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Zebco 33 NOT THE SAME AS IT USED TO BE!
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<blockquote data-quote="fender66" data-source="post: 170429" data-attributes="member: 2990"><p>What's with the Zebco 33 reels that you buy today? I bought two of them (one for each daughter) last year Christmas and they both lasted about 15-20 minutes before they both jammed up. No fixing them either. They both...right out of the package, wound the line around the axle in front of the catch bail. I couldn't get into it to get the line out. Was ready to throw them both in the water! I ended up busting one up trying to fix it at home and after tearing into it, found the gears are all plastic now too. These reels are a piece of crap anymore. Several months ago, I sent Zebco (Customer Service) an email and explained to them what happened. I never even got a response. Very discouraging! I grew up beating the hell out of several of these and never had a problem. I don't get it.</p><p></p><p>I need to find a reel that I can buy that's not going to break the bank and work for my daughters/wife a handful of times through the year. Close faced like the Z33. Any suggestions?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fender66, post: 170429, member: 2990"] What's with the Zebco 33 reels that you buy today? I bought two of them (one for each daughter) last year Christmas and they both lasted about 15-20 minutes before they both jammed up. No fixing them either. They both...right out of the package, wound the line around the axle in front of the catch bail. I couldn't get into it to get the line out. Was ready to throw them both in the water! I ended up busting one up trying to fix it at home and after tearing into it, found the gears are all plastic now too. These reels are a piece of crap anymore. Several months ago, I sent Zebco (Customer Service) an email and explained to them what happened. I never even got a response. Very discouraging! I grew up beating the hell out of several of these and never had a problem. I don't get it. I need to find a reel that I can buy that's not going to break the bank and work for my daughters/wife a handful of times through the year. Close faced like the Z33. Any suggestions? [/QUOTE]
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