Online Tackle Retailers

[CarpingK]

Who out there buys a lot of their tackle on-line?...if so can you recommend any companies for being cheap & reliable.
Thanks
Houdini

[allibee]

Many tackle shops are online

Personally I have had very good prices and service from Poingdestres although had a lot of online probs with Tacklebox, however others say they are good I believe

Blimey, can't believe I forgot to mention Brentwood Angling! Great prices, ultra helpful and really fast

[Tjw]

Our site is being continually updated and has a great range of products with many more to be listed over the next few weeks...

The NEW Fox range is now ready and and great prices too...

Take a look (http://www.brentwoodangling.co.uk)

[knocker]

try tim at englandangling.co.uk
and its all free postage
cheers

[Carpchasser]

gazzaproducts

[garyrfc]

England Angling,
superb,sometimes throws a freebee in
Gary http://www.rmcangling.co.uk/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[happyhammer]

Climax tackle, superb. Bargain of the moment has to be the aqua sleeping bags!

[davey1]

brentwood again here and essex angling http://www.rmcangling.co.uk/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[mark2002]

have used
england angling
climax
the tackle box
YAC
all superb service

[apple]

When I can't get it locally I order from Gazza Products who are top rate, and highly recommended.

I also got a Bag and Cover recently from Climax who were professional, communicative and efficient.

[Seb]

********.com have used these several times & as an added bonus FREE P&P..... result...

[markiefish]

Enland angling !
Top marks http://www.rmcangling.co.uk/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.rmcangling.co.uk/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.rmcangling.co.uk/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[allibee]

Those fisheries look rather splendid too Ty

[Tribalstu]

England angling,
used them for my last few online purchases,i now have a cupboard full of pva nuggets free of charge http://www.rmcangling.co.uk/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.rmcangling.co.uk/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.rmcangling.co.uk/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif

cheers
stuart

[DecoyBoy]

Endtackle are very good, free postage (even to Ireland)
Better than one store(named in above posts!) who tried to charge me £30 postage on a T shirt, and only told me this 2 months after I ordered it!
Tackle box, very good, Climax and Specialist Tackle also excellent service.

[joed]

have used England Angling V good indeed and go to them first.. although i would like some free bee's
Climax have been very good,
Used Bennets but won't any more...not had a bad experience but think there are better services out there

[HiFlyer]

I have just had an email from a mate regarding the very poor customer service from Gazza Products [he has no access to a pc].
He placed an order 6weeks ago with a surity the product would arrive in a week.
Despite a chaser after 10 days..no reply, the money had been taken so another email and another non -returned call.
He eventually spoke to the owner, no apology just anither surity of a delivery as the product was out of stock,but a promise of a phone call if supply problems.
Another week and another chaser but a refund on the way until product delivery, another promised call, nothing after 6 weeks of waiting,5 chasers, 2emails..still no update so he cancelled his order. My mate is a twice repeat customer but NEVER again. Poor show !

[tinker]

gazza products / braid direct , no probs http://www.cemexangling.co.uk/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[MUGGLES]

Brentwood Angling.

Top service from top geezers!

Mugs http://www.cemexangling.co.uk/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Myles_Robinson]

climax is good, but for the terminal tackle if you cant get it from a local shop is superb with FREE postage!

[stevebrock]

England Angling - Excellent never had problems (i mainly use Tim but he does not do ESP)
Gazza - He's a cool guy, very helpful and quick service
Tackle Box - Ok but delivery could be quicker
Leslies - Ordered 3 Tournies and they sent them to my previous address and my ex-wife refused delivery so had a lot of hassle sorting it out with Initial City Link - But in fairness they sent 4 korda PVA refills to compensate so was quite pleased.

These companies cant be perfect all the time but i would reccomend all the above.

[Tugs]

England Angling.co.uk: Just got a new bedchair from them - ordered it on a Monday delivered on Wednesday, superb no problems.

Leslies of Luton, Had new Rods & Reels from them last year again, I had no problems.

Speaking from personal experience though I would not ever use Bennetts again.

[wayne_g]

England angling. - I use them regularly without any problems. Top Service.

Gazza Products - I have used them in the past without problems. However I had a small item turn up damaged, so I phoned them. Nothing happened. So I emailed them. Nothing Happened. So I emailed them again, I got a reply saying a replacement would be sent out. It never turned up. It was only a £3 item so i let it drop, but it was enough for me not to risk spending money with them again.

Tackle Box - used a few times over the years without any problems. However I dont like the way that you cant see images of the products as you are ordering, everything is in a list form and its easy to order the wrong item.

[Woody69]

England Angling - top service, would always go to them first

Leslies - efficient service, but a little overpriced on the delivery charges imo

Gazza - pile of cack. Order arrived late and half was missing claiming it was 'out of stock' with no effort to contact me. Would not use them again, although I ordered from their website and people who have spoken directly to the guy seem to rate that side

Tacklebox - good service, kept me updated when item I ordered was out of stock, but their website is a bit pants imo echoing what Wayne says above

[The_Saint]

England Angling, top service http://www.cemexangling.co.uk/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif http://www.cemexangling.co.uk/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif http://www.cemexangling.co.uk/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Tackle Box, slightly expensive to cover cost of catalogue, but again v.good http://www.cemexangling.co.uk/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif http://www.cemexangling.co.uk/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[ChrisW]

Ive just ordered some bits from England Angling as a tester as Im looking to put in a big order within the next few weeks so I hope they are as good as you say....

