Like! And welcome to the forum!

Tried to up load a picture of the shipping tube, stout, the blanks are wrapped in bubble wrap inside. Shipping cost is $35 whether there's one rod in the tube or 5. Shipped 2 day priority mail insured. Wondering why a company should lose money or break even on shipping when they are providing me a service.

I have a pile of blanks, some for gifts, some personal use and some due to hoarding issues. One escaped NFC without sufficient scrutiny so I emailed a picture of the defect with a copy of the receipt to NFC and received a prompt reply it would be replaced. Made arrangements for my daughter to stop by and pick it up on her way back from WA saving them loosing money on shipping. The 3 ladies and one gentleman I've had the pleasure to deal with at NFC are straight up top notch folks as are the blanks. I do have a few inclusions in the glass blanks here and there, but was warned to expect some on the website. I don't think the fish notice anyway.

My limited experience with NFC has been positive. Spoke with a fellow there - i think his name is Steve but not sure. Any way I told him what I was looking for in a rod and I ended up getting 3 graphite blanks from them. All were straight, no defects I could find. ferules were tight, and they made up great rods that I would put up against any current $500 - $700 rod. Shipping was reasonably quick and the containers as depicted above.

Great to see the NFC response.