I think it's good that Penn has a new marketing guy that shows some interest in what the customer thinks, but it's going to take a lot more than that to turn the Penn ship around. Knowledgeable fishermen have been complaining about the same problems for years . . . and a lot of it was very fixable stuff. Unfortunately, Penn did nothing to address the problems and comes off as a company too stupid to get out of its own way. I've been surprised they've retained as much loyalty as they have - that's a real tribute to the patriotic sensibilities of fishermen.
I swore the 5500SS was the last Penn reel I'd ever buy, what a piece of junk! I ended up buying a 560 Slammer and I've been mostly satisfied with it - not a perfect reel, but I think it's a pretty good value compared to other reels in the same price range. Without the Slammer series Penn's surfcasting presence would be limited to greenie parts on E-Bay by now. I hope Penn can turn it around, and I think a lot of other fisherman feel the same way. But if they don't, there won't be many Penn loyalists left to attend the funeral.
Penn is not going to be made in USA anymore.... so... therfore, the girls in the ads have to take off the flag bikini's
John... FWW---> both correct, we are probably a low priority as a group, but like John said, how did they get to where they got... bring back the US made coffee grinders, but update them... and for a low priority segment, we sure do get worked up over high end stuff, liike the VS, and Saltiga offerings, so target us something mid range-high range, with the aforementioned specs.
You're doing a good thing stepping up, we're a pretty tough crowd
But if you guys could follow through or even proto some of Mike p's suggestions as well as the others on the board that'd be excellent. I mean FFS you're PENN! EVERYONE has seen, touched, used a squidder, everyone has owned a 704/706 at one point, they're the workhorses('course we tweak 'em) but they're the workhorse. You have an audience, bounce ideas man! Best of luck... oh yeah I like my 7500's just fine ffs you got guys who designed bridges in school, Im quite sure you can get one of those cad monkeys to design an effective sealed drag...
ffs you got guys who designed bridges in school, Im quite sure you can get one of those cad monkeys to design an effective sealed drag...
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