plug prices

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Originally Posted by Skitterpop

How can you take advantage of fellow fishermen when its their decision to buy a plug?

Don`t want them don`t buy them .

Exactly, most guys that pay ass-tronomical prices for plugs are either DEVOTE plug collectors or pretend fishermen. They fish alot ONLINE but hardly ever wet their reel line
Is there alot of money in "flipping" plugs? NO, you ain't retiring or buying real estate with your profits that's fer sure, you're just making a little bit of money to cycle on something else. I don't fault people who do that, but I also don't consider them serious fishermen, they are not people I'd want to spend the night chasing fish with, all they'd do is talk about "their" plugs or deals...
It probably pissses off the builders, but what can they do? MOst builders care about other fishermen in general and wouldn't let that effect how they price their tackle. Eventuallly it's the buyer who pays the big ticket who will end up being the fool.

I cringe at $20 a plug. I am not a builder, however in knowing a few of them personally...I understand the price. I've seen the hard work and TIME SPENT perfecting the action as well as the TIME SPENT in production...but I still cringe at $20 a plug because I've caught the same size and bigger fish on production line plastics. There's obviously a difference in quality, but my intent is to CATCH the FISH, not impress the FISH with a higher quality, prettier painted plug. Fish don't care what it's made of. As long as I have confidence in the construction of the plug, I'm satisfied. Whether it cost me $17.99 or $5.99 -

I have a lot of respect for most of the builders out there today. Building plugs takes away from their fishing time, their families as well as other hobbies they used to enjoy. They have FULL time jobs other than plug-building, (at least the few that I know personally)...they enjoy making the plugs and enjoy it even more when they hear of people catching with them.

If I made plugs and sold my plugs, I would feel disrespected by some of these clowns who are in it just to make a few extra dollars at my expense and labor....but it's a FREE America, so what do I know.

I just wish Mac still turned wood and not just carved it.