"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Sat, 19 May 2007 20:18:25 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Sat, 19 May 2007 16:02:57 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Sat, 19 May 2007 01:22:53 -0500, sherwindu penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

Send some of those Mom and Pop stores to the Chicago area. West Marine
has
got things sewed up here, except for a Boating World store in the far
west
suburbs.


West Marine is 60 miles to Myrtle Beach, SC and 40 miles to
Wilmington, NC..... and they almost never have what you need.... they
parrot that it can be ordered on line. I wouldn't be standing in the
brick and mortar if I wanted to screw with the time delay and hassle
of shipping.

I'm celebrating the new Boaters World opening about 6 miles away.

Isn't Boater's World owned by West?

I traced them back to here......
http://www.ritzinteractive.com/websites.html

maybe somebody knows more about them than I do......

Boaters World is much cheaper than West Marine, unless West Marine has a
super special running (40-50% off). Of course, then their prices are the
same as West Marine's.


You'll like Boaters World a lot.

On Mon, 21 May 2007 16:55:55 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:

You'll like Boaters World a lot.

Actually not.

I have both BW and WM within a mile or two of my house. BW tries hard
and they do have better prices, but WM has much better selection and
service, not to mention an excellent return policy.

For big ticket items where price really makes a difference, I usually
buy online.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Mon, 21 May 2007 16:55:55 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:

You'll like Boaters World a lot.

Actually not.

I have both BW and WM within a mile or two of my house. BW tries hard
and they do have better prices, but WM has much better selection and
service, not to mention an excellent return policy.


That's an accurate assessment of each. But if price is the main
consideration, Boaters World wins hands down.

I do 90% of my shopping at West Marine, because they're closer to my home,
and have an excellent return policy (as you stated). But I always wait for
something that I need to go on sale there before I go shopping. When they
have their one of their "friends and family sales", you can buy a lot of top
of the line merchandise for up to 40% off.

"NOYB" wrote in message
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Mon, 21 May 2007 16:55:55 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:

You'll like Boaters World a lot.

Actually not.

I have both BW and WM within a mile or two of my house. BW tries hard
and they do have better prices, but WM has much better selection and
service, not to mention an excellent return policy.


That's an accurate assessment of each. But if price is the main
consideration, Boaters World wins hands down.

I do 90% of my shopping at West Marine, because they're closer to my home,
and have an excellent return policy (as you stated). But I always wait
for something that I need to go on sale there before I go shopping. When
they have their one of their "friends and family sales", you can buy a lot
of top of the line merchandise for up to 40% off.




Items over $100 ship for free from BoatersWorld.com. They also do charge
sales tax on internet orders.

Actually Jim, BW does not charge sales tax on internet orders. The physical
stores and the web stores are separate corporate entitys so they are not
required to charge tax on on-line sales.

Butch
"JimH" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Mon, 21 May 2007 16:55:55 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:

You'll like Boaters World a lot.

Actually not.

I have both BW and WM within a mile or two of my house. BW tries hard
and they do have better prices, but WM has much better selection and
service, not to mention an excellent return policy.


That's an accurate assessment of each. But if price is the main
consideration, Boaters World wins hands down.

I do 90% of my shopping at West Marine, because they're closer to my
home, and have an excellent return policy (as you stated). But I always
wait for something that I need to go on sale there before I go shopping.
When they have their one of their "friends and family sales", you can buy
a lot of top of the line merchandise for up to 40% off.




Items over $100 ship for free from BoatersWorld.com. They also do charge
sales tax on internet orders.

"Butch Davis" wrote in message
news
Actually Jim, BW does not charge sales tax on internet orders. The
physical stores and the web stores are separate corporate entitys so they
are not required to charge tax on on-line sales.

Butch
"JimH" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Mon, 21 May 2007 16:55:55 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:

You'll like Boaters World a lot.

Actually not.

I have both BW and WM within a mile or two of my house. BW tries hard
and they do have better prices, but WM has much better selection and
service, not to mention an excellent return policy.


That's an accurate assessment of each. But if price is the main
consideration, Boaters World wins hands down.

I do 90% of my shopping at West Marine, because they're closer to my
home, and have an excellent return policy (as you stated). But I always
wait for something that I need to go on sale there before I go shopping.
When they have their one of their "friends and family sales", you can
buy a lot of top of the line merchandise for up to 40% off.




Items over $100 ship for free from BoatersWorld.com. They also do charge
sales tax on internet orders.



Yep. I forgot the word *not* before the word charge.

"NOYB" wrote in message
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"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Sat, 19 May 2007 20:18:25 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Sat, 19 May 2007 16:02:57 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Sat, 19 May 2007 01:22:53 -0500, sherwindu penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

Send some of those Mom and Pop stores to the Chicago area. West Marine
has
got things sewed up here, except for a Boating World store in the far
west
suburbs.


West Marine is 60 miles to Myrtle Beach, SC and 40 miles to
Wilmington, NC..... and they almost never have what you need.... they
parrot that it can be ordered on line. I wouldn't be standing in the
brick and mortar if I wanted to screw with the time delay and hassle
of shipping.

I'm celebrating the new Boaters World opening about 6 miles away.

Isn't Boater's World owned by West?

I traced them back to here......
http://www.ritzinteractive.com/websites.html

maybe somebody knows more about them than I do......

Boaters World is much cheaper than West Marine, unless West Marine has a
super special running (40-50% off). Of course, then their prices are the
same as West Marine's.


You'll like Boaters World a lot.




Most items WM will match internet price. Just print the ad and bring in.

Boaters World is much cheaper than West Marine, unless West Marine has a
super special running (40-50% off). Of course, then their prices are the
same as West Marine's.


You'll like Boaters World a lot.

I can't stand the boaters world in tacoma -- the guys there act like you're
bothering them, and they've yet to have anything I need in stock, nor something
that will "make due" for an isue - I drive the extra 10 miles to westmarine if
I need something "now" rather than stop at BW & find they don't have it.

I've not found BW to be cheaper at all.