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Originally Posted by BernOC
My biggest concern with this reel is how dedicated Rob is to the company and how long will it be around. Sure you can service it yourself, eliminating the annual VS thing, but parts do fail or need replacing over the course of time.
I remember when the future of VS was up in the air (more than once) and thinking not only can I not open this thing but where am I going to get replacement parts.
Hope everyone is having a good winter...if thats possible.
Bern
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I was waiting for someone to say it is I don't have to.Great point Bern.I think the #$ are secondary and frankly I am surprised that some of you have balls to insinuate just how stupid someone is by spending all this money.Just imagine if we are all going to be so frank with out thoughts.....someone walks up to your wife at the fishing show and asks you "you married this cow?holy crap ,I got one that weighs 3 times less and she is serving me fine".
Crude example but true.Don't mess with a mans wife of his finances.Everybody bitches about cost of VS or Z's but I don't see many driving around in Hyundai 4x4 or Suzuki.Noooo ,its the #%^&* Denali and Expeditions that are on the beach.Lets stop being hypocrites and not comment on what someone else spend their hard earned money on.
After 18 years in construction I got frostbitten last week.Hurts like a motherf#$%^ but its part of life ,bills need to be paid and after I come home and soak my feet to bring my internal temperature up and stop shivering ,if I feel a need to hug another VS or Z ,its my choice.
Anyway ,the point Bern made is absolutely true.I remember the days when we didn't know if our VS reels are to be an expensive toy with no parts in the future.Rob was the man at the helm at the time and he must takes responsibility for what happened at VS.Like many said ,you cant possibly sing praise to any product after few months regardless how good it looks,it needs to be tested.So my issues is not with $ or product is with the actual person behind it ,is he going to be around to guide this product into the future ? The man is obviously brilliant engineer ,there is no doubt about that....
btw
Lets not carried away with what some "pro's" have been spreading around about superiority of Z's vs VS.I got no skin in this game ,I use VS and would but Z if its more affordable and bigger in size ,so I am neutral when it comes to my allegiance to either products.However some guys are stepping over the boundaries and after demanding free reels from one manufacturer and being denied they threaten to go to another and get this "badmouth" the one that denied them multiple free reels.So much for being representative of the sport ....................and so much about their opinions being worth a bag of beans
Anyway , my index finger is getting sore plus I got to get my but on the deck job.Should be fun today on job with no shin ,right on east river where there is a wind tunnel so hard that most time we cannot even hold on to our material.Well just burn some more pressure treated wood and gather around the flames to warm out hands and breed all those wonderful chemicals.
And for what.........to get another VS or Z ?
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