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How much does your shop charge to mount skis?

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WhiteBurd
Posts: 1127 - Karma: 98
is it me or is 70 way to much?
i bought my skis and bindings from them a couple years ago too
Oct 21 2009 9:24PM
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Malcolm
Posts: 15951 - Karma: 9,451
what? thats fucking gay. my shop doesnt charge anything if you buy your skis from them. i bought bindings from them and they mounted them and then i came back the next year with the warrantied skis and got those mounted for free too. and i was like what do i owe you and he said just make sure you come to the rail jam next week. my shops pretty ballin though
Oct 21 2009 9:28PM
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TOAST.
Posts: 7513 - Karma: 36,444
i got charged 70 at my mountains shop with the employee discount.  So i guess its more than that, but im thinking the dumbfuck forgot to use the employee discount
Oct 21 2009 9:38PM
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pigglywiggly
Posts: 4482 - Karma: 305
just the mount for me is 75 bucks...
Oct 21 2009 9:46PM
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Dylan_
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35
Oct 21 2009 9:47PM
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garrets
Posts: 1447 - Karma: 60
40
Oct 21 2009 9:50PM
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BWalmer
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Mine charges $50 to mount skis, but if you purchase something (some guys that work there count that as a part of the mounting process - like skis, boots, bindings - but some guys count that as any purchase what so ever, so like a pack of gum) they only charge $30.
Oct 21 2009 9:52PM
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mezzy
Posts: 298 - Karma: 15
thats crap. my dad mounts them for free! except he takes 5x as long to do it cuz he doesnt have as cool of tools... haha
Oct 21 2009 9:59PM
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DHogg
Posts: 3462 - Karma: 237
Where the hell are you guys going to get mounts done? I've never paid more than $25 for a perfect mount and it'd done the morning after i take them in.


If you pay $70/mount
20 mins to complete
$70/20= $3.5 per minute
3.5*60= $210 per hour being earned for mounts..

There's no way a mount is worth that. Might as well learn to do it yourself @ that price.
Oct 21 2009 10:00PM
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doGelyst
Posts: 2492 - Karma: 509
I've managed a couple same-day mounts on skis before..........one time it only cost me a case of beer :P. Regular times, I've never paid more than $30 bucks.
Oct 21 2009 10:03PM
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abc8tr8we98g
Posts: 498 - Karma: 25
christy sports...$30
Oct 21 2009 10:11PM
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Slinger1x1
Posts: 8853 - Karma: 66
my shop charges $50

i work there though, and i told the shop tech that i was getting some news skis and i was going to need him to mount them up for me (p.s. hes a late twenty year old dude who is just like gross and annoying and a dick). He asked me what was in it for him, and i said "my love and respect."
HE FLIPPED A SHIT. he was like "you think im going to do this shit for free? you think i just fucking do your work? you don't fucking talk to me like that, im your superior."
he was REALLY pissed....
so then i told him i would get him a case of beer, but of course i would need someone whos 21 to come with me to get it
Oct 21 2009 10:11PM
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no_steeze
Posts: 23992 - Karma: 4,273
they do it for me for free, i do all fks myself tho because i have a template and my shop doesn't have a wide jig so it takes them a while
Oct 21 2009 10:14PM
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El_Barto.
Posts: 11661 - Karma: 24,340
25
Oct 21 2009 10:22PM
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Loges
Posts: 1928 - Karma: 21
50 but you can get it for 30 with a purchase of anything over 40 bucks
Oct 21 2009 10:25PM
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JayDope
Posts: 6842 - Karma: 408
at the shop i work at they do it for me for free, but if u buy skis from us, its 25$ if u dont then its 100$, helps make ppl buy skis at our shop and not online and come in and get them mounted
Oct 21 2009 10:28PM
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DR.SHRED
Posts: 2134 - Karma: 503
15 with a free wax
Oct 21 2009 10:30PM
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@skiinmitch
Posts: 2781 - Karma: 78

mount $30

remount $35

Oct 21 2009 10:31PM
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pigglywiggly
Posts: 4482 - Karma: 305
you shop is a load of shit. i thought 75 was way to much. unless your shop carries every kind of ski out there, than its competely unfair
Oct 21 2009 10:37PM
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WhiteBurd
Posts: 1127 - Karma: 98
o and i have never had to pay for a mount ever
Oct 21 2009 10:39PM
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JayDope
Posts: 6842 - Karma: 408
our shop is a pretty high quality shop, the machines we have in the back cost somewheres around 80g's each or something like that, its one of 4 other shops, we carry alot of skis, we are a pro shop not a core shop if that makes any difference, but yeah 100$ is steep
Oct 21 2009 10:40PM
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snomaster
Posts: 3346 - Karma: 5,771
a shop just tried to charge me a ridiculous amount. I got the, "If you buy your gear from us it's free. No one around charges less than $50." And still just stood there thinking about how to approach this 'till he said, "I guess I can do it for $40." Then we started talking and I know one of his good friends. "And now you're at $20."

