severine
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Thanks for the recommendations for Outdoor Sports Center in Wilton, CT! After I drove to Mohawk, I took a crazy drive down Route 7 to get my bindings mounted on my new skis. I half considered going to Alpine Haus (I think that was the name?) in New Milford, but the kids were asleep and it was pouring rain so I continued on. The road construction totally sucked. It took me 1 hr to get from Alpine Haus to Outdoor Sports Center, making what should have theoretically been a 1 hr 20 min trip (if I went from home) into a 2 hr trip. One way. 
A nice guy opened the door for us when we got there. Must have been the fact that I was wearing a 6 month old, had my boots over my left shoulder, skis over the left shoulder, bindings in a box in my right hand, and a 2.5 year old in tow. :lol: He directed me to the 2nd counter. Took a few minutes for help to arrive, but a nice older gentleman came over to start the order for the bindings (and he was shortly replaced by another, older gentleman). I'll be honest that in spite of all that research I did on where to have the bindings mounted, I never even brought it up. My daughter was running all over the store and I was terribly distracted. I also wasn't asked so it wasn't at the forefront of my mind. At first I was asked if I could pick up next Friday. I was disappointed and asked if there was any way I didn't have to leave my boots. (I know, but it was worth a shot.) Complained a little about the traffic due to road construction.... Before I knew it, he said they could mount the bindings while I waited! Woohoo! So within 35 minutes, my bindings were mounted and I was all set. (In that meantime, I chased the 2.5 year old throughout the store... they were probably in a hurry to get rid of us, though she wasn't harming anyone or anything and they weren't hugely busy anyway... it's a big store!))
So by the time my skis were ready, I had 3 men helping me. They shouted over that my skis were done (I was browsing the skis they had while my daughter was pretending she was dead over by the front door). I thanked them profusely for being so fast and told them it was worth the long drive. Told them they were highly recommended by Grassi as the best in the state...to which they looked at me dumbfounded. "Who?" I was asked. Guess you need to spend more money there, Grassi. One of the other men did tell me they were recently voted twice as best shop in the state. By whom, I have no idea.
Once I was paid up, one of the men carried my boots and skis to the car for me (holding the door for us on the way out) and even put them in the car.
So I have to give them credit for not only being nice to a lady with 2 crazy kids, but also for mounting bindings while I waited. I've never heard of that before and I very much appreciated not having to make another trip in a week to get the skis... not to mention for not being without my boots this weekend because if Mohawk is open, I WILL be going there!!
BTW, the bindings ended up being mounted about 1/2 cm (if that?) in front of the midsole line. Pictures will follow later if anyone is interested.
A nice guy opened the door for us when we got there. Must have been the fact that I was wearing a 6 month old, had my boots over my left shoulder, skis over the left shoulder, bindings in a box in my right hand, and a 2.5 year old in tow. :lol: He directed me to the 2nd counter. Took a few minutes for help to arrive, but a nice older gentleman came over to start the order for the bindings (and he was shortly replaced by another, older gentleman). I'll be honest that in spite of all that research I did on where to have the bindings mounted, I never even brought it up. My daughter was running all over the store and I was terribly distracted. I also wasn't asked so it wasn't at the forefront of my mind. At first I was asked if I could pick up next Friday. I was disappointed and asked if there was any way I didn't have to leave my boots. (I know, but it was worth a shot.
) Complained a little about the traffic due to road construction.... Before I knew it, he said they could mount the bindings while I waited! Woohoo! So within 35 minutes, my bindings were mounted and I was all set. (In that meantime, I chased the 2.5 year old throughout the store... they were probably in a hurry to get rid of us, though she wasn't harming anyone or anything and they weren't hugely busy anyway... it's a big store!))So by the time my skis were ready, I had 3 men helping me. They shouted over that my skis were done (I was browsing the skis they had while my daughter was pretending she was dead over by the front door). I thanked them profusely for being so fast and told them it was worth the long drive. Told them they were highly recommended by Grassi as the best in the state...to which they looked at me dumbfounded. "Who?" I was asked. Guess you need to spend more money there, Grassi.
One of the other men did tell me they were recently voted twice as best shop in the state. By whom, I have no idea. Once I was paid up, one of the men carried my boots and skis to the car for me (holding the door for us on the way out) and even put them in the car.
So I have to give them credit for not only being nice to a lady with 2 crazy kids, but also for mounting bindings while I waited. I've never heard of that before and I very much appreciated not having to make another trip in a week to get the skis... not to mention for not being without my boots this weekend because if Mohawk is open, I WILL be going there!!
BTW, the bindings ended up being mounted about 1/2 cm (if that?) in front of the midsole line. Pictures will follow later if anyone is interested.
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