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Paying for skis

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*Fujative*
Posts: 8554 - Karma: 183
Im just wondering... do most of you pay for your own skis... or did parents help you. Because i have been saving up for a long time now and i finnaly got about $500. i bought k2 fugitives for $300 on skiershop.com and i bought s912's for about $180 on ebay. Now my $500 is like gone and i need poles and new boots. So did you buy everything for did parents help out. Also i dont have a job. (This forum does really apply to people over 20 or so.)
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Aug 6 2004 5:22PM
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mark_skis
Posts: 757 - Karma: 10
i pay for my own stuff and im 16. a job really helped out for me


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Aug 6 2004 5:27PM
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J.D.
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Yeah, I buy my own stuff. And I recently totalled up my skiing expenditure over the past 3 years. I could've bought a new car.

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Aug 6 2004 5:28PM
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*Fujative*
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well im 16 and no job and it really sucks
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Aug 6 2004 5:31PM
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KingShit
Posts: 4483 - Karma: 7
I pay for everything that I own myself... If my parents were millionaires it would be a diffrent story. I like paying for stuff with my own hard earned money, it makes me appreciate the stuff that I own.



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Aug 6 2004 5:31PM
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nkmo.
Posts: 3994 - Karma: 285
I bought my Darksides on eBay for 180, my p10's on proform for 100 i think, and my scratch fs's on sale for 280. Then I pretty much blew up my fs's and got rematched BC's for 50 dollars. My dad bought my boots for my birthday luckily cuz those were 450.


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Aug 6 2004 5:31PM
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Posts: 8554 - Karma: 183
^ lucky my parents wont buy me anything
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Aug 6 2004 5:35PM
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nkmo.
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The boots were the only things my paretns have bought for me everything else I got on my own. Its all about working hard, and finding good deals.


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Aug 6 2004 5:38PM
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brody
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Aug 6 2004 5:41PM
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AttitashSkier
Posts: 2494 - Karma: 10
since i have a job my parents dont buy me a lot of stuff, they helped me out on boots and race skis because they wanted me to get race skis and i didnt want to get them. i dont need them because im only on a high school team and i could have just used my old rossi vipers. so i spent about half for $400 boots $400 used 9x and $250 used atomic slalom skis. both the skis came with bindings so it wasnt a bad deal.
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Aug 6 2004 6:13PM
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nca777
Posts: 752 - Karma: 21
Exactly. Wait another month and ebay will be filled with crazy deals.

One shop, every year sells a brand new pair of Volkl V Pros (Karmas) super early in the season for like $350. I've found Dynastar Inspired as low as $250, TM's for $300. I sold my new PE's last year for $250...and I got them for less.

As a matter of fact I may be selling some stuff soon.

I have:

27.0 Lange Comp 100 boots (black) $??
175 Dynastar TM's w/TM bindings, dings and a couple small core shots...$??

You can make me some offers if you want, otherwise they'll probably be on ebay in a week or two.

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Aug 6 2004 6:13PM
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ATLskier
Posts: 8203 - Karma: 406
Yeah, I'm getting used skis cause they're cheaper. They aren't used very much at all either. My boots last year were $35. I'm not spending $450 on boots that won't last me a year. Last year I got my skis(old Rossi Vipers) free, and I'm thinking I can sell them to get money for boots.

Mow lawns or something to get extra money. I've made over $300 on just 2 small lawns frome June-July.
Aug 6 2004 6:41PM
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jcm8
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my mom pays half i pay half (14 no job)

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Aug 6 2004 6:43PM
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Localboyz
Posts: 1626 - Karma: 19
i always buy skis by selling the ones from last year and making up the difference which really isn't more than 200 bucks, but that first pair that started this chain was begun by my parents with dynastar junior slalom shit which i sold off 2 months later
Aug 6 2004 6:45PM
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Ice-Is-Scary
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get a job st a ski shop I paid 250 for new 1080's


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Aug 6 2004 7:18PM
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Papa
Posts: 4718 - Karma: 11
i've always bought my own stuff, get a job and buy your own stuff, i now work in a shop however and get radical deals






