{"id":1648,"date":"2014-10-13T10:26:27","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T16:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.parkrag.com\/?p=1648"},"modified":"2014-10-13T10:26:27","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T16:26:27","slug":"epic-ripoff-dont-get-taken-buying-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.parkrag.com\/index.php\/2014\/10\/13\/epic-ripoff-dont-get-taken-buying-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic Ripoff… Don’t Get Taken When Buying Your Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many of us in Park City are rushing to buy our Epic Passes.  Unfortunately, many people are paying more than they have to — and yes you can blame this on Vail.  An Epic Local pass is $569.  As you can see below, we’ve added two passes to our shopping cart.  Can you spot the ripoff (you may have to click the image for a bigger version)?<\/p>\n

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You may think we are complaining over $2 of Additional Products added to the shopping cart. Nope, that actually goes to Mountain Trails. Look above that. $1,178 divided by 2 passes is $589 per pass. Isn’t it supposed to be $569? If you click the small plus sign, you will see Vail has automatically added $20 of pass insurance to each pass without asking or telling you explicitly. <\/p>\n

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Then if you click to remove one, it hides the box again. You may think you have removed both, but you have to do it again for the second pass. <\/p>\n

Everything about this process is designed to grab an extra $20 per pass. This isn’t to say that no one wants pass insurance, because someone might. However, that choice should be made willingly and not by tricking people into buying it.<\/p>\n

Imagine if you went to Cole Sport and bought a sweater for $100 and when you checked out they put a pair of gloves in the bag and charged you an extra $20 for them without mentioning it. You wouldn’t stand for it.<\/p>\n

This sort of practice isn’t what you would expect from a good company. As our community goes forward in lock-step with Vail we have to remember these sort of practices. If they are willing to do that to their customers, what will they do to you as a vendor, partner, city, or county?<\/p>\n

Now our eyes are wide open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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