Reputable shop needed to mount bindings in metro Boston?

[f2racer]

I've assembled skis, bindings, and boots via the internet (via a combination of eBay and clearance specials). I live in Bedford and work in Westborough. Anybody know of a shop reasonably closeby that won't charge an arm and a leg to mount the bindings, but will do a decent job?

Thanks!

 

[ctenidae]

Ski Haus in Wilmington is good and close to where you live, though the opposite direction from Westboro.

www.skihaus.com

 

[WWF-VT]

REI in Framingham. $45 for non-members / $30 for members. Membership fee is $15. For $45 total had my bindings mounted and will get membership pricing for future work

 

[thetrailboss]

DON'T go to Ski Market.

 

[salida]

Ski Haus in Wilmington is good and close to where you live, though the opposite direction from Westboro.

www.skihaus.com

I've been to this shop and like these guys quite a bit....

-porter

 

[ctenidae]

I've been to this shop and like these guys quite a bit....

-porter

Bonus is, if you get there close to closing, they often have a keg tapped.

 

[kickstand]

Bonus is, if you get there close to closing, they often have a keg tapped.

Last time I was in there, it was a Sunday afternoon and everyone but the cashier was drinking beers. That's the kind of place I want to work.

 

[f2racer]

Anybody know how much skihaus charges if you didn't buy the equipment from them? Also does anybody know if REI will do a good job?

I know to avoid Ski Market like the plague. I picked up skiing again a couple of years ago when my kids (it's their skis that need the bindings mounted) were old enough to hit the slopes. Even back in the early 90s, when I was skiing 20+ days a year, they had a bad reputation. The only time I've ever considered buying anything from them was when I used to work near their corporate HQ in Waltham, MA and they were having a tent sale over the summer. They had equipment forsale for a fraction of the retail cost, but at the time I had a newborn and wasn't skiing more than a couple of times a year so I couldn't really justify new equipment. Anybody know if they still do that?

 

[NYDrew]

your going to spend in the 50 range. thats normal cost just about everywhere for what you want done.