Ray, I find it interesting that based simply on your assessment that the resale price of Cabelas rods is "barely half" of retail that the rods are "junk". I personally do not buy rods based on their resale value. I plan on keeping rods. I have found Cabelas rods, and other merchandise in general, to be very good values. If we base our assessment of things solely on the resale value, then most American cars are, in your judegement,...junk.

Of course I guess we can simply glean a more realistic evaluation of Cabelas rods from all the other positive posts from owners in this thread to the one negative post from...let me guess....one who does not own a Cabelas rod.