nadinesmom Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 Today while once again attempting to fish one of my hudd gills I decided that just complaining about it swimming sideways wasn't getting anyone anywhere. I decided that it might be worth posting on here to remind everyone that we have the right to file a complaint with the better business bureau about bad business practices, seldom do people take advantage of this resource but it really is worth it in cases like this where Ken sent out defective products and has refused to even have a conversation with customers about getting refunded. If you have a few minutes it is worth it to lodge a formal complaint if you believe you have been affected by poor business practices/ethics. https://www.bbb.org/consumer-complaints/file-a-complaint/get-started it will ask for ken's info which is: Huddleston Deluxe, Inc. 6965 Speedway Blvd. X101 Las Vegas, NV. 89115 I'm in no way encouraging anyone to report anything unless you truly had a problem with this company that went unresolved. Also please don't start flaming in this post as the mods will lock it up right away. Now mods, please don't lock this up as I believe all of the members of your forum have the right to at least file complaints against companies with poor business practices. Haters hate away but what Ken did was wrong, he took money from a lot of people and delivered a product that was not as described. I'm in about $300 to him for hudd gills, about half of those are defective. Would you accept a defective slide swimmer from deps? or a defective reel from shimano? Magic Man CP, ISO_the1, evilcatfish and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSlant Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 I bought a lot of 5 off of here...some were new in pack...the open two were garbage...I used the other three "nip" with the same poor results...I didn't buy then direct from Huddleston or try and have them exchanged...I don't feel I can report him but I would encourage anyone who has dealt direct with Huddleston and had either defective baits or poor customer service from employees re the 10" preorder to do something...maybe it'll help maybe it won't but in my line of industry if I fail to deliver as he constantly does I'd be done quick...it's really unacceptable swole_t, SpaceGhost, ISO_the1 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedonnguyen Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 were people only having trouble with the ROF 5 hudd gills or were people having issues with the ROF 12's too? reelfish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSlant Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 were people only having trouble with the ROF 5 hudd gills or were people having issues with the ROF 12's too? Honestly I don't remember what all mine were...but regardless if 5 of 5 in either sink rate were bad...it's too much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reelfish Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 were people only having trouble with the ROF 5 hudd gills or were people having issues with the ROF 12's too? I bought 4 Rof 12 and I only tried one of them. It ran on its side. I tried adjusting by bending the internal weight. That didn't work. That was my last experience with Huddleston. Cadenw16 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedonnguyen Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 I only ask cause it doesn't seem they're making the ROF 5's anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISO_the1 Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 ill buy anyones hud gill...i will not pay retail but i will but them from you...something is better then nothing... fishnchips35 and Dancran 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSlant Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 ill buy anyones hud gill...i will not pay retail but i will but them from you...something is better then nothing... If I didn't burn them all I woulda just given them to you...reselling them should be a crime too Bass slob, CJS2500, Cadenw16 and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theamereicandream Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 Just an FYI. The Better Business Bureau is not actually a government organization. All they do after receiving a complaint about a company is attempt to get the business to register (pay) with the BBB to get accredited. I've dealt with them on both the consumer and business end. If complaining to Huddleston didn't help, a complaint to the BBB probably won't either. thedonnguyen, hydrocephalic, Lucid_Dreams23 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSlant Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 Just an FYI. The Better Business Bureau is not actually a government organization. All they do after receiving a complaint about a company is attempt to get the business to register (pay) with the BBB to get accredited. I've dealt with them on both the consumer and business end. If complaining to Huddleston didn't help, a complaint to the BBB probably won't either. Yelp! Lmao...it def won't help...but something should be done or customers will keep getting hosed forever... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcopple Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 We just need to stop buying hudds. You gotta hit them where it hurts and that's in the pocket. jhoozie1 and Mason 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmayer88 Posted April 12, 2016 Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 (edited) I bought a bunch of the ROF 5 gills with the first release and had similar issues as everyone else. I guess I had another lack of judgement and bought a bunch of the ROF 0 gills with the 2nd release, the video made it look so easy to tune from a side floater to an upright floater to a SS, even gave you exact weights to use to make the conversions, I have never been able to reproduce any of the tuning shown in the video, every couple months I look at the pile of baits and try again, no luck. Edited April 12, 2016 by dmayer88 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlestonfisherman Posted April 15, 2016 Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 I spent two hours at my neighborhood pond with a ziplock bag full of nails weights and got nowhere. I tried about every weight configuration the bait could withstand, and the best thing that happened was the bait swam diagonal. BigSlant 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternMassBass Posted April 15, 2016 Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 I doubt it will do much to complain with the BBB, but I guess it couldn't hurt. The only one I got runs sideways as well... I guess all that we can do is stop buying hudds lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKSlide Posted April 15, 2016 Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 Is there any way that the packaging plays a part in some of these baits not running true? Or is it that he's just trying to keep up with demand and the QC isn't what it was before? I notice the local store here hanging these baits and the tails are all bunched up and they do the same thing with the Ospreys...I have told them not to hang those baits like that but they won't listen to me. I'm not trying to make excuses for the man but just wondering if better, tighter packing could help keep these baits straight from the beginning? I hate it..I take them out immediately and hang them on my board when I get home..they aren't staying in that package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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