Ringo Star

I thought I'd post this as I feel credit,where credit is due,I'll try to keep it simple and to the point.. earlier this year I bought a Vercelli spyra alba surf on this site ,the rod was in great condition,having seen very little use...fished a comp.with it and loved it, next day went to clean it.....to find loads of hairline cracks in the middle section spiggot...was speechless for a few seconds,followed by a shed load of fu*ks!...after calming down ,and trying to figure out the next move I made a few calls,with little success,few days later I went to Gotcha Angling, to have a word with the owner, John "ringo" Ring,he had already sourced a hard to get Vercelli Piuma Power rod for me, so I was hoping to get some advice as to the next step...I've always found Ringo easy to deal with, he's friendly , knowledgeable,and an good Match angler,both shore and boat..one thing I like with John, he never uses two words when one will do, my plea for help was met with "leave it with me".a few weeks later a replacement middle section was pushed over the counter, and a small few euro changed hands,happy days...here's the point lads..If I had bought this from continental web site, I shudder to think of the difficulties I may have had with getting this resolved inc . shipping costs etc, But there is an upside when buying local,one hand wash's the other, Support your local tackle dealers...it Pays dividends,believe me... thanks again John.

Fair play to him I buy local too but shop around if I can everyone loves a deal if experienced faults with rods too and have been able to make an odd exchange too I dont think id consider buying online either;)

I love a bargain and always look for value for money, but try to look at the bigger picture too, prices in some tackle shops might be dearer than else where ,but I admire someone trying to make a go of it, dont get me wrong , I use Veals when need to, but got top class service without any drama in Gotcha.