Is anyone going to thorpe park tackle sale?

[Lofte]

is anyone going to the Thorpe Park Tackle Sale on the 8 of march i think????, apparently alot of the products will be going for half price with others have major disscounts of them!!!!!!
Lofte
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[Billyo]

It's the 3rd March, not the 8th Lofte... and yes there are some great bargains to be had /images/forum/icons/smile.gif

ATB,

Bill.

[Lofte]

cheers Biliyo i would have looked a right plonker terning up for it on the 8 wouldnt i LOL
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lofte

[sam]

big queues dude! get there early, and be prepared for the noddies!

might see you there.......

**sam**

[Lofte]

who are the noddies?
Lofte
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[Crispy]

Big Ears mates.

[Lofte]

ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh?
Dont understand ?????????????
Lofte
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[Crispy]

I'll leave it for someone else to expalin!

[tackletart]

Went there a couple of years ago and all I did was queue for a couple of hours and still got nowhere near the front. Gave up in the end and went to my local tackle shop and bought some stuff to make up. All those that are going good luck !!!

[alex]

Lofte mate don't turn up to early I know people on the stands they take the first lot of people for a ride they sell you stuff for a lot more after a while they will knock the price's right down.
Alex.
Keep a look out mate you might run into me.

[Lofte]

WHAT TIME DOES IT OPEN HOW CHEAP DO THEY SELL THINGS FOR GIVE ME SOME EXAMPLES HOW MUCH DO YOU RECKON I SHOULD TAKE FOR SOME NEW PIG [IT REELS?
LOFTE

[alex]

Me and my dad take around £150 for some good tackle for reels I know they are selling Daiwa big pits cheap.
Alex.

[Lofte]

HOW MUCH DO YOU REKON DAIWA TOUNERMENTS WILL BE GOING FOR?
LOFTE
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[alex]

About 30% less than normal.
alex.

[Lofte]

SO WOT DEALS HAVE YOU LOT PICKED UP IN THE PAST?
LOFTE
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[alex]

I've only been to one but I got my fox danglers half price and my dad got a Shimano rod cheap.

[alex]

Lofte if your lucky I might do a signing.

Alex The Horseshoe hauler.

[Coster]

not worth the ink it's written in mate/

[alex]

I feel offended no signatures for you now and your number three on the "hit list" right under Neil

Alex The Horseshoe hauler.

[CarponlineEditor]

Blimey who is number one????????

[Coster]

Surely Dan is No 1. If not he should be. But don't worry, we are doubling up at the social so you'll get 2 birds with 1 stone. Or will the two birds will get the stone???

[alex]

As if you did'nt know Andy not mentioning any names (Andy)
The list is as follows
1. Andy
2. Neil
3. Coster

Alex The Horseshoe hauler.

[CarponlineEditor]

heh heh heh its a shame im not fishing then hey? LOL

[daytimedave]

dont waste your time!
i went about 3 or 4 years back
to be honest..............crap,reject stock.
save your pennies for the assurance factor!
no offence,
dtd.............

[alex]

Are you fishing Bushy park this year?

Alex The Horseshoe hauler.

[CarponlineEditor]

I will be down on the Diana after next week till the end of the season but after that I am going to try somewhere else.

[alex]

Dam you don't go some where else how am I ever going to get you?

Alex The Horseshoe hauler.

[Lofte]

i dont want to sound a party pooper but getting back to the subject is the tackle on sale seconds?
Lofte
as i dont want to part with me hard earned money for it to break or soething after useing it a couple of times!
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[alex]

Don't listen to Dave it is all old stock like last years rods and stuff.

Alex The Horseshoe hauler.

[Tom]

I went to the tackle sale a cople of years back and was quite happy with what I managed to get - I picked up a Shimano Pike rod for £90 (Symetre CK275) - an identical rod cost me £115 this year.
I also got a JRC hi-lux chair for £65 which I still haven't seen discounted this much.
If you do go make sure you haggle with the trader as most of them do want to shift whatever they have bought with them.

I won't be going this year as I am skint and also it is a very good time to go fishing as everyone else is at the sale!/images/forum/icons/smile.gif

Good luck and have fun in the queue!
Tom

[Sim0n]

The time I went a few years back, yes there was a lot of old/reject stock, but also a lot of good gear too...

A funny story from when I went.....We were queuing (even though we got there fairly early), and the queue streatched from the pavillion right across the bridge and into the car park. Eventually, a few people started to drift out, and walk past the queue on their way out with armfulls of goodies. This included a bloke, pleased as punch pulling behind him a cheap looking matchman's trolley...as he progressed alongside the queue, he was quizzed by all & sundry about what bargains were on offer, to which he held his head up high and said 'yes, there's loads of great deals....I just bought this trolley for just five quid!', with that one wheel decided that it would rather not be connected to the trolley & parted company, over-taking him, and rolling into the lake! Major embarrasment...there was now about 200 blokes laughing at his misfortune!

[alex]

I have a funny story about the sale on the morning of the sale a mate of mine was working on one of the stools and they let the first man in and every one started getting ready to sell him tackle at a high price and he came over the stand my mate was on and asks for a spool of line so he could go fishing that morning and there's all these people getting ready to sell him rods and reels and all he wants is a spool of line every one was gutted.

Alex The Horseshoe hauler.

[alex]

So how many of you guys went to the sale today and did you get any good bargins?

Alex.

[alex]

Some nice bits of tackle there at good prices as well I picked up a Hutchinson bedchair brotel MK2 for £50 instead of £130 I got a Nash 52inch landing net for £29 instead of £69 I got a new unhooking mat/sling for £20 and I got 4kilos of Nash's Sting Fishmeal for £15. And watching the magician in the cue was priceless one kid ran away from him he was so rubbish.
Did any one else go?

Alex.

[daytimedave]

yes,i went
it was better organised than the last one i went to
no waiting in the cold
im in search of a rod and reel
waste of time,..i asked this dealer(crook)how much for
the emblem s 5000 t
he wanted 66 quid for it?
funny their 53 quid in places...not a saving!
checked out a couple of rods ,dict`r zeds to be precise
noted a dodgy tip section on every one,they should have
sic tip eye! the ones on sale i saw did not! dodgy!!!
other than that it was good,but very packed!
i dont think i will go again(i said that last time)
cheers
dtd...............superbargainhunter

[rooky]

hi lads did anyone pick up any good deals on line or braid?
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andy rooke

[Rivercarper]

Rooky don't bother looking for good deals on braid in this country.Get on the net to the states mega cheap over ther.Try Bass Pro in your search engine.

[rooky]

year mate had a look at that i was just curious as to how much that it cost cheers mate
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andy rooke

[alex]

I was given two of them images in a frame for wining Horseshoe they gave them to the top three anglers.
I didn't think they were that much though I've seen them a lot cheaper.

Alex.

[scorpio]

Was it you that won Horseshoe then Alex? Well done mate /images/forum/icons/laugh.gif

Tony

[PeterHudd]

Who would of guest it eh, Alex winning a competion at the Horseshoe!!!!!!! First i heard about it /images/forum/icons/smile.gif lol

P.Hudd

[alex]

Okay guys you've had your fun there are threads for that kind of thing.
(just you wait the pair of you)
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Alex.