I know what ya mean John. I won a sweepstake at a fishing site and I got the run around when I tried to use it. 5 angry and getting angrier emails sent and I finally got my penn 4300SS a few weeks later. It was the winter so I didn't care how long it took. Spooled her up and went after some blueback herring.
I've ordered from the two big companies with no problem. I've ordered from some Shark River place which came fast. I've ordered from another online tackle shop and they were fast too.
I ordered from Bob D's GhostTown and he had fast service and even threw in a nice yellow over white bomber for my B-Day.
Tim gave me some fast service too.
Still waiting for Steve B's package. I ordered it last Monday I think. With the slowdown of air travel and him being down under, I figure I'll wait 15-17 days before I email him to make sure it got into the mail. If he says it did and a reasonable amount of time has passed, I'll have to call UPS or whatever parcel service he uses.
From now on, I'm going through Mike's shop. His site is very user friendly, he's a good guy, has low prices and technically I am supporting a real shop. Anything I can't get through him, I guess I'll have to go elsewhere.
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