New plastic lift ticket wickets

[jnrzoso]

OR..

1. Order these babies:
http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Multicolored-Cable-Ties-Pieces/dp/B000067RHO
2. Show up at 1130-12 with a pair of clippers and a 12-pack
3. Wait by the cars you know got there super early.
4. Ask politely if people are leaving and if they are 'done' with their ticket. Offer a PBR or two if they ask for money.

I will say that the zip ties are key, because resorts are very reluctant to give these out nowadays. Even asking at the window just feels sketchy. Its way way easier to get second-hand ticket than a zip tie nowadays, believe it or not.

 

[jnrzoso]

And I know it seems wrong, but so is charging $70+ for a lift ticket and $1,000+ for a season pass, I'm sorry. I used to live in CO and could get an epic pass (all vail resorts) for less than $600 (you still can). Out here a pass to ONE area is about double that on average.

 

[Black Phantom]

And I know it seems wrong, but so is charging $70+ for a lift ticket and $1,000+ for a season pass, I'm sorry. I used to live in CO and could get an epic pass (all vail resorts) for less than $600 (you still can). Out here a pass to ONE area is about double that on average.

You'll fit right in. Do you steal your lunch as well?

 

[gmcunni]

You'll fit right in. Do you steal your lunch as well?

or maybe he eats half and resells the rest to someone walking in to the cafe

 

[Stache]

You are all missing the BEST use of the new ticket wickets.
Because they do NOT colse tight like a zip tie but remain an open loop they are GREAT for tying up your tomato plants to the cages in the garden next summer. Grab a couple each time you go and by June you are all set.

 

[Hawkshot99]

And I know it seems wrong, but so is charging $70+ for a lift ticket and $1,000+ for a season pass, I'm sorry. I used to live in CO and could get an epic pass (all vail resorts) for less than $600 (you still can). Out here a pass to ONE area is about double that on average.

Then open your own resort and charge whatever you want. Out west they dont spend nearly the amount of $ on stuff like snow making .

 

[ScottySkis]

And I know it seems wrong, but so is charging $70+ for a lift ticket and $1,000+ for a season pass, I'm sorry. I used to live in CO and could get an epic pass (all vail resorts) for less than $600 (you still can). Out here a pass to ONE area is about double that on average.

I think a lot places sell season passes for much more then that,

 

[jnrzoso]

you'd be surprised to hear that I learned how to do this in CO.

and be nice. considering who i'm 'stealing' from (crooks) i don't feel bad at all. be like bolton valley and sell discounted tix through liftopia for $40-$50 and i'll be your best customer. i bet if someone walked up to either of you and offered a ticket they used for a couple hours for $5 - and you knew it was good - you'd take it

btw... i have 8 days in this year (including 2 in CO) and have spent about $160 total on lift tickets.

and don't hate i would never hurt anyone on purpose. i like to think that in these times a middle-class person like me having more money to put into the economy elsewhere than the pockets of giant ski company CEOs is a good thing. fight the good fight!

$1,000+ for a season pass is CRIMINAL (i think that needs it own thread!)

 

[jnrzoso]

and i don't buy that a bit more snowmaking justifies charging 2-3 times as much for a pass. i'm not sure it costs 2-3 times as much to run sugarbush as it does vail or beaver creek. keep in mind they also probably have expenses like much bigger staff, avalanche blasting (imagine the $$$), longer season, etc.

loveland makes a sh*t-ton of snow, has the longest season i know of, and still charges around $300-$400 for a pass and $55 or so for a ticket

 

[jnrzoso]

well, longest season besides a-basin

 

[Nick]

or maybe he eats half and resells the rest to someone walking in to the cafe

Smart

 

[abc]

or maybe he eats half and resells the rest to someone walking in to the cafe

Well, if someone offer to buy it, why on earth not? .

Let's face it, that guy is NOT going to pay for the window price ticket anyway. He either gets a "leftover" lift ticket or he doesn't ski that day. It's not like the resort lost the sale of a ticket.

I was at Alta at 2:30 in the afternoon, running to the airport for my flight back. A couple asked me if I were done for the day as I was clipping the ticket off my jacket in the parking lot. So I just handed it over.

They just arrived on a flight (I could see the rental car logo clearly). It's pretty obvious they weren't going to pay the $60 afternoon ticket for the less than 2 hrs left of their arrival day. He offered me money. I said not at first. But then I asked if he want the left over 6-pack and half gallon of milk and some juice in my car, which I couldn't take on the plane anyway (I was there for a week so had grocery). He accepted, and I gladly collected the $25 offered.

Sure, it's against the "contract" of buying and selling the lift ticket. But what if he picks it up after I tossed it into the trash can as I was about to do? This way, he also got my beverages destined for the trash as well.

 

[BenedictGomez]

and be nice. considering who i'm 'stealing' from (crooks) i don't feel bad at all.

So the people that are upfront about offering a product for a known price are the "crooks", but the person stealing that product isnt a "crook"?

I wonder what color the sky is in this guy's world.

in these times a middle-class person like me having more money to put into the economy elsewhere than the pockets of giant ski company CEOs is a good thing. fight the good fight! $1,000+ for a season pass is CRIMINAL

You sound like one of those whiney, economically-clueless, self-entitled, Occupy Wall Street thugs.