thoughts on the RNA sale thing today?

[nadders]

i went there....

.....couldn't find the "re-labelled" shimano etc gear though..

i was a little dissapointed to be honest

[rayke1938]

I went

I looked

I left

All low quality chinese stuff.

Lots cheap reels but not good quality.

Mono line in bulk $35 for a box.

Plastics $5 packet.

Lures poor quality $4.

Rods not much.

Some camping stuff unknown quality. I had a look at a folding chair and I wouldnt be game to sit in it.

Certainly not worth the drive for me.

My opinion go to Anacondas new sale, BCF or A mart you will get better quality for same or less price and help keep some AFOI members in a job.

Cheers

Ray

[Angus]

Ill stick with sharking tomorrow then

[noname]

i thought it would be mostly cheap chinese gear imported

finding a place to park

walk 2 bloody miles

get stung at the gate

and maybe thinking i throw out gear better in quality than they would have on sale.

glad i stayed home and finished off the fitout on the boat

well they're my thoughts!

rob

[rayke1938]

Only good thing was free parking Drive in off Alexandria St. Its in building 5.

Cheers

Ray

[novrain]

thanks for the headups.

i was going to try and rush down after work but now that i know, i'll give it a miss

[reelchippy]

Thank guys just what i thought but i was not game to say anything:ohmy: :ohmy:

[kriso]

i too thought it would be like that, glad i didnt waste my time

[Do$tylz]

sweet. Thanks for the heads up gents. Save me potentially spending more time and money on fishing gear that I don't need.

[tomca]

ditto to all above.

[Old Scaley]

Yep, I went there too. Saved heaps by not spending a cent. I thought that there might at least be some cheap terminal tackle and maybe a bit of discounted braid - nothing but dubious quality rods, reels, no brand plastics & lures and some really bad looking camping gear. Looks like stuff that was rejected by Crazy Clarks?? Most impressed by the plastic reels for $15 with a 5 year warranty. Suspect it may be a back to base warranty and applies only of the reel never comes out of the box. Didn't see much walking out the door, but there may be something there for someone.

For legal purposes, these comments are only my own opinion and are not based on any quantifiable data. Other people may find terrific quality at ta great price. Good luck!

[Aaron H]

Cheers guys will go fishing on the weekend instead

[Dano]

is there really nothing worth buying? I binned my cast net at bretts wharf last night - did they have any going cheap?

[Old Scaley]

No cast nets, no hooks, no jig heads, no sinkers, no braid, no ...., hang on, it would be quicker to look at Ray's post above. That is really all there is, unless the good gear is coming out later. The whole set up is in one pretty average sized room.

[rayke1938]

If you want a good buy Amart Allsports are advertising twinpower1000 and 2500fb reels for $199. Sale commences 1/2/09 be quick as they wont last long at that price.

Cheers

Ray

[Keechie]

man thats cheap if i had the money i would be buyinganother twinpower at that price for sure!

[Eug]

complete waste of time, didn't see any products of quality, even then the prices weren't low enough to make you even consider buying anything as a possible throw-away.

would rather spend my money in quality stores like anaconda and bcf.

[bootyinblue]

Wont feel so bad now spending the weekend pushin dirt around with the bobcat instead of cashing it up on fishing gear.

Thanks to the guys who did brave it and report back.

[JohnS]

Thanks for the info mate. . well I won't go this year, it give me more time to:fishing: this weekend

Cheers

John

[nadders]

i like how there was a post on here by one of the organisers of the event actually stating that they were importing "big name brands" just under different names due to legal reasons or whatever..

pretty cheap and dirty marketing tactics there

[wolfr]

Thanks for the heads up...

[Eug]

nadders wrote:

i like how there was a post on here by one of the organisers of the event actually stating that they were importing "big name brands" just under different names due to legal reasons or whatever..

pretty cheap and dirty marketing tactics there

here's that quote...

greatajay wrote:

As an organiser of this sale, I thought it might be useful to fill people in with a little info.

For legal reasons, we cannot import "Brand Name" gear.

When it comes to rods, most of our stock comes from manufacturers of "brand name" rods, it just comes in unmarked, with the exception of a few that find there way into our orders still branded.

We import goods in generic packaging, and have a massive range of both high end and lower end gear to suit our retailers needs.

All in all, the sale should have plenty for everyone, and nearly all product is a minimum of 50% off and in most cases even more.

it's all a play on words i reckon

[kreel]

I've been hanging out to get along to this event but won't be going now.

On a positive note I see that the Brisbane Tinnie and Tackle Show is on at the RNA from 20-22 March. I think I will make that one.

[dexxl]

i STRONGLY agree with everyone, the sale was a bad joke... only thing i bought was a foldable hat for my son, cost me $6 and i don't expect it to last long..

[anaru]

hmmm...I was looking at going today before my shift, but now I think I'll give it a big ol swerve.

Ah well, might go to BCF instead....

[hulk]

I drove back from a holiday at the gold coast for this.I got there at 12 on opening day and everyone who went there seemed of the same opinion that the sale was piss poor.Hell they had no name(not rob) plastics there selling for 9 bucks when you could get the good stuff in store for less.

I bought a live bait aerator for ten bucks, a crappy lure for 4 bucks a couple of reel oil tubes and one set of light sticks for me and one for the kiddies if they behave.

I am happy the site made money for the advertising of this sale but am dissappointed that the actual sale was rubbish.

Mind you Anaconda was getting wraps(from guys I were talking too there) about the quality of their sales so thumbs up to all at Anaconda.

Hulk