fishing charter on scoupon

 hi any body done the fishing charter with scoupon? i did one the other day and wondered if anyone had the same experience as me! 

 


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Again?

Sun, 2013-07-21 19:56

type scoopon into the search function mate and have a look at whats there.

edit: my guess would be yes

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do tell

Sun, 2013-07-21 19:50

 wat happened hah

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Mate of mine from work

Sun, 2013-07-21 19:58

 Has had his postponed 4 times now still waiting for another date for the next excuse as to why they can't go out, the boat broke down , winds above 10 knots , not enough people to go

he has been waiting 2 months now to go out

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theres an investigation into

Sun, 2013-07-21 20:02

theres an investigation into the scoupon company by consumer protection at the moment, I think they are in the shit

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I have done this charter

Mon, 2013-07-22 09:24

It was amazingly crap! old rusted Javis Walkers Reels are just the start..... Don't bother  

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Barge pole comes to mind in

Mon, 2013-07-22 12:02

Barge pole comes to mind in regards to Scoupons and fishing charters!!

Scoupon have been known to oversell to the point the operator can not possibly fulfil all the vouchers. If the operator doesn't take them out in the allocated time Scoupon get to keep the lot. Know of one charter operator who refuses to deal with them.

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Mon, 2013-07-22 12:16

 

Called in today for Grouse or Shouse!! Company out of Fremantle, be at the jetty 650 for 7 depart, boat left at 745.

Was to return at 3pm, they were tired up at jetty by 130 with frig all fish, stated the company needed to have a good look at its self.

No names mentioned.

 

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Man is there anywere now were

Mon, 2013-07-22 12:26

Man is there anywere now were people take pride in there work instead of just ripping every man and dog off

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 Well they won't stay in

Mon, 2013-07-22 12:48

 Well they won't stay in business long. Word travels fast  nowadays.

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I believe they are boats that

Mon, 2013-07-22 13:17

I believe they are boats that come down from further north for the off peak season.
Scoopon is just cream to them particularly when people never get a chance to cash them in.
Lets face it. You were never going to get a quality metro charter for less than $100.
Keen fishos are not the target market.

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 Hmm still no reason to rip

Mon, 2013-07-22 16:02

 Hmm still no reason to rip people off.

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 I bought one for the missus

Mon, 2013-07-22 15:58

 I bought one for the missus last year and still haven't been out! Lol. To be fair we've so far been called off once when the boat broke (happens - not much can be done), 3 times for bad weather (all > 2m swell + 15 knots = fair enough) and twice as I've had work come up and had to travel to site. Bit shit, but what can ya do!? We're now booked for Sunday 25th August, so hopefully (fingers, toes, dicks etc crossed) we get out and get fish :)

Weren't cheap either still at $180 pp. 

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Really?

Mon, 2013-07-22 17:13

2m swell and 15knots, whats wrong with that on a charter boat?

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Sounds like they need a bit

Mon, 2013-07-22 18:00

Sounds like they need a bit of Rainbow Warrior treatment

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 worst fishing charter EVER.

Mon, 2013-07-22 18:07

 worst fishing charter EVER.  Slowest boat took over 3 hours to get back from just the other side of rottnest.  Equipment was shit.  Even the line was f#cked and splitting.  Seemed to just drive around all day.  Would definitely ask for money back and not waste my time. 

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Missus tried to prove a point

Mon, 2013-07-22 18:49

 Couple of years ago when this scoupon thing went feral, my missus and her mates went nuts and bought heaps of them. I wasn't too impressed about the extra spending. Tried to tell her is a way of back up for businesses and they would still look after the full paying ones first. Cut the long story short when I came home one day she said, ' look they even got fishing ones and I got you two!' I managed to use one, had to say although I didn't catch anything I managed few good conversations with people that couldn't fit in between fishos on the packed boat. Gave up trying to use the second one after a few attempts.

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Scoopon Freo Charter

Tue, 2013-07-23 10:31

Myself and 2 mates went on one out of fremantle about 8 weeks ago. It was a birthday present from his misses.

Had to reschedule it twice due to the weather, which was fair enough since it was blowing SW 25-35 knots on both days that they cancelled. Didnt get off to a good start with no phone call the day before to confirm the charter and no answer on the contact number they gave us, but boat arrived at the jetty at 7am as planned so all was good.

The boat was an old  35 - 40 foot Cray boat, fishing gear was Jarvis Walker spinning  reels, approx 20 people fishing, should be interesting we thought. Left Freo about 7.45, boat could only do 6 knots because of motor trouble, thou I think that was it's top speed anyway. We fished the reef area north of rotto for most of the morning, a couple of undersize snapper , KG and a small just size dhuie were landed. Had a lot of fun with people fishing on both sides of the boat, tangle city, and plenty of gear lost. SURPRISE, SURPRISE.

Had a barbeque lunch after they cleaned the 2" of fat off the barby. Sausage in a piece of bread, had our own beer so all was good.

Spent the next 1 1/2 hours drifting on sand, the skipper obviously didnt want to lose any more gear.

Headed back in at 1.30pm, skipper again complaining of motor problems. Back at Freo 3pm.

Would obviously never go on that charter again, that goes without saying, but  we still had a good day, with good mates and other keen fishos on board.

Some would say we got what we paid for.

A Boat ride.

 

 

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yep ive only had bad

Tue, 2013-07-23 11:08

yep ive only had bad impressions of charters, never again now i invested in my own boat.

il take ppl out for 200 buks a pop - start my own charter business up haha, 4 ppl can fish il just decky all day 800 slides in the back pocket, pay for my new Faruno i want.

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Fishing Charter

Mon, 2013-10-21 16:55

Went out on fishing charter. Cancelled a couple of times due to bad weather cant blame the operator for that. Ended up going out 4 months after we purchased from Scoopon. Cant fault them had an amazing day crew were excellent fishing was quiet however we arnt fishing in Exmouth. I’d recommend em great job guys and thank you for a fantastic day.