Thats a good price... but 55 lbs capacity! and it weight 5 pounds.... it's a heavier duty tripod for big lenses and bigger cameras or other equipment..

How will you use it? If you want to carry it with you, really, I'd suggest getting one closer to your weight specs, and one that you won't say- "I don't feel like lugging that today" (though it is only 5lbs)... because the best tripod is the one you have with you when needed.

If you can find a less heavy duty one, and use the saved $$$ toward a good "forever" head , then it will come with you more often. ( I have the RRS BH 40 (I don't remember the price) + Gitzo Mountaineer 2541 which then was only $538 in 2013- Maaaan the price has doubled!, with a D800E, various prime lenses.. no problems with equipment weight) --- in fact you will appreciate head performance over tripod. but when you have both- you are finished with tripod purchases forever! I see other Gitzo's on sale at B&H...

Frankly, i carry mine all over- everywhere, backpacking into the wilderness, top of mountains, in a canoe, on Salt and fresh water beach's ... etc. etc. and i see how it has worn- or rather- how it has NOT worn! It's worth the money in a great design. Thus, I'd consider a used gitzo in a heartbeat, I mean you'd want to look it over, deep scratches on the tubes would be evident. I have not been a nut with cleaning it, but then i paid for it so i don't throw it around at all, and i bought the gitzo case for it!.. so you might think it was new. They are very well made, and take a good amount of use and abuse, and expensive so people, I assume like me, don't throw them around.

However, they do hold their value, so even used they will be dear. Thing is, people don't often sell them- they are a forever purchase, so you'd have to be patient, and watch for them, wait for someone like me to die, and hope their uninterested kin don't realize how much they are worth! LOL...