VS "rep" at River's End Saturday... - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

NIB · 03-21-2005, 09:32 AM

So are we usin the saltiga's now.What size 4500 or 5000.JP likes the 5000 wit the gt spool.but their seems to be some discrepency on the size.JP need 300 yds of 50lb braid.I guess i like the same size reel as I am a 706 guy.but i might consider one for the canal an some wet suitin.I'm gonna wait a little to see how they hold up an I would like to hold one.before i buy it.the weight doesn't bother me so much.

NIB · 03-21-2005, 09:35 AM

I was gonna stop in their sat on my way to the mass show.but i wasn't sure he would be open at 8 am in the off season so I breezed by I like Pat an I offen stop in his store to shoot the %$%$%$%$e wit him when i pass by.

tlapinski · 03-21-2005, 09:56 AM

NIB, you should have stopped in. I was there just before 8 am, and he was there. We put on a pot of coffee and talked for a while before the crowds showed up.

PaulS · 03-21-2005, 10:50 AM

As an aside - I had a good time there. Watched Pat rig up an eel. I had an appointment at around 12 and thought all the Habs would be sold out by time I got there so I called River's Edge and they (thanks Mark!) were nice enough to put a bunch aside for me. I ended up putting a few back on the shelves. Great guys there!

Goose · 03-21-2005, 11:23 AM

At msba I stoped at the vs booth and spoke with Craig, I thought he was polite and kept it a conversation, yeah he made sure I knew the used reel had caught big #'s and how his grounds where Montauk, whatever. At this point I don't need a VS rep to sell me a reel, memebers on the site have done that. Egoahole proably started fishin two years ago.

Striperhound · 03-21-2005, 12:01 PM

Same thing, I spoke with Craig at MSBA show this weekend. He was responsive to some issues I had with one of my reels. Said he would take care of it for me. Proof will be in the pudding if he follows through. Same old thread you either love them or hate them.

tlapinski · 03-21-2005, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Striperhound

Same old thread you either love them or hate them.

Not so much. Only recently I have fallen out of the VS fan club. I have exclusively fished VS's for my spinners for about 5+ years. I sold off 4 of my 5 this off season. Only kept one out of sentimental value. I have never had negative things to say about the service or personality of anyone associated with the company until the switch to Zebco ownership.

PurpelNoon · 03-21-2005, 12:25 PM

Being a salesperson myself, it never ceases to shock me when I hear stories like that. How someone like that rep could keep a job like that beats me. I figure, if you like what you sell, you would be all the more enthusiastic about talking about fishing etc. If I had an attitude like that I wouldn't last a month. What a shame!