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I have made two major purchases at BPS.... both were nothing but trouble... the first... a Jiffy power Auger... they were the only ones with one in stock and the lead time for everyone else would have had me buying one late into the season.. it was the last of the Techumseh engines, and the first of the Pro STX series...one that I felt was desirable because the next genration was going to be more plastic than metal.. and I have repair parts for Techumeseh engines in stock and a sorce to get more..... I bought it because i wanted something lighter than my old ( HEAVY) 3hp Jiffy.. well it was trouble right form the start... the bracket holding the fuel tank was broken..BPS told they are not a service center and I would have to go to one to get another tank...I took a fuel tank off of an old roto tiller ( same engine) and installed it( myself) while I waited for the dealer to get me a new one( 6 months).. I could have paid the $26 on line and had it in less than two weeks.... then there were the performance issues...the first day out it was near impossible to start.. ..latter that day the carb. fell off...I blamed most of these issues on the product being the last of it's kind and Jiffy making changes.. and just oddities of life..in the end.. I ended up replacing the carb and reed valves myself... to this day I swear it was a returned demo...BTW.. it runs great now...
a year latter.... I bought a minn kota 50lb thrust salt water trolling motor from BPS.. once again in a bind because my current one had expired after 5 years of hard use and no one local had one in stock.. I could have bought another fresh water edition, but figured this would be the last one I would ever buy... three weeks into the season it stopped working.... knowing bass pro's policies.. I took it to the nearest dealer ( a 40 minute drive) .. he asked what was wrong... i told him... he looked at it on the spot... then asked me it I had taken it appart.. I replied that I hadn't , as I had purchased exteneded warrenty and at this time it was still under the original warrenty.. .. he then asked where I had bought it ... when I told him.. he laughed and replied I'm not surprised then.. I guess it was missing shims on the armature.. and the slop had prematurly worn the seal .. salt water ate everything... he replace everything free of charge and advised me to go anywhere but BPS to make any future purchases....I haven't been back to BPS since!.... for the record it was never right afterwards( I have used Minn kotta since the early 80's.. no complaints) I had other minor issues with that trolling motor that I wont get into... the start of the next season.. I dropped the throttle to head to a new spot... heard a loud thump.. and well... lets say the bad ju-ju of that trolling motor lies in 30' of water off of great boars head.. I have come to believe that BPS buy's defective/rebuilt product and are the ones passing them off as new..I have no proof.. but it sure appears it to me..
On a simular note.. I know some of you dislike West marine.. but they will match anyones price.. even internet deals...I use them mainly because they are the easiest for me.. I work three doors down from them...
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