Corbett’s

This review is for an online order via the Corbett’s website, w/​shipping to Seattle, WA, USA. Thanks to favorable exchange rates from USD to CAD, I decided to order skis through Corbett’s. They advertised free US shipping, so why not? I’m thrilled with how quickly they arrived. The skis shipped via FedEx with tracking and were first scanned in Buffalo, NY (which I realized is quite close to Corbett’s). The skis were on sale and turned out to be a great deal — very pleased and would not hesitate to order from their website again. I had a ton of fun skiing on them this weekend!

My fiancé broke his bindings in Mont Tremblant during our ski/​road trip from NYC to Vermont to QC, and ON. We found this place online and thought we’d stop by on our way back to NYC because they have such a huge selection. Literally didn’t get any service from these people because they were understaffed. We were trying desperately to get some help for about twenty five minutes and left frustrated. We were ready to drop $ 1000+ in this place on skis, bindings, boots but were ignored by the staff.

I am a past employee of Corbetts. Worst job of my life I hated working there the service for people is terrible they barely train any of the employees and I felt so left out, a couple of my friends have gone in as customers and you feel ignored, they are all talking not even paying attention to you and the cashiers look disguesting and it is a terrible experience and an even worse working experience

Wow! This place is expensive.
Yes, they have a Huge selection of clothes to choose, but most are old and way too expensive. When I bought my gear here, I left the place feeling I was ripped off.

literally the worst service I have ever had!!! I haven’t been skiing in a few years so I decided to bring in two pairs of skis to be tuned up. The older gentleman at the cash basically shamed me for not having the newest gear and said he couldn’t touch them. Really??? So let me save you the trip, unless you like getting embarrassed and leaving feeling like a pile of shit. Worst Service ever! And from the owner for that matter (If it wasn’t the owner then he was way too old to be working in a ski shop.)
He’s probably right, I do need new skis. Maybe this season, maybe next. But I sure as hell will not buy them from those snotty wankers.

Corbett’s has a HUGE selection of ski and snowboard gear. I guarantee, anything you’re looking for, you can find it here. The only problem is, a large selection means you have to spend a lot of time picking through stuff. They do also have a lot of staff on hand to help you, bring clothes to the change room, and help you try on the equipment though. The staff I spoke to seemed very knowledgeable about the products and were all skiers/​snowboarders themselves.
They had a sale going on this weekend, and while the prices were good, I found that the prices at Meltdown and Sporting Life were better. However, Corbett’s actually still had stuff in my size (XS and S), while Meltdown didn’t. So I guess it was okay to pay $ 20 more for my $ 100 snowboard pants (MSRP $ 200), considering I would have left empty-​handed otherwise. I debated for awhile between a three star and four star rating because of this, so I guess I’ll sum it up as: if you are last-​minute shopping for something and just want to make one stop, then it’s four stars because you’re pretty much guaranteed to find it here. If you’re looking for a great deal, and you fit nicely into the «average» size spectrum, then it’s three stars — check out some other stores first, particularly if you don’t live in Oakville.

Corbett’s is the best local shop in Oakville, and probably the best in all of the GTA. I go here for all of my snowboarding needs unless I can get my gear cheaper in the States or at the snowboard show (Corbett’s is actually an exhibitor at the show). The sales people here are really helpful and know their stuff for the most part; however, one girl did try to sell me boots just based on the color scheme with