Fishermans Hardware LB ' Going out of business sale '

[DockRat]

Just heard today, don't know when it started or when it ends.
Call first.
DR

[Surfer]

This damn economy sucks. It's really affecting everyone. H8 to see another good shop close its doors for good.

[hardrider5]

I was in there last week and the guys were busy moving stuff around. I did not see any sales signs but it was obvious something was up. 2/3 of the glass cases were empty and it looked like they were in trouble. It's a shame. I use the one in HB but the Long Beach store always had simular selections. Looks like the economy and the internet take out another good supplier.

[DockRat]

This damn economy sucks. It's really affecting everyone. H8 to see another good shop close its doors for good.

X2, I liked that shop. PEOPLE NEED TO WAKE UP.

Big Fish Seal Beach, Rusty Hook San Pedro and the couple others left around.

Pete owner 'Just Fishing' in Redondo has Tourettes Syndrome.
Great Fisherman, Rod builder, very good reel repair, studders and is fidgety.
It is a uncontrollable disease. Don't judge a book by it's cover.
The last S Bay tackle shop near the beach. He does the surf fishing report in WON.

:Finger: Walmart :Finger: Kmart :Finger: Big 5, ect :Finger:

FAT CAT CEOs LOVE DUMMIES THAT SHOP THERE TO SAVE A DOLLAR
AS THEY EAT UP SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS THE USA.

They will not change your drag washers, or replace a line guide for you.
They will not give you local advice/intel on local fishing tips, what, when ect.
They won't special order that cool item or part needed.
You will never find everything on the WWW.


HELP SUPPORT SMALL TACKLE SHOPS.
ONCE THERE GONE, THEY ARE GONE FOR GOOD !!!

Owners of small shops do for the love of fishing.
Fat Cat CEOs set traps for you guys to get snagged into.
THEY LAUGH EVERY TIME A SMALL BUSINESS EATS SH*T.
DR

Tourette syndrome (also called Tourette's syndrome, Tourette's disorder, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, GTS or, more commonly, simply Tourette's or TS) is an inherited neuropsychiatric disorder with onset in childhood, characterized by multiple physical (motor) tics and at least one vocal (phonic) tic; these tics characteristically wax and wane. Tourette's is defined as part of a spectrum of tic disorders, which includes transient and chronic tics.

[MikesOcean]

I don't think I have ever been to that location.

I always go to there Santa Fe Springs location, Save-on-Tackle.
Now that is one helava shop!! Been going there since the 80's.
That place is a must if you have not been there yet.

The staff are great people too. Its one of the better tackle shops around!!

[oldfishguy]

pete is the nicest guy in the world i live just up the street he is honest does great work and wont try and sell you something you dont need as a matter of fact he talked me out of buying something i didnt need please sepport this shop you wont be disapointed and neverr mind what hes got hes a good dude. mark aka old fish guy

[.:LOLLY:.]

I believe they will be open until the end of this month. They have a huge sell going on right now. It truly is sad to see them go.

[DockRat]

I forgot Baja Fish Gear in Lomita because I never go there.
Big shop, Lots of gear.
DR

[LGHT]

I would love to support my local B&M fishing store, but one shop close to home only does BIG GAME salt stuff and the other small shop the owner is a jerk and literally picks a fight if you don't buy from his limited selection of over priced stuff. I went in and asked if they had copolymer fishing line and he has never even heard of it and got pissed because I didn't want to go with the $20 mono he was pushing like crack... Crazy old guy will probably be out of business in a few years.

[EndlessSeason]

Try out Fishermans Access in Brea, the owner Jack is super cool and shows a desire to keep fishing alive and he helps kids enjoying fishing. Some of these old shop owners are old salty dogs, just trying to make a dollar and go home and sell the same stuff for 30 years.

[DarkShadow]

PEOPLE NEED TO WAKE UP.

HELP SUPPORT SMALL TACKLE SHOPS.
ONCE THERE GONE, THEY ARE GONE FOR GOOD !!!

Owners of small shops do for the love of fishing.
Fat Cat CEOs set traps for you guys to get snagged into.
THEY LAUGH EVERY TIME A SMALL BUSINESS EATS SH*T.


With that thinking, we'd still be using Betamaxes instead of DVDs.

Capitalism is what made America great!

If these small mortar and stone shops cannot evolve, such as the market factors dictate, they'll go the way of 8-tracks and AMC Pacers.

If you don't like that, emigrate to China, where the government dictates where the market goes.

[Stormcrow]

With that thinking, we'd still be using Betamaxes instead of DVDs.

Capitalism is what made America great!

If these small mortar and stone shops cannot evolve, such as the market factors dictate, they'll go the way of 8-tracks and AMC Pacers.

If you don't like that, emigrate to China, where the government dictates where the market goes.

Oh Dark...I think you are a really smart individual but sometimes you uncork a doozie....you have all of the deep logic of a shallow wading pool...Im almost inclined to say you made this post on purpose! lol

Small shops like Fisherman's Hardware, Performance Tackle, and Last Chance can hardly be compared to flashes in the pan like AMC, Betas OR 8-tracks. Fisherman's Hardware has been around since I was a little kid (well over 30 years) and who knows how long before that. Got my first custom rod there when I was 13 years old.

If evolution means increased buying power and deteriorating quality and customer service, give me 1985 back again....Hell, give me 1955 back again...when people had integrity... you could leave the door unlocked at night...your neighbors were like family..... kids could walk to school....the media was actually journalistic.... you could buy bread and milk from the small store on the corner....you didnt have to sort through 9 different translations to find the one that is actually in english....

You can thank unregulated globalization for today's "Walmart"... but unfortunately, on a teachers pay, I need Walmart.

