What’s the State of the G. Loomis Flyrod Warranty?
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“Moral hazard” and “take care of your rods” aside, flyrods are fragile. If you spend a lot of time fishing streamers and/or shot-and-indicator nymphing, sooner or later a bad cast is going to collide something with your rod tip. Maybe it won’t break just then, but it’s probably going to break at that point somewhere down the road.
If we were talking a $100 rod, I’d bite the bullet and replace it. But $700? I make a pretty good living, but I’m not in a position to just say “oh well, I’ll shell out $700 for another one.”
I like G. Loomis rods a lot, but if they decide to say “Sorry, you accidentally break our $700.00 rod and your only recourse is to buy another one,” I’m out. Flyrods are fragile. What’s more, I’m using their 9-foot fragile graphite stick in places where I’m walking over slick rocks and through thickets of bushes. The risk of a broken tip is always there.
If Loomis decides people will just buy another $700 rod, they’re limiting themselves to a VERY affluent pool of customers. I hope it keeps them afloat, because it won’t include me.
If I have to just buy a new rod, I’ll sacrifice performance and use a cheap $75 to $100 rod (that never came with a warranty anyway). It might not perform as well, but I’m not up to risking the extra $600 over the slight difference in performance.
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Quote:I also would not buy a $700 rod if I had to shell out $700 everytime it broke, but I don’t think that’s what Loomis is offering.I agree about the “deductable” type arangement and of course look forward to the reduction in pricing on their rods.
They are only asking you to pay their costs to repair the rod, which is very reasonable.
Assuming their costs to repair the rod are reasonable, then I’ll agree.
I don’t buy your argument at all. It is perfectly possible to fish heavy streamers and beadheads for years without breaking a rod.
Incidentally, saying it’s “perfectly possible” and saying there is no significant risk are two entirely different things.
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