Old Skis, New Skis, tons of ski equipment

This past weekend was the AVSC Ski Swap in the parking lot of Bank of Colorado in El Jebel. There was everything imaginable there for ski and snowboard equipment. It got me really amped to get out and ski, in fact with so many good deals does it makes sense to buy something there or should I continue to look at snowmass ski rental equipment? It’s always nice to look in the snowmass ski shops to get an idea of what is out there and possibly take it out for test run, but the amount I want to ski I better just buy.