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Dropped $100 on MOUNTING

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*Koolaid*
Posts: 1242 - Karma: 16
sooo, i just bought some chronic wides and px12 ti lifters, both brand new...However the brakes do not fit the chronic wides...I went to my local shop to have them bend em and they say its against their policy -_-....So its already ski season and i dont feel like coming back so i almost had no other choice but to pay $50 extra bucks, plus the $40 for the shorter screws and the mounting...It was $50 more than what i had planned out....Fucking blows....Well, looks like my sister is S.O.L for christmas haha
Dec 13 2006 10:10PM
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invaderskier36
Posts: 6192 - Karma: 41
you get fucked over
Dec 13 2006 10:11PM
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skiWASHDC
Posts: 716 - Karma: 17
mine was 75$ because i didnt buy anything from the store.

I guess thats how they make money.

convenience.......or just being dicks haha
Dec 13 2006 10:14PM
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ShadyHillGroup
Posts: 2881 - Karma: 213
what, then have wide brakes for px12s, and most shops through those away for free, and 40 bucks for screws, thats rediculous, shops normally have buckets of screws in the back, you must look like a complete gaper if they were able to pull that over on you
Dec 13 2006 10:17PM
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bobs
Posts: 4801 - Karma: 868
i dont think ive ever paid for mounting......the shops ive been to just do it if you bought from them
Dec 13 2006 10:17PM
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fouldsys
Posts: 7404 - Karma: 39
wow you got jiped so bad. i got my fks 155s bent, and mounted to my triplets(i got all three mounted) for 25 canadian
Dec 13 2006 10:19PM
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*Koolaid*
Posts: 1242 - Karma: 16
no no, i had heard from a few people that they would fit and a few said they would not, so they didnt fit as it turned out, and i get there and i asked if they had any that i could buy, so he said ya and they were $50. I had already missed 2 weeks of skiing b/c of waiting for my skis 2 ship so i just bought em...the mounting service cost like 38 and the screws like 2 so it wasnt 2 bad, just i was not planning on buying wider brakes
Dec 13 2006 10:20PM
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DiamondC
Posts: 1529 - Karma: 28
same here, ive never payed for a tune or a mount, then again im good buds with the guys who work at the shop, and they tune and mounted my skis when there boss wasnt there so they dont get in trouble. but 100 bucks for the mount is ridiculous, it takes about 5 minutes
Dec 13 2006 10:21PM
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ShadyHillGroup
Posts: 2881 - Karma: 213
i guess that makes more sense, i was gunna say 40 bucks for screws, go to home depot and pick up some wood screws in the same size,
Dec 13 2006 10:22PM
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*Koolaid*
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ya it really was not that bad considering i live in ohio and i have to drive 30 minutes to get to my "local shop", so i really dont know ne of the guys who work there...but i mean it woulda been $37 if i would of had the brakes already....and i knew wide breaks were $$ so i was just kinda pissed about droppin the extra $50...but hey if it means i can ski next week then fuck, im down
Dec 13 2006 10:24PM
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dammitmike
Posts: 2530 - Karma: 24
yeah my shop charges the same if you bought your gear from somewhere else. it sucks for the people that have to pay that but it does help our sales when we tell people that mounting is free if the equipment is purchased from us. and $75 for about 15 min of work definitly helps profits.

just curious as to where you went to get your junk mounted? i live about an hour outside of DC.
Dec 13 2006 10:25PM
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Dr.Barq
Posts: 720 - Karma: 15
holy shit thats out of control where do you live?
Dec 13 2006 10:25PM
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wrenegade
Posts: 6631 - Karma: 41
You guys are getting so ripped off, you need to find new shops.
Dec 13 2006 10:25PM
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*Koolaid*
Posts: 1242 - Karma: 16
ya, now that i think about it, it was really either this place, or MC sports, and i was not about to take my fucking skis 2 MC sports -_-.....
Dec 13 2006 10:28PM
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iggyskier
Posts: 10447 - Karma: 10,020
anything about $35 or so it a true rip-off.

