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Anglers Choice Marine

Anglers Choice Marine: Angler's Choice Bass Boats. Ranger Boats, Triton Boats, Gambler Boats, Sprint Boats, Polarcraft, Mercury Outboards and Johnson Outboards.
http://www.anglerschoicemarine.com - 15-May-1999

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unprofessional behavior-bad product: Posted by Larry Dempsey on Tuesday, 28-Sep-2010 at 00:31:04
As I was purchasing a used 2004 tracker from Anglers Choice in Martinsville,Va with my son's extremely attractive 18 yr old fiance' nearly the entire dealership staff constantly stared at her & found reasons to be in the shop near her. At times their were 6+ men around her...She shared her discomfort w/me & I suggested waiting in the showroom or parts dept. In a short while she returned with the same concern. She waited a while in the Jeep but it was just too hot, plus she also fishes & wanted to learn about the boat. We had driven a few 100 miles to buy the boat so we perservered in silent discomforant. She cried a little about it on the way home (she recently lost a baby & didn't need this type of attention).
In less than 12 hours I took the boat out. In 10 minutes a warning signal sounded & I called the dealership. I was told it was only a bad sensor & it would be OK to operate. I took the boat 5 miles up the New River. It would not restart after I shut it off. After 3 hours in 93 degree heat & many cell phone calls in which I was put on long periods of hold , lost signal several times & was finally told if I didn't settle down they would not help me, I was towed back to the landing. There was no juice going to the engine, so I could not adjust trim to properly load boat. After several more same type phone calls I found a blown fuze & with help of a fellow boater bypassed the fuze & properly loaded the boat. The owner, Nick Loagangan agreed, after understanding my bank had stoped payment on the check to take the boat back if I returned it. (my second 400 mi round to his dealership in 3 days). When I arrived he asked me to talk with the technicians. I explained what happened & they pointed out that the voltage regulator & two small bundles of wires were burnt up. Mr Logangan then proceeded to berate me for cussing at his technicians over the phone & said "even without this problem I would not want you as a customer, being that type of person that you are" & that I owed the technicians an appoligy.
I explained to Mr, Logangan & his technicians that I knew of people with real problems such as families who had multiple members with Stage 5 cancer & had just personally returned from an orphanage in Haiti where I worked building bathrooms for the children to help prevent disease.(both of which are true) and that if a few 4 letter words from an irrate customer stranded 5 miles up a river offended the delicate sensitivies of his technicians, perhaps they should take a broader look at the world, get over it & move on. His reply to me was "that's what I'm telling you, move on out of my dealership." (he had not yet given me back my check). I didn't mention the behavior of his staff towards my young companion two days earlier as it seemed it would have fallen on deaf ears. He refused to reimburse me any at all for the 800 miles I had driven or for the $105 I had spent on a years worth of insurance, now worthless. He said "well, I'm not having nothing to do with that."
His wife was very professional & courtious, and I did get to keep the hat.
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unprofessional behavior-bad product: Posted by Larry Dempsey on Tuesday, 28-Sep-2010 at 00:28:32
As I was purchasing a used 2004 tracker from Anglers Choice in Martinsville,Va with my son's extremely attractive 18 yr old fiance' nearly the entire dealership staff constantly stared at her & found reasons to be in the shop near her. At times their were 6+ men around her...She shared her discomfort w/me & I suggested waiting in the showroom or parts dept. In a short while she returned with the same concern. She waited a while in the Jeep but it was just too hot, plus she also fishes & wanted to learn about the boat. We had driven a few 100 miles to buy the boat so we perservered in silent discomforant. She cried a little about it on the way home (she recently lost a baby & didn't need this type of attention).
In less than 12 hours I took the boat out. In 10 minutes a warning signal sounded & I called the dealership. I was told it was only a bad sensor & it would be OK to operate. I took the boat 5 miles up the New River. It would not restart after I shut it off. After 3 hours in 93 degree heat & many cell phone calls in which I was put on long periods of hold , lost signal several times & was finally told if I didn't settle down they would not help me, I was towed back to the landing. There was no juice going to the engine, so I could not adjust trim to properly load boat. After several more same type phone calls I found a blown fuze & with help of a fellow boater bypassed the fuze & properly loaded the boat. The owner, Nick Loagangan agreed, after understanding my bank had stoped payment on the check to take the boat back if I returned it. (my second 400 mi round to his dealership in 3 days). When I arrived he asked me to talk with the technicians. I explained what happened & they pointed out that the voltage regulator & two small bundles of wires were burnt up. Mr Logangan then proceeded to berate me for cussing at his technicians over the phone & said "even without this problem I would not want you as a customer, being that type of person that you are" & that I owed the technicians an appoligy.
