lewis tackle

[g-force]

So is the shop still trading at the minute or is it already closed??

Shop's closed - stock is being sold on their e-bay shop site.

Gary

[Stores]

Shop's closed - stock is being sold on their e-bay shop site.

Gary

Wouldn't imagine that Simon would sell the copies of the book I gave him in good faith. Will expect a pm soon.

[g.ordon]

I would of thought a canny location for a prosperous tackle shop business, obviously not today, that's maybe why frazers done a one from the location

[Charlton]

Did he say who he is working for Alan?

sorry Keith didn't ask him, there was a few people kept coming up to wish him the best

[johnrob]

I was at Lewis's last Wed afternoon for bait nothing mentioned at all. He's still got his eBay shop going as just checked tonight. Shame all the same. Good luck for the future.

[simon.]

Wouldn't imagine that Simon would sell the copies of the book I gave him in good faith. Will expect a pm soon.

sorry David you werent exactly a high priority when i started packing up the shop yesterday, plus i think an email rather that a a Sh**ty remark on an open forum would have been more suitable. when i come across your books which are somewhere in amongst a pile of boxes i'll be sure to let you know!

thanks for the best wishes to everyone else.

[Kev1n]

That’s sad news and the end of an era, I’ve used the shop for 30+ years and always tried to get all my gear from there or Billy’s. Internet gear may be cheaper but it’s no use if without support your local tackle shop has to shut and you cannot get bait or other last minute odds and ends too.

The shop has been through a few hands in recent years and I thought Simon was making a good go of it. Good luck to the remaining NE shops and to Simon and family as they move on.

[Stores]

sorry David you werent exactly a high priority when i started packing up the shop yesterday, plus i think an email rather that a a Sh**ty remark on an open forum would have been more suitable. when i come across your books which are somewhere in amongst a pile of boxes i'll be sure to let you know!

thanks for the best wishes to everyone else.

Hi Simon,

Don't believe that you would think that I would question your motives. Truth is I have no idea what happens in the circumstances you find yourself in. I gave you the books in the best possible faith. Disappointed you think otherwise.

Best wishes anyway

David

[broony]

Hi Simon,

Don't believe that you would think that I would question your motives. Truth is I have no idea what happens in the circumstances you find yourself in. I gave you the books in the best possible faith. Disappointed you think otherwise.

Best wishes anyway

David

You came off sounding ****ty to be honest mate.

[simon.]

Hi Simon,

Don't believe that you would think that I would question your motives. Truth is I have no idea what happens in the circumstances you find yourself in. I gave you the books in the best possible faith. Disappointed you think otherwise.

Best wishes anyway

David

The only way anyone not just myself would read your post would be that you were insinuating that i might sell your books and not tell you? so dont be dissapointed Stores i know exactly what you meant!

[simon.]

That’s sad news and the end of an era, I’ve used the shop for 30+ years and always tried to get all my gear from there or Billy’s. Internet gear may be cheaper but it’s no use if without support your local tackle shop has to shut and you cannot get bait or other last minute odds and ends too.

The shop has been through a few hands in recent years and I thought Simon was making a good go of it. Good luck to the remaining NE shops and to Simon and family as they move on.

Thanks for that mate, much appreciated.

[Stores]

You came off sounding ****ty to be honest mate.

mmmmm don't really know what to say now - I send Simon 15 books, who I knew was struggling to keep the business going, with a sale or return, no invoice until after Xmas, good luck with your struggles message, and then find the business has gone down.... I'm really sad because Lewis' have been the best bait shop I've ever been to but I'm told all the assets are on e-bay (presumably mine included) and I don't really know what the procedure is so I reply in a way I would believe non commital which would answer my question. Would I expect to be top of the pile? not at all. Would I expect a reply telling me where I stand ? Yes I would.

Sad that things have gone this far.

[Scotty91]

Good luck mate

[Gramas]

mmmmm don't really know what to say now - I send Simon 15 books, who I knew was struggling to keep the business going, with a sale or return, no invoice until after Xmas, good luck with your struggles message, and then find the business has gone down.... I'm really sad because Lewis' have been the best bait shop I've ever been to but I'm told all the assets are on e-bay (presumably mine included) and I don't really know what the procedure is so I reply in a way I would believe non commital which would answer my question. Would I expect to be top of the pile? not at all. Would I expect a reply telling me where I stand ? Yes I would.

Sad that things have gone this far.

I think a simple pm would have been the best option!!!

Sorry to hear about the shop simon, used it since it was temples when I was a young lad.
Atb on the future

[g-force]

Hope I wasn't being misleading David when I mentioned the stock going on the e-bay shop. I'd asked Simon when I knew he was planning to close if he'd got a buyer for all his stock & he told me, no, he'd be putting it on the e-bay site as any potential buyer would no doubt offer significantly less than it was worth as a job lot. A few lads had also asked me if he was having a "closing down" type clear out - again he told me no, and as it happens the closure has been brought forward a little anyways...I didn't know myself he'd closed until I rang him yesterday with the intention of picking up some bait & stuff today. So my earlier reply to the thread was just a heads-up for people who'd been asking me what was happening.

Gary