Morning everyone,

I was looking through my wish list on Amazon yesterday and noticed one of the Abu Garcia MBS 3 634L travel rod price dropped back down to about $65. I have a couple of the 6'3" 4 piece rods but keep the item on my wish list because it also list a couple of 2 piece rods also. I haven't seen the 2 piece rods as having any stock as of yet though. The rods are actually sold and shipped by Amazon Japan

I had some time on my hands so I went to the Amazon Japan store front to see what other rods Amazon Japan had listed. One of the rods listed is the Tenryu Lunakia LK582S-LS rod. I placed an order yesterday since the price is about $100 less than anywhere else I was able to find the rod. The rod is listed as "Usually ships within 4 to 6 weeks" that leads me to believe that it's not actually in stock and they have to source the rod. I have no idea if I'll actually get the rod or if they will just cancel the order after a certain amount of time. I had that happen the first time I ordered the Abu Garcia travel rod. For the $182 the rod is listed at I'm willing to give it a shot and wait to see if the rod actually ships, at full price I'm not that interested in the rod, at a good deal I'd like to try the rod. For now it's a waiting game.

I've bought a couple of rods and reels from Amazon Japan this way in the past, 3 of the Abu travel rods, and a Major Craft Finetail stream rod, sometimes the price is better than ordering from Digitaka or JDM Tackle. The same goes for a couple of reels and extra spools. I've only had one order cancelled.

I keep a couple of JDM items on my wish list, I've noticed that the price can vary widely over the course of a couple weeks, I think it must depend on what vendor on Amazon Japan is supplying the item.