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Anybody go shopping lately at West Marine?
I hadn't been there for a couple of years. I stopped in today because I was thinking of picking up three new LED type cockpit light fixtures to replace the halogen bulb types. I did this a few years ago in the upper station .... replaced the stock halogens with red LED types. IIRC, the fixtures were about 15 bucks each then. Found them today at West Marine and grabbed three. Then I noticed the price. $34.95 each. Hung them back on the display rack. Talk about big oil ripping off the customers. 35 bucks for a 75 cent plastic fixture and a 2 dollar LED? Gimmie a break. Eisboch |
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On May 18, 7:02 pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
Anybody go shopping lately at West Marine? I hadn't been there for a couple of years. I stopped in today because I was thinking of picking up three new LED type cockpit light fixtures to replace the halogen bulb types. I did this a few years ago in the upper station .... replaced the stock halogens with red LED types. IIRC, the fixtures were about 15 bucks each then. Found them today at West Marine and grabbed three. Then I noticed the price. $34.95 each. Hung them back on the display rack. Talk about big oil ripping off the customers. 35 bucks for a 75 cent plastic fixture and a 2 dollar LED? Gimmie a break. Eisboch There's been seeveral threads on west marine feeling they should charge more for a lot of items. There was a long on I believe on R.B cruising jsut a couple monts or so ago. I dont know where one is close by, but I'm not tempted to go in there, even for curiosity sake, now.... |
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Try Ebay for LEDs.
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![]() "Eisboch" wrote in message ... Anybody go shopping lately at West Marine? I hadn't been there for a couple of years. I stopped in today because I was thinking of picking up three new LED type cockpit light fixtures to replace the halogen bulb types. I did this a few years ago in the upper station .... replaced the stock halogens with red LED types. IIRC, the fixtures were about 15 bucks each then. Found them today at West Marine and grabbed three. Then I noticed the price. $34.95 each. Hung them back on the display rack. Talk about big oil ripping off the customers. 35 bucks for a 75 cent plastic fixture and a 2 dollar LED? Gimmie a break. Eisboch I only buy last minute needs from them (they are 1/2 mile from my boat) unless I cannot find the item at the local hardware store (also 1/2 mile from the boat).....otherwise I buy from the net. ;-) I am replacing a 2 step swim platform ladder with a 3 step..........West Marine wanted $179 for a 3 step ladder. I said no thanks and purchased a better quality ladder over the net from Overton's for $114. |
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![]() "JimH" wrote in message ... "Eisboch" wrote in message ... Anybody go shopping lately at West Marine? I hadn't been there for a couple of years. I stopped in today because I was thinking of picking up three new LED type cockpit light fixtures to replace the halogen bulb types. I did this a few years ago in the upper station .... replaced the stock halogens with red LED types. IIRC, the fixtures were about 15 bucks each then. Found them today at West Marine and grabbed three. Then I noticed the price. $34.95 each. Hung them back on the display rack. Talk about big oil ripping off the customers. 35 bucks for a 75 cent plastic fixture and a 2 dollar LED? Gimmie a break. Eisboch I only buy last minute needs from them (they are 1/2 mile from my boat) unless I cannot find the item at the local hardware store (also 1/2 mile from the boat).....otherwise I buy from the net. ;-) I am replacing a 2 step swim platform ladder with a 3 step..........West Marine wanted $179 for a 3 step ladder. I said no thanks and purchased a better quality ladder over the net from Overton's for $114. I also found some nylon bungie cord clips that I've been searching for. I needed 10 of them for a sunscreen that goes on the cockpit area of the boat. I figured they would be a couple of bucks each, at most. Nope. They come two to a package, $7.95 per package. So, 5 packages of stupid, cheap nylon clips cost almost 40 bucks. We need some civilian oversight on this. Eisboch |
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BBBuuut, it's Marinized...
