That's a very good price, especially for a saltwater reel. In conversations with saltwater anglers of long experience, the story is that all reels fail. Some fail sooner than others, and while price is not a perfect correlation, the most expensive ones tend to be on the side of lasting longer before failure. I noted that they all use saltwater reels costing $300 and up, especially favoring Nautilus, Galvin, and Abel.