Dropped my Daiwa Castizm's off at 7pm Friday and had a message this morning they are all done.They have had full service,magseal redone and only £15 a reel.Im picking them up later this evening,very impressed with speed of turn around and price

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As long as the actual work is good then that's an utter bargain

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I know another forum member has used Ant on his Shimano tech mgs and is very pleased with the work done on his.I have only seen good reviews,I will update once I have picked them up later

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I could do with my reels doing, have messaged him.

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Where about's is he Tony, I presume local. I have a load of reels that need servicing.

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Alsager mate

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Tidy, I'll contact him thru facebook.

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Just been to collect and my reels are smoother than the day I bought them.Im very happy indeed and would definitely recommend

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Ants a mate of mine I've just picked my tournaments up tonight he a top bloke he nose what he's doing

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He sure does

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I think I just missed u been there collecting your reels I've dropped a right bag of goodies off for him to sort a couple of emblem z a cardinal 57 and a couple of shimano 8000 to keep him busy lol

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I bet he will love that

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Ant serviced 3 sets of reels for me earlier this year. Absolutely outstanding attention to detail.
Proper gent and amazing club sec. Would recommend to anyone.

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I saw ants reel servicing once - it took 500 of them just to get the handle off.

Can't say as I've had ants service any of my reels but I have had a centipede do many many jobs around the house. Came about as I was looking for something completely different in a pet shop when the owner talked me into buying it due to the fact that it could do the dishes, ironing, hoovering, cooking, washing and making beds in double quick time. Amazing I thought so obviously I purchased it. After a few days of doing all of the above I asked if he is capable of fetching a mornings paper ‘yes, came the reply'. Two weeks pass and in he strolled with the paper and after asking where on earth he had got to his reply was to cut him some slack as it took most of the time putting his shoes on.

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You get worse

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I think i will have to send some reels to Ant myself...

The only thing that puts me off is his price, unless he loves reels and servicing them, i cant see how he can do them for 15 quid....surely a clean strip down and rebuild takes a few hours, plus the cost of grease and oil etc...

Mmmmm...there is a lot of good reviews, but do i trust him with over 1000 pounds worth of reels....

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I can only speak from my experience and he is superb,mine are better than when new It could be that different reels are a different price,if you are local to Cheshire then you can drop them off and have a chat,he is a very nice guy

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Cheers Bradders, ive looked at his facebook page etc, and everyone comments how good he is....

Thinking about it Tackle box charge £30 per reel which £6 is vat so that leaves £24.00 a few quid for grease and oil so that say £22.00 left, less profit wages etc then they are probably about the same....

I suppose someone who does this every day may only take 20mins to strip and 20mins to rebuild, so may be able to do 3 reels in 2 hours and make £40.00 for himself, i assume he wont be paying VAT, tax etc,

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I dont think i would worry too much about his cheaper prices, it sound like he is a very proficient at what he does and wouldn't take him long to strip a reel, grease and reassemble once cleaned probably have several on the go at once strip one put parts in cleaner start on next one, going on like that etc.

Being in cheshire and reasonably local to me i would have no problem using him, i have previously always used gary at custom reels but he has not always been as easy to get hold of as he used to be.

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Do not be put off by Ants pricing at £15 a reel, he is a genius of a former engineer by trade. My 3 sets were immaculate when they came back and he even found a problem with my worm shaft on one of my 45 QDA's and went to the trouble of showing me with a whattsapp video. First class service 👍

In reply to Post #21
https://felindreinnovations.co.uk/reel-servicing/
charges £16.99 a reel plus vat

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Just for fun as a quid makes no reel (lol) difference...... But it's actually £25 without vat

£25 + 20% vat = £30



Taking off 20% from the total doesn't quite work the same

Hats off to this guy who despite the usual over inflated carp associated premiums provides a genuinely fair price but due to the effect of the premium conditioning over the last decade plus the guy gets eyed with suspicion which just shows the state of the consumer shafting taking place.

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Ants work is excellent he's servicided and upgraded a couple of sets of reels of mine and a couple for mates of mine and we all more than happy with the work he's done since he started doing them also as said top bloke nown him years

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He will be getting my reels from now on

Thanks all, my mind is made up ill send my reels to him, alsager is only 10-15 mins away fro one of my syndicate lakes......

I dont have a face ache account could someone kindly forward his number please.

PM if preferred.

Thanks again...

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Pm sent

In reply to Post #29
Excellent decision

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Thanks

In reply to Post #25
Divide by 120

Then X by 100

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Or just divide by 1.2

True but you always get more marks for showing the workings out.