Island Scallops are a bunch of cheap b#s#a#d#

[Cuba Libre]

This past summer I have picked up 3 Island Scallops 400mm hard plastic floats, I also picked up a couple of unmarked ones too that were adrift. They are of no use to me but I picked them up so that no one would run into them-- they make a mess of gelcoat and props .
Late this summer, I found a 45 gal plastic drum float that the mussel farmers use. That one I dragged to the garbage can at Union Bay.. it was gone the next day.

anyway- I mentioned to FA that I didnt know what to do with the scallop floats, other than turn them into flower planters. "Wait!" He told me that Island Scallops would give fishermen retuning one of their buoys, one pound of scallops in return .. Excellent!!! So I phone them today to confirm that they wanted them back. I mentioned the 1lb of scallops per buoy.......... NOPE! Only 1 lb , no matter how many you brought back. I patiently explained to the nice lady that I lived in Dove Creek and it would cost me about $25 for gas for the round trip to Qualicum... it is not worth my while to make a trip to return them. She agreed, but after talking to the manager, I got the same result... only 1 lb , no matter how many I returned. This after I dropped my request to 2 lbs for all the buoys. !!!!

My initial reaction was to say "Screw it! I WILL turn them into flower planters!" But after a sober second thought, I have decided to keep them intact and every time myself or the wife heads to Nanaimo, we will drop off ONE buoy. I WILL get 3 lbs out of them one way or the other. hehehehehe!

 

[Kildonan]

Haha. I found one too, it's laying in my backyard. I wondered I they may give out some scallops for it. Now I know.

 

[Dogbreath]

Life is hard....then you die.

 

[scott craven]

I have returned numerous traps, floats to their rightful owners, most are grateful, some more than others.
Commercial operations probably different, the people you deal with may not be the owners
and therefore have a different attitude towards the value of lost product.

 

[Fish Assassin]

It's pretty poor of them to say that considering I was just in there a couple weeks and they told me that 3 floats were returned to them from Lazo Bay and that they had given the group 3 lbs of small scallops. I wouldn't return them considering the cost of fuel and my time for one pound of scallops.

What an absolute joke. I'd send a letter to the owners of Island Scallop.

Maybe they would rather us report their garbage to the ministry of environment then have us return it to them.

 

[homer.sparks]

My initial reaction was to say "Screw it! I WILL turn them into flower planters!" But after a sober second thought, I have decided to keep them intact and every time myself or the wife heads to Nanaimo, we will drop off ONE buoy. I WILL get 3 lbs out of them one way or the other. hehehehehe!

Haha. That's a nice way to get through. Why not turn them into flower pots and sell them instead? :cheers: