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perks of shop employees

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Fr2Planker
Posts: 1696 - Karma: 13
Yeah i work at a shop in PA and we get so much sick schwag....I got a free pair of Anon googles, mad beer mugs, a bunch of tshirts but the best part so far was getting free copies of orage dvds and a free copy of first light. Do all of you other shop guys get a ton of free shit
Oct 29 2004 9:51PM
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Pipe_Munky
Posts: 10888 - Karma: 2,184
gotten some decent swag, dna button down shirt, several t-shirts and a salomon dvd but i just started working





SKIER'S IRRESPONSIBILITY CODE
1.ski FAST at ALL TIMES
2.take MAX air at EVERY opportunity
3.POACH everyone's favourite lines
4.IGNORE all posted signs
5.EVADE patrol at all costs
6.SMOKE big fat stinky ones
7.DRINK to excess

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Truer words never spoken!
Oct 29 2004 9:53PM
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jib_tech
Posts: 1065 - Karma: 11
ya i get shitloads of free shit...

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Why is Don Vito such a bitch about grapes? Ya, Don Vito's a whore about grapes.
Oct 29 2004 10:02PM
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mcsean
Posts: 844 - Karma: 20
I get nothing at my shop. Well I get free tune ups whenever I want, granted I fill out the work order myself. Saves me $40 US right there every time. Also got a free rossi T. Thats about it though, my shops lame
Oct 29 2004 10:03PM
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InfernoHits
Posts: 4755 - Karma: 192
I'm getting a job at a shop, but its a franchise so I doubt if they'll dish out free shit.. Princeton Ski Shops if you wanted to know
Oct 29 2004 10:08PM
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jib_tech
Posts: 1065 - Karma: 11
i somehow ahppened to pick up a shitload of random company tshirts... 05 scratch fs... a whole bunch of head shit... movies.. abnd theres always the shop discounts and pro deals..

---- CCR ----

Why is Don Vito such a bitch about grapes? Ya, Don Vito's a whore about grapes.
Oct 29 2004 10:09PM
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freeski1620
Posts: 5670 - Karma: 1,718
dude i get everythig free or for way discount, today actuly, and irroniscly, my boss gave me a pair of pollard pros, and last week i got the new reactor 12s for 115, so i get major hook ups, outer wear is the same kind of deal, all the stuff i wore last year was free
Oct 29 2004 10:15PM
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jib_tech
Posts: 1065 - Karma: 11
word^

---- CCR ----

Why is Don Vito such a bitch about grapes? Ya, Don Vito's a whore about grapes.
Oct 29 2004 10:18PM
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ski_Crystal
Posts: 649 - Karma: 10
sucks. i've been working at a ski shop for two years now and all i get is free shopwork


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*Kirsten*
Oct 29 2004 11:43PM
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PowderCanuck
Posts: 2626 - Karma: 10
even just the prodeals are great. And I got some free sole footbeds. mmm... heaven for my feet.
and free tune ups!
wait, i do those myself.


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Oct 30 2004 12:10AM
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treesmann
Posts: 2675 - Karma: 49
just started workin at a shop. its dope.

1. FREE WEEKDAY LIFT TICKETS and discounted weekend tickets
2. free shit: rossi shirt, dalbello hat, elan hat, gloves
3. i tune my skis for free whenever i want
4. the manager is a chill park skier. not on NS for some reason. hes 26 or 27 and shreds though
Nov 6 2008 10:36PM
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MEGAZORD
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Why bump this thread
Nov 7 2008 12:17AM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 150
don't work at a shop just for the perks..there is a lot that goes on behind the scenes that isn't all rainbows which some people forget.
Nov 7 2008 1:08AM
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yeahitsdave
Posts: 1315 - Karma: 10
the funnier thing is not that someone bumped a thread from 04, but the fact that someone was legitimately excited to get reactors
Nov 7 2008 1:08AM
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Trojan~Man
Posts: 1996 - Karma: 1,357
i dont get that much other than pro deals and free tune and shop work..oh and i got like a shirt from every company we carry from like clinics at the beginning of the year when the reps come and talk ....
Nov 7 2008 1:09AM
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yewwwwwww
Posts: 182 - Karma: 46
i got a signed JP poster off the armada rep this year
Nov 7 2008 1:13AM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 150
pro deals, free tuning/shop work and shwag are good benefits..thats about all you can get out of working in a shop!!
Nov 7 2008 2:55AM
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Bamski
Posts: 814 - Karma: 79
I worked for a season at a family friend's store..

I definitely got some awesome deals, free shirts from time to time and free tune ups / repairs / mounts / waxes so long as I did them and the store was not to busy.

The only downside was the store catered more to racers than freestyle, but I got to speak to the K2 reps / Volkl reps and could request skis if worst came to worst.

All in all a fun time, but having one of your parents best friends tell you that your skis were way too big for you every day for a season got old fast. I guess some people are stuck in the past.
Nov 7 2008 3:10AM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 150
yeah i'd have to recommend skis 15-20 cm shorter than I would use to people buying their first set of carvers haha..but when people come in buying park skis its a different story..

on another note some of my favourite past times are listening to the amount of shit buyers talk when they come into the shop
Nov 7 2008 3:24AM
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AJizzle
Posts: 1882 - Karma: 522
My favorite thing about working in a shop, besides the schwag, discounted or free skiing and pro deals, having people come in and ask me what the super wide skis are for.  When I tell them powder, they say, " we don't get powder in California" and then I try to explain to them that even if it is not as light as the snow in colorado or utah, when there is a couple feet of fresh a ski that will float you through it is still required, they just look at me all confused. At that point I give up and sell them the Apache Raiders that suit them perfectly. FUCKIN IDIOTS lol
Nov 7 2008 5:56AM
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treesmann
Posts: 2675 - Karma: 49
word the raiders are my best go to ski its easy to convince with that bad boy
Nov 7 2008 10:00PM
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