Cost to get bindings mounted?
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will_powder
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12 pack of good beer and I'm outta there smiling.
Crispy.
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I have the craziest shop. They charge you $75 for a mount (no gear bought from them), $50 if you bought one item, $25 if you bought two items, and free mount if skis, boots, and bindings are all from them. Because they typically don't carry the skis I want, I have bought online and paid $75 for a mount multiple times. BUT, if you bring in mounted skis and want the binding transferred is only a $25 "remount", even if you didn't buy anything from them. They charge you $50 less and have to do more work stripping the bindings off the old skis. Now, instead of bringing in bindings and skis separate, I mount the bindings (quickly and shit-ily) on a beater pair of skis, so I save $50 for a mount.
VintageCadillac
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I rented ski boots there for the cost of like... 70 dollars and they mounted my news skis I got online for 10 dollars. I think my ski shop is cool... (It's not even in a ski area).
Squirrel_Murphy
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13553332:VinnieF said:
You missed the whole point of why you're a moron. Yeah prices for those little items are a bit steep but a torque screwdriver is not how you torque test a binding, genius.
Shops buy those machines because of efficiency, accuracy, and among other good shop practices, would cover their ass in a lawsuit situation. Put it this way, you're saying to spend as little as possible for something that can cost you millions in a lawsuit when you can spend MAYBE 40k, have it paid for in one small season, and use that machine for the next 20 years with ridiculous profits and only need it to be calibrated from a rep from time to time. Read my other comments above. Plus if you've never worked in a shop and haven't mounted and torqued bindings using different proven and certified methods, than just shut up.
trannyfinder.edu
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corona
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13553584:Squirrel_Murphy said:
You're missing my point. I'm not saying shops are dumb for spending that much. THey don't really have any option if they want certified equipment to cover their asses for lawsuits (granted, the waivers you sign may well be enough regardless of the equipment they use).
My point is that the companies selling this equipment are charging WAY too much for what it actually is. The example being it costs 4-5 grand for something once can make and sell for easily half that and still make enough money for the hours to be worth it.
The torque screwdriver really drives (haha) the point home. This is them reselling an item they probably bought for 1/3 the price for a ridiculous amount of money. 'Bit steep' is putting it far too lightly. I dunno where I said a torque screwdriver tests a binding..
Again, I don't care how useful a fully automated machine is. I realize that even at 40 grand it's still worth it for some shops, but that doesn't change the fact that 40 grand is a complete ripoff for what it is. The companies are laughing all the way to the bank every time they sell one of those.
So I'm completely missing where our disagreement is. Are you defending the companies for charging such exorbitant amounts for their machinery? Cause that's the only thing I'm bashing.
littleman34
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13553387:saskskier said:
Thank you
elcornholio
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I mount my own bindings now because I own a jig and am experienced at doing so, but it seems that shops near mountains but not at mountains have the best prices. I was at a ski shop on the south shore in Massachusetts and they wanted $75 to mount a pair of bindings. A shop about 15 minutes from where I ski charges $25 ish and free if you buy boots, bindings or skis there (Go to Ski Fanatics in Campton, NH). Then the shop at the mountain where I ski charges $55. I don't suggest mounting your own bindings unless you really know what you are doing.
