baitmonkey goes corporate

[Cajun1977]

let me just  start off by saying before this i was a loyal shimano customer    now im a dedicated shimano customer     a couple of months ago  someone posted that if you e mailed shimano and asked for a free hat they would send you one   (i think it was ku   bassmaster)       well i emailed them a couple months ago and they sent me a hat along with some patches   i thought that was way cool  more than i expected      well when i got home today there was a package at the door   i didnt think much of it cause my wife is always getting packages   so i set it down and paid no nevermind to it     then a couple hours later i walked by it  and noticed it was my name on the package     then i started thinking  if i had ordered something somewhere cause the return address was faded off  i remember ordering my new nitro tourney shirt but it came in last week and it looks good    so anyway i open the box   and shimano   sent me a medium size shimano travel bag    i had not asked for this   i received my stuff from them several months ago    so i thought this was awesome    they didnt have to do it   just goes to show how classy  and appreciative they arew to their customers    i will always be a loyal shimano customer       thank you shimano

[langs15]

may I ask what kid of hat it is? Would really like to have one of those...

[KU_Bassmaster.]

Your Welcome!!! ;D ;D

That's what you call going above and beyond.  It's the little things like this that make us customers feel good and a loyal customer for life.  I just can't say enough about Shimano.

[langs15]

Your Welcome!!! ;D ;D

That's what you call going above and beyond. It's the little things like this that make us customers feel good and a loyal customer for life. I just can't say enough about Shimano.

Totally agree!

[Raul]

Ok, here 's my take. Daiwa reels are great, so are Shimano reels, but Shimano always gives you something more for your money, let me give you an example: when I purchased my Chronarch 50 Mg the reel came in a nice box, with a vial of oil, 2 sets of extra weights, the wrench and a very nice felt cover to protect the reel, when I purchased the Alphas Itö ( a limited edition reel for starters ) it came in a regular box ( nothing like Shimano 's box ), with a vial of oil, a wrench and......that 's it ! no reel cover  >, c 'mon you purchase a more expensive reel and they won 't "spring" with a 2 dollar reel cover.  :

[Low_Budget_Hooker]

Lang-They aren't just giving hats away.  KU had emailed them asking where he could buy a particular hat that he was having trouble finding and they just sent it to him, no charge.  

[langs15]

oh..woops...nevermind then :-[.

[lubina]

but Shimano always gives you something more for your money, let me give you an example: when I purchased my Chronarch 50 Mg the reel came in a nice box, with a vial of oil, 2 sets of extra weights, the wrench and a very nice felt cover to protect the reel,quote]

They make it well, they present them well, they sale it better...but still you have to take the reel apart to change your cast control settings....if you like centrifugal go Quantum!!!! 8-)

[Guest avid]

oh..woops...nevermind then :-[.

Don't be so hasty young jedi.

A friendly customer letter can go a long way.  Just send them a nice letter telling them how much you like their products.  Then ask if they have a cap or any other promtional material so you can show that you use Shimano products.

I would be very surprised if they didn't send you a nice little package.

good luck, and be sure to let us know how it went.

avid

[Rattlinrogue]

Abu-Garcia made me pay a whole 50 cents for a patch.Those no good,cheap so and so's.

[FlyRod]

I'm loyal to Shimano...well, sorta, so long as they continue the Chr. 50MG and the Castaic as they are. If, however, they do to those as they've done to the 'Rado (RIP  :'() then I'm back to Daiwa.

I've already relapsed in that I've been gifted with a new Viento and have bought  two 153HSTs, one for myself and one as a gift to a buddy.

Adding $$ and a LOT of weight to the 'Rado (save for the 100, weightwise, but which they also excessively jacked the price on!) was a downright crime. The weight gain is unforgivable, even if they'd LOWERED the price.

The Citica may be improved mechanically, but it's downright obese.

Long live the Green Machines!

FR

[Aaron]

I too fish Shimano almost exclusively.  All my higher end stuff is Shimano.  I don't really have the urge to switch companies, I love my Shimanos.

Anyway,  I sent them an email a few months ago asking about where to purchase one of the hats and they said they would send me a promo one.  I never got it.  Im not mad  because it just a free promotional item but I would have still like to have a Shimano hat.

I still buy Shimano reels and will probably continue to do so for years to come.

[langs15]

oh..woops...nevermind then :-[.

Don't be so hasty young jedi.

A friendly customer letter can go a long way. Just send them a nice letter telling them how much you like their products. Then ask if they have a cap or any other promtional material so you can show that you use Shimano products.

I would be very surprised if they didn't send you a nice little package.

good luck, and be sure to let us know how it went.

avid

Is the e-mail that I should send the one on the contacts where I put my name and then the messgae and press end or is there another e-mail that is right?