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How to avoid shop's ridiculous mounting prices?

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7springsprod
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I would like to potentially buy a pair of skis online and a pair of bindings from elsewhere. It would be $80 to have them mounted at my local shop since I didn't buy the skis from them. No way in hell I would trust myself to mount them but how come shops are so ridiculous about this and is there a way to avoid it?
Oct 18 2013 9:04PM
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Muggydude
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Find a shop that has decent prices? I got mine mounted for $30 this year, from a local mom and pop shop that been in business 30 years- for obvious reasons. They do a good job, good price.

But if they weren't around I'd still feel comfortable going to Colorado Ski and Golf- which is a retail chain , but still specialized and able to mount a pair of bindings, which isn't that difficult a job in all honesty
Oct 18 2013 9:50PM
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No.Quarter
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Would that be Eskimo by any chance?
Oct 18 2013 9:54PM
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ThaLorax
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Who charges $80 to drill a couple holes using a pre-build jig? I've never paid more than $35 and I normally just pay in a nice six pack.
Oct 18 2013 10:10PM
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Daph
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this.

ask almost anyone who works at a ski shop. beer is the ultimate currency.
Oct 18 2013 10:14PM
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ThaLorax
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this.
Oct 18 2013 10:17PM
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.mnr.
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rei was like 30 bucks last year
Oct 19 2013 12:01AM
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BirtDike
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Jesus, and i thought 35 was too much... If they said $80, i would have slapped somebody.

my place in colorado last year would mount them for 20 bucks, and they were always on point. here in jackson its 35 and after seeing this i feel thats a pretty fair price.
Oct 19 2013 1:35AM
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c4t_l0ver
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80 dollars, are you fucking kidding me. go somewhere else. ahaha.
befriend people who work in ski shops. get the ski shop hookup.
Oct 19 2013 3:40AM
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-SnowSnoli-
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80 is actually pretty standard for ski shops... We charge 100... It's a way of stopping people buying skis we sell online because shops can not compete with online shops for pricing. Support your local shop even if you just buy the bindings from there, they should do it free.

If not as stated... get friendly and buy them beer its a techys best friend.
Oct 19 2013 6:33AM
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last_tango
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work at a mountain and more things will be free.
Oct 19 2013 7:57AM
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c4t_l0ver
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I feel bad for people who go to your shop and don't know any better and pay 100 bucks to get some holes drilled. Most I've seen for a shop mounting skis is 40 and thought that was pricey.
Oct 19 2013 10:23AM
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ThaLorax
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one shop I worked at was 50 but that was because 99% if their mounts were tech or AT bindings. do people actually pay 100?
Oct 19 2013 10:51AM
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Naptown
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Both of my local shops charge around $70 and I really can't go anywhere else because I live in MD and those are the only shops...
Oct 19 2013 11:29AM
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Jaggy_Snake
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I've never paid for any of my mounts. Just get talking to the techs whilst they're doing it and (it worked for me anyway) they'll tell the people at the till point to not to charge you.
Oct 19 2013 11:50AM
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division.bell
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This.

It's really not hard to do at all if you're not a cock-eating, entitled douche.
Oct 19 2013 12:29PM
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ndye
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what about at your home mountain? they would probably do it for way cheaper.
Oct 19 2013 1:42PM
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BirtDike
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jesus christ. terrible business model.

Its really hard to support local shops when they dont support local skiers. Its a give and take relationship, not take take...
Oct 19 2013 11:32PM
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Muggydude
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Yep. Owner is a pretty cool guy too
Oct 20 2013 2:44AM
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-SnowSnoli-
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What interest is it to a local shop to support local skiers that buy all their stuff online?
It actually has worked since we changed the prices.. And while I am not a fan of it either (most people i do it for free if the boss isn't around) there is no doubt that more people buy in store now as when they buy in store they also get free service for the life of the ski.

Nothing worse than spending ages with a client telling them about a ski, then they turn up 2 weeks later with that ski to get mounted because they found it online 100 bucks cheaper for example.


Oct 20 2013 4:48AM
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SamtheEagle
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80 is rediculous. most ive seen is 40
Oct 20 2013 8:52AM
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SFBv420.0
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Damn $100 better come w/ a happy ender from the token shop hottie
haven't paid more than $80-100 for any of my jigs let alone a mount
Think our shop charges $19 if you don't purchase anything
been my experince that stoners outproduce drunks and the best techs have chinese eyes

Oct 20 2013 9:32AM
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ThaLorax
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here's an idea. of you buy a ski online you're probably not going to be saving more than $100 anyways. but it At your local shop and have them mount for free. problem solved.
Oct 20 2013 12:46PM
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razors-chaz
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It's entirely reasonable that a shop charges more than usual/at all for an outside purchase mount. If you're not going to support them why should they do you a deal? Either way its likely to cost you a similar amount whether you get them online or in the shop after mounting. so you might aswell buy them from the shop, afterall if the shop wasnt there they wouldn't be there to mount them anyway so make sure you still have a shop near you by supporting them. plus it's far easier to deal with any issues face to face than over the internet/phone.
Oct 20 2013 1:21PM
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