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Originally Posted by Mike P
You're overlooking the $700 initial outlay in your cost/benefit analysis  Over ten years, your cost of ownership is $1200, or about the same price as a self-serviceable Zee Baas. Plus return shipping, and over the last ten years, the price of VS factory service has doubled, from $25 to $50. Who's to say it won't run 100 clams in 10 years? |
You really need to quantify the "enjoyment", "fish catching" and "coolness" values as well to compute the net present value over the life of the reel.
I used the formula below to help choose a VS250 over a Penn 704z.
3 years later I still haven't caught squat
-spence