Hey guys,
Just wanted to put a heads up without too much of a rant.
There was a post on here last year about these lures, made in Germany, which I had seen advertised on PLAT (but always out of stock)....anyway, they are a pretty blatant rip off of some well known designs by the looks of them, and I don't normally buy 'knock offs' but was keen to add some cheap-ish poppers to my arsenal and give them a go, so I ordered some for a mate and I.
In August 2009.
Delivery was supposed to be within 2 months as they were about to do their production run.
Anyway, after a lot of toing and froing (including a couple of requests to confirm the colours I wanted, which I did about 3 times) I got an email with pictures of finished lures in February, and told they were ready for delivery. There were a lot of excuses in between, sick workers because of a flu epidemic, much higer than usual orders etc etc, and I thought I was pretty understanding, considering I had already paid for these lures.
They still haven't come. I sent an email in May expressing in fairly strong terms my disappointment, and have not had a reply.
Pretty disappointing obviously. I guess it is possible this happens when you are dealing with overseas companies you don't really know, but they seemed pretty reputable and the guy I was corresponding with, Christian, seemd a very keen fisho and nice bloke in correspondence. I can honestly say in all my dealings with fishermen, including overseas, I have never been dudded and totally did not expect it, in an industry/fraternity that is known for co-operation, helpfulness etc
Just wanted to post this as something for other people to consider before dealing with this manufacturer