The Tamure Kid wrote: My issue with Daiwa reels in NZ is the price - there's something very odd about the retail price point here compared to Australia, let alone Japan/USA. Sometimes nearly double. I know the NZ market is very small, but that doesn't seem to worry Shimano, whose reels are priced very well here when you do a 'Big Mac' style international price comparison. |
puff wrote: I'm still not convinced they are as good as other brands.... When you're getting paid to fish, why would you use gear that's only average at best... |
Structfab wrote: I'm truly amazed by the apparent effectiveness of TV marketing by some of these responses. It clearly works, and forms the basis of many opinions. It's a funny ol world we live in indeed! |
Muppet wrote: You are right to a certain extent. But to say a company like Shimano has built its reputation from marketing and advertising would be more than misleading too. I'd say the reputation was built on the backs of Stella's, Tiagra's, Trinidads, TLD's, Baitrunners, Curado, Calcutta etc.Sure Daiwa can say they have equal but in technology terms they have gone down a road with magseal no one has followed with a variation on yet. Maybe you don't need to service as often but its a bloody headache when you do and more expensive, a bottle of magseal is about 5k for a service guy to buy. Should also say doing a fishing show using just TLD's and Baitrunners you could still do a more than fine job. |
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