Unbreakable

[thump-a]

Was in my local Tackle World Store today ; looking at graphite rods.
Picked out a nice 10 - 25 kg rod and was checking it out ; when i was approched by a saleman. He was telling me how good these rods are and doing the salesman thing.
His sales pitch was that they were unbreakable.
He told me to hold the tip ; first runner area and with the butt HE applied pressure to the rod and you guessed it IT BROKE
He looked at me all stupid like and said he had better take it out the back.
I left shortly after as i didn't feel very comfortable

Cheers Graham

[trueblue]

would have been funny though..........

not your fault

[trueblue]

I have an 8 to 22 kg rod, favourite rod. super soft tip, with tons of balls

[Whitto]

Was in my local Tackle World Store today ; looking at graphite rods.
Picked out a nice 10 - 25 kg rod and was checking it out ; when i was approched by a saleman. He was telling me how good these rods are and doing the salesman thing.
His sales pitch was that they were unbreakable.
He told me to hold the tip ; first runner area and with the butt HE applied pressure to the rod and you guessed it IT BROKE
He looked at me all stupid like and said he had better take it out the back.
I left shortly after as i didn't feel very comfortable

Cheers Graham Is that what they call an OOOOooooopppppsss Moment or an OOOOOhhhhhh Shite moment:o

[jtpython]

Done the same thing in a tackle shop but was a two piece . Strong as ten strong things ..... We pulled it yup great ballsy etc............ then we couldn't get it apart so me on one end guy on another we didn't break it in half we broke long ways splintered like a chop stick oooooooooooooppppps Must had a falut LOL
JT

[hooknose]

what brand of rod was it?

[rhycebullimore]

doesn't matter what brand it was, could have been a glass uglystick i refuse to go shopping there now because there is only really (MOST of the time) kids working there who are only sort of interested in fishing under 19yrs old and couldn't sell fish to a seafood restaurant.

[Fisher4life]

doesn't matter what brand it was, could have been a glass uglystick i refuse to go shopping there now because there is only really (MOST of the time) kids working there who are only sort of interested in fishing under 19yrs old and couldn't sell fish to a seafood restaurant.


I strongly agree with you.

When you manage to pick an off chance that a manager is working, it's not too bad, but those moments are very far and few between. It's hard to take fishing advice from a kid who still has to ask mum for permission to go fishing.

[LBGaddict]

yeah well thats BCF for you.

[MyEscape]

LBG,Fisher4life and Rhyce

The first post said it was Tackleworld. Don't think BCF was mentioned.

Steve

[revs57]

spot on Steve

I was at the cannon Hill BCF the other day, looking around to update my data base. A young fella Garrett came along, super informed, not knobbish at all, really into fishing, gave me some excellent advice and his product knowledge was excellent, listened to me to understand the kind of fishing I'm into, swapped some good stories, had a laugh, showed me some new product, he knew up front i was just looking, but he was happy to spend the time and I'd certainly go back and buy from him.

Let's not be too quick to tar anyone with stereotype brushes, there are some good kids out there.

cheers

Rhys

[NAGG]

Very funny ........ certainly a ooops moment :-[

Aside from that ..... an unbreakable graphite rod ::) What sort of action would you get out of it ????? ......... may as well go back 20 years ago & just use fibreglass.

[thump-a]

Yea your right ; it was bloody funny. Don't think i'll ever forget those words
You won't break it.
Surprisinly it was a elderly gentleman ; well late forties i geuss ; you would think he would know better

Thanks to everyone ; hope you had a giggle
Graham

[thump-a]

Dont know what brand of rod it was. Didn't stick around to long afterwoods

[MyEscape]

Thumpa,

An"elderlygentleman?" late forties?

Pardon me, but cripes, I'm on the wrong side of 45 ,but never (yet) have been called an elderly gentleman

Regards

Steve

[GBC]

Can I tell them Finding Time? Please?;D;D;D;D;D;D;D

[GPB]

Very funny ........ certainly a ooops moment :-[

Aside from that ..... an unbreakable graphite rod ::) What sort of action would you get out of it ????? ......... may as well go back 20 years ago & just use fibreglass.

Nearly 30 years ago we had the same scenario with a unbreakable fibreglass rod at the old 'Bills Bait Bar' at Maroochydore, the proprietor had us 'really' loading the rod and it went 'CRACK'. I will always remember his words,"they aren't meant to do that", as my mate and I walked away trying not to laugh at our fist intro to an 'UglyStick' :o;D

PS: Never seen one broken since :)

[sleepygreg]

"elderly gentleman" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! late 40's.................I bet if you told your father that he would kick your a%#se.

GPB...was it the old 'touch the butt with the tip routine'......there were only ever two models in the whole range that could do that.......and most shops didnt have them in stock cos they were very light spin sticks and 7', which were not popular at the time. (most ridiculous advertising campaign ever thought out by a tackle company).

