I don't understand this brand. I see their handles in used condition being sold for over $250, and they look worse than what's LIVRE, Deps and SLP Works does. I've seen plenty of their swimbait rods go for over $3500 on auction. Their lures cost an insane amount, and they can't even be bothered using some quality paint on their lures because they chip like crazy.

I just don't get it🤷‍♂️

So are you going to change your screen name then?

5 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

So are you going to change your screen name then?

You beat me by five minutes!  

5 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

So are you going to change your screen name then?

lul was gonna say so in my original post, but didn't want to derail the thread into Abu🤣

3 hours ago, ABU is overpriced said:

I don't understand this brand. I see their handles in used condition being sold for over $250, and they look worse than what's LIVRE, Deps and SLP Works does. I've seen plenty of their swimbait rods go for over $3500 on auction. Their lures cost an insane amount, and they can't even be bothered using some quality paint on their lures because they chip like crazy.

I just don't get it🤷‍♂️

3 hours ago, ABU is overpriced said:

I just don't get it🤷‍♂️

They know exactly what they're doing, and many people play right into it. Smart business.

6 minutes ago, PhishLI said:

They know exactly what they're doing, and many people play right into it. Smart business.

It certainly is smart, i think they got the hype rolling through socials, and it somehow worked better than everyone else.

I doubt the rods, or handles are worth the premium, however if you follow the big swimbait game, then you'll know the DRT Tiny Klash, K9, and Ghost are very much legit.  

 

I don't think they charge crazy money for those three baits, especially considering the demand and their ability to produce them.  

 

The two most expensive categories in Bass fishing tackle are 1.) JDM tackle  2.)  Big swimbaits.      

 

DRT squarely intersects those two markets; it's not really surprising the prices they charge imho.   

What's real something is that i bought their tiny klash and k9 copy off of ali, and the paint on those $8 lures holds better than their $130+ baits.

I don't even know what DRT is.....but I know what trolling is.

DRT in Japan isn't expensive, very much in line with other high end brands.  It's the importer driving up us pricing.

2 hours ago, webertime said:

DRT in Japan isn't expensive, very much in line with other high end brands.  It's the importer driving up us pricing.

Maybe when it comes to baits, but i've seen their rods sold for over $3500k on Japanese auctions. Same with handles, they go pretty high.

You've seen them sold for 3.5 million dollars?

54 minutes ago, Texas Flood said:

You've seen them sold for 3.5 million dollars?

$3.5k. But even if it was $3.5M, not much of a difference, both prices are ridiculous for a rod.