muikabochi 208 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 It has been one of those mornings! Excited to get to Gala Yuzawa early this morning, I forgot my ski jacket. Luckily it is a warmish day with no wind and what I had one was enough. So not a big problem. Then I go get a half day ticket and jump on the gondola. My oh my, it was busy down there. Perhaps something to do with cheap packages on a Wednesday and it being White Day (?) Anyway got on the gondola and realised that because I don't have my jacket, I don't have a lift holder. So the ticket goes in what I thought was a safe place on my backpack. It turned out it wasn't. Really enjoyed my time there: http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/topic/21540-gala-yuzawa-yuzawa-niigata-14th-march-2012/ but it was cut short by me suddenly realising the ticket was gone. Must have come off somehow. Asked the lift guys and they phoned round and it hadn't been passed in. The ojisan lift guys on that top lift were very friendly, let me go on the lift again and told me to go down to Cheers (the base of the actual slopes) to ask the Information Counter. I had a feeling it wasn't going to go too well when I saw the girl on the counter. She wanted me to fill this great big long form, pay for a new ticket and then "if they found" my original ticket, I could claim back the money. I would have liked to have had another hour or so but it seemed a whole more hassle than it was really worth and so I just cut my morning short. Especially as I had used a free half-day voucher that a friend had given me. Has anyone else ever lost a ticket? What did the resort do? Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I once dropped mine somewhere but it was given in. You would have had to go through the check at the base of the Gondola right? You'd have thought they might just issue you a new one. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 YES. I had a paper ticket attached to my jacket pocket zipper with an elastic band as was provided by Falls Creek a few years ago. Interestingly I had stuffed the ticket into my arm band ticket holder that I had purchased in Japan and wore on the outside of my jacket sleeve/upper arm because I had two jackets And wanted to be able to swap between the two for the week. I got stopped by the lifties and made to remove it and attach it to my jacket because they were making sure I could not share my ticket with someone else. REALLY? Heck..if I wanted to do that I would just give them my entire jacket!! So, day two, ticket falls off halfway down a run and the only way out is back up the chairlift!! They let me up and out a call out for a lost ticket (which did have my name on it) and they found it by the time I got to the office. They did want me to jump through a few hoops to identify myself to get it back though. The elastic was snapped ... Must have been when I went over the handlebars I can't help thinking that I never would have lost it if I had been allowed to wear it in my arm band like I wanted to. Link to post Share on other sites
ippy 66 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 welcome to team baka dude! Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Got to look after those pieces of paper. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 Or chips or whatever. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I've lost my return shinkansen ticket on the slopes at Kagura.....I was gutted....until I found out that someone had found it and handed it in!! I really loved Japan that day!! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted March 14, 2012 Author Share Posted March 14, 2012 Yes stories like that are good. Alas, I wasn't so lucky. A little piece of paper will be easy to miss as well - you were really lucky there! Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 in the last 5 seasons. I have found 3 x lift passes 1 x Iphone 1 x mobile phone Of course i hand them all in. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 what honest Stemik doesn't say is that he DIDN'T find........a wallet with 300k in it, 3 diamond rings and bizarrely for a snow resort, 2 bars of gold bullion....nope, he definitely didn't find them missing items Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted March 14, 2012 Author Share Posted March 14, 2012 .... to the wife.... Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 i once found a 1000yen note. That got handed in to buy my lunch! Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 the mobile phone owner bought some chocolates to say "thank-you" Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I suppose they are of course under no obligation to give you a replacement. Good to hear the friendly ojisan were cool though, muika. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Not lost a ticket, but when we got back home from Hakuba last year, my brother said look I still got the chip for the lifts, what am I supposed to do with it? Doh!!!! So he didn't get his deposit back!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I have done that a lot snowdude. Took some Niseko ones back and git the deposit from 3 years ago in January. Also came back with 2 from Zermatt and 2 from Chamonix. It just means we need to go back there Link to post Share on other sites
griller 9 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Any old excuse! Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 I have just found 5 myself. lol from the same place. How did that happen ... Link to post Share on other sites
Mick Rich 78 Posted March 16, 2012 Share Posted March 16, 2012 Nearly lost my ticket at Ryuoo yesterday in similar circumstances to Muika! Left my pass holder in the locker and was too tight to buy another one, so kept having to dig into my pocket at every lift line and remember to zip it back up! Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Lost mine year before It was the last 3 days ticket that you had to hand in part of everymorning before you got a chip in Hakuba. Didn't think of asking anyone just had to fork out for the last 3 days. Seemore Link to post Share on other sites
dyna8800 3 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 At many resorts in the US, there are 2 parts to the ticket, the main part must be attached to pants or jacket with zip tie. Both parts have bar codes and your full name. If you lose your lift ticket, you go to the ticket office/window with the other bar coded receipt/proof of purchase. Then they issue you a new ticket and void out the old one. Ah, computers... At some resorts in Japan, such as Furano, the lift ticket has your photo on it, so they can verify who the real owner is. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Is there a time limit on when you need to return them to get a refund? Like, the next season ok? Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 I have only tried at Niseko - machine accepted a 3 year old one in January, gave me my 1000Y back. Link to post Share on other sites
HighlyTrainedNovaTeacher 2 Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Bonus! Link to post Share on other sites
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