Mark Schafer
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Dealers must sign agreements to sell at the designated price or loose their ability to sell a specific line of rods.
RoyThis is only true in theory when you sign your agreement you say you won’t sell below msrp unless your are having a promotion etc. etc. The manufactures that I asked said they do nothing specific if they find a dealer selling below the set price. L****d’s does this constantly just by calling a new item a customer return for up grade.
MSZach,
I guess I really must have missed the real point what you say above seems a bit in contrast with your open letter,or not.
MSZack
Not to worry about picking on me this is all for the sake of discussion, but I see several road blocks to this idea
Insurance companies are in business to make money you pay them up front then hope you don’t need them. Finding a company to deal with such a small niche for people will be difficult, 300 and some million people in this country how many own a fly rod.As the guy behind the counter I doubt that I can sell an insurance policy without some kind of licence, but I guess you could call it an extended warranty.
Just a few ideas to toss around. 1 claim per customer and only in say the first 3-5 years, not a lifetime.
Instead of fixing each rod give the original buyer at the time of purchase a voucher for a fixed amount he can use to fix his broken rod or put towardsTim –
I don’t think very many companies even bother to track who is returning rods so they can identify repeat offenders.
ZachI have a St Croix rod that I have sent back twice after the second time I received a pamphlet in the mail on how to care for the rod.
A few years back I tried to get the Scott rod line in the store and the rep at the time mentioned that about $100 dollars of the cost was because of the warranty. I’m also guessing that most folks here know what that $650 rod cost the fly shop to buy, that doesn’t leave the manufacture much wiggle room. When I’m talking to a customer the warranty is a huge selling point. I have $80 Echo rods with a lifetime warranty for $30 additional when you use it.
I may spend more time wearing MK products than the folks that work for the company, this looks like a great addition to the line up.
MSThey can be a bit pricey but I would have gone through 2-3 pair of anything
Congratulations.. I think the members of this board are very creative with the baby names, it will be interesting to see what the Matthew’s come
How are the MB trails around these places ,I was thinking of a combo trip. Is this going to be a one day float or a weekend of camping etc.
MS
