I've gotten some amazing deals on used gear. Not price per say (though that has been great too), but in terms of finding someone selling off the exact thing I wanted at the time I needed to get it.
But for each of those wonderful intersections of opportunity and need, there are dozens of grab bags of "I am never diving again, here's my junk for sale" posted. If there's the gem you were looking for in one of those bags, then that's wonderful. If it's not what you want, pass. You'll only end up using it briefly and then buying what you really wanted in the end, and that is a waste. From what you said, this grab bag includes a bcd that isn't the one you want, a decent low-level reg set that will need another $200 into it before you can dive it, and an assortment of personal dive kit that you probably can't use or don't need. Is that worth $600 to you? Talk to your dive shop and see what a package of what you really want would be, and then decide what that grab bag is worth to you. gl
But for each of those wonderful intersections of opportunity and need, there are dozens of grab bags of "I am never diving again, here's my junk for sale" posted. If there's the gem you were looking for in one of those bags, then that's wonderful. If it's not what you want, pass. You'll only end up using it briefly and then buying what you really wanted in the end, and that is a waste. From what you said, this grab bag includes a bcd that isn't the one you want, a decent low-level reg set that will need another $200 into it before you can dive it, and an assortment of personal dive kit that you probably can't use or don't need. Is that worth $600 to you? Talk to your dive shop and see what a package of what you really want would be, and then decide what that grab bag is worth to you. gl