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Aug 6 2004 7:19PM
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SnowCoast
Posts: 1991 - Karma: 14
^Word, its all about the deals and buying your own stuff. If you scrubbed the money together to buy something, it always is more satisfying than someone else buying it.
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Aug 6 2004 7:23PM
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Schoening
Posts: 14332 - Karma: 1,268
i bought my last pair of skis because i just felt like it but i got my fujatives for 200 cause i know a k2 guy




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Aug 6 2004 7:36PM
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spyder1
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i split most with my parents, if i want something like a new pair of skis i pay but if i need a new pair of boots then they pay. i am 16 and i have 2 jobs and work about 60 hours a week, so there isnt much other time in my summer, which pays off in the winter for more skiing timew





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Aug 6 2004 7:47PM
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AttitashSkier
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thats awesome, i only work 30 hrs a week
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Aug 6 2004 7:52PM
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Capt.Flannel
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nah, i don't buy my ski stuff.
Aug 6 2004 7:53PM
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mark.p
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well, if you're complaining about paying for your skis.. just get a job for like 3 weeks... you can get enough to pay for all your shit


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Aug 6 2004 7:55PM
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WONTON
Posts: 6951 - Karma: 55
i used all my money a while ago for pow air pros...and i want something new...neeed money..




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Aug 6 2004 8:00PM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,889
ive been saving every penny since june and i have $550 (canadian) im 15 im a lacrosse referee which pays about $20 a game 1-8 games a week for 2 months+25 a week for allowance, and my mom bought my $80 nordiqua boots
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Aug 6 2004 8:02PM
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AppSkier
Posts: 4797 - Karma: 86
i work about 40 or 45 hours a week in the summer at my 2 jobs. I bought my troublemakers and put bindings from my old skis on them and put bindings from a pair I broke on my old K2 enemys for 350 total


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Aug 6 2004 8:19PM
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pocket-rocket
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I dont pay for ski gear, but if id have to pay for it, I would have to pay it myself. My parents wouldnt help me.
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Aug 6 2004 8:50PM
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davidh
Posts: 4219 - Karma: 8
i pay for anything that i dont need, i.e twintips, goggles, descent gloves, helmet, and poles. My dad bought me a pair of lavalamp mogul skis and boots on proform, and that's it. I bought my enemy's and everything else.
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Aug 6 2004 9:00PM
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I pay for everything.



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Aug 6 2004 9:01PM
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GeneralButtNaked
Posts: 7854 - Karma: 89
my skis boots and bindings were presents for my birthday from my parents but i ended up having to pay for them. ive been paying for everything since i was 12.





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Aug 6 2004 9:10PM
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bhill2.0
Posts: 6573 - Karma: 197
I barely pay for everything
But most of my shopping is over ebay on my parents credit card so... you know but I pay for stuff other wise like at the mall or something or movies



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Aug 6 2004 10:10PM
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ScratchCobra66
Posts: 3688 - Karma: 11
Im buying my car, insurance, and gasss...they better be buying me skis. My parents blow though, so when i ask for something they usually get me the exact opposet from what i want.
Aug 6 2004 10:39PM
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ScratchCobra66
Posts: 3688 - Karma: 11
Im buying my car, insurance, and gasss...they better be buying me skis. My parents blow though, so when i ask for something they usually get me the exact opposet from what i want.
Aug 6 2004 10:40PM
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404404
Posts: 11358 - Karma: 21,035
my skis it got for 150 from the line demo sale where a graduation present. My skis befor that i bought me self. My parents are getting me boots for x-mass and the pair i have now wherea birthday present 2 years ago.
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Aug 6 2004 10:59PM
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skimack
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Dude, just get a job, I make enough for a new pair of skis every week. Just work during summer and then buy your stuff in the fall. That way you don't have to rely on your parents for everything.

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Aug 7 2004 12:17AM
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WONTON
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asian parents are soo much tougher...for my birthday, i get the PERMISSION to go buy something with my OWN money. Plus, they have to approve it too.




