Rod repair costs

[Stonedfish]

Anyone feel like paying $225.00 to have your Redington Classic Trout rod repaired?
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[troutstalker]

That's a big bummer. I just bought a brand new 376-4 CT recently for less than half the cost of a repair.

 

[Matt B]

Yowza!! I wonder if their local in-person hospitality will also change.

Just curious, what does Echo charge to repair or replace parts of discontinued rods? I looked and didn’t see a quick answer.

 

[bobduck]

In the early 90's a friend broke my 6 wt, repair $50, 8 years ago my grandson broke my 5 wt, repair $100. Two years ago I broke my 3 wt, repair $165. If I break another rod I'll buy another one instead of getting it fixed. The cost of repair is rapidly approaching the price of a nice rod anyway and I won't have to wait months to get it back in the mail. I can't remember how much it cost me to get my 8wt fixed but I remember the damn fool thing I did to break it which was to pull a steelhead over a grass hump with the rod and not by grabbing the line. Sigh.

 

[Salmo_g]

I didn't realize the Classic Trout is discontinued. (It was once and then resurrected because of demand). I saw not long ago that the retail price had increased from $149 to $169, still better to replace than to repair obviously.

 

[Evan B]

Yowza!! I wonder if their local in-person hospitality will also change.

Just curious, what does Echo charge to repair or replace parts of discontinued rods? I looked and didn’t see a quick answer.

There's no quick answer because it can vary greatly on rod model, current/discontinued status, condition of the rod, how many pieces were broken, etc. The entire industry has had to update how this type of thing is handled. The old way was unsustainable and badly abused.

Typically $20-40 for tips, $35-50 per section on other parts, or half off retail for replacing discontinued models.

 

[Josh]

Well shit. I have a broken 697 Sage Response that I'd been putting off sending in. Everything was weird with the pandemic and then life got away from me and it's been stuck in the closet. Guess I'm the idiot.

I like Sage rods a lot and this was a gift, but I'm not sure if it's worth $225 to me or not. That's a big increase from what it used to be when they had their classic/recent/current repair pricing.

 

[Josh]

I didn't realize the Classic Trout is discontinued. (It was once and then resurrected because of demand). I saw not long ago that the retail price had increased from $149 to $169, still better to replace than to repair obviously.

Anyone feel like paying $225.00 to have your Redington Classic Trout rod repaired?

I mean, it's still very clearly listed on their site as a current rod. I wonder if that's a mistake somewhere? Either listing it as discontinued or accidentally announcing that it will be discontinued?

 

[kmudgn]

Sage also charges a large fee for repairs to rods covered under their lifetime "warranty". That is why I do not buy new rods anymore. When you buy a high end rod you are really buying the warranty, no matter how sexy their marketing people describe the rod. Good used rods are 50% of new so why pay for a warranty that is worthless

To be charged to repair a rod under warranty is simply wrong!

 

[HauntedByWaters]

Sage also charges a large fee for repairs to rods covered under their lifetime "warranty". That is why I do not buy new rods anymore. When you buy a high end rod you are really buying the warranty, no matter how sexy their marketing people describe the rod. Good used rods are 50% of new so why pay for a warranty that is worthless

To be charged to repair a rod under warranty is simply wrong!

This is the way. I remember sending in a rod to get fixed that I bought used and didn’t have a warranty card for. I was worried that I’d have problems. The cost to replace/repair was the same as if I had a warranty card. Things that make you go HHHHHMMMMMMMM……..

 

[Tom Butler]

It does seem like a lot to repair a less expensive rod, but I'm sure it takes about the same amount of labor and materials regardless. I bought my CT for $100 used on the forum, Just fished it the other day. I think repair cost is about what I paid for my RS4. Looks like they will not do the GFL.

 

[Freestone]

Darn, I have two CT’s of the same model and length that I have been meaning to send in. They both broke the first time I used them - and I was careful. My recollection is that they broke while casting them. Guess I won’t be sending them in as it’s not worth $225 to have them break again.

 

[The T.O. Show]

At least they offer a way to fix an old rod. I've broken two discontinued rods from other manufacturers, and they both said there was nothing they could do about it. One of them replaced it with a different rod and the other gave me a steep discount on something new (I think I used it on a reel). So it wouldn't make sense for a CT, but if you were really married to one of those old Sages then it probably beats throwing it in the trash.

 

[Evan B]

At least they offer a way to fix an old rod. I've broken two discontinued rods from other manufacturers, and they both said there was nothing they could do about it. One of them replaced it with a different rod and the other gave me a steep discount on something new (I think I used it on a reel). So it wouldn't make sense for a CT, but if you were really married to one of those old Sages then it probably beats throwing it in the trash.

Redington isn't fixing the old rods (that I know of). They're doing replacements. I think this is their way of ending the way that type of program gets abused. I haven't confirmed yet, though. I'd be surprised if they were doing actual repairs on them.

 

[troutstalker]

It seems to me to be a new way for rod manufacturers to get you to buy a new rod. They discontinue models so quickly that by the time you need to use the warranty, the rod has been discontinued and then they say that they can't repair it or the cost to repair it is so much and it takes so long to get repaired that it makes more sense to just buy a new rod.

 

[Mukman]

Yowza!! I wonder if their local in-person hospitality will also change.

Just curious, what does Echo charge to repair or replace parts of discontinued rods? I looked and didn’t see a quick answer.

Echo charges $50 to replace discontinued rods.

 

[Evan B]

Echo charges $50 to replace discontinued rods.

Not exactly. See post above.

It seems to me to be a new way for rod manufacturers to get you to buy a new rod. They discontinue models so quickly that by the time you need to use the warranty, the rod has been discontinued and then they say that they can't repair it or the cost to repair it is so much and it takes so long to get repaired that it makes more sense to just buy a new rod.

There is a lot more to it than that, I can promise you.

 

[Scottybs]

Buy a Winston or a Scott rod new (clearance for me) and you will be very please. Sage is way too overhyped in their marketing. My $.02. Winston has been very good to me, especially making an extra tip for $100 while in the shop. You drive with insurance, why not fish with it?

 

[Scottybs]

Redington isn't fixing the old rods (that I know of). They're doing replacements. I think this is their way of ending the way that type of program gets abused. I haven't confirmed yet, though. I'd be surprised if they were doing actual repairs on them.

Didn’t they use the “program” as marketing and as a built in cost? Look, I know you’re in the industry and very knowledgable. But rather than honoring their previous warranty card and changing their future practices, this is a bit of a sham.

 

[DimeBrite]

$125 to repair an unregistered Scott fly rod middle section; costs more if the butt section is broken.
G Loomis only charged $60 to mail out a replacement tip section for an unregistered rod. Good service with Xpeditor!