Broke my Avid...replace it or upgrade it?

[SimonSays]

I was shad fishing on some rocks earlier to day when a nice one hit...I forgot there was a large rock next to me...I set the hook and before I knew it about 4 inches of my rod tip comes sliding down the line =(

St croix has pretty much the same warranty as Loomis...if it's your fault send it in with $50 and they'll repair or replace it...they also offer a deal where you can upgrade the rod...send the rod in with $50 + the difference of value between the rod you want and the rod you currently have and they'll send you that rod...

For me I broke my avid, even though it's the older model (no IPC etc..) it's still considered worth 180.  The Legend tourney bass rod of the same power and action is 230.  $50 to send it in $50 to upgrade...trade in my Avid + 100 for a Legend? Worth it?

[Chad.]

I would say so the legend is such a crisp rod ;D

[Grey Wolf]

Definately worth it.

[Gone_Phishin]

If you have the dough I say heck yea; it's well worth it.  How much did you like your Avid?  Why not pay a bit more and increase that smile.  The LT has a better blank and aesthetically, well, it's the cat's meow.

[FishTank]

Sounds like a good deal to me.  

Lets just say you broke your laptop. Is Dell, Mac or whomever going to send you a new and better model for $100.  No way.........

If you got the cash go for the LT.

[Dan:]

Can you get an Avid replaced with an Avid for free with the warranty? Just wondering because I have an Avid and that was what I thought the deal was for exact replacement.

Anyway, I'd say if you have the money, go for it. I love my Avid and haven't used a Legend but I've heard good things about it. Plus, that's a pretty darn sweet deal when you think about it. A $100 upgrade to a much more expensive rod is a good deal.

[joshmb1999]

i've got both the avid and a legend tourney and i'd say go for the upgrade to the LT...the avid's are sweet but the LT's are even better

[SimonSays]

Can you get an Avid replaced with an Avid for free with the warranty? Just wondering because I have an Avid and that was what I thought the deal was for exact replacement.

According to the st croix site they have 3 levels of the warranty

Silver - if it's a problem that stemmed from a fault of theirs, you send in $20 and the rod and they'll either repair or replace

Gold - If you messed the rod up (ohhh, like slamming it against a rock like me  : ) then you send the rod in plus $50 and they'll either repair or replace it.

Gold + upgrade - like the gold but if you want to upgrade it you send in the difference ($50 in my case) plus the $50 needed in the original gold warranty.

What gets me is the repair part of their warranty...I think i'd just rather have a new rod.  Also as I recall from talking to one of their customer service reps...it might take up to 2 weeks to get the rod back =/  (someone please correct me if i'm wrong)

[.RM.]

SimonSays,

What gets me is the repair part of their warranty...I think i'd just rather have a new rod.

Our Technician will determine whether to repair or replace your rod keeping in mind we'll only repair it if we can make it perform like new.

[SimonSays]

SimonSays,

What gets me is the repair part of their warranty...I think i'd just rather have a new rod.

Our Technician will determine whether to repair or replace your rod keeping in mind we'll only repair it if we can make it perform like new.

yea, read that part, but I guess for me, even though I know it'll work like brand new, in the back of my mind I'd still know it was once broken =/ confidence thing I guess =D

Looks like I'll be upgrading to the LT then! I also remembered that I bought the Avid on sale for ~$110 so that sweetens the deal even more =D