Core Discontinued?

[bootytrain]

Seriously?

People were in an uproar because they we're used to chronarch d's and figured the new chronarch would be just as good but we're tricked into buying a downgraded reel. Same thing with the curado, they were tricked into buying a g series thinking it would be the same quality as the e series.

Do you really think people were getting tricked? Seriously? The D was 100 dollars more than the E. Fact.. Chronarch D didn't sell, that's why the plug was pulled. People loved to complain about that yet hardly anyone ponied up and bought it. The renaming of the curado/chronarch line didn't make sense to me but it didnt matter as I was not interested in any of the reels. Don't get caught up in name cache, the curado G was not a bad reel as anyone who actually owns one will testify. It was a downgrade in a couple of components to the E and not made in Japan hence the reduction in price. My point was that people who were never in the market for a shimano in that price range did most of the complaining on the internet. Whats the point of complaining about something you were never interested in anyways?

[J Francho]

I bought over a dozen Curado E reels when they were disco'd, and three Chronarch E reels when they first came out.  It mattered little to me what they were called, nor did I feel tricked.  For what I payed ($75 for the Curados, $120 for the Chronarchs) I got great reels.

[adam32]

Over a dozen curado e's for 75 bucks each huh. Let me guess, they're all still as smooth as the day you took them out of the box.

[TrippyJai]

Over a dozen curado e's for 75 bucks each huh. Let me guess, they're all still as smooth as the day you took them out of the box.

 

FYI, he sold them here for $100 each if IIRC.

 

Do you really think people were getting tricked? Seriously? The D was 100 dollars more than the E. Fact.. Chronarch D didn't sell, that's why the plug was pulled. People loved to complain about that yet hardly anyone ponied up and bought it. The renaming of the curado/chronarch line didn't make sense to me but it didnt matter as I was not interested in any of the reels. Don't get caught up in name cache, the curado G was not a bad reel as anyone who actually owns one will testify. It was a downgrade in a couple of components to the E and not made in Japan hence the reduction in price. My point was that people who were never in the market for a shimano in that price range did most of the complaining on the internet. Whats the point of complaining about something you were never interested in anyways?

 

That can be said the same about many other things such as cars where people will complain about how the new series not being as refined, this and that, yet how many of them actually drive one or can afford one.

 

I agree with what you said, but Shimano made the wrong move and it didn't sit well with their fan base. Nothing wrong with any of their reels at each price point. I have many of the Curado Es and was excited to see what the new Curado was going to be and out came the G series and Chronarch Es which was very disappointing. This is all in the past and I'm glad they took a step in the right direction again.