If the 'salesman' had half a brain, he would have been holding the tip while YOU loaded the rod, or even better, put a reel on it and run line through it so that the rod loaded the way it was designed to load, with the weight distributed by those little ring thingies(guides) on it that have so much money invested in their technology to help the rod work the way it is supposed to. Unless of course he was trying to make a silk purse out of a sows ear.

Elderly gentleman indeed..................................grrrrrrrrr rrrrrr

Greg

[Nic]

I have never heard of an unbreakable graphite rod. Next time I'm in Townsville I'll drop in and ask what it was, might be interesting to see which brand and/or rep has been dealing out some spin.

[thump-a]

Would a "middle aged bloke" be better than a elderly gentleman
Just tring to be half decent
People going off at teenagers who work in these places. Take a look at who's teaching them.

Cheers Graham

[thump-a]

elderly gentleman" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! late 40's.................I bet if you told your father that he would kick your a%#se.

Elderly gentleman indeed..................................grrrrrrrrr rrrrrr

Greg[/quote]

Hi Greg ;
Just tring to be nice !!!
What would you rather be called " An elderly gentleman " or a old Fart.
Cheers

[LostNearBribie]

spot on Steve

I was at the cannon Hill BCF the other day, looking around to update my data base. A young fella Garrett came along, super informed, not knobbish at all, really into fishing, gave me some excellent advice and his product knowledge was excellent, listened to me to understand the kind of fishing I'm into, swapped some good stories, had a laugh, showed me some new product, he knew up front i was just looking, but he was happy to spend the time and I'd certainly go back and buy from him.

Let's not be too quick to tar anyone with stereotype brushes, there are some good kids out there.

cheers

Rhys



I think you will find the Garrett is Cheifs young fella.
He has fishing bred into him I think!

[Crunchy]

spot on Steve

I was at the cannon Hill BCF the other day, looking around to update my data base. A young fella Garrett came along, super informed, not knobbish at all, really into fishing, gave me some excellent advice and his product knowledge was excellent, listened to me to understand the kind of fishing I'm into, swapped some good stories, had a laugh, showed me some new product, he knew up front i was just looking, but he was happy to spend the time and I'd certainly go back and buy from him.

Let's not be too quick to tar anyone with stereotype brushes, there are some good kids out there.

cheers

Rhys

totally agree, was in another BCF store on the W/E, a couple of pimply faced kids came up and started chatting about what we were looking at, they were great to talk to, quite some knowledge, loading up all the different rods, going through all the reels etc, they were never smart-arse or over confident, were attentive, helpful, polite and respectful....

but the pimple faced kid at another store (Can't remeber, "A" somthing?), that was a different story! Depends on the store I reckon..

[whatscracken]

Thats pretty funny!

[ToXiCFiSH79]

elderly gentleman" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! late 40's.................I bet if you told your father that he would kick your a%#se.

Elderly gentleman indeed..................................grrrrrrrrr rrrrrr

Greg

Hi Greg ;
Just tring to be nice !!!
What would you rather be called " An elderly gentleman " or a old Fart.
Cheers[/quote]

I was thinking dinosaur myself... ;D

Anything over 30 is old, c'mon guys, you know that :P

[Malcolm1976]

Epic Fail!
Reminds me of a certain unsinkable boat...lol

[JJT]

I strongly agree with you.

When you manage to pick an off chance that a manager is working, it's not too bad, but those moments are very far and few between. It's hard to take fishing advice from a kid who still has to ask mum for permission to go fishing.
i think you'll find if you go to most bcf stores there will be "young" men working there and if you actually took the time to listen to them instead of being just a little stubborn thinking you know more you will realise that some of these guys no the same if not more than most people there senior

no need to judge just because we are a little younger
cheers

[Fisher4life]

i think you'll find if you go to most bcf stores there will be "young" men working there and if you actually took the time to listen to them instead of being just a little stubborn thinking you know more you will realise that some of these guys no the same if not more than most people there senior

no need to judge just because we are a little younger
cheers

Who was talking about BCF??

I was still referring to the buisness that thump-a originally referred to and yes i have given these young guys the time of day... too much time to be honest. i'm sick of being left at the counter with the answer 'i don't know, i'll have to go and find out, you might be able to find something here in the brochure or just wait for (other salesman) to finish and he might be able to tell you.' Then you end up with 2 young teenagers looking at you silly scratching their heads saying, ahh sorry buddy.' Or the other common scenary is....

All good retail outlets know good customer service means happy customers, which means more sales...

Not taking it out on the buisnesses personally, but i would think they might hold a tighter interview process if they don't want to loose their customers.

[Sea-Dog]

To all the under 40's........................

I'd like to be a fly on the wall in 20 - 30 years.

[baitwaster]

If you are over 40, your life is half over. You are old, and putting grumpy posts up only serves to reinforce peoples opinions.

Go and have a nice cup of tea and a lie down, before the blood pressure gets too high.... or the old ticker starts acting up. :grin: