The Gear House

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Looking to pick up some great gear at a ridiculous price? Then you need to start checking out SteepAndCheap.com daily. SteepAndCheap (SAC) is a site that is run by the great folks at Backcountry.com and provides great deals on gear all day everyday.

Basically, SAC offers an item at more than 40% off the retail price until they sell out of the quantity that is listed. Then, another item is displayed and that one stays up until it sells out. SAC is an ever evolving site and one that you really do need to be constantly watching to find the best deals. Sometimes there are items where there are only 5 or so of an item and then there are some times that there will be 100+ of an item; so the time it takes for something to sell can vary but it happens quickly.

To help you get the best deals, SAC has even developed a couple alerts to make you aware of gear changes.

You can get an add-on for Internet Explorer or FireFox that pops a box up everytime the gear changes, this popup box shows the item, a picture of it, the price, and the discount.

You can get a desktop alert where every time there is a new item, a bell chimes and a box slides up from the bottom of your screen displaying that item and its information.

On top of these alerts, you can also subscribe to their RSS feed to be notified via RSS reader every time there is a new item (this can sometimes be pretty delayed - I have had problems with it), you can get Instant Message notifications by adding ’steepandcheap’ to your buddy list and messaging them, and you can also sign up for a daily email dose of what is to come for the day.

There is also a great site called SACAttack that shows the current item, the price, the discount, and the quantity of each color/size/option that is available.

Check out SteepAndCheap to find yourself some great deals on gear!