Got 4000 Euros to spare?

Spotted this on the Courchevel site:
The colourful telecabins of Le Praz are due to be retired at the end of this winter after 43 years of loyal wobbly & cramped service.
The 77 various coloured bubbles of the Foret lift will be replaced with new telecabins next summer, as part of the seven year multi-million improvement plan for Courchevel.
As such the retired bubbles will be sold off, currently the future sale of the cabins has already attracted nearly 100 potential buyers. However the asking price of €4000 per cabin is said to have deterred a number of buyers already.

How much would you pay for a telecabine and what would you do with yours?

andyhull wrote:However the asking price of €4000 per cabin is said to have deterred a number of buyers already.

No kidding! For something distinctly "used" and not exactly unique that seems pretty pricey... I'd imagine the "postage" may be interesting as well...

andyhull wrote:How much would you pay for a telecabine and what would you do with yours?

100 Euros delivered...

...put it in the lounge (note to self: need bigger lounge) and turn it into a "man cave"... :lol:

For 4000 euros I'd want a pylon or two as well!

I'd want a lifetime lift pass thrown in for that

This would make an ideal (and much cheaper than usual) beach hut here on the seafront in Southwold. I am sure no-one would notice if added one overnight?

But it won't keep the wind and rain out, and the doors won't shut properly!

I'd consider one for up to 500 euros, delivered!

That's expensive scrap as the demand for them as garden ornaments must be minimal.
Even if they were hoping to sell them to another resort they would be pricey!

When the first single chairlift in Niederau was replaced by a double chair, (where the gondela is now), it had a second life,being repositioned on the Lanerkopfl. Came the year when it was no longer licenced, there was a mad scramble in the village to get one of these historic items. Our good friend at the Auhof managed to get one or two. You can sit on one in Blachfelders, when trying on boots.

Why use the word historic? Well the single lift was the first mountain lift in Austria. It was built by Ingineur Sepp Hochmuth, who I skied with.

Hochmuth took the gearbox out of an abandoned tank left at Worgl Rail station, and used it to drive the rope.