[DockRat]

If evolution means increased buying power and deteriorating quality and customer service, give me 1985 back again....Hell, give me 1955 back again...when people had integrity... you could leave the door unlocked at night...your neighbors were like family..... kids could walk to school....the media was actually journalistic.... you could buy bread and milk from the small store on the corner....you didnt have to sort through 9 different translations to find the one that is actually in english....

:Applause:

I'd take 8 tracks, AMCs any day for a strong USA like before.
DR

[DarkShadow]

Oh Dark...I think you are a really smart individual but sometimes you uncork a doozie....you have all of the deep logic of a shallow wading pool...Im almost inclined to say you made this post on purpose! lol

Small shops like Fisherman's Hardware, Performance Tackle, and Last Chance can hardly be compared to flashes in the pan like AMC, Betas OR 8-tracks. Fisherman's Hardware has been around since I was a little kid (well over 30 years) and who knows how long before that. Got my first custom rod there when I was 13 years old.

If evolution means increased buying power and deteriorating quality and customer service, give me 1985 back again....Hell, give me 1955 back again...when people had integrity... you could leave the door unlocked at night...your neighbors were like family..... kids could walk to school....the media was actually journalistic.... you could buy bread and milk from the small store on the corner....you didnt have to sort through 9 different translations to find the one that is actually in english....

You can thank unregulated globalization for today's "Walmart"... but unfortunately, on a teachers pay, I need Walmart.

Made that post on purpose? Of course not! You think I enjoy seeing DockRat spewing the most non-sensical things as a response?

Of course, as an educated person, you would know that I'm alluding to the basic tenet of Capitalism, in which there is few government intervention, and markets run unregulated because in theory, they correct themselves. In fact, one can go as far as saying that a free market Capitalist usually is very conservative in their political alliances. Of course, how on earth DockRat thought that I would support the Occupation LA , is laughable, but if we look at his schtick throughout his posts, I don't think anybody takes any of his thoughts seriously.

Then again, most of his thoughts come via way of the ole Copy Paste, or "Look At This Youtube Video" so I don't think we've gotten more than 2 sentences of original thought, but that's neither here nor there. Empty rhetoric...par for the course. But I diverge.

Of course, I'm playing devil's advocate, but quite frankly, there are a lot of individuals in this nation who actually still believe in the basic tenets of Capitalism and an unregulated market that Reagan and Co™ envisioned, and yet don't seem to understand that this is what leads to unregulated globalization. But of course, if we 'force' companies to do ANYTHING in this country, for example, to suffer tax penalties for shifting jobs to other countries, the red flag goes up. But of course, the minute the government regulates a market, it will be deemed "Socialist" and the Macarthyists come out of the wood work.

What I am referring to is that Fisherman's Hardware could've remained competitive, if they embraced everything that Reagan and the free market capitalists told us, which means that you have to adjust to a dynamic market. Of course, if you want to go against Reagan, and the 'trickle down' 'free market' thinkers, you'd be siding with the "marchers wearing Chinese shoes smelling the feces and urine, the homeless are moving in for free foo too" that DockRat is referring to. Which is why I'm highly confused as why DR would allude to that, when I was supporting the complete OPPOSITE of what these people are arguing against.

In fact, I'll play the role of conservative economist EVEN further, and analyze your comment regarding on how US as consumers should not be shopping at Walmart, as it contributes to the economic downfall of this country, but yet, you still shop there, using the justification that you have to do that because you receive a teacher's salary. You HAVE to? What is this, Cuba? ;-)

Now StormCrow, is it safe to say that you did not know the pay of a teacher before you decided to delve into that industry? In essence, you made a conscious decision, and now you're making it seem that you got put into that economic class, and thus are forced to go to Walmart to buy items you need. This wasn't a game of LIFE where you rolled snakeyes and got stuck with a particular job, this was a conscious decision you made.


:Applause:

Maybe DarkShadow enjoys seeing people suffer and US economy going down the tubes.
Hey DS, lets double taxes also to help pay for Gov handouts for the free money folks.
He probably hangs out at Occupation LA with the marchers wearing Chinese shoes smelling the feces and urine, the homeless are moving in for free foo too.

I'd take 8 tracks, AMCs any day for a strong USA like before.

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Hey DR, what are your thoughts about free market capitalism? That question should keep you entertained for a few hours.

One rule. You can't copy and paste or post a YouTube video. I know, it'll be hard, but I know you can manage.

[Stormcrow]

No...You are right...I knew it going into the profession. And its funny, I have been a relative economic conservative all my life. I was a firm believer in Reaganomics and Trickle Down Theory. In the 90s I worked at Disneyland and believed if it wasnt for big business I wouldnt have a job. I have been a pilgrim in an unholy land defending conservative economics and capitalism. Especially when I was in college. This even though I was barely getting by as a member of the increasingly shrinking middle class. I agree with you on many fronts. In a strange irony, the success of Walmart is a textbook lesson in the success of free market capitalism. I simply think that because the tool of the free market capitalist: Globalization, brings with it the downtrodden quality of life in communities both domestic an foreign that exists....all for the sake of pleasing stockholders with a dividend check...(Sorry for the run-on sentence....I just dont feel like editing today)

So I guess you could sayh that I believe in Trickledown theory until the gap between the rich and the poor becomes so significant that it cant be ignored any longer....

And Dark, we are there.

[Cangler]

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There DR , I did it for you ...

[DarkShadow]

You forgot the pointless Youtube video, CAngler.

[ytail]

Got there today... a little too late as all the good stuff are gone. They are at 40% off all items now. See a lot of plastic lure and jigs still on the walls.


Just heard today, don't know when it started or when it ends.
Call first.
DR

[Cangler]

You forgot the pointless Youtube video, CAngler.

That's a tad too high tech for me ...