Something to think about...
A buddy of mine saved $8 on 100 """ VMC "" 4/0 hooks
This was about 3 weeks ago.... he bought them on "flea-bay"
He was going to give me 20 of them for "replacements" but before they hit my box i cut 1 and the eye popped... i also broke the solder joint on another... I gave them back to him and told him to get his money back because they were not VMC hooks...
He got a reply back from the seller telling him that he needed to read the auction and it was "LIKE VMC HOOKS"... Chinese knock offs...