killington cancelling lifetime passes
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killington cancelling lifetime passes
just received notice by mail. furious. this is the way the new company plans to treat some of its longstanding clientele?
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<table border="1"><tr align="center"><td>Username</td></tr><tr align="center"><td>Skidork</td></tr><tr align="center"><td>Tyrolean</td></tr><tr align="center"><td>Dr. NO</td></tr><tr align="center"><td>khatadin</td></tr><tr align="center"><td>Gunner</td></tr><tr align="center"><td>Vertical Bill</td></tr><tr align="center"><td>ijs12fly</td></tr><tr align="center"><td>skunky</td></tr><tr align="center"><td>Driz100</td></tr></table>
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Re: killington cancelling lifetime passes
DETAILS PLEASE!!!!khatadin wrote:just received notice by mail. furious. this is the way the new company plans to treat some of its longstanding clientele?
Thanks....
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From the letter:
"The Pass was a benefit you or your predecessor in interest, received for being an initial investor in Sherburne Corporation during the resorts infancy. The specific language in your stock or bond certificate granted you "a pass entitling the holder to use free all ski lifts operated by the corporation in Killington Basin so long as the [Sherburne] corporation shall operate in that area under the agreement with the State of Vermont." When the resort changes ownership as part of this sale, Killington, LTD will no longer own or operate the lifts at the resort. Thus, ar the time of the transfer of ownership, your Pass will expire and the new Owners have no obligation to honor your pass.
If you are wondering why the rights under your pass survived the last sale of the resort it is because when we acquired Killington, we acquired the stock of Sherburne Corporation's parent (which owned other resorts in addition to Killington) and therefore Sherburne Corporation continued to operate the resort under an agreement with the State of Vermont, unlike in the current contemplated sale, where the new owners are acquiring the assets of the Killington and Pico Ski Resorts."
"The Pass was a benefit you or your predecessor in interest, received for being an initial investor in Sherburne Corporation during the resorts infancy. The specific language in your stock or bond certificate granted you "a pass entitling the holder to use free all ski lifts operated by the corporation in Killington Basin so long as the [Sherburne] corporation shall operate in that area under the agreement with the State of Vermont." When the resort changes ownership as part of this sale, Killington, LTD will no longer own or operate the lifts at the resort. Thus, ar the time of the transfer of ownership, your Pass will expire and the new Owners have no obligation to honor your pass.
If you are wondering why the rights under your pass survived the last sale of the resort it is because when we acquired Killington, we acquired the stock of Sherburne Corporation's parent (which owned other resorts in addition to Killington) and therefore Sherburne Corporation continued to operate the resort under an agreement with the State of Vermont, unlike in the current contemplated sale, where the new owners are acquiring the assets of the Killington and Pico Ski Resorts."
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According to someone I know, the letter came from Allen Wilson saying that as of the sale, the transferable bond passes will no longer be valid as they were purchased from Killington LTD which no longer operates ski lifts in the State of Vermont. It says Powdr bought the assets of Killington but not the company. It goes on to say that they will give people a full pass next year and a blackout type pass the year after. The matter has already been referred to counsel for review.
I would suggest that Powdr/SP take into account that pissing off their loyal customers and the locals will cause them a lot of grief and cost lots of money as they go forward with the permitting process.
Not a good way to get started, that's for sure!
I would suggest that Powdr/SP take into account that pissing off their loyal customers and the locals will cause them a lot of grief and cost lots of money as they go forward with the permitting process.
Not a good way to get started, that's for sure!
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Yes, we got the letter. It's actually 1 full year, and another with black out dates.
Doc NO and shortski always used to maintain that the agreement on the pass was such that whoever ran the lifts had to honor the pass.
I'm not a lawyer but I'd certainly like to hear the opinion of an attorney on whether that has any merit.
Doc NO and shortski always used to maintain that the agreement on the pass was such that whoever ran the lifts had to honor the pass.
I'm not a lawyer but I'd certainly like to hear the opinion of an attorney on whether that has any merit.
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Highly unlikely the I will be able to ski any of the next 2 years. Racing against time at work. Only a matter of time before my job is outsourced to India. Working on finishing my degree and putting my IT career behind me.Mister Moose wrote:Gunner, I see you're watching still. Must be particularly painful if this holds since you didn't get that many years on the pass. Skiing next year?
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I'd bet that this was vetted by lawyers so they're probably within their rights. On the other hand, they're making a stupid first step forward that will do nothing but cause animosity among a core block of customers. Anyone know how many of those passes are out there?SkiDork wrote:Yes, we got the letter. It's actually 1 full year, and another with black out dates.
Doc NO and shortski always used to maintain that the agreement on the pass was such that whoever ran the lifts had to honor the pass.
I'm not a lawyer but I'd certainly like to hear the opinion of an attorney on whether that has any merit.
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this happened to me once with a lifetime gym membership.
At least they let me continue for 10 years before yanking it away from me.
a lot of people were involved, and lawyers said there was nothing we could do about. The owner who i also spoke with said her lawyers said she could, apparently she had to wait out the ten years first in this instance.
Now i have a few machines in my house instead!!!!
At least they let me continue for 10 years before yanking it away from me.
a lot of people were involved, and lawyers said there was nothing we could do about. The owner who i also spoke with said her lawyers said she could, apparently she had to wait out the ten years first in this instance.
Now i have a few machines in my house instead!!!!
Last edited by nancie2k on May 14th, '07, 19:32, edited 1 time in total.
it is better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it :)