AS I WROTEBEFORE, I HAVE BOUGHT ABOUT 7 VESTS. I HUSSEL THE INTEX BOATS, THE MINN KOTA MOTORS, MOTOR MOUNTS. BUT WHEN I WALK INTO ACADEMY SPORTS AND SEE THE SAME ITEM FOR THE SAME PRICE, I FEEL LIKE THEY ARE WORKING AGANST ME. I INVITE STRANGE PEOPLE TO MY HOUSE, OFFER THEM SOMETHING COLD TO DRINK, AND TRY TO TELL THEM THE THUTH ABOUT THE ITEM. AS STSTED BEFORE, I HAVE HAD C.O.P.D. FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS, STAGE 3-B LUNG CANCE ANARTIFICAL LEFT KNEE, NOT TO MENTOION THE 3 BULGING DISCS. I GET SOCIAL SECURITY, AND A SMALL PENSION, NO LIFE INSURANCE. I TRY TO IMPROVE MY INCOME, BY PACKAGEING BOAT, MOTOR, MOTOR MOUNT, AND LIFE JACKET. I BOUGHT A INTEX 5 PASSENGER BOAT FOR MY SELF.WE WENT ON OUR MADEN VOYAGE I WAS FEELING WEAK, SO I HAD MY NEWPHEW CAPTAIN. NOW ALL THIS IS NO FAULT OF ANYTHING I HAD PURCHASED, FAMILY I SOLD THE BOAT I HAD BOUGHT FOR THIS ADVENTURE. GREED I GUESS, BUT CHECKED AND COULD THVE THE NEW STUFF HERE IN PLENTY OF TIME, I SCREWED EVERYTHING UP. EARLY SUNDAY MORNING I CHECKED, INTEX BOAT 123.94. MOTOR MOUNT 21.94, AND BOUGHT THE MINN KOTA AT THE WRONG PLACE AND OVERPAID 60.00. LIFE VEST ACTUALLY CAME DOWN IN PRICE. BACK TO THE MADEN VOYAGE, MY NEWPHEW WRAPED ALL 4 LINES AROUND THE PROPELLER. WE ARE ABOUT AN 1/8 MILE FROM WHERE WE LAUNCHED, BUT OH NO HE PULLES INTO A PLACE WHERE THERE ARE ROCKS, AND PILEINGS, I AM SO WEAK I CANT GET OUT OF THE BOAT. WHEN MY BROTHER STANDS TO LEAVE, NEPHEW SAYS I THINK WE JUST PUT A HOLE IN IT, NOT 1 BUT 3. IT WAS OUR FAULT, NOT INTEX, THE MINNN KOTA IS SUPER, WORKS GREAT, EXCEPT I LIVE IN MS. AND WOULD PERFER A SALT WATER MOTOR, NO BIGGIE. MOUT WORKS GREAT, AND IT WAS CLOSE BUT DIDN'T NEED VEST. THEY HAD TO DRAG ME FROM THE BOAT. GUESS WHAT I AM GOING FISHING, PROBABLY AS SOON AS I CAN, LITTLE WEAK YET, BUT COMEING BACK STRONG. I HAVE BOUGHT 4 BOATS, MOTORS, MOUNTS AND ABOUT 6 VESTS. I THINK ITS A SHAME WHEN NONE OF THESE COMPANIES, TRY TO CONTACT ME AND OFFER ME A DISCOUNT. I WALK INTO ACADEMY AND CAN BUY THE SAME STUFF, AT THE SAME PRICE.I AM NOT TRYING TO CUT AMAZON OUT, BUT I WORK MY ASS OFF HUSSELING THESE ITEMS. SUNDAY ABOUT 10:00 BOAT WAS 123.XX, LATER IT WAS 127.XX AFTER I SOLD THE BOAT IT WAS 129.XX MOUNT WENT FROM 21.XX TO 24,XX SO I GOT TO PAY THE MAXIMUM. MY SALES ARE EXTRA, PEOPLE D ONT KNOW THEY CAN GET THE SAME STUFF AT ACADEMY FOR THE SAME MONEY. DO YOU GUYS GIVE PRICE BREAKS TO THE SMALL TIME HUSSLER? I GUESS NOT, BECAUSE I HAVE E MAILED BEFORE. I LOVE AMAZON, AND WILL REMAIN A LOYAL CUSTOMER. ROBERT RIGALI 871 MOTSIE RD. APT. # 108 BILOXI, MS. 39532
