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#1 Post by **WaveChopper** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:37 pm

Which one has a best delivery rates for Ireland??? Any experiences?

#2 Post by **IDPearl** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:50 pm

Depends what your ordering. Veals do a pretty good rate for most things. Just had a rod in an 8 foot long plastic tube and a smaller box delivered to Dublin by Summerlands and it cost me about 28 sterling if that's any help.

Best to give them a ring and find out.

x · #3 Post by x » Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:11 pm

Glasgow angling centre are cheap enough I've found.

#4 Post by **BigPhil** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:14 pm

all depends what you are looking to buy, i find that by buying from local shops it normally works out cheaper! they sometimes will match a mail order price, and you dont have any p+p to pay!!
l+g tackle also do a mail order service to both north and south from larne co.antrim, could be worth a try?

#5 Post by **dinger** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:24 pm

"Glasgow angling centre are cheap enough I've found" sandman

they may be cheap the the customer service is piss poor. i use mail order alot since the tackle shop closed in carrick and the poorest of they all is Glasgow because when u phone u they tell u that the item is in stock and u order it, then 5 days later still know tackle. i then got on the phone with them and they told me that the cool bag that i order will not be in the country for a month which was no good to me because i was planing to use that weekend at the masters. i got the bag about 7-8 weeks after ordering it :( :( :( but i use Gerry's of morecambe and never had any trouble with them
http://www.gerrysfishing.com/acatalog/index.html

sorry for the long post hope is of great help

#6 Post by **Angus** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:59 pm

I use Gerrys all the time for all my tackle no prob's they will phone you if they don't have something in stock and offer you an alternative great service.

Angus

#7 Post by **Pat Spillane** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:20 pm

I have used Veals and they are good, very reliable. I got a supermag from Tony's within three days (ordered at the swords show) and there is no way anyone this side of the water would have matched the price. they are at least worth a phone call.

#8 Post by **WaveChopper** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:04 pm

Thanks for replies guys, looking for few things to buy but found that most tackle shops around are major rip-off. Except when they have "sales" when they bring along a normal prices... Will check Veals and Gerry's...

#9 Post by **liamdenn** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:45 am

dont be too put off about glasgow. I use only them and have found them great. customer service has been grand and proces are great. I suppose it can happen that things go wrong no matter who u deal with

#10 Post by **Woody** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:34 am

Gerrys charge cheaper rates for postage but the delivery time is slower. You will get a Veals delivery in 3 days - could be waiting 2 weeks for Gerrys. Veals usually knock a few quid off the overall bill if you ask.

#11 Post by **pete** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:35 am

Have had mixed results with the Glasgow Angling Centre folk, had to wait over a month for a set reel covers when the rest of my order had already arrived. If you don't mind waiting then they are fine. Have had mixed results from Gerry's of Morecambe too. Veals are incredibly reliable and deliver faster than any of the rest of the UK companies.

b0ogaloo · #12 Post by **b0ogaloo** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:42 am

pete wrote:Have had mixed results with the Glasgow Angling Centre folk, had to wait over a month for a set reel covers when the rest of my order had already arrived. If you don't mind waiting then they are fine. Have had mixed results from Gerry's of Morecambe too. Veals are incredibly reliable and deliver faster than any of the rest of the UK companies.

I'll second that , never had a problem with Veals

Andy

#13 Post by **Davy Murdoch** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:22 pm

veals would be my choice,i always get my order next day without paying extra for it.wouldn`t go near tonys tackle again,i tried to buy ghost coccoon bait thread and all i got was `what do you need that for` and `you would be better using our elastic`.so i hung up and phoned gerrys instead.at least they didn`t quiz me on why i wanted ghost coccoon.

Holmesy1964 · #14 Post by **Holmesy1964** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:42 pm

There's a place I've used that ship from Guernsey, they are very reliable and quite cheap compared to UK prices. I've only bought rig building bits but they've never let me down before.

#15 Post by **coaster** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:51 pm

Veals, Veals, Veals, and just in case you didn't catch that Veals.

#16 Post by **jonny gilbert** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:07 pm

veals or gerrys are the best in my opinion i'd sometimes use glasgow and ive never had any really probs with delivery except for some missing items which they said where in stock but it wasn't :?

steve t · #17 Post by **steve t** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:27 pm

Veals and Uk hooks are both excellent
Steve

#18 Post by **daithi** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:37 am

coaster, im not too sure what you're saying... veals, was it?

#19 Post by **coaster** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:40 am

Just in case you were unsure daithi Ill say it once more.
Veals

#20 Post by **Steve** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:36 am

I know everyone is going on about but Veals - but they are that damn good. They are really serious about providing the best customer service possible.

Glasgow are absolutely dreadful. Shocking. They have a nasty habit of sending me things that I didn't order, because what I did order was out of stock (i.e. ordered a Shakespeare FS beachcaster - they sent me the multiplier version - great, except I didn't own a multi at the time). They have also been cheeky enough to send me a reel I didn't order, because the one I ordered was "just sold out". And they make no effort to contact you before doing this, even though they will claim they tried to ring.

However the flipside is that you'll save yourself a few quid on postage. They only charge £10 postage to Ireland MAX, no matter how much you order. So if you were ordering a rod, tripod and waders for instance, you could save up to 50 euro on delivery alone.

Every deal has it's pro's and cons!

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