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RichTea
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Topic: Sailboats now selling Laser boats Posted: 30 Jan 13 at 9:47pm |
I'm surprised no press release here but it appears Sailboats.co.uk are now selling Laser boats
Why the change?
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iGRF
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 31 Jan 13 at 9:05am |
Hmm, I've never come across them before and having a gander at their website it looks like quite a commercial operation, then I noticed they carry lots of Laser spares, for every bloody Laser but mine - shame that could have been quite a good find.
Turns out after a bit of investigation they used to be called Northampton sailboats and appear to have always sold Laser stuff, so I wonder just why it is the EPS seems to have vanished so completely off the face of the commercial earth. |
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sandgrounder
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 31 Jan 13 at 9:20am |
Nothing new there - I purchased a new Laser from them in 1984, Laser 113722
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blaze720
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 31 Jan 13 at 10:10am |
Greame
Northampton are one of the very best out there for mail order parts ... welll stocked, fast and efficient. If you need to mail order give them a try ... Mike L. |
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Roger
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 31 Jan 13 at 10:41am |
Unless I'm mistaken, aren't Sailboats, Speed Sails and Purple Marine all under the same ownership anyway, and all 2 are Laser boat or spares stockists. |
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Xpletive
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 31 Jan 13 at 12:05pm |
That's right, they are all linked. Been using Sailboats for years & always found them very reliable.
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iGRF
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 31 Jan 13 at 1:01pm |
Then if that is the case, why no spares support for the EPS I wonder. You can buy stuff for all sorts of old dross yet something as recent as this has no support whatsoever, even we used to hold spares of boards going back twenty years and no longer being sold.
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sargesail
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 31 Jan 13 at 1:18pm |
That'll be an issue with the original SMOD builder. To small a population of users for anyone to hold unique parts.
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iGRF
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 31 Jan 13 at 4:10pm |
SMOD builder? What's that got to do with anything, this is a brand issue from a famous name brand that launched a product, and failed to follow through. So why should anyone believe they will continue to follow through with the rest of the crap they make, given this boat was the only one worth a damn and their dealers are now tarnished with that image imv so should give the entire brand up, it's not as if it's the only case, 3000,4000,5000,Vortex need I continue?
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L123456
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 31 Jan 13 at 4:15pm |
There is dross ... and then there is the EPS ... have you not worked it out yet?
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