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

[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