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This is a dedicated thread for discussing article: The Demise of the Tackle Shop
I stopped in after work at a large and very well known southern tackle shop, to browse and buy a few things for the weekend.
Forget which one it was, but when I asked for maggots they wanted to sell me a full pint! Rip off or what?two very well established tackle shops within about 80 yards of each other; Avon Angling and Ringwood Tackle.
I wrote a piece for Tackle & Guns a few years ago (about the only time I've written for a David Hall Mag) and that was for the manufacturers to charge a straight price making it possible for the small players to equal the bigger lads. A level playing field.Much as we consumers would probably hate it, the shops could probably do with the relatively rigid but seemingly sensible pricing structures used by the likes of Drennan.
Because, Jeff, some think the world owes them a living.