I had a new "islander steelheader" and put it up for sale yrs ago on Craigslist...[bought from a forum member with a rod that I was after]..a fellow comes to the house to look at it..he takes it out of box and grabs his cell phone..calls into local RCMP detachment with serial # [they are on real seat ;-) ] to see if it was listed as stolen ..long story short..he was a local member of RCMP and an avid fisherman.. he bought the reel and we bs'd about our fishing adventures both fresh and salt water..so ya people do have their suspicions regarding buying stuff on line from unknown sources. ..ps awesome reel that op is selling. Hope you sell it