Allan,

I guess it all depends how the warranty or guarantee is worded. Unconditional or Manufacturers Defect. Liftetime Original owner. Nofault original owner. Two year or some such time limit. Lots of ways to clarify a warranty. I use Sage rods that I buy myself. As long as I own them, no matter why they break, Sage will replace them. They made the offer and I will accept it. TFO has a similar warranty. If that is how they want to do business then fine with me. I have a lifetime powertrain warranty on my Dodge pickup, for as long as I own it. They made the offer, I accepted it. If a manufacturer does not want to make that kind of a warranty claim, they don't have to. Maybe people will still buy their product, maybe they won't. The old Law of Supply and Demand of the Free Enterprise System is working just fine as far as I am concerned.

Larry ---sagefisher---