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« on: December 28, 2010, 06:30:31 PM »
UNFORTUNATELY THEY DID HAVE QUITE A FEW PROBLEMS AND HAVE SINCE THEN RESTRUCTURED THE LOCATIONS(CHINA) THAT THEY WERE HAVING THEM MADE AND GOING BACK TO MAKING ALOT OF THE MERCHANDISE STATE SIDE BACK IN PLYMOUTH MINNESOTA. THIS IS WHY ALOT OF THEIR MERCHANDISE (SUITS ,CHAIRS ,GLOVES,ROD LOCKERS AND SUCH ARE SOLD OUT) BEEN SOLD OUT BASICALLY ALL YEAR, MOST ITEMS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL WINTER OF 2011. ANY RETAILER THAT HAS ANY OF THESE ITEMS IN STOCK HAS OLD STOCK. MY BOSS OWNS THE CLAM CORP AND SEVEN OTHER COMPANIES THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ICE FISHING. I ACTUALLY WORK FOR ONE OF THOSE OTHER COMPANIES NATIONWIDE FIXTURE INSTALLATIONS(IN SAME BUILDING AS CLAM)BUT I DO NOT GO THERE BUT ONCE A YEAR FOR THE FOREMANS YEAR END MEETING. LIKE I TELL EVERYONE I MEET ACROSS THE US WHEN THEY ASK WHERE IM FROM I SAY I OWN A HOUSE IN BRUNSWICK OHIO BUT I JUST ACTUALLY VACATION THERE. ITS GREAT TO GET THE DISCOUNT FROM CLAM BUT MY JOB HAS ITS DOWNSIDES (OWN A 25' SPORTCRAFT IN STORAGE AT MY BROTHERS PLACE PLYMOUTH SHORE STORAGE ) UP IN MARBLEHEAD AND HASNT SEEN WATER IN FIVE YEARS. KIND OF HARD TO USE WHEN I USUALLY COME OFF THE ROAD IN BEGINNING OF DECEMBER AND GONE BEFORE ERIE SPRING JIG BITE. REALLY CANT WAIT TO GET OUT ON BERLIN THESE REPORTS BETWEEN IFO AND OGF HAVE GOT ME FIRED UP. LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING SOME OF YOU GUYS OUT THERE