Don't go to Hooks Landing - Oxnard

My sister gave me 2 passes to fish on the Coroloma out of Hooks Sportfishing and the owner of the landing refused to honor them. I drove from Frazier park to get on after she made the reservation for today and well the guy was a real A-hole and told me to go get on another boat across the harbor. Felix and I offered to pay what he would make for the Coupon and he said go away. Now we are here across the harbor to go fish a different boat.
Ok rant over, just avoid Hooks Sportfishing!

 

Randy: Yes my Brother WTF!!!!!
Fred: I called we talked!
Ron: Yes we got out on another boat.
Juan: Yes some bull 4 sho
John: The passes were purchased at the end of Sept, beginning of Oct. they are/were valid to use anytime no weekend exclusions. My sister called a week ago for my brother in law and my self to go. She told the landing we would be using these passes she bought online and was told no problem come on down. So these are well after the ownership change.

It went like this as Felix and I walked in holding the passes.
Guy at landing: "Whoa, let me tell you about these passes from that website. Your name has to be listed on the paper to be used."
Mikee: I said Well these were a gift from my sister, she is listed and I am not.
Guy behind desk @ Crooks I mean Hooks Landing: Steve I believe:"Well she can use the passes but you can't. Those things started off as a promotional deal and turned into a big fiasco. I am losin money on them, after it is all said and done I think I make $20 bucks on them. Really not a good thing for me. She can buy 1000 of them things and has to gift them to others"
When my sister called and made the reservations there was no mention of any of this to her, nor that she had to fish. Nor was anything said about gifting or names.
Mikee: Ok whats it going to take to get me on the Coroloma this morning
Crooks, Steve: "He said buy 2 fares @ full price."
Mikee: Screw that I will go get on the twin before I do that.
Then he smarts off and says I would have worked you a deal before ya said that.
Felix says: well how bout we give you what you will make on the passes
Crooks, Steve: "Oh hell no, have your sister call and get her $$ back. You guys can go fishing across the harbor"
at that point he was being quite the a-hole about the whole thing.

Right wrong or indifferent I just wanted to use a gift that was PAID FOR by my sister and was a gift he would not honor.Turns out she paid a 2 for 1 fare and I never paid $75.00 to go on a 3/4 day boat in my life. She paid $37.50 each for the passes

As it turned out we went to Ciscos, used a 2 for 1 pass Felix had from a Ventura coupon book his daughter was selling and THEY HONORED Their Passes we went on the speed twin, light load of 14 I think and had a blast with ppl we know and like us.

Bottom line it was bad business and I will never go to that landing again, very unprofessional and quite rude.

Spend you money were ya like but I gave fair warning!!

When getting a gift of fishing:
1: call and check the reservations or exclusions or fine print B.S.
2: Get a name of who ya talked to at the landing or wherever.
3: There was more I forgot cuz I am tired!

I never in all my years fishing had crap like this come down from a landing owner or landing personnel. Not a good way to run a business for sure!!!

 

My sister did get her money back. The coupon was through Spreebird formerly Screamin Daily Deals. He has both that and a Groupon add, to attract business.
I am lookin to contact someone from Openwater tackle systems, Penn, Avet, Shimano, Tady, Salas and I dunno who else who's gear he had for sale and let them know about this post. I don't believe I would like my product on a businesses shelf who treats customers in this way. There are more than one complain on various sites about him. . . . He screwed up bumpin off a GB member!!! I am so not done yet!!!!