angling direct have put the minimum price up on free delivery,yesterday £9 today £16. obviously cashing in on people buying bits to do rigs at home...they dont miss a trick
In reply to Post #41
Spool of braid,pack of hooks nearly £16 quid anyway tbf
Spool of braid,pack of hooks nearly £16 quid anyway tbf
In reply to Post #40
Please don't get on the moral stance about my past with Bait and Feed co, yes I did defend them, but once I found out what was going on I refused to have anything to do with them.
My ex, the bank sold the property at a loss, yes, she is still owing the outstanding after she and thousands of others working at John Player were laid off, made redundant, pulled out of Ipswich, but the bank did have offers close to the market value which they turned down in favour of a quick sale.
In terms of morgages at preferential terms, I have an ex landlord who was buying up properties on mortgages that had been defaulted, then getting mortgages himself on letting the property.
I have no grief with staff getting discounts on gym membership, or staff discount on goods purchased from within the company they work for, but perusing defaults?
I'm glad I don't have a credit card or mortgage😉
I would much rather we produced locally rather than in the Middle East, is Mustad the only hook company that still manufactures in Europe?
Even Drennan/ESP have gone to Korea I think, although with a British overseer.
Yes, I would much rather support British companies and my local tackle shop.
Please don't get on the moral stance about my past with Bait and Feed co, yes I did defend them, but once I found out what was going on I refused to have anything to do with them.
My ex, the bank sold the property at a loss, yes, she is still owing the outstanding after she and thousands of others working at John Player were laid off, made redundant, pulled out of Ipswich, but the bank did have offers close to the market value which they turned down in favour of a quick sale.
In terms of morgages at preferential terms, I have an ex landlord who was buying up properties on mortgages that had been defaulted, then getting mortgages himself on letting the property.
I have no grief with staff getting discounts on gym membership, or staff discount on goods purchased from within the company they work for, but perusing defaults?
I'm glad I don't have a credit card or mortgage😉
I would much rather we produced locally rather than in the Middle East, is Mustad the only hook company that still manufactures in Europe?
Even Drennan/ESP have gone to Korea I think, although with a British overseer.
Yes, I would much rather support British companies and my local tackle shop.
In reply to Post #43
There crap never got proper stock levels staff who don't really know what there selling , stick to Johnson Ross miles in front & all lads know the game AD jog on . Simples
There crap never got proper stock levels staff who don't really know what there selling , stick to Johnson Ross miles in front & all lads know the game AD jog on . Simples
In reply to Post #41
Good business after all that's what they're there for to make a profit
Good business after all that's what they're there for to make a profit
In reply to Post #37
Mustad hooks are made in China.
Mustad hooks are made in China.
In reply to Post #46
So am I right in thinking that you can't go fishing without using a Hook made in China???
So am I right in thinking that you can't go fishing without using a Hook made in China???
In reply to Post #47
Not sure, no doubt you could make your own, apparently mustad produce the wire and it is shipped to their factory in wuxi china which is the largest hook factory in the world and produces 80% of the world's hooks.
Not sure, no doubt you could make your own, apparently mustad produce the wire and it is shipped to their factory in wuxi china which is the largest hook factory in the world and produces 80% of the world's hooks.
In reply to Post #48
Our hooks are made with Swedish wire that is washed, treated, and pulled in Norway by our experts, just as they have been doing since we first started producing hooks (Check it out here). We pride ourselves in the quality of the wire we use and put care into the cleaning and treating of the material. This way we can be assured that our hooks are made with Scandinavian-quality wire like have since 1877. We then send the prepared wire to our Mustad factory in China to bend the hook into the desired form with the hook machines we've designed in Norway!
Just took this off the Mustad web site, seems they are into cheap Chinese labour only.
Our hooks are made with Swedish wire that is washed, treated, and pulled in Norway by our experts, just as they have been doing since we first started producing hooks (Check it out here). We pride ourselves in the quality of the wire we use and put care into the cleaning and treating of the material. This way we can be assured that our hooks are made with Scandinavian-quality wire like have since 1877. We then send the prepared wire to our Mustad factory in China to bend the hook into the desired form with the hook machines we've designed in Norway!
Just took this off the Mustad web site, seems they are into cheap Chinese labour only.
In reply to Post #49
I've E-mailed Partridge of Redditch (now based in Somerset) to ask them the same question.
I've E-mailed Partridge of Redditch (now based in Somerset) to ask them the same question.
In reply to Post #49
I have some daiichi hooks for tying sw flies. Think they are Japanese
Not sure about Gamakatsu
I have some daiichi hooks for tying sw flies. Think they are Japanese
Not sure about Gamakatsu
In reply to Post #50
Mustad bought Partridge in 1996.
Mustad bought Partridge in 1996.
This is the strategy that small businesses are using. I also knew a clothing shop listing different prices for their items on the website and in the shop.
In reply to Post #1
I use angling direct at sutton in ashfield and nothing is too much trouble for them. They employ local anglers and there stock range is massive and will try to get you anything they dont have. Stock levels everywhere are low at the moment due to covid and the supply route from China. These supermarket carp shops are brilliant we never had it so good.
I use angling direct at sutton in ashfield and nothing is too much trouble for them. They employ local anglers and there stock range is massive and will try to get you anything they dont have. Stock levels everywhere are low at the moment due to covid and the supply route from China. These supermarket carp shops are brilliant we never had it so good.
In reply to Post #54
When you take competition out and the other tackle shops either close or are bought out then angling direct can put there prices up sky high if They wish and we will have no choice but to pay it
as there will be no where else to buy it I said this 4 years ago it's a plan that there taking there time over looking for future years as they say nothing wrong with healthy competition keeps prices down
When you take competition out and the other tackle shops either close or are bought out then angling direct can put there prices up sky high if They wish and we will have no choice but to pay it
as there will be no where else to buy it I said this 4 years ago it's a plan that there taking there time over looking for future years as they say nothing wrong with healthy competition keeps prices down