The Greeks BAC Bait shop!!

Greek or not, you get the fee if you act as an issuing agent for temporary registrations:

http://www.fish.state.pa.us/faqregt.htm#5
 
Ah ha, I noticed you paid $10.  You must be talking about a "launch permit" instead.  I could not determine if an agent fee applies, but I assume it would.  Call the PFBC if you think there was a problem.  I don't think they would look kindly on unauthorized charges from authorized agents, even if they are Greek.

Hmm, you pay for a dozen minnows and they only give you twelve.  Maybe if you request change for a twenty, they will only give you a ten and two fives as well.  Can't trust anyone nowadays.

MackJ, 
 
We all prefer Poor Richards for minnows.  BAC gives 12 minnows, Poor Richards gives a bakers dozen with another dozen in case the first twelve die due to Steely Bite!

Who is the cheap one,complaining over one extra minnow.This is not a bakery.God forbid if someone has to charge an agent fee because that is so much money that is going toward their Mercedes parked out back.And who cares if they are Greek or Vietnamese,as long as you can get bait.Get real.

I've gone to the BAC at Rt. 5 west and I must say they are more than generous when it comes to minnows or shiners you buy.  I have also encountered the same from the other bait shops I have patronized in Erie.  I guess I'm just lucky to have had nothing but good experiences up there.  However, why the obvious jab about the "Greek" thing?  Is it because some of the guys have a foreign accent that bothers you or the fact that they are foreign?  If not, you sure make it sound that way.  If you had such a big problem about the 2 bucks, maybe you should have asked him directly about it rather than posting your problem here.  If you had done so, this post would probably not even exist.

 "If you had such a big problem about the 2 bucks, maybe you should have asked him directly about it rather than posting your problem here."

Shut,
 
That seems to be a common theme here. We, as Americans have been conditioned to vent ( cry ), rather than confront.

If your going to have a problem with someone thats fine, but don't have a problem with them because of there race or ethnic back ground.

Say what you want, I have never heard really bad things about Poor Richards, Smitty's, or Hansons when he was around. I have had terrible service and not been treated very well at BAC. The trouble is, when you fish the PI it doesn't make sense to drive all the way to Smitty's or Poor Richards from where I live. I'd pay more in gas. So, realistically I am stuck going to BAC. I just don't really like giving my money to a place that treats their customers like crap. I know alot of people that will travel many extra miles to go to the other baitshops due to the treatment they have gotten at BAC. If you like BAC, have at it. This is a message board and I am allowed to have my own opinions as are you!!

I gotta agree with the rinkerstix about the minnows.  It's happened to me at the BAC too. It's cheaper to buy feeder goldfish at Buzz N' Bees than minnows there!  I guess we all just miss the good old days of Hansens when Joe would be filling up your bucket with minnows with a cigarette in his mouth with a three inch ash that never seemed to break off and fall into your bucket.  And he always wanted to know how you were doing if he knew you or where you were from if you were from out of town.  Always quick with a tip on where to go to catch whatever you were after that day too.  A "couple dozen" meant a full bucket at a fair price.  Hansens was just one of those local place that made Erie "local".  A great way to start off a day of fishing rather than feeling like you just became a part of the big "summer fishing tourism cash grab".  Like many other things nowadays, it business people running a business now.  We get our hammers from Lowes instead of Don Smith's, TVs from Best Buy instead of Mace Electronics, and bait from BAC.   It's all about the bottom line and not the fishing line now. 

ORIGINAL: rapala11

ORIGINAL: Hookin Up

If your going to have a problem with someone thats fine, but don't have a problem with them because of there race or ethnic back ground.

amen,  very good post.

 
Nobody on this board said the reason BAC stinks is because they are Greek. He is Greek and it's a nickname most people have for them. I support the Greekfest every year and enjoy everything it's about. Please don't bring this into an OJ Simpson racial ordeal.

ORIGINAL: Carpet Bagger

Maybe if ya bought something more than just some minnows they'd be alot more generous...

Some bait shops just know who to treat right when they walk in the door....

 
In my business and EVERY busines ALL customers should be treated right!
There are no "Really Good" customers in my line of work. Because they are ALL really good customers if they spend thier money with my company.
 
I don't care if it's $1.00 or $1,000,000................
 
And that ladies and gentleman is called good customer service!

Same here mike. Good point. I've been jewed at the greeks more than once

ORIGINAL: D.T.FISH

Same here mike. Good point. I've been jewed at the greeks more than once

 
 
get you once shame on them, get you twice shame on you. you bronco fans will go back for a third.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
easy D.T., just joking.

I would personally like to thank the greeks for bringing the greasy delicious gyro to all fairs, carnivals, and sporting events. I cant get enough of those things.

Look, I gotta agree with RinkerStix and the Nasty Hook.  When I used to fish "Mup here" we all knew it was just the "Mup heres" that went to the Greek because he counted the bait and you never got "a little extra".
 
Let's face it, that guy that said "Let's see you paid for 12, you got twelve, go figure."  He's obviously from Pittsburgh.  Everybody knows it, when you're local you went to Hansen's because he treated you with that pride and respect you deserved.
 
Hook said it right.  How many of us can picture Joe with his cigarette hangling there, sloshing shiners in a bucket.  Sometimes you got so **** many 30 of 'em were dead by the time you got to the boat.  But ol Joe knew that was a good thing too.  You could use those to chum in the garpike just as well.
 
The Greek, he just don't get it.  He don't give you that Erie-respect.  And it's nothing racial, I love Greeks and Greek food.  Ain't nuthin like some Greek Fries at Taki's after a long night of drinking.  (That is, if the Creekers don't get you on the way there.)
 
And all those who say they never heard "The Greek" as a nickname, here's why:  YOU"RE MUP HERE FROM PITTSBURGH AND THAT!!!!!
 
Remember one time I seen some of you'ins and you said, "Hey what kinda fish I got here. 
 
I took one look and saw it was a sheephead, but didn't want to ruin their day.
 
I said, "Thems Pittsburgh Bass, and they good eatin'"
 
You shoulda seen those Mup Here's grinning from ear to ear.
 
"Gonna have y'ins a feast tonight I told him!"
 
Those were the good ol days.  The days when you got 40 minnows for a buck, when you caught some fish, and had a good time.  Oh, and you waved at The Greek's when you passed it by.  But no stopping.  Not for locals anyway!