glasgow angling centre

[granters]

Hello all. Just some free advertising for my favourite fishing megastore!

Ian Gordon Spey lines now down to £48! wow! It's only 40 quid everywhere else.

Guideline LPxe now just £328.99 wow! I just got one for 80 quid less.

Never ceases to amaze me what they charge in there, they do have a big rent to pay i suppose. ;D

[tayspringer]

HMMM

Should be Glasgow Rip Off Centre

[granters]

it really does surprise me that people still buy rods and lines there. It's got excellent fly tying stock but when you consider that i got 7 packs of boar bristles for a tenner off the internet and they charge 3 quid for one packet...exactly the same stuff. Frightning really

[tayspringer]

Mail order is a nightmare. They never send the correct stuff and when they do send it, it takes weeks to arrive from when the order is placed

[hardygem]

granters said:

it really does surprise me that people still buy rods and lines there. It's got excellent fly tying stock but when you consider that i got 7 packs of boar bristles for a tenner off the internet and they charge 3 quid for one packet...exactly the same stuff. Frightning really

Granters can you let me know where you got your boar bristles

Thanks Ross

[scotty]

i have to admit i have never had any probs with g a c, i also got a good deal on rod reel and line couple of years back. mabye i am just a good hagler and never pay the full asking price with them.

scotty.

[granters]

hardygem said:

granters said:

it really does surprise me that people still buy rods and lines there. It's got excellent fly tying stock but when you consider that i got 7 packs of boar bristles for a tenner off the internet and they charge 3 quid for one packet...exactly the same stuff. Frightning really

Granters can you let me know where you got your boar bristles

Thanks Ross

pm'd my boy

[greenalert]

Agree

Their delivery times are terrible

[altmor]

Perhaps, with their "high" charges, that's why they've chosen to sponsor Nick Hancock's current fishing programme ... to offload some corporation tax as a deductable expense, whilst getting added exposure and publicity. Not a bad business plan me thinks.

[jkboy]

Glasogow Angling Centre reminds me of Glasgow Rangers - Sh*te Sorry but I'm just basing this opinion on the three month wait I had to finally receive the wrong stuff!

[endrick]

I go in and look at all the rods, jackets etc.. and then buy them elsewhere at lower prices. I went to buy a rod there a couple of years ago when they did the price match. They refused to match Fawcett's price as it was a Sunday and they couldn't get an answer when they phoned to check if they had the item in stock !! Only stuff I buy there is fly tying stuff, although it was 7 quid for a squirrel tail the other week, so will be looking elsewhere.
With teir buying power they should be alot cheaper !!

[donnieW]

I always thought their prices were ok (and delivery s***e) but I'm a mug when I see fishing tackle for sale anyway. What's the best mail order company, then?

[johnmac]

I have shopped at the GAC a few times...either by mail order or by internet... and i have to say that the prices for the things i've bought were i thought fair...... but on the other hand.... delivery is awful... i waited three weeks for a reel....... two ana a half weeks for some hooks and four weeks for some polyleaders... all of which were allegedlt in stock???

shame on you GAC!! Ive shopped with a few others including John Norris, Reels 'n'delas and e-bay and delivery was just one or two days.... its bad news if you are in a hurry for an item!

As for prices... i see the Oracle IV is still advertised at £90+... i got my to for £68 and £72..... tut tut tut

[lomond]

Sportfish were excellent, but I have not bought anything there for a while. Wife's put me on a tackle ban !!

[donnieW]

I'm going to be laughed off this forum. £96 for a 15ft Oracle and, wait for it,..........................£59.95 for a rio windcutter floater. At the time I thought it was about the going rate but I suppose a few of you would say "you've been had!"

[Fruin]

GAC - Crap prices, crap service. Only go their if I'm in a hurry for something, as it is only a 20 minute car journey for me.

However, hats off to Davie MacPhail - he was very helpful and customer focussed when I spoke to him in their store the other week.

I like to try and support the smaller stores that welcome you in and treat the customers like friends.

I have heard that certain manufacturers or wholesalers will not stock anybody but the GAC in the Glasgow area, because GAC has threatened to stop using them if they do However, I have no confirmation of that.

[macd]

i had a fall out with them last year. what was a simple error on their part resulted in my questioning their customer service. The short version was that they suggested i was a liar. Top notch or what.


Use your local shop. We all know what superstores have done to smaller shops and Fruin's point about suppliers is simply a reflection of big business sticking it up the wee guy.


if going for mail order try frank henderson in turriff and hugo ross in wick: no nonsense, realistic prices and a real knowledge of fishing. Not like the neds i had to deal with

Once you go GAC, you'll never go back.

[salmondan]

donniewhiteford said:

At the time I thought it was about the going rate but I suppose a few of you would say "you've been had!"

Me too. I've used them quite a lot over the past couple of years for most of the tackle I use now. Due to where I live, all my local tackle shops (no shortage of them) just seem to stock course gear. Does anybody in West Yorkshire fish with a fly? It appears not, everybody seems to prefer drowning maggots. The nearest I've come to a proper tackle shop is Anglers Choice in Dundee but a quick (250 mile) trip there once a month is not really a viable option . So when GAC put a catalogue in vitually every fishing mag on the shelf it seems like the easiest choice. If anyone can recommend any better mail order/web shops I for one would appreciate it. I will of course check out the ones already mentioned in this thread.

Cheers, Dan.

[salmondan]

macd said:

if going for mail order try frank henderson in turriff and hugo ross in wick: no nonsense, realistic prices and a real knowledge of fishing. Not like the neds i had to deal with

Once you go GAC, you'll never go back.

Thanks macd, you posted while I was typing mate!

[Yorkshire Esk]

In Yorkshire there are quite a few fly fishing shops
www.yga.yorks.com/
www.nwac.co.uk/


there is a fly fishing shop in Harrogate that I know of.

Sportfish, John Norris, Waderson etc to name a few, the list goes on and on with good tackle shops,

I am not connected to any of the mentioned shops.

I have used GAC like many on here and I too won't be using them again