Powder Corp. Shame on You
I found a posting on Wicked Outdoorsy about what Park City’s Powder Corp. is doing to the lifetime pass holders at Killington. The ski resort they just bought last week. Here is the story. Rutland Hearld Story They basically said they are not going to honor the lifetime passes that people have had since 1960-1. So much for trying to maintain goodwill with the locals. Its all about the dollar for those guys.
They have agreed to give those pass holders another two years before they expire. Apparently Powder Corp did there homework and did not buy the existing company and just the land and facilities. Therefore they claim that they are not required to honor the previous companies liabilities. We’ll see if this holds up in court or not.
I don’t know if honoring the lifetime passes is really a financial drain on the company. They could be fully transferable and handed down to relatives. However I would think that it wouldn’t be that big of deal since it really doesn’t increase any variable costs they would incur. Its just a shame that a Powder Corp would immediately announce right after they bought the resort the expiration of lifetime passes. Not the best PR approach I’ve seen but maybe the negative publicity is good publicity.
Business Trends, Campman.com, powder corp, skiing
Written by admin on May 18th, 2007 with no comments.
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