"Was" being the operative word, since they have been absorbed into the Buckmans universe. Seems they're quickly becoming the only game in town for a lot of people in the SE PA area
Bleh, Salters. Was not a fan, but that was mid-late 90’s. Went there late season, possibly the last weekend they were open for the season. Skis- over priced weird stuff. My initial impression was a very odd shop.
Took my girlfriend there from nyc to get boots, based on a ski mag article. Really should not have bothered and should’ve just gone to Scandanavian ski shop on 57th st which still existed then. Would’ve been so much better for everyone.
So at Salter’s we bought a pair, plus footbeds. There were major problems that showed up next season. She skied probably only 5 days. So getting back down there for major work that needed to be done- it didn’t happen till ironically the next year same closing weekend. It’s tough to arrange a trip to nowhere with people working weekends.
George basically accused her of lying about the boots. Like it was some scam. He was pretty miserable. It’s not like the place was busy, pretty much no one else there. We weren’t happy but had to get through to some conclusion as I was
never returning. I can’t remember what happened, I think she got a different pair. Probably just as bad.
The whole thing was sad. He had that special gizmo he’d built to stand in boots at an angle, like on a slope. I think it was used for canting. Could barely get him to talk about it. Pretty sure that was in the magazine article.
Might’ve been the time of season, or just he was really done with the business at that stage. I can’t remember what the skis were, but they were the oddest things I’d seen for a shop to sell.
A shop in Windham some years later was almost as strange. They had big name brands, good skis, but they were selling them for new prices and the skis were 3 years old.