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To ge the most bang for buck, is it better to buy at the beginning or at the
end of the season? Micheal |
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Micheal Artindale wrote:
To get the most bang for buck, is it better to buy at the beginning or at the end of the season? It's best to try new gear at the beginning of the season, because that's when the vendors have the free demo days. Once you know what you want, the time to buy depends on the deal and how long you can live without it. -- Mike Treseler |
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On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:57:46 -0700, Mike Treseler
wrote this crap: Micheal Artindale wrote: To get the most bang for buck, is it better to buy at the beginning or at the end of the season? It's best to try new gear at the beginning of the season, because that's when the vendors have the free demo days. Once you know what you want, the time to buy depends on the deal and how long you can live without it. -- Mike Treseler When dealing with merchants, always have a sword in one hand, and a sack of gold in the other. If you deal honorably, the merchants will remember your name forever. Inspect the merchandise carefully, if the clothing is shoddy, or ripped in the crotch, then immediately thrust your sword into the merchant. No jury would convict you. A mighty Hungarian warrior The blood of Attila runs through me |
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Micheal Artindale wrote:
To ge the most bang for buck, is it better to buy at the beginning or at the end of the season? SUMMER. Buy last year's gear in the summer if you really want to save $$$$ on new gear. Late season sales are 30 to 40 percent off, so that's better than buying early season at full price. Summer deals can be 50% off or more. //Walt |
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Walt wrote:
Micheal Artindale wrote: To ge the most bang for buck, is it better to buy at the beginning or at the end of the season? SUMMER. Buy last year's gear in the summer if you really want to save $$$$ on new gear. Late season sales are 30 to 40 percent off, so that's better than buying early season at full price. Summer deals can be 50% off or more. //Walt What he said plus: Look for ski swaps in the early-mid fall. Killington Ski Club has a ski swap each Columbus Day weekend. Okemo's is near Thanksgiving. There are others away from ski areas too, often run by local ski clubs. The big ones like Killington have local retailers offering new equipment from previous year at at least half off plus all of the used stuff that people donate. |
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On Aug 18, 5:52 am, lal_truckee wrote:
Hell, buy 5 year old gear for 10 cents on the dollar - things haven't been changing much recently, except for the foolishness of dedicated binding "systems." I think everything is still getting wider...including people. |
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Evojeesus wrote:
On Aug 18, 5:52 am, lal_truckee wrote: Hell, buy 5 year old gear for 10 cents on the dollar - things haven't been changing much recently, except for the foolishness of dedicated binding "systems." I think everything is still getting wider...including people. Nope and nope. Not "everything." What you're seeing is a lot more people are skiing formerly pow and junk snow width skis on the groomed. Sort of works, but those width skis have been available for decades, and perfectly suitable wide boards show up in garages and dumpsters everywhere. It's been maybe twentyfive years since I demoed Atomic "Fats" which are still maybe the widest ski underfoot that I've skied (crap then, crap now: My perception then was "wow, these conditions are difficult and challenging, but these turkey skis take away all the fun making the cement trivial - whats the point? I gave them back to the truck and returned to my regularly scheduled program.) And no, we aren't ALL getting wider. |
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Walt wrote:
Micheal Artindale wrote: To ge the most bang for buck, is it better to buy at the beginning or at the end of the season? SUMMER. Buy last year's gear in the summer if you really want to save $$$$ on new gear. Hell, buy 5 year old gear for 10 cents on the dollar - things haven't been changing much recently, except for the foolishness of dedicated binding "systems." Late season sales are 30 to 40 percent off, so that's better than buying early season at full price. Summer deals can be 50% off or more. //Walt |
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On Aug 18, 3:05 am, lal_truckee wrote:
My perception then was "wow, these conditions are difficult and challenging, but these turkey skis take away all the fun making the cement trivial - whats the point? Ability to ski faster and longer I presume. I never bought the argument that telemarking must be great since it's so challenging and tiring.. |
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Evojeesus wrote:
On Aug 18, 3:05 am, lal_truckee wrote: My perception then was "wow, these conditions are difficult and challenging, but these turkey skis take away all the fun making the cement trivial - whats the point? Ability to ski faster and longer I presume. I never bought the argument that telemarking must be great since it's so challenging and tiring.. I didn't say the skiing was difficult and challenging - I said the conditions are difficult and challenging. Just means adjusting technique to fit the capabilities of the skis and manage the conditions; then it's just skiing. What I was objecting to was how pointless it would be (to me, particularly) to ski on skis that seek to disassociate the skier from the snow. The skier/snow/gravity interaction is why I ski; I don't want a ski that washes out the interface, which to me seems the intended point of all too many current ski designs and (case in point) those early Atomic "Fat Boys." |
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