Annual 450+ mile thanksgiving trip north takes me right past Jann’s Netcraft in Toledo, then past the Dudee, Mi Cabela’s. Seeing that Jann’s is right at the 3 hours mark from home I planned my departure time to get to Jann’s right when they open. Had my list all ready. Jann’s is just a few blocks from the Freeway Exit ramp, so it’s quite easy (in my mind) to justify stopping. That and of course I save on shipping charges. Pull in their parking lot at 8:09. Sign on door says ‘CLOSED’. Opens at 9am. WTF??? They’re supposed to open at 8:00! The summer/winter hours don’t change until Dec 1, verified that from the catalog before I left. Oh well, wasn’t planning on Cabela’s stop until trip home Sunday, but since Jann’s was closed, Cabela’s just became a contingency .
Picked up a few things on my list at Cabela’s but half of list was a rod blank and parts for new rod project. Get to destination, and check out Jann’s website. Sure enough Opens at 9:00. Unpack catalog and yep, Showroom opens at 9:00, buuuut the ‘Customer Service’ phone support opens at 8:00!!! DOH!!!
After seeing my error I thought, had I known then, I could have called “customer service” placed an order and asked if they would deliver to the parking lot.
Jann’s showroom is closed on Sunday when I’ll go back past it, so it looks like shipping charges now.
You didn’t allow any time for swinging by Canton and picking up some of Mikey "Ohiotuber"s famous peanut butter fudge! He has been known to travel too. No Packo’s either! See what you are missing:
Swing by Canton via Toledo? H3ll it was I could do to convince Lady_Bug that the stop at Jann’s was saving me money (shipping).
Never been to Packo’s but it has been on to-do list every time I go through Toledo. Problem always is timing, that being not close enough to lunch or dinner time to stop. That and I’ve had several people say the original location is the only place to stop, and that’s down town Toledo, which I never go through, always take 75-475-23.
Yep did get to go to Cabela’s, that’s some consolation.
Turns out the stars lined up after all. A family member had to leave a day early to go home and stopped by Jann’s for me on Saturday just before they closed. New rod project is go after all!
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