Get to know the guys at your shop, it can help.  I pay $15 at my shop.
Dec 13 2006 10:29PM
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dan_avoN7
Posts: 71 - Karma: 10
ouch. I just paid $30 to get FKS 155 mounted on Karmas and that includes bending the brakes. Normal price they said was $60 but I bought new boots at that shop so they discounted some. Ski's/bindings were bought online.
Dec 13 2006 10:30PM
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skiWASHDC
Posts: 716 - Karma: 17
Ski Chalet in arlington.

They usually say its gonna be like a week or two before I can pick em up. I say im going on a trip or say i need em for a comp and they hook me up.
Dec 13 2006 10:30PM
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Swick825
Posts: 1798 - Karma: 11
35 is the most anyone should ever pay for a mount.
Dec 13 2006 10:32PM
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KillerMonkey
Posts: 6436 - Karma: 109
I mount my own skis for FREE
Dec 13 2006 11:03PM
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dammitmike
Posts: 2530 - Karma: 24
oh ok yeah theres a ski chalet right by me in gaithersburg MD. i work at a smaller shop in olney MD. i should really tell my boss to drop mounting charges some so we can say well do it cheaper than chalet haha.
Dec 13 2006 11:05PM
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titsLOL
Posts: 7485 - Karma: 396
you paid for short screws? generally bindings with lifters come with a lil baggy of shorter screws from the factory, your shop didn't pay anything for them, that's fucked up. your shop sucks man take your business elsewhere next time.
Dec 13 2006 11:41PM
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dammitmike
Posts: 2530 - Karma: 24
i dont think looks do. well of the 2 brand new pairs ive owned neither had a shorter set of screws.
Dec 13 2006 11:47PM
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titsLOL
Posts: 7485 - Karma: 396
^my rossi power 140s came with risers and both length screws...
Dec 13 2006 11:49PM
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tjski
Posts: 5859 - Karma: 44
my mounting was $85 with wide breaks and a tune up.
Dec 13 2006 11:58PM
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vincepru
Posts: 5474 - Karma: 17
i get my shit FREEE
Dec 14 2006 12:02AM
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Jib_This
Posts: 8272 - Karma: 9
A case of beer for your tech will work wonders. Unless you buy the cheap shit.
Dec 14 2006 12:03AM
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ktollefson_1080
Posts: 2061 - Karma: 183
way to rub it in and be a dick bro ^^^^
Dec 14 2006 12:04AM
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pDails
Posts: 1238 - Karma: 75
yea dude that kinda sucks man...i havent ever paid for mounting
Dec 14 2006 12:08AM
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jib_tech
Posts: 1065 - Karma: 11
an install at my shops is 15, rough scene man
Dec 14 2006 12:09AM
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cobra_commander
Posts: 16909 - Karma: 4,687
You need a ski tech friend, everyone does
Dec 14 2006 12:12AM
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WONTON
Posts: 6951 - Karma: 55
chris is in oregon....=(
Dec 14 2006 12:27AM
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skier_boy26
Posts: 11295 - Karma: 502
damn you guys are getting shafted. Shops almost always have a ton of screws. its a bit of a hassle to find the apropriate screws at times, but the shop people get paid the same, and its not like it is all that difficult. $100 for a mount for about $5 worth of labor is rediculous.
Dec 14 2006 12:31AM
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WONTON
Posts: 6951 - Karma: 55
and they should always be able to grind screws down for you
Dec 14 2006 12:35AM
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quebecfreestyler
Posts: 13040 - Karma: 1,419
well grinding them makes tem a lot more pronetos tripi youdont takeyour tme afterward.
anyway, ilike mounting my skis myself and just take my time if i need togrindorcutt somescrews.
Dec 14 2006 2:24AM
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Love_Wins.
Posts: 5536 - Karma: -1
