Rod costs

"Frank Reid" moc.deepselbac@diersicnarf wrote in message
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One of Mr. Parton's comments struck a cord with me; "which is why most of
what you think is American or European Made isn't at all." I have a name
brand rod (smaller name) that is known in the UK. It is clearly stamped
"hand made in the UK." I bought it in the factory seconds store of a
Korean
rod manufacturer in Seoul.
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Frank Reid
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I remember you telling me that story. The question I have is whether it was
actualy being shipped to and sold by the 'famous maker' or was intended for
the knockoff market (like the $10 'Rolex' watches you can buy in any street
corner in NYC).
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Stan Gula
http://gula.org/roffswaps

"Stan Gula" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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I remember you telling me that story. The question I have is whether it
was
actualy being shipped to and sold by the 'famous maker' or was intended
for
the knockoff market (like the $10 'Rolex' watches you can buy in any
street
corner in NYC).
--
Stan Gula
http://gula.org/roffswaps



Can´t comment on Frank´s rod, it may well be a "knock-off" as you suggest,
although this is actually unlikely. The rods in my possession, the reels,
etc, and others I have seen, were produced specifically for the
manufacturers whose logo they bear. I know this to be true, and I had quite
a number of interesting discussions and correspondence about it with three
separate "East" manufacturers.

At the time I was still haggling with them about the price of screening my
own logo etc on the rods they were going to produce for me, and also about
the "hardware" type and quality. I wanted fuji cermets single leg
stand-offs, fuji up-lock seats, special corks ( reel seat saddles), and
similar stuff, and they spent a lot of time and effort trying to convince me
otherwise ( the top quality hardware at least doubled, and in a couple of
cases tripled the ex-factory price of the rods). Quite a lot of e-mail,
various photos, and actual samples changed hands. These were not
"knock-offs", but specifically produced for the companies in question.

My final decision to quit, was actually made after it became clear that I
would have to simply give them my mandrels and specs, thus losing virtually
all control over the manufacturing process. The mandrels have since been
destroyed in any case, as the money I was offered for them by a couple of
firms, was little more than a bad joke.

TL
MC