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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Unusual for them to go on sale with anything this early. They're about to open a big store on 5th floor of Harrods. Would haver thought that kind of price tag would shift there.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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an awful lot of money for a plain looking gear  ,
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Fri 28-11-08 1:21; edited 1 time in total
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Wow, for that money I'd want the jacket to come with some kind of in-built gluhwein machine or something equally improbable.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I never go in S+R for the very reason that it's all way out of my price range, sale or no sale...
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For £628 you could get an OK jacket AND a holiday.
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Got my boots in S+N last year. Cheapest for the ones I wanted by a long way.
*edit to add... my wife bought a jacket and hat in there a couple of weeks ago. Not cheap, but they had it in stock in the colour she wanted and in her size. Because they had exactly what she wanted,she was happy to pay the price.
Last edited by Then you can post your own questions or snow reports... on Fri 28-11-08 9:48; edited 1 time in total
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Slush & Rubble are way too expensive for me. It's top dollar for everything they stock. No wonder the likes of Tesco, Lidl etc have started to stock reasonably priced ski clothes. In these challenging times S&R have got to wake up and smell the coffee! 
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I'd keep your eye on S&R for bargains - I was in their chertsey store the other day, and one of the attendants was moaning to her mate about stock levels - not understocking but being rdiculously over-stocked vis a vis the level of sales, especially in jackets / pants. As we know TOs are cutting back a bit, so that might suggest less people going on ski trips this year.
IIRC their main wintersports sale is around March time when discounts of upto 70% are not uncommon and as long as you get in there early in the sale period they've always seemed to have a good range of kit at very discounted prices. Nike ACG jacket for c. £50 as opposed to £200ish, Northface softshell 60% off etc.
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^^^^^ S&R can be pretty good value in the sales. no-one forces you to pay full retail
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| GreyCat wrote: |
| Slush & Rubble are way too expensive for me. It's top dollar for everything they stock. No wonder the likes of Tesco, Lidl etc have started to stock reasonably priced ski clothes. In these challenging times S&R have got to wake up and smell the coffee! |
They don't have the absolute rock-bottom prices, true.
But they do have reasonable prices for what they stock, they just don't stock the low-end products much.
They still have proper ski jackets under £150.
I haven't bought ski wear there, and I'm not particularly likely to, because I am happy with the Trespass/Tog24 type stuff. But many people aren't.
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I was in an independent the other day, the guy said hardware sales are on a par with recent years, but clothing sales are down. Not surprising, given that most people get a new jacket as retail therapy rather than actually needing a new one - that kind of expenditure seems to be down.
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| pam w wrote: |
| For £628 you could get an OK jacket AND a holiday. |
Yes, I was just going to point out that that discounted jacket is more expensive than my entire half term trip. 
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You know it makes sense.
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helena57,
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| an awful lot of money for a plain looking gear |
If it had diamantés stitched on would you buy it?
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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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| hyweljenkins wrote: |
helena57,
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| an awful lot of money for a plain looking gear |
If it had diamantés stitched on would you buy it? |
I have been known  , I am a woman,
but still, not for 600 quid,
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Poster: A snowHead
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hyweljenkins,
what gender are you ? I assume you are a man,
say you go speed-dating:you are chatting to 2 ladies, they both seem to have great qualities, one is not ugly but you would not notice her in the crowd,
the other one has got an eye catching beauty, your mates would be green with envy,
now answer the question you asked me above 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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but which girl is likely to sleep with you sooner?
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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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papasmurf,
they have identical qualities, so they say...
like the label on the jacket
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I'd buy two jackets..just in case.
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I think its pretty obvious Ellis Brigham & S+R will have a surplus of kit left at the end of the season having placed orders before the disatrous last couple of months. Even if redundant people are holding on to their hols its not essential they upgrade gear and in an anticipated retail price deflationary environment sensible people are only spending on distress/essential purchases.
