I had my Shimano Calcutta 400B fail on me at Bazar

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royboy

Sealiner
HaaaaaHaa Haa...Skrops - Atta Boy!!!!! Wondered who would make the chip? Haven't forgotten the "20". How about a few cold ones on Saturday 23rd in the Pretoria area?

Interestingly enough, they also service some Old Old 49s etc. The old reels with Bakelite casings.....and they had spares for those as well....

My view is that if something breaks, it needs to be addressed quickly - sometimes even with the best equipment, under certain conditions something inside can break. I am happy when I know that it will be fixed QUICKLY and professionally (and hopefully cheaply).....and that there are parts available so that it doesn't negatively impact my fishing time (what little I get).

2 weeks I can live with, 2 months going on 4? Uh Uh.
 
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skrops

Sealiner
jo roy, 23rd sounds good, are you going to organize a sealine social in your valley?

or will we just consentrate on the 20
 
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royboy

Sealiner
Sorry Skrops, wrong dates. I am "home alone" next weekend (Saturday 9th August) as Linda is in London for 6 days, so why don't we arrange to focus on the 20 then? Can go through tackle and make a dent in the 20 as well.
 
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Homie

Sealiner
[color=#006600]royboy[/color] wrote:
Sorry Skrops, wrong dates. I am "home alone" next weekend (Saturday 9th August) as Linda is in London for 6 days, so why don't we arrange to focus on the 20 then? Can go through tackle and make a dent in the 20 as well.
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Whats up with these private functions ????:fbash

Are we all hooking up soon ????
 
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royboy

Sealiner
OK Homie, good idea. I have this "off the leash" opportunity next weekend, so why don't we see if a bunch of us meet up for a few cold bevvies somewhere on Saturday next week (9th).......something like an informal social with beer involved......?

This all started because I have to get a bunch of beer down Skrops throat.....

Maybe call it the "inland-deep-jigging-beer-swilling brigade".

Or maybe we schedule a short notice Social? Homie? Can you run with this? I will not have time to do arranging as I have our principals from Germany and the US here until mid-next week.


Skrops? How does this sound?
 
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Homie

Sealiner
No sweat Roy,
Only Hassle is, Sat the 9th is my Birthday !!!!!!! And I think the missus may have booked away for us,( Not too sure, its hush hush at the moment, just overheard something ! )so Im not sure if I'll be there !

Will keep you posted as soon as I know !
 
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markj

New member
I am a penn fan,I have a diawa grandfishing wave and 2 pen 500 jigmasters.I have more faith in my jigmaster than in diawa.Oh i also have a penn senator that was a gift from a pensioner that has given up fishing.I will have it serviced and replace the line then add it to my box.
 
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markj

New member
I am a penn fan,I have a diawa grand wave and 2 pen 500 jigmasters.I have more faith in my jigmaster than in diawa.Oh i also have a penn senator that was a gift from a pensioner that has given up fishing.I will have it serviced and replace the line then add it to my box.
 
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skrops

Sealiner
[color=#006600]royboy[/color] wrote:
OK Homie, good idea. I have this "off the leash" opportunity next weekend, so why don't we see if a bunch of us meet up for a few cold bevvies somewhere on Saturday next week (9th).......something like an informal social with beer involved......?

This all started because I have to get a bunch of beer down Skrops throat.....

Maybe call it the "inland-deep-jigging-beer-swilling brigade".

Or maybe we schedule a short notice Social? Homie? Can you run with this? I will not have time to do arranging as I have our principals from Germany and the US here until mid-next week.


Skrops? How does this sound?
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ag no man Roy, my mom's birthday next week so all the kids will congregate at her place on Saturday 9th. come up with another plan!
 
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dugongboy

Sealiner
I still use a Penn 500 with an upgraded Smooth drag as an extra reel on the boat and it still works like a dream, but Penn lost focus in the early 80's when Daiwa an Shimano started producing the goods - shure they were still making very good big game offshore reels but so were Shimano.
The smaller reel market was stolen from under their noses (almost like GM and Ford in the States losing out to the Japs) they tried with a few sucesses but failed in the bigger picture (some of the spinning reels were just plain crap) people were not prepared to pay more for a 500L than the Sealines and Speedmasters that were better and cheaper(the drag systems were so much better). From there on they have been playing catch up and are paying the penalty for not spending the time and money on R & D, both in marketing and in the lab.

It is good to see some good new products from Penn like the Torque and VSX series and it seems as if the spinning reels are quite good (750ssm) -  very nice. 

Hopefully for them they can win back some of their old (un)faithfuls - only a good product and time will tell !                 
 
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royboy

Sealiner
Yeah, I think their change of ownership had something to do with reversing their shrinking marketshare to the Asian manufacturers. (mainly Shimano and Daiwa) with a number of European and US manufacturers in the mix as well (Alutecnos, Accurate etc.)

I read an article a few months ago regarding their "new" focus on quality across the range. I understand that all of the high-end reels are still being built in the States (a-la "Made in America") to ensure high quality, and the rest of the equipment manufacture was being moved offshore to Asia (to cut costs). Not quite sure what was meant by this, as some damned fine gear comes out of Asia - the Japanese are no slouches when it comes to quality.

It will be interesting to see what effect this has on their marketshare over the next year or 2 given the new gear they have brought to market - the Torque range being some of it.
 
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royboy

Sealiner
Thanks DB, my wife is in London from Saturday next week for 6 days, and I was thinking that she could pick up a few bits for me while over there....as in new bits for the 400B.

Will do a quick search to find a Shimano centre in London
 
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royboy

Sealiner
Well guys, sorted out.

Did the transaction with Felindre Servicing (UK Shimano authorised Service Centre based in Swansea, Wales) last night for the parts, and they will be delivered (Royal Mail overnight) to Mother in Law's house by lunchtime on Friday. Including overnight mail, the cost was GBP 6.50 for a Door to door delivery.

(I purchased 2 of these gears so that I have a spare should the one ever fail.)

Linda will be back in SA next Friday so my reel will be working again come Saturday.

Imagine if local Distributers could offer this level of service?
 
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royboy

Sealiner
Yeah Skrops I hear you mate. I was pulling my grey hairs out over this. 2.5 months and still counting....

Correction, it's not bad serice - it's non-existant service.

At least we know we can rely on UK Agents (and US) to assist when nothing happens on the local front
 
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skrops

Sealiner
I recon shimano should give you the agency.......

then you can quit your day job, stop swearing at ppl, go live at the coast fix shimano reels....mind you, you not ganna get any fishing done cos you'll be working on reels al day cos they break so often::S
 
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