[NickyH]

Get oooooooon the brentwood

[professorpool]

Just been on that englandangling site and found it very confusing to navigate.

Gave up looking for what I wanted!

[ChrisW]

Thats strange. I found it okay.

[Bream_Boy]

Used England Angling for the first time yesterday - all seamed a very smooth set up, proof of the pudding will be when it turns up tomorrow.

Bennets Of Sheffield - Useless - completly the wrong stuff was sent. I phoned them and they said - I know we were waiting for you to ring us.

Tackle Box - Good service.

[professorpool]

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Thats strange. I found it okay.

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I tried looking for a rod (at random) to see the range, and found virtually nothing.

This category is supposed to be rods and rests (why?):

http://www.englandangling.co.uk/displayCategory.asp?catID=31

With hardly any products in it really, also, there is no facility to reorder the items in price order or "in stock" order etc, etc..

Also, the above category features a couple of pods, yet this category here:

http://www.englandangling.co.uk/displayCategory.asp?catID=37

is apparantly carbon sticks and pods with only four products in total..

I'm also frankly slightly amazed that there are, at first glance, apparantly more varieties of backleads for sale:

http://www.englandangling.co.uk/displayCategory.asp?catID=8

than there are pods..

This reduces my confidence in the site to nil - prior to seeign the feedback..

I see no excuse for not keeping a shopping cart website bang up to date.

[bigtinca1]

Goood service: Gazza Products , Tackle Box, Leslies(won't go in shop though miserable bleeders) Fosters.
Poor Brentwood tried to charge me £7 for an envelope size delivery ,YAC couldn't care less attitude to a potential 3 rod purchase.
Bennets of Sheffield who will send everything 1st class overnight whether you want it or not and told me to contact a manufacturer when they sent a reel minus spare spool.

[mark100]

Endtackle is my no1 online store excellent service and have never had a problem with them in 18 months. http://www.cemexangling.co.uk/forum/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Gazza Products- i will never use them again. I ordered a Carpporter Mark4 "s" and i received a Mark 4 with no springs. I had a row with one of the lads there who said i definatley asked for 1 with out springs which i didnt. They refused to collect it would of cost me about £40 to send it back. Spoke to gary who fed me a load of [censored] and 4 weeks later i am still stuck with it after he promised to phone me back and did not. http://www.cemexangling.co.uk/forum/images/graemlins/mad.gif

England Angling- Ordered Carp Addict and it took 2 weeks to get it and when it turned up i had to collect it from the post office as there was a postage fee of £1.36 to pay (supposed to be free postage). http://www.cemexangling.co.uk/forum/images/graemlins/mad.gif


Leslies of Luton- Pukka service cant fault it. http://www.cemexangling.co.uk/forum/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Tackle Box - very slow delivery service.

[stevebrock]

mark100, did you ring tim at England angling for a credit?? If you have then fair enough, but you will find 99% of people on her have had excellent service from Tim and he always sorts out little problems. As i said previous, its very easy to highlight the negatives but these companies deal with 1000's of orders a week and the general opinion is that most of these online retailers are spot on most of the time. How many people come on here and post goods things about....just a handful i think.

[professorpool]

Can't falut you there, however, surely the whole point of an online retailer is that you don't speak to the people?

I run an online store, not a fishing site, but the principal is the same. Take an item that costs £50 trade, retails at £100 you sell it online at £75. You can do that because you don't have the time, effort and labour of speaking to or dealing with the client.

All you get is the order, the credit/debit card details and the address. You get it off the shelf and the postman/courier picks all the parcels up at around 4pm daily.

Jobs-a-goodun.

If the site is set up in a way that cannot handle that then I say it is not an online retailer at all but a mail order house with an online shop window.

Nothing wrong with that I suppose, but it would be nice if some of these were easier to search!

[jetski]

leslies - first class service

a rod arived a day late and the courier charge was refunded without me even asking http://www.cemexangling.co.uk/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif

rang tackle box for an emergency replacement tip ring - it was in stock but they quoted 4/5 days delivery http://www.cemexangling.co.uk/forum/images/graemlins/mad.gif

rang hopkins and holloway (official fuji importers) and got ring the next day - far cheaper than tackle box as well http://www.cemexangling.co.uk/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Foz37]

"Used Bennets but won't any more...not had a bad experience but think there are better services out there"

I agree....Bennetts themselves are fine but the courier they use is rubbish.............I've had awful trouble with them.

[jetski]

and if you live in the east midlands and make an insurance claim quite a few companies point you towards bennets http://www.cemexangling.co.uk/forum/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Foz37]

Not only East Midlands mate, I lived in Essex and Direct Line sent me a credit note for Bennetts when all my gear was pinched out of the garage. A very generous credit note I might add, although they don't stock a lot of the things I wanted, such as Harrisons, Nevilles, Aqua

[Northern_Expose]

If you type the word "pod" in the search box on England Angling website then it will come up with a list of pods

However if you type the word "numpty" then it won't come up with anything.

[wayne_g]

http://www.cemexangling.co.uk/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif

class!!!!!!!

[Joephus]

Have been stuck at home recently so have done alot of ordering online.

England Angling - everything turns up in a few days. Not the biggests selection.

Specalist Tackle - Fast service and good stock. Do get the feeling some pop-ups i ordered from them were a little old though.

Tackle Box - Good stock and again good service with things turning up quickly.

Leslies - Ordered a tournement 5000 and it turned up next day.

Ok my order wasnt online but i have always found YAC to be friendly and helpful.