If teh likes of DSG are going down the toilet with their mass market must have gadgetry - where does that leave specialist hobby retailers?
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DSGs been fuelled by chavs buying mega huge flat screens on finance, so they're bound to lose out in credit restricted age..
I've noticed that s+r and eb have both not been stocking the selection they usually do this year anyway
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Do S+R and EB put their ski boots on sale after crimbo??
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| barthez1980 wrote: |
| Do S+R and EB put their ski boots on sale after crimbo?? |
Not normally - S&R sales tend to only be come mid-march as noted above...
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has anybody used evogear.com to purchase boots?
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i was going to go to S+R or EB, try said boots on, and then order them off t'internet......
soo much cheaper!!!
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barthez1980, But still only of any use if the booots fit you "out of the box".
And you seem to be very wrong indeed about it being cheaper too. I just loked up one example of a boot that is on both the S&R and the evogear sites - The Salomon Idol 9 (womens). Including the international shiping cost for ski boots to the UK of $73, you would pay $553 for that boot (£361.70 at current exchange rates), while S&R currently have it for £243.70. That is actually the second most expensive boot listed on the S&R website.
The next most expensive boot in S&R which is also in Evogear is the Nordica olympia SM8 - £150.69 in S&R, $499 (+ carriage ) in Evogear.
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You know it makes sense.
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| alex_heney wrote: |
They still have proper ski jackets under £150.
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my current ski jacket cost me 11 euros in the sale
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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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do they let you 'test ride' boots at EB in the MK snowdome?
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Poster: A snowHead
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| alex_heney wrote: |
barthez1980, But still only of any use if the booots fit you "out of the box".
And you seem to be very wrong indeed about it being cheaper too. I just loked up one example of a boot that is on both the S&R and the evogear sites - The Salomon Idol 9 (womens). Including the international shiping cost for ski boots to the UK of $73, you would pay $553 for that boot (£361.70 at current exchange rates), while S&R currently have it for £243.70. That is actually the second most expensive boot listed on the S&R website.
The next most expensive boot in S&R which is also in Evogear is the Nordica olympia SM8 - £150.69 in S&R, $499 (+ carriage ) in Evogear. |
For some reason the yanks get hammered on ski boots.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Decent boots usually retail around the $700 mark in the US. This year's exchange rates do however mean that buying must have purchases in the UK is a practical reality.
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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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do they let you 'test ride' boots at EB in the MK snowdome? anybody?
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alex_heney, Allot of the European ski gear is expensive in the USA & Canada but have a look at the prices on Billick or conrad and you will see them cheaper.
We gor out firs S&R in Dublin this year. I love the shop and the staff are very good with decent knowledge and pleasent demenour. Sadly I think they have priced a little high thinking the Celtic Tiger is still alive and kicking. But having said that they have dropped some prices since opening.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| barthez1980 wrote: |
| do they let you 'test ride' boots at EB in the MK snowdome? anybody? |
I don't think anywhere much does.
Boots are too personal for that to be practical, TBH. Unless you have "stock feet", the boots will need some tweaking, and they will always need the liner heat moulding.
I bought mine from EB at the MK Xscape, and there was certainly no suggestion at that time that you could, although what you could of course do was take them on the slope immediately after purchase then go back for any minor tweaks necessary - anything more than minor tweaks and they can't always do them there and then.
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| Ordhan wrote: |
alex_heney, Allot of the European ski gear is expensive in the USA & Canada but have a look at the prices on Billick or conrad and you will see them cheaper.
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Yes, I'm sure you can. I was just responding to the actual site he had suggested.
But I don't think S&R prices are generally much out of line for the items they sell, it is just that most of the things they sell tend to be from fairly high priced ranges.
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helena57, I'd pick the fit one, obviously? Who wants an ugly girlfriend, regardless of qualities? If I want conversation I'll go to the pub.
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alex_heney, No argument there if you want the best of kit you are going to have to pay the prices
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