To me, 50 bucks is hardly a substantial altercation when you're paying 400-500 bucks for the product.
I noticed you conveniently left off you can only use it once now as well.
You can only use the FREE REPLACEMENT, no questions asked for the NRX just once. After that it will cost 100 dollars to replace a 500 dollar rod. So basically I'll spend 1/5 the price of the rod to replace it where as you'll spend almost 1/2 the price of the rod to replace Falcon Cara. You'll spend just under half to replace the Dobyns and about 1/3 to replace a Loomis IMX, 1/4 for the GLX and 1/5 for the NRX Now, you tell me, which warranty is better compared to the price of the rod. And if you think the sensitivity and quality is better in the other rods then you're just blowing smoke.
And no, I don't rod shop because of the warranty. I wouldn't by a less sensitive, heavier rod because it had the best warranty.
And as I previously said, they should cover the loss of his rod at the 50 dollar fee since it was purchased before the change. But for new purchases, I don't see what the big deal is over paying 100 dollar (only 50 dollar increase) to replace a 4-5 hundred dollar rod. SHOW me who has a better warranty for the SAME quality rod.
I've also always considered the IMX series to be the "bottom shelf" model of the Loomis rods and wouldn't even consider buying any of the GL series. So no, I don't think it's worth 100 bucks to replace a GL series but more than fair to replace the rods I use which are the GLX and now the NRX.