Singlebarbed’s recent look at online fly fishing gear discounters moves to a new level in Part II of the series, where he reveals a few specifics about online fly gear bargains — in this case, fly rods.
Those looking for fly rod bargains will have their interest piqued. Those who wonder about the forces transforming the fly fishing industry will find a lot of fodder for discussion.
And yes, Singlebarbed names names.
See you at Singlebarbed, Tom Chandler.
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Bob Laskodi 05.22.08 at 7:45 pm
An interesting piece, but full of so many sensational (and untrue) claims that makes me question the entire article. I’ll just list one:
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If SB thinks a used $700 rod will fetch $500 on Looneybay, well good luck. While the Ebay angle will help Leland in the short term, I suspect once the customer figures out how little they will get for their old rod, this program will come crashing down. I give kudo’s to Leland for their smart marketing, but I doubt that this will be a long term winner for Leland when the customer realizes he only got $200 (and quite likely less) for that $700 rod. And possibly a pissed off customer in the process also.
Day Tripper 05.23.08 at 4:47 am
Bob,
I don’t think he was saying your used rod would go for $500 of ebay, the way I read it was-
Say you go to Leland’s looking for a new rod. The one you like is $700. Leland’s takes your old rod and sells it for you, for $200 on ebay. Now instead of paying $700 for that new rod, you’re only writing a check to Leland’s for $500.
kbarton10 05.23.08 at 8:33 am
Daytripper is correct, most of the Leland sales are around $200 for the old rod - giving the owner an extra $200 towards the purchase of the new tackle
unnikuttan 05.24.08 at 6:40 am
I am an admiring observer of this interesting conversation about getting good deals on ebay.
Turnip Truck Driver 05.25.08 at 1:23 am
Boys and Girls,
When all of the “real” fly shops are gone, it’ll be time to start building the arc.
kbarton10 05.27.08 at 6:51 am
Shh… Tom will insist it’s made of Bamboo.