Good for me, this time. I'm gonna have to figure this shit out myself soon. I can't keep playing this game.

Then I looked around the shop for a bit. Wow, some shit is costly. I'm just thinking, no wonder every other shop around is closed. The markups are outrageous. Especially when you have Evo and Backcountry.com out there, nevermind our forums and ebay.
Oct 21 2009 10:41PM
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Pipe_Munky
Posts: 10888 - Karma: 2,184

35 if you just come in with stuff

25 if you buy the bindings from them

free if you buy skis and bindings

Oct 21 2009 10:50PM
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Ski.Ballet
Posts: 2860 - Karma: 200
Usually $35, but I get half off.
Oct 21 2009 11:18PM
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Mr_Orange
Posts: 1024 - Karma: 154
I just but what ever skis I want then go pick bindings from a  local shop and they mount them for free
Oct 22 2009 1:35AM
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Funnel
Posts: 7816 - Karma: 1,534
$20 for stuff you bring in, but if you bought just one of the items, it is free.
Oct 22 2009 1:51AM
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Love_Wins.
Posts: 5536 - Karma: -1
I do my own, so it's been a few years, but I remember it being like $30-40.
Head on over to tognar.com and buy what you need to do your own mounts, watch some videos online, ask around...and just start doing it.
What's the worst that could happen?
Oct 22 2009 2:14AM
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Balto
Posts: 25985 - Karma: 4,404
free or i do it my self
Oct 22 2009 2:21AM
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Ryno
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$35 if you didn't buy it there
free if you do
Oct 22 2009 3:50AM
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tmorgan4
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I already posted this in another thread but didn't feel like re-typing it:

Since you obviously don't understand how running a business works, let me lay a few things out for you. 

When you bring in your skis, boots, and bindings you purchased somewhere else and pay your $40 to get "ass raped" on a mount, the shop is charging enough to cover their own costs and hopefully making a little money since it is their ass when something gets messed up.  All the tools, jigs, glue, binding release testing equipment, etc. cost MONEY.   That shop form you filled out...that costs money too.  And they aren't cheap. 

Something else that any REAL shop carries is insurance.  You'd probably shit yourself if you saw what insurance costs for a shop that is setting up bindings all day and just waiting for someone to come back in the door claiming it's our fault their leg broke. 

What about having a tech who has had enough training to know how to mount a ski?  It's pretty damn easy to drill through the bottom of a ski.  If your screws are too long, your base gets dimpled.  If your holes aren't drilled deep enough, your base gets dimpled. 

It's a higher risk mounting something that you didn't sell because you need to make sure everything the customer brings in will work together.  And the fact that all you've sold someone is the $40 mount and not a $1000+ ski setup.  If you or your employee screws up and something has to be replaced...you're out a LOT of money.  Shit happens. 

If you buy a ski and binding at my shop you'll probably get a free mount.  Or you can pay for a mount and get $280 in tunes instead.  You decide.  If you bring in all your equipment that you decided to buy online or at Sniagrab, you'll get charged $40 for a mount and prep no questions asked. 

If everyone doesn't learn that they need to support their local shops, they'll all be gone someday and I hope everyone gets good at mounting and tuning skis by hand.  The internet is really hurting the ski business.  Please don't kid yourself and think that you're a pro and know how to fit ski boots because you read the 2 page HOW TO on evogear.com.  Evo Gear wants you to go to your local shop and waste hours of a boot fitters time so you can "think about it" and go home and order for a few bucks cheaper.  Then they show up and don't fit quite right or maybe you need them molded...can't do that over the internet!!! 

Not all ski shops have ridiculous mark up.  Lots of ski companies are having strict minimum advertised prices to help protect the actual shops that pay to display a store front.  Sure things are cheaper when your store front is a warehouse. 

key points:

SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHOPS! 

