Hmm, dont know what weight you are wanting to fish - I have been looking around as well....

I saw that a few were going cheap, didnt sound like there were any left?

There is one Pioneer GT Striker left at the Bait Station (Constallation Drive) for $55 .It pretty good rods. I have two a 7'3 and a 8'3.Caught a 32 kg GT on the 7'3 with 15kg braid.

I picked up 1 of those Pioneer rods a few months back was all of $45 so cheap i was actually worried about its quality.

If you are looking for a decent heavy duty reel that is pretty reasonably priced, I'd suggest looking at the Fin-nor Offshore 6500. The  larger ones are a bit heavy for my liking, in fact my 8500 I have not used for the last few years as ...well, that is anotehr story, it is just not usuable for me as a popper reel. However, the 6500, being slightly smaller dimensions weight etc, yet the same drag/componentry etc as the larger reels, seems a very nice compromise to me. Also a huge line cap... I have spooled mine up with about 1/3rd spool of 50lb mono, and 300m of 30lb fireline.
It is really a KISS style reel too. No automatic bale arm flip over or anything like that (something that will sooner or later crap out on you if poppering all day every day), but just the simple old clunk-over of the old style reels.... you'll see what I mean.
enormously solid handle and feel to the reel.
When I get back from the islands I will be able to tell you more about them, just bought the 2 of them for the upcoming trip, but they seem like a very nice outfit to get.
Things to look for in a popper reel... no flex in the reel stem. Solid, pref. one piece non-collapsing reel handles to take the pressure of the hits on the poppers. Those handles you un-screw one side so the handle can fold in neatly when packing it will sooner or later flunck out, as  when poppers get hit, you are usually cranking on the handle so tend to use it as part of the hook-setting hit, if you know what I mean... you lift both your rod and use the reel handle to help strike the fish... so a solid, well set reel handle is essential. (I prob haven't described that very well, i know what I mean though :-) )
Get a reel that does not have that stupid anti-reverse switch on it. Those things are just access points for corrosion to enter the reel body, they are the second thing to crap out on your after the auto-trip on the bale arms, and you really do NOT want to have the anti-reverse go on you when a fish hits your popper... snapped wrist city here I am telling you, and the mother of all birdsnests! :-)
Use fireline. It is not as skinny as braid, but casts reliably without wind-knotting as easily as braid can do.
There, thems my thinks on it anyhow.

Have a look on the net for an Ocean Revolution black devil 100 or 200. The company went tit's up so alot of website's are clearing stock.