Anyone dealt with...

[rytenuff]

https://vintagefishingtackle.co.uk before?
I note that they take payment through Paypal or Credit Card via Sage. Neither of these give buyer protection.
CC company say that they are dealing with a third party so are not responsible. Paypal say they are not responsible if you use a CC.
To buy or not to buy? Decisions, decisions!

 

[Elibank]

Yes, bought from him and sold to him, no problems at all.

 

[SS1963]

I have used them also without any problems at all

 

[rytenuff]

Does this look like a ding or fluff or something else on this top section of rod?

 

[gmm]

hard to say, but looks like the same section has some good scratches to the left,maybe been put down on stones/gravel

 

[rytenuff]

Yes, I'm not too concerned about light scratches but if that mark is a ding, it looks like it has reached the carbon.

 

[Hardyreels]

Yes, I'm not too concerned about light scratches but if that mark is a ding, it looks like it has reached the carbon.

Are you thinking of buying this rod? If so I'd ask about that mark perhaps even send the seller a copy of the image you've posted here. Looks like a chip in finish to me.

 

[rytenuff]

That is what I have done. Awaiting a reply.

 

[ArchieL]

Looks like a paint chip but if you seen my Powerlite then you would have no qualms buying that rod , my powerlite looks like it has been put through a combine harvester and i have no problems with spring heavy gear on it.

 

[rytenuff]

I would have qualms about buying any rod which was described as looking like it has been put through a combine harvester. I am confident that my qualms would be shared by just about everybody....your good self excepted.

 

[McPisces]

Don`t know what type of rod it is but my guess is a whack on a windy day with a larger fly?
I`ve done something similar to this to a few older rods but not that deep.

 

[nickolas]

Does this look like a ding or fluff or something else on this top section of rod?

Run your finger nail along the ding if you can feel a dent with the tip of your nail then I would say it’s a ding by a fly for sure.

 

[rytenuff]

Well, as mentioned earlier I wrote to https://vintagefishingtackle.co.uk with my concerns re. the possible ding to the top section of the rod.
He has not replied to my email. Conclusion = It's a ding.

 

[gmm]

if in doubt, give it miss,, was this maybe a replacement for the section you lost ?

 

[rytenuff]

No, G it was the 16ft version of the rod that I broke the top section of. Might have been nice for the Mac pool teamed with a 85ft Carron.