Servicing VS - thoughts?

[1dozenraw]

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

I guess I'm curious, but what does it cost to have other reels, say Shimano or Penn serviced at a shop like Bucko's or any other? Have not done it for a few years, but wonder if $49.95 is all that far out of line. It's my understanding that the VS charge includes most parts at no charge as needed.

Anyway, I look forward to that video and it will be good to have a local New England VS service location.

[big jay]

Originally Posted by 1dozenraw

I guess I'm curious, but what does it cost to have other reels, say Shimano or Penn serviced at a shop like Bucko's or any other? Have not done it for a few years, but wonder if $49.95 is all that far out of line. It's my understanding that the VS charge includes most parts at no charge as needed.

Anyway, I look forward to that video and it will be good to have a local New England VS service location.

Last season I dropped off 12 penn 113hsp's at Bucko's and they charged between $24 - $30 per reel depending on what parts they needed. Considering those are only $100 reels - that's pretty expensive. Normally we just do the work ourselves, but last year we were behind schedule and just payed up.

We send our lever drag reels down to J&B in Ct - they charge $30 per reel for service + whatever parts they have to replace -- that's pretty standard for Lever Drags.

The Lever Drags cost about the same as the big VS - so while their service is expensive, it doesn't seem unreasonable to me. If you look at upkeep cost compared to % of purchase price, it's alot better than the penns.