 Poster: A snowHead
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Just a warning for fellow "beat the queues" kind of snowheads. I ordered our family lift pass for Val D'Isere online to be delivered home last week. It arrived this morning in a Post Office "this item is damaged and it's not our fault because it's from a foreign land" bag. The corner was ripped off and all the family lift passes were gone - they left behind my daughters under 5 free lift pass!! I have called and they reissued no questions asked so I will now pick them up in resort but it kind of defeats the object as I will have to queue with everyone else!
The thief will have known what they were after as it is clearly labelled Val D"Isere Telepherique - but the passes are now cancelled so I can't really see the point??
Anyway there you go - just thought I would share!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Thanks for the warning.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I'd say you were just unlucky in this instance, I've bought my passes online for a while now and never had any issues.
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I'd imagine if the person tries to use it, it'll come up stolen, and they'll be dealt with appropriately
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Presumably there were photos on as well? Stupid thieves.
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Yes I guess so Little Martin - which makes me wonder why anyone would bother - unless they sell on to unsuspecting people who then have useless lift passes??
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No photos - they were only week passes for Dec 26th
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@Skikitten1972, How bizarre, I agree you do wonder why anyone would bother, maybe they're just being petty t**ts
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...or it just got ripped and some of the passes fell out.
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To be sure if they are stolen and someone tries to use them they will probably be allowed through the gates and just after they are in the air the lift will stop and the gendarmes will be called.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Yes maybe adithorp but a very deliberate corner tear and funny how the only one left was the free one ....
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I don't think its buying online that folks should beware of - it seems like the problem was solved appropriately. It's buying lift passes (that may be stolen) from unofficial channels that should be the concern. Unfortunately the real victim (the one suffering financial loss and a spoiled holiday) here is probably the person who gets stopped at the gate with the bargain lift pass they bought.
@Skikitten1972, Not saying you're not a victim, just that you were fortunate to only suffer inconvenience and annoyance.
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Completely agree Tubaski - it's no big deal to me really other than having to queue on busy Boxing Day/27th Dec. And yes I guess the real thing to beware is buying lift passes anywhere other than official channels.
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You know it makes sense.
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I've just received my documentation (or what's left of it) for my Grand Massif season passes. The envelope was ripped at both ends so some of the freebies had gone missing. Luckily, the free day passes were still there, but I was very unimpressed - I don't think that it had been tampered with, rather that the envelope was made from very poor quality paper.
I had recharged our existing cards so no real harm done, but I can't see many GM pass cards making it to their destination based on my experience.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I ordered online for PDS last year, two friends did the same (separately), theirs arrived in good time , mine never did. one phone call to the resort before we left from a helpful french friend and I just showed them my confirmation email and they issued me new passes no questions asked. suppose it was just bad luck, but i won't be having them delivered again, just in case!
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Skikitten1972 wrote: |
| Yes I guess so Little Martin - which makes me wonder why anyone would bother - unless they sell on to unsuspecting people who then have useless lift passes?? |
That's what they do.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Do you suppose that they think they are credit cards?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I'm not sure i completely follow the logic for
'my cards were nabbed in the post, so will never have them delivered again'
If there had been problems getting replacements from the lift companies, sure, but nobody it seems has had any problems with that part it seems.
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| chocksaway wrote: |
| To be sure if they are stolen and someone tries to use them they will probably be allowed through the gates and just after they are in the air the lift will stop and the gendarmes will be called. |
I think that's pretty unlikely. Allowed through the gates maybe, but probably stopped at the gates and jumped on by burly lifties.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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No, but dangling in the air till the gendarmes arrive would be more fun (at least for the real crims.)
Have had several credit cards (well ATM cards) arrive in the bank branded envelope. And the PIN arrive on the same day in a bank branded envelope. Doesn't exactly take an awful lot of brain cells to suss out what you have in your hands if you're a dodgy postie.
Wouldn't buy passes online. Only time I've had a queue longer than 2 people in front of me was when they were part of my group and we bought tickets individually. Just remember to take a valid card (and valid ID if 8days or more).
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@andy, +1 one. I've never had to queue more than 2 person deep for a lift pass, Peak or non-Peak weeks
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| andy wrote: |
Wouldn't buy passes online. Only time I've had a queue longer than 2 people in front of me was when they were part of my group and we bought tickets individually. Just remember to take a valid card (and valid ID if 8days or more). |
We saved 20% on our 7 day PDS passes for March by buying online before end of september. Of course this time (as the time before) we just entered our number on the website, but the first time 3 years ago I was happy enough for the cards to be sent through the post. What's to worry about, if they go astray, they'll cancel and reissue.
If I wasn't saving any money I wouldnt bother of course, just buy on arrival.
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Skikitten1972, You may not have to queue up to collect your passes, I would expect them to be held in the "office" part of the lift company, the Tignes ones are.
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@under a new name, That's what happened on the Chaudannes Chair in Tignes 4 years ago. Someone stole a wallet and was daft enough to keep it and use the lift pass. Lift company called the lift it was stopped, gendarmes skidooooed to the top and felt the collar of the thief by the Lo Soli restaurant.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Quick update. I ordered our family passes for Val D'isere last week, they arrived yesterday and the envelope had clearly been opened. All the passes were still there and all the numbers matched up so fingers crossed that they will still work. Not sure if someone had a look and decided they didn't want them or something else happened but the envelope was clearly tampered with.
hmmmm.
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@ansta1, I ordered my EK passes and they arrived within 3 days. Everything was intact.
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There's a similar problem that has been reported locally in Austria. People arriving in resort buy or pick up their lift passes on Saturday afternoon and promptly put them in the lift-pass pocket on the sleeve of their ski jackets. They then go for a cheeky beer or two or a meal, hang their jackets up and being tired from the journey, are not too alert to any light-fingered chaps who can feel the pass and extract it in a nano-second, before selling it on to some unsuspecting punter later in the day.
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You know it makes sense.
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@ansta1, Is your postman called Hugo?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@blahblahblah, no, but one of our dogs is!
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Poster: A snowHead
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| quinton wrote: |
| There's a similar problem that has been reported locally in Austria. People arriving in resort buy or pick up their lift passes on Saturday afternoon and promptly put them in the lift-pass pocket on the sleeve of their ski jackets. They then go for a cheeky beer or two or a meal, hang their jackets up and being tired from the journey, are not too alert to any light-fingered chaps who can feel the pass and extract it in a nano-second, before selling it on to some unsuspecting punter later in the day. |
really ? which area does this affect ? any links to news stories ? ta
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I bought 4 passes from L2A and they arrived within days, I'd say excellent service to be fair to them
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@quinton, but presumably they are "smart" passes which can be cancelled electronically. Still an absolute pain, though.
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I also bought passes for Verbier which arrived last week with two of the three missing.
Times are hard in Switzerland as they could only afford a cheap envelope to post ,hence why it ripped 
As previously pointed out passes will be cancelled and re-issued on arrival so pointless stealing them.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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My Ski Amadé pass bought online arrived by recorded delivery, although to be fair my local sorting office didn't understand whether to make me sign for it or pay for it. That seems to be the obvious answer to light-fingered postal employees.
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Keep the Keycards from other resorts and if you can do so, just reuse them next year. No postage required, and no risk of theft. Not all systems are compatible of course, but a lot use Keycard.
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FAQ
If the genuines turned up while the seats were occupied, we had reserves where we could seat them. Every genuine person was thankful something was being done and they would get to see who had paid a tout for the tickets. 