Anyway, WM has great Stainless hardware, and not too expensive. Always go ther for SS. JR Eisboch wrote: Anybody go shopping lately at West Marine? I hadn't been there for a couple of years. I stopped in today because I was thinking of picking up three new LED type cockpit light fixtures to replace the halogen bulb types. I did this a few years ago in the upper station .... replaced the stock halogens with red LED types. IIRC, the fixtures were about 15 bucks each then. Found them today at West Marine and grabbed three. Then I noticed the price. $34.95 each. Hung them back on the display rack. Talk about big oil ripping off the customers. 35 bucks for a 75 cent plastic fixture and a 2 dollar LED? Gimmie a break. Eisboch -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Home Page: http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth |
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Eisboch wrote:
Anybody go shopping lately at West Marine? I hadn't been there for a couple of years. I stopped in today because I was thinking of picking up three new LED type cockpit light fixtures to replace the halogen bulb types. I did this a few years ago in the upper station .... replaced the stock halogens with red LED types. IIRC, the fixtures were about 15 bucks each then. Found them today at West Marine and grabbed three. Then I noticed the price. $34.95 each. Hung them back on the display rack. Talk about big oil ripping off the customers. 35 bucks for a 75 cent plastic fixture and a 2 dollar LED? Gimmie a break. Eisboch Many boaters on Long Island have had it with West to the point where they have closed several stores. The stores that are left are poorly stocked and overpriced. Meanwhile the local mom and pops are thriving. Good for them. Larry Weiss "...Ever After!" |
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Send some of those Mom and Pop stores to the Chicago area. West Marine has
got things sewed up here, except for a Boating World store in the far west suburbs. I keep my boat in Racine Wisconsin with a nearby West Marine. I can expect a 50% chance of not finding items for my boat. Just last week I needed a fuel line connector for my Yamaha 9.9 outboard. Of course, they were out of them. There is nothing like a bit of healthy competition to wake these guys up. Sherwin D. Larry Weiss wrote: Eisboch wrote: Anybody go shopping lately at West Marine? I hadn't been there for a couple of years. I stopped in today because I was thinking of picking up three new LED type cockpit light fixtures to replace the halogen bulb types. I did this a few years ago in the upper station .... replaced the stock halogens with red LED types. IIRC, the fixtures were about 15 bucks each then. Found them today at West Marine and grabbed three. Then I noticed the price. $34.95 each. Hung them back on the display rack. Talk about big oil ripping off the customers. 35 bucks for a 75 cent plastic fixture and a 2 dollar LED? Gimmie a break. Eisboch Many boaters on Long Island have had it with West to the point where they have closed several stores. The stores that are left are poorly stocked and overpriced. Meanwhile the local mom and pops are thriving. Good for them. Larry Weiss "...Ever After!" |
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On May 18, 11:22 pm, sherwindu wrote:
Send some of those Mom and Pop stores to the Chicago area. West Marine has got things sewed up here, except for a Boating World store in the far west suburbs. I keep my boat in Racine Wisconsin with a nearby West Marine. I can expect a 50% chance of not finding items for my boat. Just last week I needed a fuel line connector for my Yamaha 9.9 outboard. Of course, they were out of them. There is nothing like a bit of healthy competition to wake these guys up. Sherwin D. Larry Weiss wrote: Eisboch wrote: Anybody go shopping lately at West Marine? I hadn't been there for a couple of years. I stopped in today because I was thinking of picking up three new LED type cockpit light fixtures to replace the halogen bulb types. I did this a few years ago in the upper station .... replaced the stock halogens with red LED types. IIRC, the fixtures were about 15 bucks each then. Found them today at West Marine and grabbed three. Then I noticed the price. $34.95 each. Hung them back on the display rack. Talk about big oil ripping off the customers. 35 bucks for a 75 cent plastic fixture and a 2 dollar LED? Gimmie a break. Eisboch Many boaters on Long Island have had it with West to the point where they have closed several stores. The stores that are left are poorly stocked and overpriced. Meanwhile the local mom and pops are thriving. Good for them. Larry Weiss "...Ever After!"- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Any marine retailer has a pretty tough row to hoe, and a general chandlery one of the toughest. With marine supplies, you're selling into a very small market. So small, and so seasonal in many parts of the country, that the Mom and Pop's are disappearing or have already disappeared. To compound matters, this very small market is then factionalized to an incredible degree. To have every part on hand that somebody might need for any boat would mean tying up far too much money for far too long. There are parts that somebody might call for once a year, maybe. IMO, most serious shopping is now done by catalog. The retail stores, particularly in smaller communities, primarily exist to sell only the highest-turnover and convenience items. The WM catalog has 2-3 times as much stuff listed than you will find stocked in even the largest stores. Something that WM contributes to in boating and for which they get very little credit is new product development. If a designer or inventor can get WM to buy a new item, that provides enough volume to get a fledgling enterprise pretty well established. I shop WM fairly regularly. I don't expect to find any real bargains most of the time, but they are convenient. I also patronize some of the local and regional "specialists" to support their independent businesses, but for general stuff WM gets a portion of my boating dollar. |
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![]() "Chuck Gould" wrote in message oups.com... IMO, most serious shopping is now done by catalog. The retail stores, particularly in smaller communities, primarily exist to sell only the highest-turnover and convenience items. The WM catalog has 2-3 times as much stuff listed than you will find stocked in even the largest stores. Just for giggles, I just visited West Marine's online store. They didn't list the type of LED light fixtures I was looking for, but I almost couldn't resist taking advantage of their offer of a roll of "premium" vinyl black electrical tape. 7 bucks a roll. Eisboch |
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