Have I had warranty issues? certainly. I fish 12 months a year for just about every species of fresh water fish that exists. I"ve broke Compre's, Crucials, Clarus's, GL3, IMX's, GLX's, and NRX's. Telora's as well.karirick wrote:SteveSchmelzle wrote:a good company meets the needs of their customers, not just their pocket books.
after being told over and over that Shimano is unable to deliver on left handed reel customer needs, now making their warranty on new rods the worst in the business, my decision regarding future shimano products is clear.
I own 39 shimano rods and 36 shimano reels, but it's time for a change.
Pics please Steve All this negativity is not good, I thought I had a lot of Shimloomis rods/reels. I have like 24 total. Do you have low to high end? Ever have a warranty issue in all these years? I have not, but liked the thought of the great warranty. Thanks.
Rick
My Shimano Rods range from bass rods, to salmon rods, to trout rods, and everything in between (and I do include Loomis with my Shimano numbers I should clarify). They range from lowest quality would be my 8 nine foot clarus rods (all matched with tekota reels) to I guess my set of NRX rods.
When fishing Bay of Quinte in December in sub 30 temperatures for trophy walleye, things break. That's why I always bought Shimano.
When I started fishing baitcasting rods/reels, Shimano was my go-to. Bantam Curado's, then Bantam Super Free's, then finally Curado D's, I was loving life. All available in low gear ratio left handed reels. And they released left handed reels at the same time as right handed reels...not 6 months later....if your lucky.
Now I'm told this reel doesn't sell enough (left handed curado's), or this rod doesn't sell enough (7'10" MH compre trolling rods)...its always about their profit right now.....
Well, we are now in a time when more manufacturer's are entering the market place....rods and reels....
And that's a good thing, cause Shimano's market share will continue to decrease if they continue to make decisions that only pad their pocket books.
This thread contains an older list of mine (31 shimano/loomis rods at that time) with a link to a photo, in case your curious
http://forums.tackletour.com/viewtopic. ... 5&start=60