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I'd take the price on a mistake every time, with no reservations, and have done so. I don't view a mis marked item having any relationship to theft.

Bassclary here is the original question: My answer is knowingly taking advantage of a mis-marked item is dishonest. Would you take the same advantage at the mom and pop store? If I drop my wallet and you see it fall, do you return it to me or do you profit from my mistake? If you drop your wallet and I see it fall, do you expect me to return it to you? When does saving or making a dollar take precedence over doing the right thing? Most every violation of ethics comes down to rationalizing "they" somehow deserved it. It is a slippery slope.

Personaly, I would never waste the money on one. If I was wanting a small light weight battery and was not needed a lot of run time, yes the AGM's are ideal, but I would go with a stack cell rather than a spiral wound (like the Optima) East Penn manufactoring, who makes Deka batteries, also makes Bass Pro Shops, check out their's, they are the stacked cell. Now, a little insight on all AGM's, Optima's are AGM batteries. AGM is assorbed glass mat, which means instead of having a free liquid electrolite, they have a thin piece of fiber material between the plates that's holding the electrolite. They can be used upside down, on their side, or on their end with only a small loss in output. Because of the design of AGM batteries, they do not have the Amp Hour capacity for the same size battery in a flooded cell. Check out the highest Ah capacity of the Optima Blue Top 34 and you will see it's only 55Ah and Reserve minutes capacity is 120, and the price is outrageous. Look at the Group 31 for a Trojan or other good flooded cell battery and you will Reserve Capacity: 120 • Capacity (C/20 rate): 55 This is Trojans group 31 AGM http://www.trojanbatteryre.com/PDF/datasheets/31AGM_Trojan_Data_Sheets.pdf Look at a similar Group 31 like the Trojan SSC225 and you will about 120Ah and 225 Reserve capacity for a lot less money. This is about twice the battery as the Optima Blue and less money. It does not matter what kind of battery of it is, the Reserve Capacity or Ah capacity is going to determine how long your trolling motor runs. The construction of the battery has nothing to do with that. AGM's when charged with a good AGM charger will give you a higher cycle count, and the fact they can be installed in any position is about the only good thing they have going. Oh, and they are light, but this is because they don't have the capacity the heavier batteries have.

You want my opinion, that is being dishonest. Especially if you fully know it a mistake.

Honestly, if it was someplace like Wal-Mart or Dick's, I would probably do the same thing that you did. If it was a small, locally owned sporting goods store, struggling to make a profit, I'd point out the mistake and pay full price.

A lot of armchair ethics going on here. How would you know if it's mislabeled? You ask. When you ask, most places - especially DSG - give it to you for that. I just bought a $130 rain coat for $40 today. The whole rack was priced like this. It didn't ring up at $40, so I asked if it was a mistake. She said, "who knows?" and rang me out for $40.

Things just don't add up when you think about this logically, most baitcast reels on the market today with stock drag setups are capable of producing drag in the range of 8-12 lbs, tthere are some exceptions as the Revo series has reels with multi-stage CF disks that produce in excess of 20lbs. Even with the drag cranked down these reels are much more likely to suffer damage to the fine teeth of the pinion and main gear long before they produce enough stress to bend the shaft on a spool. Keep in mind these are my opinions, I have worked on reels for a number of years, I have seen both damaged teeth and damaged spools, teeth can be damaged by excessive drag and hard hooksets with braid, I have never seen a damaged spool as the result of braid being tied to the spool, most are the result of mis-handleing.

If you think the economy is bad now, the effects of people only buying what they could pay cash for would destroy it all. How many people could afford to buy cars, houses, boats or any other large ticket item for cash? The ripple effect of this lack of purchases would destroy most markets. Not just the markets of the large items but all of the other markets who make money from purchases to maintain the large item.. That being said it is up to the buyer to have to will power to only finance what they can pay for. Just because someone is willing to loan you the money doesn't mean you should do it. Part of the determination whether its affordable or not just the initial purchase but the expenses of up keep and using it.

The lions are NOT going to make it past the first round of playoffs, if they make it at all. They are one dementional...sure Javhid Best is good but only if you get him recieving or outside the tackles. Megatron is having a break out season this year but teams will figure out how to stop him. It'd be great to see the lions do well (even though im an eagles fan through and through). There are also flaws in the secondary and in the line backing core. We'll see how the rest of the season pans out after this weeks loss.

I do not like any line that stretches, period. Whether I'm fishing freshwater or inshore saltwater it's only braid and spinning gear for me, I fish moving baits 99% of the time, my braid of choice is the one that's on sale........ I have never caught more or bigger fish because I spent twice as much on line, as long as the knots hold and line doesn't break, I don't need it do anything else.

However you see it K-Mac is right on the money. I've had a few baits that were mis-priced and I said something....They honored the price for me. I felt much better and a guilty free conscience. You know you are wrong,otherwise you wouldn't be asking that question.That's your conscience trying to tell you something.

I agree with my fellow Rochesterian that Oakland gave up a lot for him. The Bengals got the best of this deal, in my opinion.

Not sure I understand the rational about not taking it out of savings. When I make a large purchase, boat, car or whatever, I look what's the cheapest way I can get it and is going to give me the least amount of payback. If I can borrow money cheaper than what I'm making on that same amount of money through interest, investments or what ever, I borrow the money. If the interest is going to cost me more than the money is making me, it makes a whole lot more since to pay cash than to finance, especially if it just sitting in a savings account that's only making 2% and it's gonna cost 7 - 8% to finance. Sounds like my wife pulling out a credit card to pay for something because she didn't want to use her cash, like the credit card is going to be free money.

Awesome bass man! I live in Canyon lake and just started bass fishing about 3 months ago. This post makes me want to try my float tube out on Lake Perris!

This move makes no sense to me. The Raiders just traded away their top pick in what was already going to be a thin draft for them due to several other recent trades for a guy who has been sitting at home since the end of last season and had his best seasons 5-6 years ago. He's unlikely to step in and be great right away while learning a new system this year and not having been on a football field for 10 months, and he was threatening retirement if he didn't get traded so I'm not sure his heart is in it long term. If it works out great for the Raiders, but the price they paid seems really high for a guy whose been an average QB in recent years with so many question marks.

My thought exactly. Be sure to ALWAYS wet the knot and cinch it down slowly but tight. As others have said, I have had it on a couple reels for more than a year and one reel was on it's 3rd year and had no issues. $20 and up for 200 yds, I'm gonna do my best to make it last. Big-O taught me something I've been doing religiously. Before heading in for the day, clean your line. Make a long cast and reel in the line through a clean towel. Seems to help.

Excellent point! If you have the confidence to throw a bait somewhere and know if it hangs, you can get it back, that will definitely get you more bites.

When they drop........

Being a legal adult is 18, being a "mature" adult is not a number....

The one Francho has a picture of on his post is similar to the one I use. I bought one that didn't come with a spool and have spooled it on a wooden doll. The only thing I use it for is cranks. This thing cost me about $6 and it has easily saved me hundreds of dollars. Up until this year I don't believe it has ever failed my. Then this year I had two that I couldn't get free. It has improved my fishing leaps and bounds by giving me the confidence to fish areas i previously never would have. I have pulled up anchors with it and one time I sent it down to retrieve a lure and pulled up two others. The thing is awsome. I remember seeing these things on store shelves thinking there is no way that thing will work. Than after loosing about $50 worth of lures one outing I thought what have I got to loose. Bought one and the rest is history.

both are great rods, it's preference