ha curt like I said in earlier post,three rivers made me the same offer,in fact they picked up the shipping,but what is with the fifty bucks I already forked out 365.00 for the rod is it that u didn't make enough off the origanl sale and u feel that another fifty would help I would think that a phone call by the dealer( three rivers marine,auburn sports etc) to the loomis factory and they could settle this over the phone and get the customer taken care of right then and there.