Bargain Cave Blunder

[fish4942]

So I just discovered that Cabelas bargain cave is not just an online section of their website. The physical store actually has a Bargain Cave area. After visiting Cabelas all these years I took my first trip into the Bargain Cave over my lunch hour. The jackpot was all set for me as a first-time Cave visitor. There was a Pflueger Arosa Baitcaster sitting there as though it was waiting for me. I picked it up, crank the handles a few times, looked it over, saw that it had 8 bearings, then saw the prices: $32.00. My bargain instinct fell prey to skepticism as I figured there must be something horribly wrong with this real. I mean, an $130.00 for $32.00? There must be some hidden flaw that doesn’t reveal itself until you start using it. Then as I sat in my office I thought to myself, ‘hell, what’s $32?” So I immediately went back to the cave after work. Yep, it was gone. I was sick. I walked around the cave for about 15-20 minutes looking in other areas hoping someone had only moved the reel and it was sitting in the hunting section or something. Nope. So I started looking online at the reel and read some reviews. From all accounts it was an outstanding reel. So I went out of my way on Saturday and went back to the cave to see if the reel has magically appeared. Uh, no.

So, does anybody here use the Pflueger Asora and would like to deepen my depression by telling me how wonderful it is?