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| I dropped off 5 reels at esterlings in west alis. Is he ok and still in business. His phone appears to e disconected
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Location: SE, WI. | I think they are closed, or he only works a few days a week. Take your reels to smokeys musky shop in Pewaukee. Smokeys has a reel repair guy that drops off your fixed reels weekly. 262-691-9659 I think it is badger reel repair.
Edited by jdsplasher 10/3/2012 5:24 PM
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Location: Pewaukee WI | I left him 5 reels in June, including 2 calcuttas and a millionaire cv-z, and have called him all summer with no luck. Does anyone have his personal phone number? I'm out over $1,000 worth of reels.
Edited by Musky_Slayer 10/6/2012 9:15 PM
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Had a similar thing happen to me when a shop closed and had a bunch of my reels in for repair. Never saw them again, and found out they had been sold closing out the shop. If you can't get in touch with them, ask for help from law enforcement...soon. Many things could have happened, and there may be no issue at all, but I wouldn't bet 5 reels on that. |
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Location: Greenfield, WI | I will swing by his shop a few times this week to check on him for all of you. |
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| Thank you. Please keep me posted. |
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| just stopped there this morning, need to get a rod guide replaced. they were open but the lady who does the repairs wasn't in. their phone should be back on shortly. they closed for remodeling is waht i was told. |
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Location: Greenfield, WI | After threatening to do so for years, Lew has finally officially retired.
Patrick Brees has taken the business over.
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 414-259-3907
Hours: Tuesday 10-5, Wednesday 12-5, Thursday & Friday 10-5, Saturday 9-4
The store was closed for two weeks on the switch over for remodeling.
The address is still 5700 W. National Av., West Allis, WI 53214 |
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| If you need a ABU repaired, try Jenks Bait & Tackle on the Chip and get in touch with Randy. He charges $4 a reel plus parts, really good guy. |
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Location: SE Wisconsin | I took two Calcuttas, a rod with a missing guide, and an Abu 6500 into the "new" Easterlings knowing full well that Lew sold it to this new owner. The new owner apparently used to work in the Sporting Goods Dept. of Dunhams for many years. Well, after a couple weeks I started calling and inquiring and it took three phone calls between myself and them calling back before they confirmed they still had my three reels and one rod. . . Pretty dissipointing that they didn't keep my things together and couldn't keep track of them once they were seperated. Long story short, after $60 I got my reels back and rod, but my father inlaw picked them up so I didn't find out until they were in my hands that absolutely nothing was done to them. I called and complained and was so upset I didn't want to work with him on getting it straightened out. He said he "thought he got to them".. C'mon. Well he didn't, but I wasn't wasting gas and time driving back to the heart of West Allis to have someone I no longer trust try again.
He used electrical tape to wrap a new guide on my rod!! When I called him on that, too, he said that was the "new industry standard" to do that kind of work.. No, no it's not. I unwrapped it and did the work myself. |
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Location: Sawyer County, WI | Good God ! It's just a matter of time before "Mr. Industry Standard" goes out of business, and rightfully so.
Sam - if you want superior service on your Calcuttas, get in touch with Pikemaster. He's done great work on my TEs.
Sam Ubl - 10/19/2012 8:45 AM
I took two Calcuttas, a rod with a missing guide, and an Abu 6500 into the "new" Easterlings knowing full well that Lew sold it to this new owner. The new owner apparently used to work in the Sporting Goods Dept. of Dunhams for many years. Well, after a couple weeks I started calling and inquiring and it took three phone calls between myself and them calling back before they confirmed they still had my three reels and one rod. . . Pretty dissipointing that they didn't keep my things together and couldn't keep track of them once they were seperated. Long story short, after $60 I got my reels back and rod, but my father inlaw picked them up so I didn't find out until they were in my hands that absolutely nothing was done to them. I called and complained and was so upset I didn't want to work with him on getting it straightened out. He said he "thought he got to them".. C'mon. Well he didn't, but I wasn't wasting gas and time driving back to the heart of West Allis to have someone I no longer trust try again.
He used electrical tape to wrap a new guide on my rod!! When I called him on that, too, he said that was the "new industry standard" to do that kind of work.. No, no it's not. I unwrapped it and did the work myself.
Edited by dfkiii 10/19/2012 8:52 AM
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Pikemaster will get the job done and will treat you well on timing and price, and is right here and available to find out how things are progressing. Dirve 30 miles anywhere else and you paid the shipping to him. |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | X2! Pikemaster does excellent work and treats you right. |
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Location: SE Wisconsin | Deal! I'll drop them off the next time I'm in town. |
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | You can send me your reels USPS P - Mail or I'll be at all the shows this year, Chicago, Milwaukee, MN., and Wausaw, maybe Ohio and drop them off.
I get $24.00 a reel to Detail, Tune and Relube plus $8.00 for return shipping for one reel. I can do alot of upgrades and stock over $5,000.00 in reel parts. I have done Jim Saric, Chad Cain, Dick Pearson, and even the one and only Mike Hurbert famous LJV reels to name a few. |
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| I dont know why people don't send their reels back to the manufacture. The manufacture has all the parts they need so there is no waiting for parts to be ordered and I've very rarely heard of any problems with any of the factory repair shops, in fact usually you hear about the exceptional service from them. And there is no waiting for weeks and months like from many of the local repair shops. |
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| Pikemaster will be getting my reels once the season is done. I had one gone through by him earlier this year and it has worked great. Also he doesnt fix them with electrical tape. |
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| Pikemaster,
What is your address, After recieving my TE back in a box full of parts from easterlings i'll try you out. Do you also work on Daiwa CV-Z millionaires? Thanks
Jake |
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | Musky_Slayer - 11/16/2012 8:00 PM
Pikemaster,
What is your address, After recieving my TE back in a box full of parts from easterlings i'll try you out. Do you also work on Daiwa CV-Z millionaires? Thanks
Jake
send reels to RICHARD W SCHMITZ 90 HILLSMAN LANE SENECA IL 61360
cell 708 514 7777 email [email protected]
Just make sure you put your return address, cell and a email with the reels.
I work on any Baitcasting Reels, $24.00 a reel plus return shipping. |
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| Thanks for sharing the story Sam. I know where to avoid now. That is just unreal. |
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Location: Pewaukee WI | They ended up charging me $60 to clean three reels. They didn't fix anything.
I picked up my calcutta 151 and could tell withing 2 seconds the drag was still shot. The other two reels were disassembled and the parts are in a box. Would you be able to put a real back together with a box full of parts? |
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | Musky_Slayer - 11/27/2012 8:25 PM
They ended up charging me $60 to clean three reels. They didn't fix anything.
I picked up my calcutta 151 and could tell withing 2 seconds the drag was still shot. The other two reels were disassembled and the parts are in a box. Would you be able to put a real back together with a box full of parts?
Send them to me and I will see what I can do.
RICHARD W SCHMITZ 90 HILLSMAN LANE SENECA IL 61360 |
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| I gotta say to try Dave's Reel Service. You can't go wrong with Dave's or Pikemaster. |
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