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Originally Posted by cheferson
vs250 is $769 vsb250(bailed) is $899, glad i got mine before the increase!
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Thank you for the feedback cheferson.
I guess I just do not understand the continual price increases on the VS's. When I first hear of VS, they were $500.00. Generally speaking, pricing increases on a product are driven by inflation, rising cost of production, and new features or improvements. Inflation has not risen that fast. The major new feature is the bail. Has the cost of production really risen that much? Production costs are the first thing that companies try to reduce without sacraficing quality to increase their profit. Given the increasing competion to the VSs and the souring economy, I just do not understanding the VS business startegy with increasing the prices of the reels each year. Bottom line, VS is not the only option any more and the "value" (i.e. price to real ratio) is decreasing with each year the price increases for the same product.
NOTE: I have fished VSs. They are great reals. This comment is not about the product. But, about the annual price increases for the same product.