dragon1 wrote: - JDM gear not being made in the market/country of origin can still qualify as JDM if the design and intention of the product is/was for that market. IF, the manufacturer expands the intended market of the product to include more than let's say, Japan...then it is technically AT THAT TIME, no longer an EXCLUSIVE JDM product. This happens all the time with tons of products man, not just the fishing industry.
Thanks for the welcome and response. I would like to address one thing you said about JDM products.
It is my opinion that what made Japanese products great was their precision engineering and excellent craftsmanship.
That is what domestic Japanese products are suppose to be all about.
But when the Japanese start farming out their products to China, Malaysia, Singapore, etc., in my opinion they are now absolutely no longer a Japanese domestic product. Can't be. The Japanese earned the reputation for quality craftsmanship, not the Chinese.
So I came in here with my save money angle and just buy direct from China. Next, I was accused of trying to reach 100 posts so I could jump into the classified section and begin selling import Chinese products here. I was immediately suspected of working for the Chinese and only wanting to sell on this forum- again- rocking the boat and getting personally attacked for it and told that I just don't get what TT is all about. And at first I didn't. I had no clue, but I do now and well, I just don't post as much any more because of it.
I was even ridiculed for researching the original patents and bringing that detailed information here like it was a joke or something.
I did a post on a curado repair that went no where. No one cared because my curado reels simply were not rich enough to reach the bar level of worthy discussion. If it were about a Calcutta or some $500.00 reel then maybe someone might care, but I felt like I was wasting my time with sharing a curado reel repair issue on this forum because I exist well below the bar level for this site. And that is a sad statement. Rich only, poor need to shut up, and sit on the sidelines and just watch the rich waller in piles of gold we can never touch. But just watch and take it sort of thing. I got it.
But when the Japanese are farming out their so called JDM products for Chinese to make for them, it is no longer JDM to me. It is now Chinese but sold through Japan with huge markups and artificially inflated prices.
And I am of the opinion that if it is going to made in China anyways, then let's look at what the Chinese have to offer and save some money. And brother, I am doing it and loving it because the Chinese are stepping up to the plate and no longer just concentrating on making products for others and are now starting to develop their own brands and quality products and I can buy these for a fraction of Japanese made in China products.
My whole point was just skip the artificially inflated overpriced JDM products and go around that circus and buy direct from China. And bam! I got hit up side the head so hard it was not even funny! I was the bad guy for daring to rock the boat so let's all jump down his throat and run him out of town.
I'm done. I wish all of you all the best and hope all of you enjoy whatever rods and reels and boats you can afford.
Now let me rub it in a little bit:
I have near 80 degree sunny weather here in central Florida and I'm going bass fishing.
