J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Snapzzz

Ian Wickham wrote:They Normally take the chairs off during the summer :thumbup:

I thought so too until i looked at this webcam

http://alpedhuez.livecam360.com/bergers/flash/main.php

It clearly shows three with the chairs still in place.
Also is it possible for them all to be removed? I thought only the modern ones were detachable. :thumbup:

I was just thinking that they must run the lifts in resort to keep them ticking over, it can't be good to leave the tension of hanging chairs in the same place for months on end.
How often do they run them in the off season?

bandit wrote:

Snapzzz.....ISTR that Simon Cross has posted on SH after some of his clients posted up their experiences...... Some reasonable results have been achieved -)

oh.

The sure chair is a old two man lift though and quite slow but no queues.
Nice of piste through trees below it too.

Tony_H wrote:I picked up s family from Stansted and got chatting, and Dad turns out to be same age as me, and a GOAT (Goy on a tray).
How I laughed when he told me about his falls, burning calves, and general dissatisfaction with boarding. He hates moguls and didnt do La Sarenne in ADH as a result.

Poor bugger.

Should have tried to convert him.

bedrock barney wrote:Snapzzz, join us in VDI in our catered chalet luxury accommodation.....bring your sleeping bag and you can bed down in the heated ski locker. You'd be 1st out each morning :mrgreen:

Just might happen mate.

Tony_H wrote:
I don't know whats happened with your holiday here but I can only suggest they've sold it at too cheap a price and now realise that, or double booked. Either way, not your problem.

Whatever they've offered is their INITIAL offer and you are entitled to negotiate. Hold out for a big discount off what you've been offered, or an upgrade to something better. Either that or Crystal will just bomb you out and give you your deposit back, which I see as most likely outcome here.

Well they said that they are no longer dealing with our booked accommodation any more for commercial reasons. Which is probably a cost thing.
My argument is that they should not be selling products they cannot provide.

Their initial offer was nothing. Just a swap to alternative higher grade apartments but one bedroom less. After i complained and got no where i suggested that i might contact Simon Cross (head boy) which got some movement. They then informed me that they had forgotten to tell me that the new apartments were £100 cheaper (convenient that eh?).

I then told them that i wanted a two bedroom apartment as that is what i booked but the only available one was £400 more. They were willing to meet half that cost but there is no way I'm paying a penny more due their balls up.

In the end i agreed to take the one bed for £100 cheaper but only if they gave me a free lift pass as a gesture of good will - NO was their response to that as they cannot discount lift passes. I pointed out that they often ran 2-4-1 offers.

So now we are at a point where i can take the one bed for £100 less PLUS an additional £100 compensation in lieu of my lift pass demands.
So a total of £200 saved but i do loose the second bedroom and Meg will have to use a sofa bed.

I have to decide by 15th July......i will take my time.

Iceman wrote:Yeah, first was making sure her knuckles did not rub along the floor!

I have high standards I have you know. Apart from the fact that she slides around the snow on one of those board things!

I noticed she was a tray slider....cant have everything i guess.