Finally ordered a St Croix AVID concept rod. Ordered it through Amazon, shipped by UPS. They were afraid to bring it to the house, so I had to go to their Customer Center and pick it up. I immediately knew why the driver didn't want to face me upon delivery. Rod is(was) a one piece 6ft6" beauty. It was shipped in a 7ft cardboard box. Granted that isn't the greatest shipping container, but they bent the box double in the middle and broke the rod. Amazon immediately shipped another rod by FedEx. Gets here tomorrow. Not going to hold my breath. They break this one I'll call St Croix direct.