Oct 22 2009 5:19AM
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Love_Wins.
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Um....I don't think $40 is too much.
$70 is, and $100 most definitely falls into the "rape" category.
Oct 22 2009 5:33AM
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tmorgan4
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Personally....I think $40 is cheap.  $75+ starts to get expensive but it sounds like a lot of these shops are located in mountain towns where minimum wage at McDonalds is also $15 an hour. 
Oct 22 2009 5:37AM
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Mt_Baker_Man
Posts: 2012 - Karma: 105
Yeah, at 50+ bucks a mount, you might as well invest about 100-150 bucks making yourself a GOOD mount kit. Mounting bench and all.
Oct 22 2009 6:56AM
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wintersway
Posts: 5115 - Karma: 128
free if you buy the skis and bindings there
$50 if you dont
Oct 22 2009 9:48AM
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Jamestown
Posts: 4002 - Karma: 51
free if you buy them there
36 if you dont
free if you are friends with the people!
Oct 22 2009 10:02AM
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Pee_and_Ski
Posts: 1869 - Karma: 57

one shop is 60$ i just buy gear there. The hill i work at i can get them mounted for beer, or for smoking up the tech. I only have to pay for suplies if i want somthing done to my stuff.

Oct 22 2009 10:42AM
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yeahitsdave
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we do it based on pieces you bought from us. free if you buy skis, boots, bindings (or a ski/binding/pole "package") $25 if you bought two of the three, $50 if you bought one piece, $75 if you bought everything elsewhere.
Oct 22 2009 11:13AM
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xmarcox
Posts: 49 - Karma: 14
10-15$ here...not at my home mountain shop but my local sport shop ^^
Oct 22 2009 11:35AM
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jonokingsley
Posts: 52 - Karma: 11
25 if you don't buy there...sick
Oct 22 2009 11:35AM
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*Johnny
Posts: 403 - Karma: 19

20

Oct 22 2009 11:38AM
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Pinguu
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yea 20, I would never pay 70 fucking dollars for a mount.  It can be done in 10 mins
Oct 22 2009 12:58PM
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jibyourmom
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Damn 75$ is so much. At the shop where I work we charge 20$ from skis coming from outside the shop, and 10$ for skis that were bought in the shop
Oct 22 2009 1:33PM
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kthnxbai.
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$20 at my old shop $25 here in CO.  But I do my own mounts so free.  I had no idea people were paying $70-$75 to get mounts that seems extremely excessive IMO.
Oct 22 2009 1:51PM
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bootleg_BEN
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pretty sure its like 40 for a mount, but that includes a tune. 20 i think without the tune.
Oct 22 2009 2:01PM
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nstubler
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I have only ever got my skis mounted where i bought either the bindings, the skis, or both
and it has always been free
Oct 22 2009 2:04PM
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short_and_steezy
Posts: 760 - Karma: 18

Free if you buy them there, 30 if you don't

Oct 22 2009 2:14PM
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wiscorider
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damn 70 bucks you could bassicly buy the shit to mount ur own bindings my shop is 50 but free if u buy skis and bindings and if u get one or the other its 25 but  i havnt ever paid caus im a local lol
Oct 22 2009 2:29PM
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Lemuel
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I am in VT (UVM) and my local shop in CT was closing in early October so my mom dropped my lizzies and griffons off at the shop to get mounted.  I found out it was $60.  What bullshit, no wonder they closed because they weren't getting enough business.
Oct 22 2009 2:44PM
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jibjunkie
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my local shop charges $75 and they dont bend brakes. my other shop which i am only doing business with from now on charged me $50 to get mounted and bend the brakes on some turntables i brought in. pretty damn legit and the skis speak for themselves:

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Oct 22 2009 3:03PM
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Luc.
Posts: 7540 - Karma: 59
35 bucks...

but if u buy anything like even a boot i would put no charge on the work order. (when i worked there that is)
Oct 22 2009 3:12PM
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powday
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Damn, I cant believe some of the prices people are paying to get their shit mounted...A mount should NEVER EVER cost more than $20. It's funny though...there are three shops within about 100 feet from each other were I live, one charges $60, the other charges $40 and the other charges $20 (Or free if you buy from them)

It amazes me how much the price differences are from three shops that are soo close, you would think they spy on each others prices to make it competitive....

But yeah...My uncle has a ski tune shop in his garage and he lives an Hour away so I take my shit there for all my needs.
Oct 22 2009 3:27PM
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