- 12/28/11: Winter hours in effect.
- 12/10/11: Added "Postal Service" to all USPS shipping options to make it clearer. (People keep confusing UPS and USPS)
- 12/10/11: Revised the email "message from store regarding order".
- 11/18/11: SQL30LD, SQL40LD, SQL40LDLH, SQL50LD, SQL60LD, SQL60LDLH parts lists added to PennParts dept.
- 11/12/11: First Class shipping is now limited to orders under $50.00
- 10/20/11: SG1000, BTL1000 and FRC1000 reels/parts added to the system
- 10/14/11: Defiance parts added to the system (as factory backorder items)
- 10/1/11: Seem to have solved the recent problem with live USPS postal rates and they are working properly again.
- 9/30/11: Added Alan Tani's 320Gt, 321GT (and GT2 Versions) Rebuild to the Repair Tips section
- 9/29/11: Added Alan Tani's 113HN Rebuild to the Repair Tips section
- 9/29/11: Added Dave Healey's 910/920/930/940 Rebuild to the Repair Tips section
- 9/24/11: Added Alan Tani's 525MAG-T Rebuild to the Repair Tips section
- 9/24/11: Added Alan Tani's 330GTi Rebuild to the Repair Tips section
- 9/24/11: Added Alan Tani's 50VSX Rebuild to the Repair Tips section
- 9/24/11: Added Alan Tani's 209 Rebuild to the Repair Tips section
- 9/24/11: Reel Care & Repair section reformatted
- 9/23/11: SQL12 and SQL15 reels added to Fishing dept. for purchase
- 9/23/11: 515MAG2 and 525MAG2 reels added to Reel specs page
- 9/23/11: 515MAG2 and 525MAG2 parts added
- 9/23/11: SQL12 and SQL15 reels added to Reel specs page
- 9/23/11: SQL12 and SQL15 parts added
- 9/22/11: Torque spinning reels added to Reel specs page
- 9/22/11: TRQS Spinning reels added to Fishing dept. for purchase
- 9/22/11: TRQS9 Black/Gold Spinning reel parts added
- 9/18/11: TRQS5, TRQS7 Black/Gold Spinning reel parts added
- 9/7/11: Removed Penn parts sections from the PennParts Dept. header and moved them to the PennParts Dept. left side bar instead, since it seems 40% of the folks were looking for them there and getting confused.
- 7/31/11: Revised layout of schematic pages. NOTE: If a schematic will not load, there might be a typo in the link. Please let us know!
- 7/24/11: Published our first "New Reels & Parts Updates ISSUE 1, 7/24/11". Added Newsletters link to the PennParts Dept. sidebar under "Related Info"
- 7/1/11: Added two Silver Series (103C and 105C/CS) repair help pages to the [Reel Care & Repair] section of the parts department.
- 7/1/11: PennParts Dept.: removed [Misc. Penn Parts], moved items into [Conversion Kits] and renamed it [Kits & Conversions] on the left side bar. Organized the section by subcategory to make it easier to locate specific types of kits.
- 6/30/11: Live Support is now available at the top of all pages in the website.
- 6/30/11: Simple Search was not functioning properly, removed in favor of Advanced Search. See the dark grey navigation bar at the top of any page.
- 6/25/11: Penn 113H2-LH reel parts added to the parts dept.
- 6/17/11: Penn 12VSX, 12VS and 12V reel parts added to the parts dept.
- 6/10/11: Due to changes in how names of parts were formatted, some of the kits had been broken and were missing parts online. These kits are now repaired.
- 5/21/11: Penn Fierce spinning reel parts added to the parts dept.
- 4/30/11: Mo has revised the catalog tutorial, and there is now a link in the Getting Started section of the Help page.
- 4/14/11: Ryan has redesigned the My Account and Wishlist pages to make them more user friendly.
- 4/10/11: Revised reel specs page to be more searchable.
- 4/9/11: All links in the reel specs pages should now be reapired and functioning.
- 3/31/11: Actively working on fixing reel specs broken links.
- 3/30/11: Put in fix so basic shipping rates should display for ultra-lightweight items.
- 3/26/11: Catalog was down for maintenance from 12 am to 7 am EDT, correcting an issue with item weights that was causing too high of a shipping rate to display for orders with many items.
- 3/24/11: Kits/Design Changes fixed and purchaseable.
- 3/16/11 - 3/21/11: Catalog was down for maintenance to switch over to new Able 7 Catalog.
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We hope that you like the new setup.
The general layout is similar to the old catalog. The checkout is a little more streamlined and there are more bells and whistles on the administration side to help us to help you.
NEW FEATURES That Scott's Bait & Tackle has added:
- A new Help Center to make it easier to find assistance online.
- We have added a Terms of Service page for our online shoppers.
- Live Support will be available on a more regular basis.
- USPS First Class Shipping w/Delivery Confirmation is available on a trial basis for US Customers.
- Paypal is now our credit card processor as well as for Paypal payments.
Ablecommerce 7 Catalog Features:
- Secure PA-DSS v1.2 software.
AbleCommerce software was officially PCI certified under the new, and stricter, PA-DSS v1.2 standards on June 1st 2009.
- My Account System for customers.
Customers will appreciate many features of their online account system where they can view all new and past orders, pay balances, check on shipment status, and even add "notes" if there are questions or concerns about an order.
It is now much easier to edit your username and email address changes right from the account page.
- Re-order it!
When used, everything you've ordered before is added to the shopping cart and you'll be able to make changes, or add more items, before checking out again. NOTE: this will only apply to orders placed from now on in this new version. Any older Able 5 system orders are not able to be included.
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Shipping rates not displaying
Customers who are still experiancing the shipping method error, please be patient while we try to figure this one out.
Item Weights: There is an issue where ultra-light items, such as washers and springs, are so light in weight that USPS/UPS are not registering them and will not return shipping rates. We are currently working on a solution to this problem. UPDATE: We found a fix for this, so basic shipping rates should display for lightweight items now. UPS may not display but USPS will.
USPS Timout: If the USPS system fails to respond promptly it will cause ours to time out. The time out causes UPS rates to not load either. If you don't see USPS or any rates at all, try refreshing the browser or give it a few minutes and try to checkout again.
Territories: US territories are currently only displaying USPS rates (PR, GU, VI, MP, AS, FM, MH). Make sure that you format your address as "PR, United States" etc. We are working on a solution that will also all UPS ptions to display, but at least we reversed the problem so that the cheaper USPS rates are displaying and are displaying for all the provinces listed.
Countries: There are some countries that we do NOT ship to. See the list in the Shipping FAQ
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Parts Out of Numerical Order
You may find that the parts lists are out of numerical order. There is no need to report this, we are aware of the problem and will be working our way through the lists re-sorting everything.
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Old Order(s) NOT Displaying in My Account
There were some problems during the record transfers from the old Able 5 system to the new Able 7 system. The first two attempts lost entire order records in chunks. The last attempt appears to have brought over all the order records, but not all of the records are still connected to the user's profile, so they are in the system, but not displaying in the user account. There is nothing that we can do to correct this, but we still have access to the orders from the admin side if needed.
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Bad Links
If you find a page with a damaged link, please report it!
Include the full website address to the page you were on please, as well as where on that page the bad link is located.
You can find the address at the top of your browser window.
To copy an address: With mouse pointer in the web address box, hold down left mouse button and slide it from one end of the address to the other to hilight it. Then hold [CTRL] key down and press [C] to copy.
Then hold [CTRL] key down and press [V] to paste the website address into our contact form below.
Thanks again for bearing with us! ~Mo
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