This seems like a bad episode of that MTV show Catfish. Where are you finding these postings?Got another one today!! View attachment 154596
I’ve got my $ on Vail prosecuting that person if they catch them. Assuming that’s real.Got another one today!! View attachment 154596
On FB in a CA ski group.This seems like a bad episode of that MTV show Catfish. Where are you finding these postings?
Early in my career at the ski shop, I discovered a dead mouse in the toilet. (Hadn't been there a short while earlier - nobody could figure it out.)
Wow if I had a nickle for every time someone posted something colossally stupid on social media .... That said Vail is so out of touch with their customers these days they may not even know that they are active on social mediaOn FB in a CA ski group.
They did own an Epic ski site for awhile.Wow if I had a nickle for every time someone posted something colossally stupid on social media .... That said Vail is so out of touch with their customers these days they may not even know that they are active on social media
But they were largely unaware that they did!They did own an Epic ski site for awhile.
And that runs the risk that they take the money, hand over the pass, then report it stolen. Buyer plays innocent like they didn't know it was against the rules to buy it from someone else.. Just all kinds of things can go wrong with these agreements/transactions.Plenty of "Pass for sale" and "Pass wanted" activity on reddit (/r/epicpass and /r/ikonpass)....
This will definitely lead to way fewer people buying passes and way more groups just going in together on ONE to share. I'm good with that but Epic, IKON, Resorts, etc all see lower revenues by allowing that..We’re at the point where you need to commit to holiday skiing days or weeks in advance. If ski areas don’t want to make that refundable, they should at least allow reselling on secure platforms like Stub Hub. It’s a lot easier to buy in advance if you know you can recover some of your losses if your plans go sideways. It seems like the right approach for both skiers and resorts.
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I never had to do this. My kid was short, and free, until her fourth season skiing. By which point she was skiing as long as I was.Forgive me for I have sinned. When my kids were like 4 and 5 we always got asked of they were twins. Neither one could ski an easy green top to bottom solo yet, it was still at the me carrying them part or all the way down phase. Took them to a crowded NC ski resort on a holiday weekend. Bought one kid's day ticket for the kids to share and one adult ticket for me.. Skied with older one for an hour while mom hung out in the lodge with the other one. Mom doesn't ski at all. Then we traded kids, switched jackets (with lift ticket), and I skied with the other one for an hour. We hung out a little while longer buying lodge food and hot cocoa for all then called it a day. I don't feel even remotely guilty about only buying one day ticket for them.. skied for a little over two hours total We spent good money on their cash cow lodge food.. and it was so busy that we couldn't have gotten either of them in a lesson if we had tried Sorry, not sorry...
Wow if I had a nickle for every time someone posted something colossally stupid on social media .... That said Vail is so out of touch with their customers these days they may not even know that they are active on social media
They did own an Epic ski site for awhile.
When we were in a budget meeting for EpicSki at "the mothership", one of the things they talked about was cutting out a specific social media person because they didn't see a return on it.But they were largely unaware that they did!
Not sure I would admit this.Forgive me for I have sinned. When my kids were like 4 and 5 we always got asked of they were twins. Neither one could ski an easy green top to bottom solo yet, it was still at the me carrying them part or all the way down phase. Took them to a crowded NC ski resort on a holiday weekend. Bought one kid's day ticket for the kids to share and one adult ticket for me.. Skied with older one for an hour while mom hung out in the lodge with the other one. Mom doesn't ski at all. Then we traded kids, switched jackets (with lift ticket), and I skied with the other one for an hour. We hung out a little while longer buying lodge food and hot cocoa for all then called it a day. I don't feel even remotely guilty about only buying one day ticket for them.. skied for a little over two hours total We spent good money on their cash cow lodge food.. and it was so busy that we couldn't have gotten either of them in a lesson if we had tried Sorry, not sorry...
Statute of limitations..Not sure I would admit this.