Wow, you got shafted bad dude, fuck I mean, wide brakes...yeah those run about $50...but truthfully, I would've bent them myself before ever going in there to have them mount my skis up, and $40 for a screw set is fucking out of control. I'd never pay that much.
Dec 14 2006 3:44AM
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*Koolaid*
Posts: 1242 - Karma: 16
see you guys are getting the story mixed up....It would have been $35 for me to get my bindings mounted, thats including the cost for short screws....Ive already sat out 2 weeks to wait for my skis to come in, so once i got their, i did not feel like going home and bending my brakes and bringing them 40 minutes back to the shop...So i just decided to pay the $50 dollars for the wide brakes....The screws cost like $3, the mounting service was like $33...
Dec 14 2006 8:56AM
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psychkub
Posts: 1788 - Karma: 16
I have rossi axial2s on my chronic wides... all I did was bend them out myself until they fit over the ski. It took no more than 10 minutes. It could have saved you $50.
Dec 14 2006 11:21AM
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curbcrasher
Posts: 50 - Karma: 11
Shops hate it when you buy shit off the internet and arent supporting their business so they will be sure to charge you for the mounting and if they can sell you the wide brakes they will do that too. they dont want to be reliable for bindings they mounted that arent up to standards. If you were to buy the stuff at the shop things would have been much cheaper and in the long run would have saved money.
Dec 14 2006 11:28AM
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Lineskier-101
Posts: 7863 - Karma: 22
I mount the skis myself, so I never pay for all this stuff, it's not hard, you guys should start doing it.
Dec 14 2006 11:30AM
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=nick=
Posts: 10471 - Karma: 2,182
oh man ced you need spelling class haha...what did you say?
Dec 14 2006 11:42AM
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Lineskier-101
Posts: 7863 - Karma: 22
Well, grinding... I tried, I can't do it.
Dec 14 2006 11:48AM
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Paul-o-Rama
Posts: 3301 - Karma: 13
I had to pay $20 extra dollars for them to shave down the screws on my PX12 TI's cuz i didn't want lifters and they didn't have shorter screws
Dec 14 2006 12:19PM
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PoleySkier
Posts: 1331 - Karma: 96
my shop is trying to charge me 60$ for a unount and mount and im pissed the guy is a dick
Dec 14 2006 4:48PM
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matthasaurusrex
Posts: 5160 - Karma: 185
My dad does mine... anyone with common sense could do it basicly... only hard park is measuring
Dec 14 2006 4:57PM
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*Koolaid*
Posts: 1242 - Karma: 16
see i would have bought from their shop but they had no bindings what so ever, and the only twin tip ski they had was the silencer, and it was like size 150 something...so that wouldnt of worked =\
Dec 14 2006 5:47PM
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skimasterflex
Posts: 2064 - Karma: 16
The long and short of it is that you paid $50 for wide brakes, which is $20 more than I've ever seen someone charge or pay. You got worked bro but really only for $20 so it isn't THAT bad I guess.

Dec 14 2006 5:49PM
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*Koolaid*
Posts: 1242 - Karma: 16
ya, i knew they were overcharging, but i just didnt really give a fuck about the extra $20, shit its prolly that much in gas money just to get there
Dec 14 2006 5:52PM
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anti-mogal
Posts: 526 - Karma: 53
ya and the guy that mounted them is the best in all of toronto
Dec 14 2006 5:59PM
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Calrin
Posts: 3096 - Karma: 561
just mount them yourself. if you fuck up your probably retarded.
Dec 14 2006 6:27PM
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SeymourGrease
Posts: 1723 - Karma: 23
i gave my shop a 6 pack of beer they did them in 1 day and then i was off.....
Dec 14 2006 11:34PM
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CJHski
Posts: 2384 - Karma: 126
that blows
Dec 15 2006 12:45AM
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