Do yourself a favor and stay away from this place. Ski Haus is the epitome of horrendous service. In fact, it's absolutely abysmal that they get away with the crap they do. When I service, I mean all aspects of it: price, value, customer experience, employees.
I've heard warnings from friends who have had less-than-desirable experiences here, but decided to give this new location a chance anyways. Here are a few things that stand out about my experience.
I brought a new pair of skis and bindings to Ski Haus in the hopes of getting it mounted in time for my upcoming skip trip (10 days away). Another reason I chose this place is because when I called, I asked how many days it would take to get skis mounted, and they told me they'd have it done by next Monday (11/30) which was 5 days away. When I came in to get it done and fill out the information, the employees were not friendly, welcoming, or even noticed that I was standing there for a good 5 minutes before someone actually acknowledged me. After they did, they proceded to ask me information about myself and my skiing ability to detemine the settings for the mount. Here's where it gets funny. The guy was CONVINCED that I couldn't ski.
Guy: "So what class of skiier are you? 1, 2, or 3?" (1 is beginner casual style, 2 is moderate intermediate, and 3 is aggressive advanced)
Me: "I'm a 3 please"
Guy: "Really? A 3? Are you sure? That's the advanced expert setting."
Me: "Yeah I'm sure. I've been skiing for awhile. I'm a 3"
Guy: "Oh Yeah? Well how long have you been skiing for?"
Me: "Umm... about 12 years."
Guy: "Oh Yeah? What mountains do you ski at?"
Me: "I've skiied all the mountains around here, NH, and Maine and I'm going to Utah in a few weeks. Can you seriously just set it to 3, I can ski."
Guy: "Ok I guess"
Now that that whole ordeal was over, I was given a pickup date of 12/3 (not 11/30 like the original caller told me, whatever I guess, still before my 12/4 trip). The guy told me to call in the day before or something to confirm this. I didn't call in once, not twice, but THRICE. I called 3 times saying if my skis were going to be ready that day, and each of those times I was told that yes it would absolutely be ready by then.
Now it's 12/3 and I'm here to pick up my skis. I walk in and the same thing happens where I couldn't find someone to help me for about 10 minutes. Then I finally handed them the slip and told them I would like to pick up my skis. Guess what? THEY WERENT DONE!!! In fact, one of the salesman tried to play Mr. Nice Guy and told me that they'll do it right now while I wait. Im sorry, but that no way makes up for the fact that you basically lied to me three times saying my skis would be ready. When I finally received my skis, I walked out of that store for the second and final time. Congratulations Ski Haus, you have managed to lose a customer for life.
On a side note, management if you read this, you have got to do something about it. The day that I went in to pick up the skis (12/3), one of your employees brought in a 12 pack of beer, left it on the checkout counter sitting there. When I went in, instead of helping the customers, the employees joked about getting their drank on later. This wasnt a subtle reference, they were shouting across the entire room. Seriously? IN THE MIDDLE OF BUSINESS HOURS WITH CUSTOMERS RIGHT THERE?
Bottom line is, this place is run by unprofessional and untrustworthy scumbags. I highly urge you to stay away from Ski Haus at all costs. You won't regret it. By the way, did I mention their prices are ridiculous? read more