LxVE Bassin Posted October 21, 2016 Posted October 21, 2016 I first bought an Abu Garcia Silver Max from Dick's sporting goods and it did not work correctly, the spool tension and he star drag were messed up. I sent the reel back in and they gave me another faulty reel in which the spool quit spinning and the star drag was not working. I sent the second reel back and they sent me another one that was faulty with a defective star drag and the spool wouldn't spin. All three of them quit working after one use. It's not me, all of my other baitcasting reels are Lew's and I have had zero problems with them. Abu Garcia'a customer service has been good up until now. I have spoken with their customer service department 3 times in regard to the 2nd reel that they sent and each time they promised a reel tech will contact me but it never happens. I feel like they are avoiding because they keep giving me junk. Maybe they don't make lefty reels with same quality as they do for right hand reels since lefties are not as common. I'm am not pleased at all with Abu Alexia. Anyone else have similar problems with Abu Garcia?
crypt Posted October 21, 2016 Posted October 21, 2016 all of my reels are abu's and have never had a problem with abu's customer service. they always go above and beyond for me. 1
Cmp240 Posted October 21, 2016 Posted October 21, 2016 I've had gotten great customer service from them, replaced a broken rod with an upgrade, mine was no longer made, had the new rod within a week,,,, 1
LxVE Bassin Posted October 21, 2016 Author Posted October 21, 2016 40 minutes ago, crypt said: all of my reels are abu's and have never had a problem with abu's customer service. they always go above and beyond for me. They have been good until the 3rd reel started messing up. I will call for the 4th time when I get off work. Hopefully they keep their word on a reel tech contacting me. Maybe 4 is a charm
Fisher-O-men Posted October 21, 2016 Posted October 21, 2016 They might want me sharing this, but here goes. I got a Revo as a gift that was right-handed. I prefer left-handed reels. So I emailed Abu Garcia and explained my situation. They exchanged the reel with no charge. BTW, I thought I learned recently that Lews is made by Abu Garcia. Yes? 2
LxVE Bassin Posted October 21, 2016 Author Posted October 21, 2016 7 minutes ago, Fisher-O-men said: They might want me sharing this, but here goes. I got a Revo as a gift that was right-handed. I prefer left-handed reels. So I emailed Abu Garcia and explained my situation. They exchanged the reel with no charge. BTW, I thought I learned recently that Lews is made by Abu Garcia. Yes? Really? I didn't know that, my Lews reels are flawless. Hopefully I can get them to send me a Lews reel because I cant trust Abu Garcia reels.
Super User Choporoz Posted October 21, 2016 Super User Posted October 21, 2016 All my experiences with AG C/S have been very satisfactory.
Delaware Valley Tackle Posted October 21, 2016 Posted October 21, 2016 50 minutes ago, LxVE said: Really? I didn't know that, my Lews reels are flawless. Hopefully I can get them to send me a Lews reel because I cant trust Abu Garcia reels. Lews contracts with the same factory but they are separate business entities. ABU has been good with my dealings with them. even though the reel in question is an entry level reel, the likelihood of three lemons to the same consumer seems unlikely. Is it possible that that they are working but just not what you're used to? 4
LxVE Bassin Posted October 22, 2016 Author Posted October 22, 2016 7 hours ago, Delaware Valley Tackle said: Lews contracts with the same factory but they are separate business entities. ABU has been good with my dealings with them. even though the reel in question is an entry level reel, the likelihood of three lemons to the same consumer seems unlikely. Is it possible that that they are working but just not what you're used to? I was def given 3 lemons. If I get another Abu reel it will have to be a revo, I would rather pay more than give the silver max another try.
Super User Big Bait Fishing Posted October 22, 2016 Super User Posted October 22, 2016 Abu has one of the top customer service centers in the business .... 1
WPCfishing Posted October 22, 2016 Posted October 22, 2016 Abu has been great to me. Reel parts and rod replacements. Perfect! One rod I broke and I told them. They thanked me for being a loyal customer and sent me a new rod and it was an upgrade at that. The rod I broke was an IKE.. that was not in stock, they told me I could pick out any Villian 2.0 I wanted. I had the rod 3 days later. The following week I bought another Villian 2.0. What a great rod design they are.
LxVE Bassin Posted October 22, 2016 Author Posted October 22, 2016 10 hours ago, Big Bait Fishing said: I placed my 4th call on Friday, we will see what happens.
Diggy Posted October 22, 2016 Posted October 22, 2016 Any rod issue I had was resolved quickly and most were caused by UPS, but Abu fixed it. I can't say anything negative about them at all. I also lost parts when I took my 2nd gen Revo SX apart and they sent me the missing parts free of charge out of pitty. I don't buy many USDM Abu rods and reels anymore but the service as been top notch.
Super User jimmyjoe Posted October 22, 2016 Super User Posted October 22, 2016 Administration of Abu products in this country falls under their parent company, Purefishing. I have had 4 Pflueger spinning reels and 3 Abu spinning reels, and all but one (a President 6925x were either defective right out of the box or proved to be so within 2 weeks, max. My opinion of Purefishing's rods is okay, but my opinion of their higher-line reels is ... well, ... bad. I have to say, though, that their customer service people have been GREAT. Wonderful people, and a lot of help. Too bad the product quality isn't as high. Needless to say, I am now Shimano/Daiwa. It's sad to see a good company go downhill. jj
LxVE Bassin Posted November 14, 2016 Author Posted November 14, 2016 I sent in my 3rd reel, lets see what happens.
Robert Riley Posted November 14, 2016 Posted November 14, 2016 On 10/21/2016 at 11:14 AM, LxVE Bassin said: Really? I didn't know that, my Lews reels are flawless. Hopefully I can get them to send me a Lews reel because I cant trust Abu Garcia reels. Abu and Lew's are made in the same factory in South Korea. I believe they use mostly the same parts. I've fished mostly Lew's and Abu and I'm come to the conclusion that Lew's just has better quality-control. But on topic, I've never had an issue with their customer service, the woman on the line was not friendly and was very rude, but I can deal with that. Lew's on the other hand is top-notch. Almost as good as Dobyn's hehe 2
RichF Posted November 14, 2016 Posted November 14, 2016 I have a gen 1 revo premier spinning reel that now has a broken stem after dropping my rod from about a foot off the ground. I was bringing a few rods inside after a trip (holding them vertically). The legend tourney that had my revo on it slipped and dropped with the butt of the rod hitting the ground. It was only about a foot off the ground and the reel itself never hit anything. The "impact" snapped the reel stem. I thought that was pretty extreme for a $299 reel. Especially one with the "nano shield" body that was supposed to make it 300x stronger than graphite... I contacted Abu about it and they wanted to charge me for the replacement part (about $65), repair ($30), and return shipping ($20). Needless to say, it's still outta commission. Suppose I could just buy the part and fix it myself...or just put that $$ towards something better.
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