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My lad, Adam, as some of you will have read \'\'rod or reel for £100\'\' ended up deciding on a Ron Thompson aXcellerator, so I browsed a few sites and found one on Veals Mail Order for £99. Tuesday morning I ordered it on-line and it said 2-3 wotking days delivery. I had it sent to my office as I thought the postie might struggle getting it through the letterbox!!!.
Wednesday afternoon, 2pm, in a man walks with a rather large cardboard box and,yes, it was the Ron Thompson!.
When I took the rod out to have a look they had included a pair of metal coasters. Now Adam being Adam likes things right so I rang Veals and asked if I could post the coasters back to them and replace with a sliding reel seat and I would pay the difference in the price. No problem the girl said, NO CHARGE. Thursday morning in walks postie with a large envelope, yes you guessed it, 1 new Penn reel seat, F.O.C.
Now you must admit that takes some beating.
The rod looks good and feels well but one criticism, the bag provided, imprinted with the aXcellerator name, is made so small that it was a pig of a job to get the tip section out.
[Edited on 11/12/2003 by fishydad]
Wednesday afternoon, 2pm, in a man walks with a rather large cardboard box and,yes, it was the Ron Thompson!.
When I took the rod out to have a look they had included a pair of metal coasters. Now Adam being Adam likes things right so I rang Veals and asked if I could post the coasters back to them and replace with a sliding reel seat and I would pay the difference in the price. No problem the girl said, NO CHARGE. Thursday morning in walks postie with a large envelope, yes you guessed it, 1 new Penn reel seat, F.O.C.
Now you must admit that takes some beating.
The rod looks good and feels well but one criticism, the bag provided, imprinted with the aXcellerator name, is made so small that it was a pig of a job to get the tip section out.
[Edited on 11/12/2003 by fishydad]
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