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Post by em on Sept 11, 2024 8:44:00 GMT 12
Fish City Albany... 5 days to go till we shut the doors Lots of bargains 40% of Salty crew mad hueys chums. 50% of darts 40% of all Gulp and many 50 % of Game lures And tones of rod combos and rods. Lots more pop on down to Fish City Albany open till 5.30 each day. Closing closing or moving?Does this include Hamilton too? Whose next? Fizz boat usage has dropped this year . Have noticed on our Sunday race days the traffic is way down , our race course is right on the transit from a usually very busy ramp to the harbour . Haven’t had a close call for months either .
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Post by fish on Sept 11, 2024 8:52:47 GMT 12
Fish City Albany... 5 days to go till we shut the doors Lots of bargains 40% of Salty crew mad hueys chums. 50% of darts 40% of all Gulp and many 50 % of Game lures And tones of rod combos and rods. Lots more pop on down to Fish City Albany open till 5.30 each day. Where will you live if fish city closes down ? I just hope the Wettie store across the road and two along is in good shape... I haven't been into either of my local fishing stores this winter, I've never really understood how they survived in the first place, so they must be running on vapours right now. Topcatch Whanga closed last year and was re-opened by a local guy, but I still never really understood how he was surviving, just on ice and burley as far as I could tell, very little stock in it. Fishing Direct is a Shimano agent, always very well stocked, but sometimes I've been in there and it was dead quite. Wouldn't want to be in retail at the moment, less so a discretionary recreational activity form of retail. Just hope Hunting and Fishing is holding together OK. Shame with Fish City Albany, was thinking of what I wanted that I could nip down and get at a good price, came up with zero, nothing. Got everything I need, and aren't fishing at the moment due to family commitments and hemorrhaging money on the yacht.
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Post by harrytom on Sept 11, 2024 9:57:39 GMT 12
Went to mystery creek fishing/boat show 2 weeks ago.hmm $25 to look at basically AliExpress stuff apart from hunting n fishing. 2 Ali boat there.stabi/senator.within 12 months both have risen over 20k..Yet fi glass have had a slight increase. I don't shop top catch too expensive.Not near a boat city.Only have burnsco/smartmarine close. Marinedeals not that good at deals but I believe their service is good returns etc.We were they only 1 at kkb last Sunday and wasn't to bad a day.
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Post by GO30 on Sept 11, 2024 11:43:03 GMT 12
FC is a planned close and has been planned for a wee while. Timing and there are a few who'd suggest they lost their focus and fell into the masses selling the exact same, often low end, gear their neighbours and everyone else is.
I do credit Saltys for planning the close, as a one or 2 others also have, rather than just locking the door and leaving a big mess. To a degree also Sportscraft Marine (not SC Boats) for trying to come back and minimising the fallout even if it's looking like it's a gonner.
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Post by harrytom on Sept 14, 2024 12:41:34 GMT 12
Took a trip FC and can see they not surviving,Stock looks old and tell by price tags,Had a kewene anchor for $200 where other retailers are $170. Did buy 2 bottles of 2 stroke oil (mercury) $20 each 1lt instead of $27
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Post by fish on Sept 15, 2024 20:28:38 GMT 12
"Money is Money right now"
Here is an interesting story. Went into Burnsco today to get a minor item I need for the boat. They have a 'spend $100 and get a $20 gift card', and as I need a particular $120 item sometime in the next 6 weeks, thought I'd get it today and get the extra $20, anyway, that isn't the interesting bit.
Asked if they had any descent sales coming up. They said they will have a large clearance sale in Oct, but, what was I after? Other than a lot of paint and other such boring things, mentioned I was after another inflatable kayak to match the one I bought last year, as it was very good and the kids really like it (2 kids and 1 kayak can be problematic at times). Normally $800, was on sale last year for $500.
They had a bit of a natter then said, "we can do that - money is money right now", as in, instead of making me wait for the slim chance that item would come on sale between now and the summer, they'd just knock $300 off the price and take my cash now.
So I did.
Still working out how to tell the missus, she isn't in the mood for spending boat dollars at the moment, not sure many people are...
Whilst I'm pleased I got the kayak at a good price, I'm a little concerned about the state of retail, for a large national chain to be offering big discounts outside of sales, and without me explicitly asking for it. I was literally fishing for news of upcoming sales.
And while I'm at it, Burnsco have been very accommodating with their price matching policy. All of Smart Marine's paint prices are cheaper than Burnsco, and the Burnsco staff don't quible when I ask for the Smart Marine price...
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Post by GO30 on Sept 16, 2024 14:29:09 GMT 12
"Money is Money right now" Here is an interesting story. Went into Burnsco today to get a minor item I need for the boat. They have a 'spend $100 and get a $20 gift card', and as I need a particular $120 item sometime in the next 6 weeks, thought I'd get it today and get the extra $20, anyway, that isn't the interesting bit. Asked if they had any descent sales coming up. They said they will have a large clearance sale in Oct, but, what was I after? Other than a lot of paint and other such boring things, mentioned I was after another inflatable kayak to match the one I bought last year, as it was very good and the kids really like it (2 kids and 1 kayak can be problematic at times). Normally $800, was on sale last year for $500. They had a bit of a natter then said, "we can do that - money is money right now", as in, instead of making me wait for the slim chance that item would come on sale between now and the summer, they'd just knock $300 off the price and take my cash now. So I did. Still working out how to tell the missus, she isn't in the mood for spending boat dollars at the moment, not sure many people are... Whilst I'm pleased I got the kayak at a good price, I'm a little concerned about the state of retail, for a large national chain to be offering big discounts outside of sales, and without me explicitly asking for it. I was literally fishing for news of upcoming sales. And while I'm at it, Burnsco have been very accommodating with their price matching policy. All of Smart Marine's paint prices are cheaper than Burnsco, and the Burnsco staff don't quible when I ask for the Smart Marine price... When your bank account get dropped by a reported 143 million (which sounds very high for it) bucks you'll be looking for anything and everything.
With Jaycars love of sales I'd expect we'll see a lot more from them. Also a swing towards aussie specifications, a shed load more clam shell and other plastic dross packaging and even more trinkets from china.
We're seeing the 1%ers starting to come back out, that's a good sign.
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Post by harrytom on Sept 16, 2024 16:11:18 GMT 12
Our local "burnsco" not carrying full range of stock or manufacturers,seem to of downsized since Jaycat brought them,sales staff there to sell with hardly any knowledge of product
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Post by GO30 on Sept 17, 2024 16:31:26 GMT 12
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