Originally Posted by LPfishnTIM (Post 167156)

I fish in a bass club with Doug, everyone in the club that has bought one or more has strongly recommended buying a KAJUN LIMB, I went to Doug's house and casted three different action rods in the pond by his house, then we went in his rod building room and he showed me different grips and rods that he built. I told him what I wanted and he is building it for me. I'm getting a 7ft mh rod with the eva foam split grip.

Originally Posted by fishinpox (Post 167161)

post some pics when you get it done!

Originally Posted by FF_T_Warren (Post 166829)

So here's the follow up on my broken rod story.

I spent $25 shipping the thing back to castaway and was assured that they would replace it. Well I get a call this morning, Hello Mr. Warren this is ... with castaway. The way your rod broke isn't covered under warranty, but we can sell you a new one at half price if you would like to do that. So I ask how much and she says it retails for $269 so they will sell it to me for $135 plus the $25 for shipping, so $160. (Well I only pay $175 normally from Chag's.) So, rather than stir up the stink and try to argue I said fine and told them to ship the new rod. Well then about 45 minutes later I started thinking about it and said heck, Billy can probably take my parts(reel seat and titanium guides) from the broken one and build me a nice stick with them(I love the feel of the skeleton rod). So I call back and leave her a msg asking politely to send back my broken rod with the new order.

About 30 minutes later she calls back and says they can't do that because of the warranty. I said what warranty, I'm buying a new rod. Yall aren't warrantying anything. She said well we can't do that because we are sending you a new rod and you could keep sending back the broken one and getting a new rod. ???What??? Yall aren't warrantying it this time, why would I send it back in and yall warranty it that time. At this point she says well we are giving you a rod at half price. I said I can buy it from the guy I get it from all day for $175, so all your saving me is $15 and a trip to new orleans. Soo why can't you just give me my old rod back and I'll buy a new one.

Well sir we can't do that it's our warranty policy. So I said well can I just get my other rod back? She says no, all we can do is sell you a new one at half price. I said so I can't even get the other one back. She says well yea if you want it but we can't sell you one if you do and you'll have to pay the shipping back.

So I said, well just do that I'll get one from my dealer cuz I can get it for almost the same price.

Originally Posted by all star rod (Post 167056)

Those $50 American Rodsmith Split grip "APEX" rods are the best bang for the buck. I have 3 of them. Two for at least 2 years. They are light, great action, and cheap!

Originally Posted by mikedatiger (Post 167307)

Sounds like they were giving you a good deal on a heck of a rod. Are you sure that you are comparing the exact same rod from Castaway to the one sold by the retailer you mentioned? Castaway sells numerous variations of the Skeleton rod with prices ranging from around $150 - $400. The Skeleton is one of the finest rods around.

Originally Posted by Jordan (Post 167430)

when ya sending it to me ?? need to put my 404 on something..

Originally Posted by LPfishnTIM (Post 167576)

if chags can make money on them selling them that cheap, I quess castaway is making more money on a bogus warranty 1/2 price discount, what would piss me off is that there making there money regardless of a warranty or not instead of replacing a defective rod at no cost to you except shipping.

Originally Posted by fishinpox (Post 166977)

buy an ugly stick the white ones or even better the glow ones slap a 5000 series spinning reel on it hold it upside down .......dats where it be :*****::*****: