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Originally Posted by Goose
I feel,,no, I know I'm getting ripped off. why does it have ta be so much money?49.95 + 12.50 + my shipping + insurance...W T F
You buy the reel because you'll be dunking it, then they bump up the price because your dunking it.
I guess they figure you don't have boat to fuel..so you got plenty of money to fuel theirs....BULL
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They don't want your reel in for service in any shape or form. All it does is result in upset owners in online forums talking about how much it costs, how long it took, etc. Needless to say, not good. They aren't taking the time to set up service centers or develop a self-service kit because they want to keep that lucrative service market for themselves.
One of the issues is WC Bradley is a union company so it's not inexpensive hour or so of service. Plus parts if necessary. And then shipping costs sky rocketed which obviously isn't their fault. The problem is sending a reel back for yearly service was a flawed idea 15 years ago never mind now.
Dunking and constant submersion are very different. Most surfcasters wouldn't fall under the constant submersion category, even those who spend a lot of time deep wading. There's no bump in price, yearly service if not more often has always been in the manual and suggested if your reel spends more time below then above the water's surface. Not surprisingly guys who skish or otherwise use the reel underwater regularly are the most likely to know how to crack the reel open for service or at least to throw some more oil in. I think VS finally wants to change that and have more people know how to service the reels, severe service conditons or not.
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