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Old 07-19-2012, 02:26 PM   #1
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Angry Bad Review for Native Watercraft

BUYER BEWARE!!! My Native Watercraft Mariner 12.5 is less than 3 months old and the rudder broke off. It is not covered by warranty and Native Watercraft will not sell just the rudder. Instead you have pay $210.00 for a complete rudder assembly. This is HORRIBLE customer service. I will NEVER purchase another kayak from Native Watercraft.
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Old 07-19-2012, 02:30 PM   #2
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BUYER BEWARE!!! Native Watercraft will not sell just the rudder. Instead you have pay $210.00 for a complete rudder assembly..
WWOOOWWW WHAT A RIP!!!
yeah Hobie is pricy but their replacement parts are cheap and they have a great warranty!
Welcome to the forum and hope you can get it fixed cheaply
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Old 07-19-2012, 02:57 PM   #3
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WWOOOWWW WHAT A RIP!!!
yeah Hobie is pricy but their replacement parts are cheap and they have a great warranty!
Welcome to the forum and hope you can get it fixed cheaply

Good first post.....welcome to BWE
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Old 07-19-2012, 03:01 PM   #4
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Good first post.....welcome to BWE
what she said.
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Old 07-19-2012, 03:10 PM   #5
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sucks to hear about that. i havent even heard of native watercraft kayaks before, but now i will definitely avoid them.
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Old 07-19-2012, 07:46 PM   #6
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Well, welcome to the crew...but um...maybe you can play the "phone call" thing, to them, and work your way up the ladder, using such verbage as in" I belong to an organization that incorporates approximately 5300 people with contacts as far as the UK, Sir, I believe the fact that I will be posting a review, for all members to see, I would hope that your "product support" will be doing their advertised "excelent service" with this particular case, so that I can participate in the paid tournement that I am to be attending this weekend.

Thank you in advance for your attending to this matter....
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Old 07-19-2012, 08:05 PM   #7
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SOL didn't do it for you huh?
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Old 07-19-2012, 08:46 PM   #8
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For that replacement part you can buy half a stealth 12
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Old 07-19-2012, 09:22 PM   #9
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Let's start with what caused the rudder to break? A little backstory will give people a better idea as to what happened. Native makes some good products and have a huge following back east. Was there some kind of impact that happened? I'm pretty sure George's rudder wasn't covered under warranty when it broke off his hobie....
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Old 07-19-2012, 09:31 PM   #10
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Let's start with what caused the rudder to break? A little backstory will give people a better idea as to what happened. Native makes some good products and have a huge following back east. Was there some kind of impact that happened? I'm pretty sure George's rudder wasn't covered under warranty when it broke off his hobie....


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Old 07-19-2012, 11:11 PM   #11
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Good luck with the smear campaign.
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Old 07-20-2012, 12:34 AM   #12
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Mmmmmmm. This popcorn is good!
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Old 07-20-2012, 12:37 AM   #13
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and another thing...

... can we PLEASE get Nacho Libre back? That sheepshead avatar of George's needs to go!
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Old 07-20-2012, 01:14 AM   #14
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Those things look more like canoes.
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Old 07-20-2012, 05:46 AM   #15
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Can't say enough about Hobie supporting their products. Cable on mirage drive was just replaced no charge ($48.00 part) 6 months beyond warranty...
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Old 07-20-2012, 06:38 AM   #16
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Can't say enough about Hobie supporting their products. Cable on mirage drive was just replaced no charge ($48.00 part) 6 months beyond warranty...
I guess the dark side has a soft side lol
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Can't say enough about Hobie supporting their products. Cable on mirage drive was just replaced no charge ($48.00 part) 6 months beyond warranty...
But you spend thousands of dollars at the end...first you buy a revo or outback then you upgrade to a pa14 and then pa12 and then.....
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Old 07-20-2012, 08:05 AM   #18
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Before this thread turns into heavy advertising for Hobie Kayaks...

I was happy to see someone out there coming up with a product to potentially rival Hobie. Native Watercraft seems to be the first mfg that actually put legit working system out (other kayak manufacturers are probably looking into their own leg powered propulsion systems)...

Do tell us more - how did it happen?!

Where did you buy your kayak?
How come the show that sold it to you is not taking care of you?!

I see you posted this all over, on a bunch of kayak fishing forums. It seems like you freshly registered on all these forums, posted this and never even came back to check? What, you figured done deal - you vented your frustration out, here's your revenge for $200 you need to spend...

Do you realize what kind of damage a post like this could potentially do to the manufacturer?!?

You better chip in a bit more, or we'll nuke this post pretty soon.
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Old 07-20-2012, 08:14 AM   #19
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Before this thread turns into heavy advertising for Hobie Kayaks...

I was happy to see someone out there coming up with a product to potentially rival Hobie. Native Watercraft seems to be the first mfg that actually put legit working system out (other kayak manufacturers are probably looking into their own leg powered propulsion systems)...

Do tell us more - how did it happen?!

Where did you buy your kayak?
How come the show that sold it to you is not taking care of you?!

I see you posted this all over, on a bunch of kayak fishing forums. It seems like you freshly registered on all these forums, posted this and never even came back to check? What, you figured done deal - you vented your frustration out, here's your revenge for $200 you need to spend...

Do you realize what kind of damage a post like this could potentially do to the manufacturer?!?

You better chip in a bit more, or we'll nuke this post pretty soon.

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I found more:

http://www.stripersonline.com/t/8561...ons-do-not-buy
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Old 07-20-2012, 08:28 AM   #20
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Funny it's by the same person!
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