Bill,
When I build rods for guys I always tell them I cannot come close to rods you can buy off the rack. The thing about store bought rods is that they make about a trillion of them the same way that’s why they can sell them for a lot less. That is a really good price on those rods just wish I could get a good blank for that price.
Hell I put up a post a week ago trying to sell some trolling rods at a discount price and only had 3 guys call me about them and none of them even got one and I was only asking $100.00 for a Custom Built rod.