What Would You Do?

**Cmj** · 04-15-2013, 10:04 AM

I wouldn't have left without my money or receiving payment in some other way. Promises from this guy are obviously no good.

**Cmj** · 04-15-2013, 10:06 AM

Originally Posted by NIMROD

Hollar if you ever get to Arkansas and there are several of us that would take you for free.

X2 come to Spring Camp this weekend and you can hop in the boat with me.

**Gindog** · 04-15-2013, 10:10 AM

I with Nimrod, I not the greatest fisherman here but I be glad to get you on the water for free.

**burns_312** · 04-15-2013, 10:25 AM

Appreicate the responses guys. Had I known more about this website before I booked the trip, I would have joined back then and gained some of your input. If I wasn't 9 hours away in Kansas, I would take you up on the generous offers. I told him I wasn't getting off his boat without my $100 deposit and he pulled out his wallet and fumbled with it and it had about $8 in ones and a check made out to him from what I'm assuming was another client. He told me that he had deposited his cash in the bank and asked if I had paid by PayPal, which I had. At this point I was near enough to doing something I probably would regret that I just walked away from the situation. I told him that $100 better be back in my account by 8 AM this morning. About an hour later he text me and said that I paid my deposit on 1/29 and that PayPal wouldn't let him refund that far out. He claims he's mailing the check. He then also told me, "I hope you know I just saved you $200." Then the next text said, "No 350." In the hour we had been gone he seems to have forgot that there were 4 of us. I told him that if I was concerned about the $350 that I wouldn't have booked the trip. I completely understand if the fish aren't biting (which we found out wasn't the case, they were catching fish on this lake) but tell me the night before that it's been tough and that I can make the decision if I want to come or not.

**Stubby** · 04-15-2013, 11:36 AM

Since this was a guide in Arkansas, it sure would be nice to know who it was... I say if the $$ isnt in the account when it was agreed upon, post the name.

**hawgdog** · 04-15-2013, 11:50 AM

Originally Posted by Stubby

Since this was a guide in Arkansas, it sure would be nice to know who it was... I say if the $$ isnt in the account when it was agreed upon, post the name.

**Big H trucking** · 04-15-2013, 11:57 AM

Tell his name........So no one else books him....

**burns_312** · 04-15-2013, 12:16 PM

I'll post his name when/if the time is right. I'm going to give him a chance to at least get my money back to me before I go public with it. If you want to know who it was PM me with the understanding you don't go public with his name until I do, that's all I ask.

**JeremyDale** · 04-15-2013, 12:34 PM

I'd pull a JPJ and ask him if he wanted to take it to the bank! Rofl

**Midsouth Man** · 04-15-2013, 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by burns_312

Say you had booked a trip with a guide and it went something like this. You put down a $100 deposit in January, but trip is planned for a Saturday in April so you touch base with guide the night before and he says he'll text you directions soon. About 10:30 Friday night you haven't heard from him so you text him and he tells you the name of the lake you're fishing and just to head that direction and call him early in the morning on the way. You call him early in the morning and he gives you directions to the place. You get to the place and he comes down, doesn't introduce himself, and says let's go. About a 5 minute boat ride later, you pull into a cove with another boat anchored over a brush pile. Guide shuts down the big motor and goes to the front of the boat and drops the trolling motor in. He pulls out his phone and starts fumbling with it. Three minutes or so pass and he says something is wrong. Another member of your party tells him there may be a better chance of it working if it's plugged in. Guide plugs it in, laughs, and goes back to fiddling with his cell phone. Another few minutes pass and he says you need to go back to his place so he can get his remote for his I-Pilot. The whole time he's fiddling with his cell phone he thinks it's his remote for his I-Pilot. You pull the trolling motor back up and he tells you to drive his boat back to the dock. You drive back and he pulls into his slip and tells you that he's sorry it didn't work out, but the fish aren't biting anyway. The guide obviously had no intention of taking you fishing to begin with.

Thanks for your response in advance.

I won't say anything until you go public but this guy is a real piece of work! We need to get the word out on him, even if it is privately done!

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