Picked up a big handful of Penn and Shimano coffee grinders this week at Wal-Mart... Had them on some serious close-outs... 75% off or so... Penn 5000 for 35... 5500 was 20... some of the Shimanos were 15 in the same relative size (though clearly not the same quality) and I go through so many of them and mine are getting pretty ratty...
I flinch BTW every time I see a reference to Ugly Sticks... I was given a set of them to use as a "team charter boat" and could not get any service from them at all. Mostly the guides popped off or lost their inserts. None ever lasted a whole season without failure. They kept replacing them gratis, but it got ridiculous and I finally had enough of it and pitched the works in the dumpster.
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