Not sure but for all I know, it looks like they may tank...

http://www.reuters.com/article/marke...0080326?rpc=44

On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 16:56:02 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

Not sure but for all I know, it looks like they may tank...

http://www.reuters.com/article/marke...0080326?rpc=44

I hope not. I've got one about three miles away that I use frequently. I'm
going to pick up my boat in two weeks, and I'll need the lines, anchor
rode, life vests, etc.
--
John *H*
(Not the other one!)

On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 16:56:02 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Not sure but for all I know, it looks like they may tank...

http://www.reuters.com/article/marke...0080326?rpc=44

Ug Gah Lee.

On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:13:01 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 16:56:02 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Not sure but for all I know, it looks like they may tank...

http://www.reuters.com/article/marke...0080326?rpc=44

Ug Gah Lee.

Tom, do you know anything about these auto pfd's?

http://tinyurl.com/2vtpbt

That seems like a pretty good price.
--
John *H*
(Not the other one!)

On Apr 1, 8:19*pm, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:13:01 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing

wrote:
On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 16:56:02 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Not sure but for all I know, it looks like they may tank...

http://www.reuters.com/article/marke...0080326?rpc=44

Ug Gah Lee.

Tom, do you know anything about these auto pfd's?

http://tinyurl.com/2vtpbt

That seems like a pretty good price.
--
John *H*
(Not the other one!)

LOL! John, I like how they say your *$aving* 80+ bucks each when other
online stores have them for at least the same amount.

Sales gimmicks, you gotta love 'em!

On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:19:51 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:13:01 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 16:56:02 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Not sure but for all I know, it looks like they may tank...

http://www.reuters.com/article/marke...0080326?rpc=44

Ug Gah Lee.

Tom, do you know anything about these auto pfd's?

http://tinyurl.com/2vtpbt

That seems like a pretty good price.

I'm not familiar with this brand = I have Mustang auto-pfds and love
'em. Being a larger size human being, I found them to be the more
comfortable than the Stearns.

I also have an Orca jacket and a Mustang Jacket that are very nice in
colder weather.

As to personal experience with them, I can attest to the fact that
they work and work well. :)

On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:06:04 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:19:51 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:13:01 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 16:56:02 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Not sure but for all I know, it looks like they may tank...

http://www.reuters.com/article/marke...0080326?rpc=44

Ug Gah Lee.

Tom, do you know anything about these auto pfd's?

http://tinyurl.com/2vtpbt

That seems like a pretty good price.

I'm not familiar with this brand = I have Mustang auto-pfds and love
'em. Being a larger size human being, I found them to be the more
comfortable than the Stearns.

I also have an Orca jacket and a Mustang Jacket that are very nice in
colder weather.

As to personal experience with them, I can attest to the fact that
they work and work well. :)

Thanks.
--
John *H*
(Not the other one!)

On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:04:24 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 16:56:02 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Not sure but for all I know, it looks like they may tank...

http://www.reuters.com/article/marke...0080326?rpc=44


They are just another "brick and mortar" that is getting killed by
competiton from big boxes for common stuff and the internet for
specialties.
The last few times I walked around West Marine they were deserted. I
was the only person in the store. They just opened a Bass Pro Shop
here that going to kill the fishing tackle places too (along with boat
stores).

That's not necessarily true. There are things at local shops you
can't get at Bass Pro and the personal service makes up for a lot. I
buy a lot of my fluke rigs at Hillyer's in Niantic, Ocean State Tackle
in Warwick, RI or Schaffer's in Mystic. You can't get live or dead
bait at Bass Pro and why drive to Gillette Stadium just to go fishing?

As to price, on major brands, Bass Pro is priced within .10¢ of the
local shops - at least for things like plastic lures, plugs, line,
etc. You can buy the same Ugly Stick (the only fishing rod worth the
name) for the same price at a local shop as you can at Bass Pro.

On their own stuff, they beat the heck out of the major brands - I'll
give you that one.

If they were like Wal-Mart with one on every corner, that would be
different.

On Apr 2, 5:15*am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:


If they were like Wal-Mart with one on every corner, that would be
different.- Hide quoted text -

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I thought that the "on every corner" line applied only to
Starbucks....

Gene Kearns wrote:
On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 16:56:02 -0700 (PDT), Tim penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|Not sure but for all I know, it looks like they may tank...
|
|http://www.reuters.com/article/marke...0080326?rpc=44

Aside from WM's specific problems, it is an industry wide problem that
won't go away for quite some time.....

http://www.boating-industry.com/output.cfm?id=1229185

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...d=aFGRVkX98Hzw




What? There are serious economic problems? :)