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Aug 7 2004 12:20AM
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Aug 7 2004 1:51AM
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Freestyla_01
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I have spent around $18000 in the past 2 years.
That really really really sucks.
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Aug 7 2004 2:11AM
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my skis were my christmas present last year, I pretty much pay for everything else though, but my parents help me out with some stuff.


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Aug 7 2004 2:34AM
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SammyBK
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My mom got me my original pair of skis (snapped in half) and boots 5 years ago. Still use the same boots (one warranty swap for newer pair) But since then I pay for all my stuff. Last two years' season passes, last 3 pair of skis, club dues (rent for house in mammoth), and gear. I hope I will be able to get some new skis this year cause my candides are dying.

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Aug 7 2004 2:55AM
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lineskier10
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if you work at a ski shop its quite sick because your skiing costs all get cut by like a half or more, you pay half price for all your gear and even cheaper if you buy it from the companies that hook shop employees up, and you get free lift tickets at a ton of mountains, plus you make $8 an hour while doing this, which is sick, so i suggest working at a ski shop
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Aug 7 2004 3:07AM
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Durring the summer, pimp yourself out to some landscaper or construction company. I am pulling 600 a week landscaping. I am the shovel and sledgehammer bitch, but it pays and I got rid of my college gut and pasty white skin. I have a buddy who a laborer for a watertower repair company, He gets a grand a week to climb up there and fix/inspect shit. thats a good gig.
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Aug 7 2004 7:57AM
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*Fujative*
Posts: 8554 - Karma: 183
ya i forgot... i keeped asking my mom if i could buy my skis for a 2 weeks. and she would she 'we will talk about this later' so 1 day i cleaned my dad truck, inside and out ( the thing was dirty as hell) and my dad was like wow. so i told him that i was buying skis and he said is it with your money? and i said ya, so he let my buy them.
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Aug 7 2004 9:01AM
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skis by myself, the rest with parenta lhelp






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Aug 7 2004 9:06AM
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SnowCoast
Posts: 1991 - Karma: 14
Skis, Boots, Pass, Other lift tickets to other mountains, Poles, Goggs, all ski gear comes from my wallet. I'd be in mega debt if it weren't for a job.
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Aug 7 2004 9:13AM
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bhill2.0
Posts: 6573 - Karma: 197
asian people suck nuff said



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Aug 7 2004 10:52AM
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SaraJ
Posts: 366 - Karma: 52
My parents mainly just loan money out to me, or give me christmas presents in advance if I don't have the money to buy the ski gear that I want. I usually end up paying for all of it though, unless it's something I really need, like replacing torn pants or something. They also want me to wear a helmet, so they help me pay for that. I bought new skis at the end of the season for $179 after trading two pairs of old skis in, and that was completely my money. I also bought new wakeboard bindings for $319, which was completely my money.

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Aug 7 2004 11:30AM
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Irotate360
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ive had money in the bank and jobs and stuff so if i want new skis every year then im the one payin for it, but if i need race skis like every 3 years or so or new boots my parents help me out.



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Aug 7 2004 11:32AM
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M+M
Posts: 7935 - Karma: 25
you really should go out and get a job, mow lawns, get money for b day christmas ext. do chours work at a shop, u need to be making money, and sell stuff around the house, although im 14 and my parents did get my my skis, but since we no they guy we get everything cheap



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Aug 7 2004 11:37AM
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LeBlanc
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I pay for my ski gear...but if something brakes or I need something for skiing that is realy super necessary and I dont have any cash, my dad would probably pay for it like for example a helmet. Oh and my dad pays for my season pass. Everything else comes from my wallet.



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Aug 7 2004 11:42AM
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sugarloaf
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yo...BABYSITTING. I made $60 last night, mostly just watching tv. The girl went to bed at 8, so I watched tv till 12:30. It's sweet and easy...I recommend it. but yeah, my parents buy me everything. haha shit I'm so spoiled. but my dad and the shop owner are tight, so we get half off everything and some free lift tickets. I'm buying myself some goggles and dvds this year though =)


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Aug 7 2004 11:51AM
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M+M
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its sucha fucking jip only gurls babysit, it stinks cauz u do nothing,easiest way of money and boys like arnt alowed



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