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[crazywakeboarder]

Originally Posted by GregAndrew

And I am sure you deserved a deal walking in off the street, or just calling as the case may be, for all you do in the kayak community. Your first post and you are already making so many friends. You can invest in a relationship or you can save a few bucks.

Yes I am new to kayak fishing.

I was replying to the OP's post, stating hes "shopping kayak stores and looking for a really good price." Which is what I did recently and shared the two places I found my answer. Regarding a relationship, if you believe you need to buy from Andy before he will help you I think you have the wrong opinion of him. He and the other staff answered my questions and spent time with me. But when I lined every shop up Mike had the best offer for me and that is all I was sharing for the OP. I didnt say Andy was a bad guy, I just found a better deal elsewhere is all.

I don't remember reading anywhere to follow or post on this forum requires that you are now committed to OEX exclusively. He didnt make a sale this time but ill be back next time I need gear and maybe we will, thats the beauty of a competitive market. I conduct myself with the idea that at the end of the day the owner runs a business. No matter how nice he was to me he's in business to make a profit and therefore im looking to get the best deal

[food4less562]

[Dannowar]

Originally Posted by food4less562

best yet hahaha

[Cadillyak]

This the same SP Dan of SWAT and FNN.

[SP Dan]

Originally Posted by Cadillyak

This the same SP Dan of SWAT and FNN.

Yes. The same SP Dan <"))><

[tamddo714]

all the FFN users getting kayaks!!!

[FISH11]

Is this some kind of pissing contest. From my experience the recommendations of OEX or Andy are because of personal experience with customer service and not some special discount. First of all, as a New customer no one is entitled to some special discount that is what repeat bussiness gets you. The main thing I see is the pricing on Hobie Kayaks and gear is pretty much like Apple products, same price at all retail stores due to them controlling who will get inventory. I someone sells for less they won't get many more to sell. That is why the price tends to be the same or very close. It's all the accessories you buy where the shop has a little room to bargain. Even friends of mine who claim to have a personal friendship with one of the local Hobie dealership owners have not gotten as great a discount on the main item (Kayak) as they like to think. they got a break on other things. It seems people always like to brag "I know a guy". I think it's because it makes them feel better or smarter. Buy from who ever you want it's your money, but I don't think you will get any better customer service in all areas especially when it comes to fishing tips and gear than you will from Andy, CJ or most guys working from OEX. Lately there have been some posts of people having problems with their Hobie drive assemblies after supposedly having them gone through at a speciffic dealership. When the same kind of story is posted by different people it makes me question the technical ability of their service dept. That's my $.02, you can do what you want with your thousands.

[SP Dan]

Originally Posted by tamddo714

all the FFN users getting kayaks!!!

I know of only five members out of over a possible thousand or so FNN members, viewers and or lurkers that own or use kayaks.

[bubblehide]

Originally Posted by crazywakeboarder

Yes I am new to kayak fishing.

I was replying to the OP's post, stating hes "shopping kayak stores and looking for a really good price." Which is what I did recently and shared the two places I found my answer. Regarding a relationship, if you believe you need to buy from Andy before he will help you I think you have the wrong opinion of him. He and the other staff answered my questions and spent time with me. But when I lined every shop up Mike had the best offer for me and that is all I was sharing for the OP. I didnt say Andy was a bad guy, I just found a better deal elsewhere is all.

I don't remember reading anywhere to follow or post on this forum requires that you are now committed to OEX exclusively. He didnt make a sale this time but ill be back next time I need gear and maybe we will, thats the beauty of a competitive market. I conduct myself with the idea that at the end of the day the owner runs a business. No matter how nice he was to me he's in business to make a profit and therefore im looking to get the best deal

Whaaat-evvv-errrrrrr

[bubblehide]

Popcorn

[Zed]

Give the guy a break. I always bought my ice from Stater Brahs and Andy never dissed me for it.

[alanw]

Welcome to the forum

[jorluivil]

Originally Posted by crazywakeboarder

Yes I am new to kayak fishing.

I was replying to the OP's post, stating hes "shopping kayak stores and looking for a really good price." Which is what I did recently and shared the two places I found my answer. Regarding a relationship, if you believe you need to buy from Andy before he will help you I think you have the wrong opinion of him. He and the other staff answered my questions and spent time with me. But when I lined every shop up Mike had the best offer for me and that is all I was sharing for the OP. I didnt say Andy was a bad guy, I just found a better deal elsewhere is all.

I don't remember reading anywhere to follow or post on this forum requires that you are now committed to OEX exclusively. He didnt make a sale this time but ill be back next time I need gear and maybe we will, thats the beauty of a competitive market. I conduct myself with the idea that at the end of the day the owner runs a business. No matter how nice he was to me he's in business to make a profit and therefore im looking to get the best deal

DING! DING! DING!

No one ever wrote or said that it was mandatory to buy from OEX but do you think this site runs on the occasional 'Thank You'? Or on the occasional 'Andy is a great guy!' comment?

If you owned a car shop and your past or present customers were posting threads on your website telling everyone else to go see Joe down the street for a better deal how would that make you feel? If you want to get yourself or someone else a better deal perhaps you should try telling them in a not so public way. I can assure you that if this was my site I would delete that thread without evening thinking twice about it.

[rossman]

Originally Posted by jorluivil

DING! DING! DING!

No one ever wrote or said that it was mandatory to buy from OEX but do you think this site runs on the occasional 'Thank You'? Or on the occasional 'Andy is a great guy!' comment?

If you owned a car shop and your past or present customers were posting threads on your website telling everyone else to go see Joe down the street for a better deal how would that make you feel? If you want to get yourself or someone else a better deal perhaps you should try telling them in a not so public way. I can assure you that if this was my site I would delete that thread without evening thinking twice about it.

Once again Jorge has stumbled onto the truth.

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