PennBass Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 Hey guys. Today I was looking at some lures on Ebay when I found some really popular and cheap (99 cents) lures that shipped from china with FREE SHIPPING. The seller had lots of positive feedback, but I'm still unsure of if it's legit or not. Do any of you guys have experience on buying lures from Ebay? Thanks, PennBass Quote
Big C Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Quote
Super User bigbill Posted October 10, 2015 Super User Posted October 10, 2015 I been buying some of these. Most of what we purchase is marked made in Japan. They offer some nice looking hard swimbaits. Sometimes cheap works. Quote
BobP Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 When you buy from China, you get what you get. The quality is often uneven and though they are good at copying the external shape of a lure, they often fall down when it comes to the critical internals. I've seen decent crankbaits ffom there and I've seen others that were completely worthless. Try to find some that are molded in Japan - they are a better bet. But don't expect a knockoff of any popular crankbait to be just like the original. They almost never are. 2 Quote
Super User Jrob78 Posted October 10, 2015 Super User Posted October 10, 2015 I buy tons of baits on the bay but I only buy known brands. With those super cheap lures, you generally get what you pay for, IMO. 1 Quote
Super User Senko lover Posted October 10, 2015 Super User Posted October 10, 2015 I would steer clear of those personally. Quote
BaitMonkey1984 Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 Just bought 30+ Jawbone crank baits at Dicks because they were on sale for $3.00 a piece and even with a lure retriever I am always losing cranks because I throw them into the gnarliest stuff I can find. Color, shape, eyes, rattle all looked good. Got em home and the hooks are tiny and need to be swapped out. Should have saved myself the time and aggravation and got a decent crank Quote
Super User Maxximus Redneckus Posted October 10, 2015 Super User Posted October 10, 2015 Cheap topwaters are ok but anything that dives im pretty sure they aint tank tested.topwaters are way easier just throw 10,000 in and what floats is what gets packed Quote
BassResource.com Administrator Glenn Posted October 10, 2015 BassResource.com Administrator Posted October 10, 2015 We've heard so many times through the years of people finding "great fishing deals" on eBay and CraigsList, only to discover it's a scam or they're sent worthless junk. Buyer beware. Quote
JazzPipes Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 I got the big package of inline spinners for trout, they are decent. Now, I dont think I would trust a jerkbait or something like that if it was suuuper cheap. Quote
Super User bigbill Posted October 10, 2015 Super User Posted October 10, 2015 Inline spinners for trout in rivers with rocks were we tend to lose many buying cheaper is good. We thought the made in Japan was junk once look at the fishing industry there now. I have a lot of different stuff from China. Some of there casting reels and spinning reels work great. I think in a few more years all the made in China stuff will be good Look at my 99 cent casting reel. It a clone of a higher reel. Quote
JazzPipes Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 Inline spinners for trout in rivers with rocks were we tend to lose many buying cheaper is good. We thought the made in Japan was junk once look at the fishing industry there now. I have a lot of different stuff from China. Some of there casting reels and spinning reels work great. I think in a few more years all the made in China stuff will be good Look at my 99 cent casting reel. It a clone of a higher reel. 99 cent? is that a brand or it costs 99 cents? lol Quote
Super User bigbill Posted October 10, 2015 Super User Posted October 10, 2015 It's about $25/$29 now. If u want me to list the exact number, model let me know Quote
Super User Catch and Grease Posted October 11, 2015 Super User Posted October 11, 2015 Inline spinners for trout in rivers with rocks were we tend to lose many buying cheaper is good. We thought the made in Japan was junk once look at the fishing industry there now. I have a lot of different stuff from China. Some of there casting reels and spinning reels work great. I think in a few more years all the made in China stuff will be good Look at my 99 cent casting reel. It a clone of a higher reel. I remember you posting about that a year or two ago, you never did post pictures... Quote
JazzPipes Posted October 11, 2015 Posted October 11, 2015 It's about $25/$29 now. where did you get it? can we have a link to check it out? best Quote
Super User bigbill Posted October 11, 2015 Super User Posted October 11, 2015 Ebay Ad #141139172865 On the reel side plate model #DM-120LA. $29 Chinese casting reel. I have some $9/$16 Chinese spinning reels. Want those numbers too. I bought them for my 5yo grandson but they work great. Ebay add# 261904992315. Spinnerbaits reel price varies with size. They work I bought two. For the kids 1 Quote
Super User deaknh03 Posted October 11, 2015 Super User Posted October 11, 2015 Inline spinners for trout in rivers with rocks were we tend to lose many buying cheaper is good. We thought the made in Japan was junk once look at the fishing industry there now. I have a lot of different stuff from China. Some of there casting reels and spinning reels work great. I think in a few more years all the made in China stuff will be good Look at my 99 cent casting reel. It a clone of a higher reel. They were 99 cents plus $39 shipping..I remember looking at them. Sellers used to avoid fees by having super low prices and jacking up the shipping fees, which ebay did not take a chunk of..now they do and thats why the price went from 99 cents to $30..the actual cost of item plus shipping is the same just the distribution has changed. 1 Quote
Super User bigbill Posted October 11, 2015 Super User Posted October 11, 2015 Now there $29 & free shipping. I feel this manufacturer in China was a vendor who made this reel for someone in japan(example) when the order was done they still had the tooling so they manufactured the reel for themselves. It's a decent reel. Quote
Super User deaknh03 Posted October 11, 2015 Super User Posted October 11, 2015 And getting back to the original post..bought a bunch of the cheap lures..they all broke, rather quickly..bills snap, some just broke in half..none swam decent.. Quote
Super User deaknh03 Posted October 11, 2015 Super User Posted October 11, 2015 Now there $29 & free shipping. Ebay now offers sellers incentives for giving free shipping.. Quote
Super User bigbill Posted October 11, 2015 Super User Posted October 11, 2015 Coming from a engineering r&d lab background I like testing new products. I'm retired its in my DNA. These reels work. If a cheap reel gets a kid away from the computer and out fishing for a cheap $10/$15 reel that's my point. 2 Quote
Super User deaknh03 Posted October 11, 2015 Super User Posted October 11, 2015 Coming from a engineering r&d lab background I like testing new products. I'm retired its in my DNA. These reels work. I dont question that..just explaining the pricing structure. I'm too in love with my Shimanos anyway.. Quote
Super User bigbill Posted October 11, 2015 Super User Posted October 11, 2015 With these cheaper lures be aware of the metric sizes and lengths don't get duped. The actual size of the lure can be smaller than we expect. With reels I like trying something different just to see if it works. Quote
RAMBLER Posted October 11, 2015 Posted October 11, 2015 I've gotten some really cheap plastic lures. I don't remember where they were made (don't know if I ever knew) and they did not work at all. Couldn't tune them to make them run straight. Just junk. I took the hooks off and threw the hooks away and used the lures for key chain fobs. 1 Quote
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