Ok guys, as I am Barney Fife/oversized ding bat in this so called slam- I thought you all should know the true “Situation” as Bret so greatly imbellished. Bret came in during a complete rush which had five associates all assisting customers. He was looking for a Broad view transducer 90-81 which fits a mid 90’s model magna view or strata view. At the time we were unloading a semi truck of donation seed for the wild turkey federations of our area – thus that is why the “young dude” ran into the back room to assist with this- but that is besides the point. The Earnest T bass associate you were refering to was assisting us from the gun department during the rush and admittedly was not familiar with ALL the transducers eagle has made to date. This is when I Fishing Manager “ding bat” as you call me came over and began to help. We do not currently carry any units that support broadwiew transducers at our stores. We had carried them back in that time frame as the unit was on the market, but no longer do- for us they are obsolete as they are no longer a popular selling transducer- unless special ordered- that is why “young dude” looked in the computer and called around for you to no avail. I was about to discuss this option with you before you took the product number and stomped out the door. LEI has this available on their website for these situations, however most guys will replace or will need to replace their electronics after five to ten years- thus being up to date. Computers/ Electronics do become outdated quickly and parts become diffucult to acquire. I am sorry for your frustration, but patience is appreciated as we help customers in the order they come to us- until you walk in our shoes for a day please don’t belittle us as there is a lot more things we are doing than you think including line winding which I was doing when earnest T bass was trying to help you out.
As for fishahollik this story is all but untrue- for any of you that know me I will sell whatever we have available and I don’t appreciate being refered to as “round guy”. I guess I’d rather be round than being arrogant and lieing on this forum.
Please gentlemen- be patient, cuteous to other customers, and understand when we are busy we cannot drop what we are doing with another customer to help YOU NOW. We try to be fair, take care of the customer, and send everyone away satisfied. Good associates are hard find – maybe one of you should pick up an application to express all of your fishing pralis. Retail sales are not as easy as it would first appear- just ask MPD- Thanks for your business to all who appreciate what we have to offer.
Dale Radcliffe
Steve Tauscher
LaCrosse Fishing Department