Oh dear Edward, afraid I have to post the same reply on here that I posted on Google Reviews. I wish I could post up the CCTV too, but unfortunately we are decent people here and respect the law. And the comment about owing suppliers money? As a high turnover business yes we owe suppliers money, and we have many of them, but well done for stating the obvious! We dont pay for Trustpilots services as we dont believe in spending money for review services, but the 250+ reviews on Google will allow customers to judge for themselves... even without the CCTV...
"Hello Edward, think I need to put the record straight here, especially as you were so rude to my team member and made the customers who did read our website, the sign on the door, and had made a booking uncomfortable and had their visit marked by your behaviour. You were visiting a by appointment ski boot fitting business, not a footwear shop. All boot work is by appointment, as stated in our website repeatedly, on social media, in our ads, on Facebook and Google, and our range of YouTube videos, and the front door sign of course. I am sorry you missed all that when the other customers in for their fittings didn’t.
Ski boots are definitely not “footwear” and to treat them as such can be dangerous, if that’s what you learnt when you worked in the alps we just are not the business for you.
We don’t charge for fitting ski boots, we do charge £50 for visitors that turn up without an appointment and just want to “try boots on” and then leave not buying anything and buy online. We are a business after all, and as per our reviews hundreds of customers are very happy with the service we offer and often travel for hours to visit us - with an appointment booked.
If you don’t read information on the same website that gives you directions to us, then taking it out on my team and writing a one star review doesn’t reflect badly on us, but you especially as you say you have worked in a ski shop so should know how important the boot fit process is. I am genuinely sorry you didn’t do your research before driving to us.
If you had been polite we may have seen if we could make a fitter available while you waited, but by that time you had already stormed out of the shop, slammed the door, and wheel spun out of a farm track with horses in the field next to where you do this, all because you were upset at your error - you hadn’t read any information on our website or front door, and wanted to treat ski boot fitting as the same as buying a pair of trainers. We don’t charge for ski boot fitting, it’s the right way to get the best result. There are other ski boot shops that will meet your needs I am sure and just take your money.
So I hope you find somewhere where you are happy and get the service you want, and are a bit happier.
Terrible experience for us too and my fantastically understanding customers too… CCTV was an interesting watch…
Thank you
Scott - Owner
The Skiers Lounge"