Thread: van staal 250 1st gen us made

What would u think its worth. I'm thinking about selling mine.

I paid 550 for my second Gen US made 250 and around the same for the 200. I paid 300 for my first generation US made 100 with internal counter balance. So I would say what someone is willing to pay for it. Me personally if it was a black 250 with internal counterbalance and a 3 or 4 digit serial number I might be interested in it.

Earliest US made 250s did not have a sealed drag. That is totally irrelevant if you don't plan to swim with a reel or dunk it in waves. When the waves break over the octi, time to go home anyway.

It could also depend on whether you have had the reel serviced regularly. To preserve the warranty at that time, sending it in for yearly maintenance was required. The reel was not in need of yearly service, but VS was in need of regular revenue, apparently. Without a warranty it is still a wonderful reel but big repairs are on you.

Bottom line is (based on condition and color) it will be some-where in the mid-hundreds range, easily 400-500, but it depends on the local market. If you were in New England where surf fishing is common, more. Where you are, where it is more of a boat reel, maybe lower. Try www.stripersonline.com and look at their Buy-Sell-Trade forum, and of course big auction sites, but you will get more selling it locally without fees and shipping. I have saved a few bucks by buying gold VS reels rather than black; the gold was the S version (for South) and the black version was N (north) because the black would be warmer in the sun and the gold cooler. I believe that was marketing, not physics, talking.