I explained to Mr, Logangan & his technicians that I knew of people with real problems such as families who had multiple members with Stage 5 cancer & had just personally returned from an orphanage in Haiti where I worked building bathrooms for the children to help prevent disease.(both of which are true) and that if a few 4 letter words from an irrate customer stranded 5 miles up a river offended the delicate sensitivies of his technicians, perhaps they should take a broader look at the world, get over it & move on. His reply to me was "that's what I'm telling you, move on out of my dealership." (he had not yet given me back my check). I didn't mention the behavior of his staff towards my young companion two days earlier as it seemed it would have fallen on deaf ears. He refused to reimburse me any at all for the 800 miles I had driven or for the $105 I had spent on a years worth of insurance, now worthless. He said "well, I'm not having nothing to do with that."
His wife was very professional & courtious, and I did get to keep the hat.
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unprofessional behavior-bad product: Posted by Larry Dempsey on Tuesday, 28-Sep-2010 at 00:27:59
As I was purchasing a used 2004 tracker from Anglers Choice in Martinsville,Va with my son's extremely attractive 18 yr old fiance' nearly the entire dealership staff constantly stared at her & found reasons to be in the shop near her. At times their were 6+ men around her...She shared her discomfort w/me & I suggested waiting in the showroom or parts dept. In a short while she returned with the same concern. She waited a while in the Jeep but it was just too hot, plus she also fishes & wanted to learn about the boat. We had driven a few 100 miles to buy the boat so we perservered in silent discomforant. She cried a little about it on the way home (she recently lost a baby & didn't need this type of attention).
In less than 12 hours I took the boat out. In 10 minutes a warning signal sounded & I called the dealership. I was told it was only a bad sensor & it would be OK to operate. I took the boat 5 miles up the New River. It would not restart after I shut it off. After 3 hours in 93 degree heat & many cell phone calls in which I was put on long periods of hold , lost signal several times & was finally told if I didn't settle down they would not help me, I was towed back to the landing. There was no juice going to the engine, so I could not adjust trim to properly load boat. After several more same type phone calls I found a blown fuze & with help of a fellow boater bypassed the fuze & properly loaded the boat. The owner, Nick Loagangan agreed, after understanding my bank had stoped payment on the check to take the boat back if I returned it. (my second 400 mi round to his dealership in 3 days). When I arrived he asked me to talk with the technicians. I explained what happened & they pointed out that the voltage regulator & two small bundles of wires were burnt up. Mr Logangan then proceeded to berate me for cussing at his technicians over the phone & said "even without this problem I would not want you as a customer, being that type of person that you are" & that I owed the technicians an appoligy.
I explained to Mr, Logangan & his technicians that I knew of people with real problems such as families who had multiple members with Stage 5 cancer & had just personally returned from an orphanage in Haiti where I worked building bathrooms for the children to help prevent disease.(both of which are true) and that if a few 4 letter words from an irrate customer stranded 5 miles up a river offended the delicate sensitivies of his technicians, perhaps they should take a broader look at the world, get over it & move on. His reply to me was "that's what I'm telling you, move on out of my dealership." (he had not yet given me back my check). I didn't mention the behavior of his staff towards my young companion two days earlier as it seemed it would have fallen on deaf ears. He refused to reimburse me any at all for the 800 miles I had driven or for the $105 I had spent on a years worth of insurance, now worthless. He said "well, I'm not having nothing to do with that."
His wife was very professional & courtious, and I did get to keep the hat.
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Anglers choice: Posted by Dwain Durham on Monday, 26-Jun-2006 at 23:28:42
I really got ripped off by these people. I have had nothing but problems with the brand new boat I bought from anglers choice in 2004. Bad splices on the rigging. The motor was mounted wrong. I have told them about it and they say oh well. What a terrible way to do business.Anglers Choice is a very bad CHOICE.
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Anglers choice: Posted by Dwain Durham on Monday, 26-Jun-2006 at 23:27:46
I really got ripped off by these people. I have had nothing but problems with the brand new boat I bought from anglers choice in 2004. Bad splices on the rigging. The motor was mounted wrong. I have told them about it and they say oh well. What a terrible way to do business.Anglers Choice is a very bad CHOICE.
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Bad Deal: Posted by Dwain Durham on Tuesday, 20-Jul-2004 at 19:34:43
I bought a boat from Anglers Choice I payed them $2,500.00 to deliver the boat to Arizona when the boat arrived it wasnt even covered it was scratched up and the rubber bumper was torn off about 2ft section.They wont do anything about this. Also they didnt even pay the guy at Salt River Marine who took the boat down off the trailer, his money. So if your thinking about buy a boat from them I would think again BEWARE.
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WEB SITE: Posted by JEFF MARTIN on Saturday, 17-Nov-2001 at 20:20:44
EXCELLENT SITE------ AWSOME PICTURES AND EASY TO NAVIGATE--- ESPECIALLY LIKE THE INFO SECTION WHERE IT SHOWS WHAT BOAT COST AND HOW MUCH MONTHLY PAYMENTS ARE. ALSO LIKE HOW YOU CAN CLICK ON THUMBNAIL AND GET LARGER PICTURE. BEST MARINE SITE ON THE WEB WITHOUT A DOUBT.
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Anglers Choice: Posted by Mike on Saturday, 30-Dec-2000 at 16:47:04
Confusing. Hard to navigate. Used inventory is presented well, though.
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