My trip up to Henderson was two fold, I bought new running shoes and I came to check out a treadmill I found on craigslist after several weeks of stalking. At first the ad looked too good to be true $350 for a Horizon fitness T54 which was advertisedas basically new. Hmmm. Thats about a grand off the retail price for a new one. Most of the ads on craigslist were asking $200-250 for treadmills that were about $600 so this was one heck of a deal. I emailed with the owner and decided we would swing in to check it out while we were up here anyway. I mapped out the stores location. It was pretty close to my running store! We arrived at Fitness Beast and I mentioned the t54 I was interested in and the guy I had been emailing came out, that is who I had been emailing with, and he explained the issues with the treadmill and we checked out the wobbly bearing issue and the fact that there was no safety key. He also mentioned the warrenty had been issued to his store when he ordered some parts that were damaged in shipping for this unit, but he would call horizon and order the key and bearings.. We decided to purchase it anyway and we were going to come back in a few hours to pick it up after visiting some family in the area. We couldnt get ahold of the family member so we came back fairly quickly and Todd had good news! He got the warrenty transfered to us and he ordered the key and barrings, they were going to be sent to our home. He even helped my husband load up the 220 pound treadmill into the back of our truck. We put a tarp over top and are headed home as I type this. I cant wait to get home, get the parts and key and go for a run! I am looking forward to running while the kids are napping or after they have gone to bed….ah no excuses now!

Here she is! Right beside my Keys Discovery Elliptical

Posted by Shelley in Whatever on February 20th, 2007 |