Archive for February, 2003
So after my little mishap with my goofy mountings. I had to get my snowboard remounted into a normal stance. I made some calls around to the local sporting good store to get a price quote on remounting my board. Finally, I ended up going to Paragon Sporting Goods because they said they would re-mount my bindings for free. When I first went into the store, they stopped me to give me a ticket for my board. I was suppose to ask for this guy “P” who was going hook me up with my mountings. But he was out for the day. Instead this other girl re-positioned my binding stance. I felt obliged to ask how much it would cost for the re-mounting. And she said it was free of charge.
On my way, I got stopped by this guy who asked me for my work ticket. And I was like what work ticket. In the end, he called the manager who had dragged the snowboarding gal to fill out a work ticket for me. So they ended up charging me $15.00 for the re-mounting. I was a bit pissed, but I didn’t make a scene because I knew the snowboarding gal was just trying to hook me up. And I had no idea that they usually charge for these services. Seriously, if I knew it was going to cost $15.00 to re-mount my stance, I would had just gone to Blade and Board which would have cost me $5.00. I really don’t have an issue about paying for a service, but I think it should be priced according the labor. And frankly, it only took the girl less then 3 minutes to re-mount my board. Paragon could have listed their prices so that I would have the option of denying service based on cost. Even the snowboard girl thought it was ridiculous to charge me $15.00. I mean it’s paragon, it’s a small step above Sports Authority. Dude! If I’m going to pay that much to re-mount my bindings, I mind as well go to the overpriced Princeton Ski Shop. Ha ha. Never shop at Paragon Sporting Goods store, they’re a total rip off.
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February 19, 2003 at 1:34 pm ·
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Whee! Swoosh! Swoosh! Make way, it’s the tempermental Asian gal coming down the slopes. Last Sunday, I went to Mountain Creek with a group of people. It was my first time snowboarding in 2 years. My initial intent was to just wreak havoc down the slope. But first, I had to be able to get off the lift without tripping over my board. Damn! Maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to have my binding mounted goofy. So after spending about 30 minutes on the bunny slope, I finally got my balance back into gear. I was ready to run over some kiddies. *evil grin* Instead, I decided to be nice, and kicked my board to avoid crashing into the little ones despite the fact I had right of way. I would give parents fair warning that I was heading in their kids direction 20 feet away. Since they made no attempt of moving their children, I had no choice but to kick my board out. I was getting quite annoyed because the parents started giving me dirty looks. Truthfully, parents and kids need their own mountain. If you’re going down slope, don’t stop in the middle of the hill. The mountain does not belong to you. And frankly I don’t think they learned the word “share.”
February 19, 2003 at 1:08 pm ·
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