Loomis is a joke anymore ... I have a couple IMX`s and they pulled that same crap on me . You would think that you pay $350 for a rod they would take care of you , but nooooo.. They wanted to charge me $80 for my 1082c , until i called and bitched . I think i ended up paying $40 , and i wasn`t happy about that . Then i get my rod back and theirs no rosewood reel seat . So i call em and they say they had problems with the rosewood seats , BULL S#$$ their just cutting cost and were still paying the same price . They did this to me on 2 rods .. If anybody from Loomis reads this , I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER !! Lamiglas has my buisness now .. They don`t seem to have any problems replacing your rods .