Fin-Nor Parts

[Penn]

All Fin-Nor parts have been sold to Mike's Reel Repair in BC Canada in case anyone is looking for something.  Pure Fishing no longer stocks any Fin-Nor parts or does any Fin-Nor reel repair. 

tony

I ordered 4 springs for a Santiago reel a couple weeks ago from Mike's reel repair.  Total cost including shipping to Texas was 41 bucks.  Tariff charges were 65 bucks on top of that.  Parts are listed in tariff schedule as steel and aluminum and that is a 50% tariff.

Sorry to read this news, but there were 2 choices.  Into the scrap barrel and 0 parts for the Fin-Nor brand and into the future or send them all to Mike's to allow Anglers to continue to get parts for some of their older Fin-Nor reels.  Although expensive, at least you were able to get 4 Santiago's back on the water.

tony

[Gfish]

I foresee the price of "parts reels" going-up, cause that sounds cheaper in the long run.

What if we had a politics section on the forum? Ha! Kidding... that would slowly erode any existing unity, even though it might be amusing.

[Midway Tommy]

I would have just let the reels sit in the corner until trade conditions leveled out and stabilized. There are a lot of adjustments and tweaking still to be had in the foreseeable future. 

[steelfish]

..  Tariff charges were 65 bucks on top of that.  Parts are listed in tariff schedule as steel and aluminum and that is a 50% tariff.

WOW 50% tariff, thats why I love my USA PO Box, its zero tariff for me to get parts from USA and not, I not hidding those parts under my car truck when traveling back to Mexico, all the Mexicans that live in the border with USA have a duty-free limit of $300 dlls when returning from shopping in USA to Mexico, that plus some specific indivual items that can cost more of $300 dlls but are considered personal items and are also full covered of the same duty-free benefit, as photo camera, cell phone, laptop, 4 fishing reels/rods, etc