On the phone yesterday a Sturtevant's employee told me that they won't be organizing the big roundup of ski reps with their demo skis this season. Not at Crystal, nor Stevens Pass. It's been an awful lot of work, he said.
I assume that it hasn't generated enough sales in the past. I plead guilty to exploiting the event-- I've gone for years, but only bought one pair of skis from the Bellevue-based company.
I wish they'd continue it, and charge more. I'd be happy to pay, say, 60 bucks to get such a good selection of skis, and they could continue to give 20 of it to the Heuga Center and refund the remainder to anyone who makes a purchase within, say, a month.
It's not a clever idea, and I'm sure they considered such an arrangement, but decided 'no'.
Sigh. Too bad for us.
On a good note, Sturtevant's opens a new "Ski Mart" in Tacoma today.
I assume that it hasn't generated enough sales in the past. I plead guilty to exploiting the event-- I've gone for years, but only bought one pair of skis from the Bellevue-based company.
I wish they'd continue it, and charge more. I'd be happy to pay, say, 60 bucks to get such a good selection of skis, and they could continue to give 20 of it to the Heuga Center and refund the remainder to anyone who makes a purchase within, say, a month.
It's not a clever idea, and I'm sure they considered such an arrangement, but decided 'no'.
Sigh. Too bad for us.
On a good note, Sturtevant's opens a new "Ski Mart" in Tacoma today.
