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atunatado · 07-18-2007, 01:47 PM

Yes, this was a three day trip. I was originally on this trip, but I took a new job in May, unable to take time off from new job, I rescheduled for an October trip at that time.
My buddy kept his spot for this trip and drove down from Seminole, TX on Sunday. He spoke with them last week, no mention of lack of anglers. They called him yesterday to tell him the trip was a no-go due to not enough anglers. Said they only had 29 and needed more to go. If this is so, doesnt make much sense, because I have not seen any effort on their part to try to get more anglers aboard as I had seen in the past, postings on 2cool and other places.
As you can imagine, he was beyond upset, this is probably the third or fourth time he has had a cancelled Big E trip. He cancelled his October reservation out of disgust and Im considering the same just because I dont feel right about giving my money to them based on their lame "not enough paying customers for us to meet our maximum profit per trip point." I thought they liked to fish and would be glad to take a trip as long as the weather permitted and they had enough to meet the break even point, not the maximum profit point. makes me wonder why they dont just cancel the rest of the trips for this year and send that boat to the new buyer already. Interest pays!!
It is remarkable that they told you (Johssm) that they would go with at least 20, I believe they had 29 for this trip they decided to cancel.
I dont see any motivation on their part to run trips that are at less than their maximum capacity, asidefrom your post Johssm. Do you know if they have gone on any other 3day trips or is yours the only 1 this year?

I guess if we didnt love to fish so much, it wouldnt really matter, but we love to fish so this kind of situation is very difficult to assimilate.
I really feel for my buddy, he got a beach house for the week, brought some family with him to make it a family trip and then he got this news yesterday. He called me fuming. I have been trying to get him hooked up with an alternate fishing trip, not too much success yet.

07-18-2007, 01:47 PM	#11 (permalink)
atunatado Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 47	Yes, this was a three day trip. I was originally on this trip, but I took a new job in May, unable to take time off from new job, I rescheduled for an October trip at that time. My buddy kept his spot for this trip and drove down from Seminole, TX on Sunday. He spoke with them last week, no mention of lack of anglers. They called him yesterday to tell him the trip was a no-go due to not enough anglers. Said they only had 29 and needed more to go. If this is so, doesnt make much sense, because I have not seen any effort on their part to try to get more anglers aboard as I had seen in the past, postings on 2cool and other places. As you can imagine, he was beyond upset, this is probably the third or fourth time he has had a cancelled Big E trip. He cancelled his October reservation out of disgust and Im considering the same just because I dont feel right about giving my money to them based on their lame "not enough paying customers for us to meet our maximum profit per trip point." I thought they liked to fish and would be glad to take a trip as long as the weather permitted and they had enough to meet the break even point, not the maximum profit point. makes me wonder why they dont just cancel the rest of the trips for this year and send that boat to the new buyer already. Interest pays!! It is remarkable that they told you (Johssm) that they would go with at least 20, I believe they had 29 for this trip they decided to cancel. I dont see any motivation on their part to run trips that are at less than their maximum capacity, asidefrom your post Johssm. Do you know if they have gone on any other 3day trips or is yours the only 1 this year? I guess if we didnt love to fish so much, it wouldnt really matter, but we love to fish so this kind of situation is very difficult to assimilate. I really feel for my buddy, he got a beach house for the week, brought some family with him to make it a family trip and then he got this news yesterday. He called me fuming. I have been trying to get him hooked up with an alternate fishing trip, not too much success yet.