 Poster: A snowHead
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When grabbing our skis from the top of the Verdon gondola at Courchevel 1850 I ended up with some unmarked rental Rossignol Bandit B2s - 174 long instead of my skis of the same model but 166 long.
So - and I know this is a long shot - does anyone on this forum have my skis or know which shop might have them now. I am going out to the Three Valleys again soon in the event that a rental shop has them.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Not nice to hear, try asking at www.latania.co.uk, was there no indication on the skis as to which hire shop they came from??
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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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Why do you think they are rentals?
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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B2's....no great loss 
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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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One day they'll say the same about you
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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And that would be very inappropriate
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in fact thinking about this, didn't you see if anyone outside the gondola was having trouble clicking into their skis, it'd be unusual for their sole length to be the same as yours???
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Thanks for the tip about Latania website.
Ignoring the unhelpful comment about B2s I must explain that they were not marked with a ski shop label and had adjustable rental bindings.
There was no chance to look around until the top of the next lift - Vizelle - that I transferred to. I did not realise the swap until then and there
was nobody at the top of the Vizelle lift that had my skis.
This could have been due to the fact that the bindings were adjusted to the same sole length as mine. I was able to ski the rest of the day on these.
I just hope that the guy who took my skis by mistake had taken out insurance at the rental shop or he would have got stung for quite a lot for the skis he had 'lost'.
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Maybe if they didn't have a ski shop label they weren't actually rented.
Someone took my skis out of a gondola last year - left their rental pair so we went to the shop but the system could not throw up who the skis were rented to. Mine did turn up about 36 hours later at the shop - and the renter had huge feet so had not been able to squeeze into my bindings, even though they had tried to move them. The ski shop - in another resort about half an hour's drive from us - were so pleased when they were able to phone and say my skis had turned up - we then took their pair back.
What I did do after that was put my initials on each ski and also my mobile phone number - and even a year they still show up - so that could be something you could do when you, hopefully, get your skis back. Good luck.
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Could be any shop in the 3v's
You could start emailing the shops
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| Grim Deeds wrote: |
... I must explain that they were not marked with a ski shop label and had adjustable rental bindings...
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Ex-rental then?
I've rented a fair few skis in my time and they've all had the shop sticker (and phone number) on them.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Grim Deeds, I have two pairs of (race) skis with rental bindings (as they were going cheap, or something). In fact, one pair of rental bindings were taken from a pair of 215 cm Blizzard Super G skis that I firmly believe were not for rent!
So it's not completely indicative that they're rental skis...
Maybe it was just an honest mistake, irritating though it is...
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You know it makes sense.
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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