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Skishop ignoring my wish for mounting point

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Phenomic
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Hey guys, so I recently got my skis mounted at my local shop and while I was there I told the guy taking my skis to center mount them 3 times, all times he confirmed, the next day when I picked them up they obviously was not mounted center. They are Armada ARV 96's so center mount is not reccomended, but they still went with the FREERIDE reccomended setting which is 5-6 cm behind center, did not even do the fucking freestyle reccomended mounting point which is -2cm from center.

I am thinking about going back there tomorrow to complain but I picked the skis up on wednesday, still have the receipt though, what would you guys do?
Apr 19 2019 11:48AM 5 0
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TRVP_ANGEL
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time to sharpen up your acting skis. get on your knees and start crying

"its my first pair of skis!! uwuwuuwuw" *dry heave* "I can never be like my hero henrik T_T" *drag inhaler* "if you dont remount im going to end my life uwuuuwuuwh" *make hanging motion*
Apr 19 2019 11:59AM 10 8
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Phenomic
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I might just do that, but jokes aside my local resort has a good park and rarely have powder so I end up spending about 85-90% of the time in the park and enjoy rails the most, so -5 from center is not optimal.
Apr 19 2019 12:07PM 3 0
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danbrown
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is the mounting point in writing anywhere on your mount slip?
Apr 19 2019 12:10PM 3 0
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vibecheck
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Seems like you need to go teach them a lesson. Ask when their shifts end
Apr 19 2019 12:34PM 6 0
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CB4TSB
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A good tip for anyone asking for a mount other than the recommended is while at the shop dropping off the skis have them mark the mounting point while you are there. We do it with painters tape and an arrow pointing at the mounting point. You can put as many notes on the work ticket as you would like, but once the tech grabs those skis and bindings the ticket usually is not looked at again until the release test.
Apr 19 2019 12:40PM 4 1
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Malcolm
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CB4TSBA good tip for anyone asking for a mount other than the recommended is while at the shop dropping off the skis have them mark the mounting point while you are there. We do it with painters tape and an arrow pointing at the mounting point. You can put as many notes on the work ticket as you would like, but once the tech grabs those skis and bindings the ticket usually is not looked at again until the release test.


Yup I always measure and mark the mount point before taking it to the shop.
Apr 19 2019 12:47PM 4 0
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Phenomic
Posts: 39 - Karma: 95
CB4TSBA good tip for anyone asking for a mount other than the recommended is while at the shop dropping off the skis have them mark the mounting point while you are there. We do it with painters tape and an arrow pointing at the mounting point. You can put as many notes on the work ticket as you would like, but once the tech grabs those skis and bindings the ticket usually is not looked at again until the release test.

I'll do this for next time I go to a ski shop and ask them to mount my bindings.
Apr 19 2019 12:52PM 1 0
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wasatch_rat
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"center" means recommended for 99% of customers that go to a ski shop. A lot of skis put the words "boot center" on their recommended point, far back from the actual center of the ski. if you want it mounted at the dead center of the ski, you need to mark it yourself or talk to the tech and make it explicitly known to them that you mean true center, dead center of the ski, not recommended line, and have them put that in writing. just saying "center mount" it pretty much guarantees the binding is going on recommended, because almost everyone that says "center mount it" really means mount at recommended
Apr 19 2019 5:55PM 1 0
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wasatch_rat
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Also, just go back and explain the mistake, they will happily remount it
Apr 19 2019 5:57PM 0 0
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