Cost to sharpen blades

[moonvine]

* Thanks for the clarification. Your post makes more sense now. I saw from your listing that you've been on this forum since 2007. So I assumed that you were well versed in figure skating. But your original question in this thread was something a newbie skater would ask.




* Very perceptive @Diana Delafield. I think you're absolutely right that it was a joke. It's common practice for shops (at least in the US) to include the first sharpening free when a customer buys a new pair of skates (or a new pair of blades) from them. So a $100 sharpening for a $100 kit was likely not a coincidence, but a joke: pay $100 for a second sharpening, or buy a new kit for $100 and get a free sharpening.

* @moonvine. If you go to the website you cited, there is a tab to "Book Your Appointment Today!". It actually lists the prices for some of their services. Skate sharpening is $15 for regular sharpening (I assume this means blades that have been previously sharpened); $25 for new blades purchased elsewhere (the first sharpening typically takes more time). So that definitively settles it; the $100 was a joke.

ETA: Be prepared for sticker shock. Many things figure skating have gone up a lot since COVID.

Yes the LTS classes have gone from 65 to 95 and they are 20 minutes long!!!! I almost fell out.

Thank you for checking on that for me.

I'm decently versed in figure skating, but only in the watching of it

 

[tstop4me]

Yes the LTS classes have gone from 65 to 95 and they are 20 minutes long!!!! I almost fell out.

Thank you for checking on that for me.

I'm decently versed in figure skating, but only in the watching of it

I hope you get a decent pair of skates and enjoy performing figure skating as much as you do watching it. Good Luck!