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The shirt off his back is in effect what TOO OLD did for me, i bought a K.E. bellhouse from him and was unable to lacate another. so fred at trick marine (aka TOO OLD) called his mechanic and had him take a bellhousing of one of his own blower motors to help out a customer in need. ME... i offered to pay him ana extra hundred bucks for doing it and he refused to take the addl cash i offered. what a stand up guy. he has earned a loyal customer for his heroic act. i was shocked and awed by him doing this for me. Thanks so much fred, your kindness will not soon be forgotten. i hope sharing this with the rest of you folks on oso will encourage you to give fred a chance to earn your bussiness as he did mine. ratman

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More money?... damn... he should have discounted it for being " Used ".... :D J/K,,, that is the kind of BS I hear from "car guys"........... :eek:

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Fred goes out of his way for everyone that has a boat in need :D

He gets all the business from everyone I know, and it is all well deserved for one of the nicest guys you will ever meet....Now if we could just get his boat in the water :drink:

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You just have to understand...Fred doesn't need the bellhousing for the boat to sit on the trailer in the garage!!! :D :D :p

Just kidding, Fred is just an all-around good guy and a huge asset to our "Hobby".

Craig

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reed the one fred took off was brand new it was bloted to his motor a few days before he had it taken off for me it was never plumbed or used. i also think he may have trouble findind a replacement ke as theres none to be had. he really hooked me up in my opion. you come around my way and try to take a part off my engine, you better have a frigin gun! fred's d man

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Man Trick Marine is just Plain fun to Fred. we all know he charges more for his Burgers & fries :D

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Fred is a stand up guy. The fact that he did this comes as no supprise to me.

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Too Old is a great guy and I look for him to only grow his business. What a class act! BH

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Be serious. He's thanking you. You just gave him another reason not to use his boat. :evilb:

Sorry Fred, couldn't help myself. :cool:

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As I've stated before, Fred has and continues to raise the bar for customer service.
No matter what it is I might need, now or in the future, he is THE FIRST person I will always contact. He has helped me out much farther than anyone else would have. I hope someday to be able to return the kindness.

Fred Ceceil Rocks. Plain and Simple...He just plain rocks....

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DITTO

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Sure wish there were more of his kind in the marine industry,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, :D

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YOU READ MY MINE !!!

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Maybey this thread should be ....." I CAN TOP THAT'"

here's my Fred story....

I bought parts off some guy. Mailed him over $ 3,400.00 and three weeks later
still no parts. I had spoken to Fred a few weeks earlier about some other things.
Well I knew this guy was in Fred's neck of the woods, so I called him.
After giving him the info he immediatly e-mailed this guy and told him he would
be at his place the next morning to pick up either my parts or my money.

The guy immediatly contacted me ( pissed off to say the least ) and said the parts
would be sent immediatly. Got them 3 days later!

Talk about a person going above and beyond. Fred owed me nothing but was just
so pissed that I was getting the run around that he got right on this.

Fred if you read this , you know I'm still extremely grateful. And will make good on my promise to take you out to dinner on my next trip down to FL.

OK who's got a better story than that?

P.S. this guy lived about 2 hrs. from Fred

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Fred is just an all around GREAT PERSON! :cool:

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More like Fred :drink:

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That knob will do anything to have us boating!!! :D:D:D

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There's too few Too Olds in this world! :drink:

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:D :evilb: :D

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Fred is The man!!!!Just wish I could buy 1 of everything!!! :drink:

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Geez, Fred must be da man. Makes me want to call him up and order something....just wish I knew what it was. Good job Fred.
John.

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I just "met" Fred from my Scott Summeral thread. From a private message he sent me I know everything good you guys are saying about him is absolutely true. The stand-up guys will cancel out the scammers every time.

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Can he move to Baton Rouge???? :D

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Way to go Fred !!!!!

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Another thing, small but very significant. Whenever I talk to Fred on the phone, he NEVER rushes the conversation. Even though he might be the busiest (or at least one of them) member on our Board, he always finds the time to really talk.

"Trick" in 08"

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WOW, its not like Fred to not respond to one of these posts with a big "AWW SHUCKS FELLERS, IT TWEREN'T NUTHIN" :) If all marine businesses were run by Fred and those like him, there wouldn't be a bad business forum!!!!!!

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Fred is a class act all the way....and once I upgrade my boat I'll be calling him for just about everything !
He's one of the good guys....

All the best ,
Hans

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Mike he told me the same story,I think we know who your talking about :eek:


Yee I think Fred is the kinda guy that likes helping people and his hobby is his job now and he is able to do it know.

Fred the more you grow the more worried the west coast guy's are going to be :D

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I want Fred to run against Hillary in 2008!

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I hate the guy!!!! Look at the damn war that he and I have been involved in for all this time. Guy cuts me no slack and now he is farming work out to try and beat me, then he sells all the parts off his boat to set himself back more and then I am what.... sapposed to feel sorry for the old fart when he looses yet again and I make it three and 0..... :D:D:D

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I just love all the Brotherly love here :D

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You're darn straight on that one Dennis! I have only heard of good things on how Fred/Too Old deals with folks. I believe his business will grow more and more for just this one reason. :)

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Ed, you hit the nail on the head! Man,----you have no idea! ;)

Excellent statement by the way. :)

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Shoot, I'll bet you a Whopper Extra Value Meal that CP Performance has one of those KE thingys laying around the shop and just won't ship it to you because you are not on their "good guys" list.

I've said it in many threads (recently!)... Fred is THE BEST man in offshore. Imagine if he were to unite all of offshore racing... one big happy racing family. If anyone could do it, it would be Too Old. :D

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It really is nice when you read about good customer service in the marine industry. The next time I need something I'm definately calling!!! :D