I recently saw an add in the BPS flyer that said, Buy the reel, get the rod for free. So I told the wife, lets head to BPS this weekend and get another one. I already own 4 of these rod and reel combos and love them. So when I got to the BPS store in Cincinnati I new exactly what I wanted. I gathered up the things I thought I would need for the fishing season of 2018 (close to $1,000.00 worth of stuff) and headed to the check out. When I got there I was told the rod and reel I chose was not the one in the special sale and that all the specials were sold out. This was the second day of the sale and they were already sold out of the special deal. I argued with them for a few minutes, told them I had exactly what the sales flyer said was on sale and they still would not let me have the rod and real at the sale price they had advertised. So by this time, I was extremely upset, after driving 100 miles to get the (good deal) I was told "sorry these are sold out. " I had exactly, the same merchandise as they had advertised for sale, but they would not honer the sale price. Now I already own 4 of these rod and real combo's and love them. They are my favorite and I pick them over all my other rod and reels in the boat., but I must think that BPS lured in customers to get this great deal, only find out that it is not available, so the customer buys something else or pays full price for what they have on the shelf. I told the BPS manager to keep the $1,000.00 worth of other items I was going to purchase and that I would just do my shopping elsewhere. Was I wrong to blow a gasket ? I have been a loyal customer to BPS for years and to be lured into the store to find out the deal that was advertised is not really the deal just made me re-think the whole BPS as my outdoor supplier of choice.