If you're a good caster, you can make anything with snake guides and a half-wells grip sing and dance; this person could realize the difference between Alpha and Beta and determine if the cost is worth it. If you're a poor caster (my hand is raised here), you hope and pray the extra money spent on that fancy assemblage of carbon fibers suddenly turns those tailing loops and wind knots into 80 footers with a single false cast; better off spending the money on casting lessons.

Regards,
Scott