jtesch Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 Just looked through the 2016 BPS catalog and noticed no Daiwa rods or reels. My local BPS only has a couple Daiwa reels in the case and sold all their Daiwa rods off in the clearance bin. Is BPS no longer selling Daiwa ???? Quote
Super User Chris at Tech Posted January 3, 2016 Super User Posted January 3, 2016 Hmmm...the BPS website appears to have removed all references to Daiwa as well. Weird... EDIT: forget it, I'm apparently not qualified to use the BPS search procedure. With that said, it seems they're a LOT less Daiwa items coming up. I can't seem to find ANY Daiwa bass reels in baitcasting or spinning. No Tatula, Zillion, etc. Odd... Quote
5fishlimit Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 I thought this post was just a "gotcha" thing, but I went and checked myself. This is very interesting. Quote
5fishlimit Posted January 3, 2016 Posted January 3, 2016 Maybe there's an issue with their database because a search for a Tatula shows the filter as "tattle", and search for Zillion shows a filter for "million". Quote
greywalls Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 Funny this should come up... Yesterday, I called both 1-800-BPS as well as my local Richmond store to inquire why I couldn't find any Tatulas online... Both reps said simply that they weren't stocking them... There was one left handed Tatula and a T3 Ballistic at the store, leftover.... Weird. By and large, the BPS offerings "seem" to be migrating to more house-branded reels and rods (to my eye)... I wonder if perhaps Daiwa is making any of the BPS reels, maybe justifying the disappearance of the Daiwa brand? Curious... Quote
OroBass Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 I just went to bps to get my hands on a tatula before I made an online purchase and to my surprise... no tatula. They had a few big ocean style diawas but that was it. Quote
deagonkennels Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 They are not going to carry Daiwa in the future. They have started to carry Lew's though. Quote
Super User webertime Posted January 4, 2016 Super User Posted January 4, 2016 With all the Tatulas, Zillions, etc being sold on ebay/Amazon for 20%-40% off retail, why would they want to complete with that? 1 Quote
Blues19 Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 I feel like they are trying to weed out all of the other brands and have mostly Bass Pro rods. Its interesting they have Lews now though. Quote
greywalls Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 19 hours ago, webertime said: With all the Tatulas, Zillions, etc being sold on ebay/Amazon for 20%-40% off retail, why would they want to complete with that? True, but 90% of everything else they sell, excepting RedHead and BassPro house brands, are also available for the same online discounts... Not unique to Daiwa. In any event, I'd actually pay MSRP for a Tatula from BPS, simply owing to the experience that my wife and kiddos would enjoy while visiting our local store. 1 Quote
bassinOUT89 Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 If I'm not mistaken daiwa makes a TW exclusive rods and reels. Maybe they're not supplying BPS Quote
evilcatfish Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 This came up in the Ozark anglers forums a little while back. Basically the gist I got was Lews in in, Daiwa is out. Also, I've heard BPS was trying to flex their muscle and it was pretty much Daiwa that dropped them (this may not be accurate but its what I'd been told) 1 Quote
5fishlimit Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 22 minutes ago, evilcatfish said: This came up in the Ozark anglers forums a little while back. Basically the gist I got was Lews in in, Daiwa is out. Also, I've heard BPS was trying to flex their muscle and it was pretty much Daiwa that dropped them (this may not be accurate but its what I'd been told) This makes sense especially with the TW exclusive line, and they also have the reels they make for Cabelas. The Prodigy line I think it is. Quote
hookset on 3 Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 For what it's worth, Lew's is headquartered down the road in Springfield, Mo. Quote
evilcatfish Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 14 minutes ago, hookset on 3 said: For what it's worth, Lew's is headquartered down the road in Springfield, Mo. Quite true. At one time I believe there was some beef between Lew's and BPS but it looks like times have changed Quote
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