Things you hate about skiing

[RootDKJ]

$6.75 per beer could have gotten me a six pack down the highway.

exactly...a few road sodas in the parking lot help ease the pain of a $7beer.

 

[automagp68]

Road sodas
lol
Nice

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

People who complain about ski area food and drink prices..it's the same difference as going to an amusement park or sporting event..the ski areas have a captive audience..If I'm on a ski trip I just suck it up and buy a $8 bowl of chili and $4 gatorade..it's worth it for the view..

 

[severine]

Let's start with these

then move onto one of these

and then add in one of these for good measure

 

[automagp68]

People who complain about ski area food and drink prices..it's the same difference as going to an amusement park or sporting event..the ski areas have a captive audience..If I'm on a ski trip I just suck it up and buy a $8 bowl of chili and $4 gatorade..it's worth it for the view..

Maybe some of us are just lucky to even be there nevermind extreamley high food prices.

I personally pack a lunch because i can barley afford my lift ticket... Maybe you would like to adopt me seeing as you appear to be indepently wealthy?

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Maybe some of us are just lucky to even be there nevermind extreamley high food prices.

I personally pack a lunch because i can barley afford my lift ticket... Maybe you would like to adopt me seeing as you appear to be indepently wealthy?

I'm not independently wealthy but an extra $10 isn't going to kill me. It's up to me whether I choose to pay the high prices ski areas charge for food and drink. For me, I usually buy ski area lunches when I'm on a ski trip and at the local hill I eat before and after I ski..and occasionally spring for some Pierogies. It's all about choices. I have a $150 TV while most of my friends have $1,000 plus flat screens and I drive a modest car so I can afford to take mad steezy ski trips...it's all about choice. If I had a wife and kids..I'm guessing I'd ski once a week at best but I'd be having alot more sex..

 

[automagp68]

I'm not independently wealthy but an extra $10 isn't going to kill me. It's up to me whether I choose to pay the high prices ski areas charge for food and drink. For me, I usually buy ski area lunches when I'm on a ski trip and at the local hill I eat before and after I ski..and occasionally spring for some Pierogies. It's all about choices. I have a $150 TV while most of my friends have $1,000 plus flat screens and I drive a modest car so I can afford to take mad steezy ski trips...it's all about choice. If I had a wife and kids..I'm guessing I'd ski once a week at best but I'd be having alot more sex..

If it was $10 i wouldnt mind, but last week it cost me 34$ for a soda and two burgers for me and my girl ontop of $130 for two life tickets and 40$ in gas. At this rate ill be cancleing my comcast, living by candle light to avoid an electric bill, and walking to work if i wanna ski. Either that or she needs to get a damn JOB!!!! Atleast i got the sex part though 8)

 

[frozencorn]

Maybe some of us are just lucky to even be there nevermind extreamley high food prices.

I personally pack a lunch because i can barley afford my lift ticket... Maybe you would like to adopt me seeing as you appear to be indepently wealthy?

No doubt. Between baby sitters, lunch, apres.....GSS is having no problem spending a lot of my money today.

I pack a lunch. Healthier, cheaper, and I can eat it wherever I want on mountain. Do I bitch about the price of beer at a concert or a game? You bet. I paid $10 for a beer at the Trey Anastasio show recently. $10. I had one, of course. One. But I guess I should be thankful to them for providing me with the drink at all, right?

Now, do I buy nine of them normally at a higher price at the mountain? No. I understand it's going to be a buck more or so there. But when I think I'm paying an extravangant price - in my estimation - for something I understand is going to be overpriced anyway, I'll check and make sure it's OK first.

 

[RootDKJ]

People who complain about ski area food and drink prices..it's the same difference as going to an amusement park or sporting event..the ski areas have a captive audience..If I'm on a ski trip I just suck it up and buy a $8 bowl of chili and $4 gatorade..it's worth it for the view..

thats why I don't do sporting events or amusement parks...gotta save the $$$ for ski trips

 

[frozencorn]

If I had a wife and kids..I'm guessing I'd ski once a week at best but I'd be having alot more sex..

You got the once a week part right......the sex, on the other hand,......

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

If it was $10 i wouldnt mind, but last week it cost me 34$ for a soda and two burgers for me and my girl ontop of $130 for two life tickets and 40$ in gas. At this rate ill be cancleing my comcast, living by candle light to avoid an electric bill, and walking to work if i wanna ski. Either that or she needs to get a damn JOB!!!! Atleast i got the sex part though 8)

The burger were $15 each..something smells fishy..did you get fries or perhaps a cookie???:flame: $40 in gas..??? Do you drive a Hummer?? Your girl needs a job..she should stop mooching off you..

