be cleaned-up in addition to site navigation from a user experience point of view. Overall, a go-to source for gear.

Gear Trade Was Great, But Beware Backcountry Products This review has been edited because Gear Trade was very helpful and responsive. The rest of this review is about "past season" Backcountry products: I bought Backcountry brand pants that are basically two backsides sewn together. Like a front butt side and a back butt side. I honestly thought these were knockoffs and brought it to their attention. They aren't. These were considered "past season," but I honestly think these were factory store quality /rejected by quality control pants. I own two pairs of the same past season Backcountry pants that I bought years ago. They don't have two butt sides. (And I have a pretty big butt and flat stomach--I always know immediately when I've put my pants on backwards). I find this situation misleading, as these were supposedly only discounted because they're past season. As much as I love their pants, I probably won't buy anything past season from Backcountry again.

Stay away from Geartrade!!! Stay away!!! Aweful experience with an order from Geartrade. They sent a completely wrong item in a correct box. To me, this means that there was a customer return (to Backcountry) and the customer scammed them or this was a parts takeoff from a compkete bike. Either way, no one confirmed that the product in the box was legit. Extremely frustrating! They sent a return label and I am waiting for my refund which they say they will send refund when the seller (Backcountry).Furthermore, their policy states that they don"t pay the seller until the item has been successfully received and accepted by the buyer. This means that you have my money and should refund me as soon as you got the email receipt from Fedex. I will never buy from Geartrade again and I spend a ton of money on outdoor gear. Geartrade is absolutely horrible. I can get an instant refund from Ebay and Amazon Warehouse...

Vague and Misleading Pricing Policy Geartrade has a very vague Pricing Policy that allows them to change your agreed-upon price whenever they want, without notice. I initially agreed to sell a pair of $250 bike shoes on their site for $125. After just over 6 months, they sold the shoes for $37 which netted me just $9.79. At no time did they notify me of any price change. When I reached out to them they said that, "After the initial 30 days of a Consignment item being listed, the price is reduced on a weekly basis to maintain pace with the depreciation of the item." Nowhere is their Pricing Policy does it state such practice. What it does say is, "Geartrade may decrease the price based on market conditions, demand, and seasonality." Although this broad statement questionably covers the aforementioned practice, this is completely misleading. No way would I have agreed to terms that depreciated my shoes by ~14% a month after listing for just 30 days. If this is standard practice for all gear consigned to their site, they should state so clearly. I am very unsatisfied with my experience and although I love recycling gear back into the stream, I assure you that I definitely will never do so with Geartrade again.