yeah i noticed a cheap a$$ Shakespeare reel while i was grabing a smoker at Fred Meyer, that had a direct resemblance to an Ambassaduer 5000... i was looking at it examining it, and it was one of the cheapest knock offs i had ever seen...

i honestly did not know that companies could do that... its sad actually.. because the reputations of the good companys could be at stake to people not in the know, by using a knock off and it not performing like they thought....

i actually used to buy Danielson swivels, because they were cheap, that was untill i lost 2 fish in the same day about 10 years ago due to the swivel breaking, in the same spot... now, i dont subsitute quanity over quality, its just not worth it...