 

[automagp68]

The burger were $15 each..something smells fishy..did you get fries or perhaps a cookie???:flame: $40 in gas..??? Do you drive a Hummer?? Your girl needs a job..she should stop mooching off you..

They were 13.95 each plus a drink at like $5 or something crazy. And not a hummer but might as well be with the gas milage i get. 2008 Jeep grand cherokee with a V8, so that dont help.
O well, it is what it is.

 

[4aprice]

paid preferred parking areas! WTF?

Oh don't get me started. Camelback is trying this. So far it has been a total failure but only pass holders are really skiing right now. I know they are holding out for the main part of the season and day trippers. Hopefully they won't take the bait either and it will be gone by mid season. Apparently it worked for them during the summer Camelbeach season. I guess that's what we get for hiring a former Mountain Creek GM.

As far as food even with my daughter being an instructor and getting 50% off we still pack lunches. I also pack a portable bar and have a couple in the lot before heading to the bar.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

They were 13.95 each plus a drink at like $5 or something crazy. And not a hummer but might as well be with the gas milage i get. 2008 Jeep grand cherokee with a V8, so that dont help.
O well, it is what it is.

LOL..so you have a $30,000 brand new vehicle and you are complaining about a $14 Hamburger...LMFAO!!!!...People are strange..I think the Hamburgers at Blue mountain are $3.50 but they're worth about a buck and a quarter..

 

[automagp68]

LOL..so you have a $30,000 brand new vehicle and you are complaining about a $14 Hamburger...LMFAO!!!!...People are strange..I think the Hamburgers at Blue mountain are $3.50 but they're worth about a buck and a quarter..

Im not complaining at all, someone else was complaing about priceing and i agreed (if you read the whole convo) because i do think that 14 bucks for a burger is nuts. Thats all

And like i said, i pack my lunch noramlly because i can afford to buy the food, i am just lucky to be there. In regards to my jeep, Dont be a hater ( just kidding) I only have it for work, its a company truck i couldnt afford that either

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Im not complaining at all, someone else was complaing about priceing and i agreed (if you read the whole convo) because i do think that 14 bucks for a burger is nuts. Thats all

And like i said, i pack my lunch noramlly because i can afford to buy the food, i am just lucky to be there. In regards to my jeep, Dont be a hater ( just kidding) I only have it for work, its a company truck i couldnt afford that either

Not hating just post whoring..the most I ever paid for a beer was $9.50 but it was for a Delierium Tremans..luckily at the local bar..domestic drafts are $1.25 during Happy Hour..

I do hate that ski areas charge almost full price for the WROD..$65 for opening day at Killington is rediculous..but I wanted to ski so I paid it. I also dislike the fact that ski shops are such a ripoff..I'd frequent them if they could at least get their prices close to online prices..

 

[lerops]

I don't hate anything "about skiing". What I hate are things that could keep me from skiing. I am guessing everybody is on the same boat. I hate living in NY, by the way.

 

[eastcoastpowderhound]

I also dislike the fact that ski shops are such a ripoff..I'd frequent them if they could at least get their prices close to online prices..

try running a ski shop before you throw out a blanket statement like that. The inexpensive stuff you're grabbing online is carry over merch that was bought on close out...there are brick and mortar shops who do the same thing and offer the same types of prices...but you can't compare the prices of this year's merch in stores to the price of last year's online and say that shops are ripping you off. The margins in the ski industry, from manufacturer to retailer and retailer to consumer aren't all that high to begin with...this ain't the jewlery business.

 

[severine]

You got the once a week part right......the sex, on the other hand,......

Speak for yourself!

Sounds like an excellent opportunity to me .. the price is certainly right.. Do they use the Burton learn to ride program?

Their website is not easily navigated for info on this, but I did see something on there about that program. They do this every year on the Saturday before Christmas; learn to ski or board for free. I've never been before; it's probably uber crowded. But I figured it was a great way to give it a shot without it costing me anything. I'm not sure if I'm ready for it this year though...

 

[billski]

try running a ski shop before you throw out a blanket statement like that. The inexpensive stuff you're grabbing online is carry over merch that was bought on close out...there are brick and mortar shops who do the same thing and offer the same types of prices...but you can't compare the prices of this year's merch in stores to the price of last year's online and say that shops are ripping you off. The margins in the ski industry, from manufacturer to retailer and retailer to consumer aren't all that high to begin with...this ain't the jewlery business.

OK, I'll bite. What are the margins to the manufacturer?
On a $1200 list price high end ski/binding combo?
On a $400 list entry level ski/binding combo?
On a $600 list set of boots?
I'd like to understand who is getting what markup. Do ski shops buy direct from the manufacturer or is there a middleman?

Thanks!