Let’s break these terms out and make them easy to understand: ■The terms “discontinued” and “new old stock”as used here refer to any gear (rod or reel) that is no longer in contemporary production, regardless of when it was discontinued. This therefore includes items which are still in ‘new’ or ‘unused’ (see next bullet) condition despite having been discontinued numerous years ago. ■The terms “new” and “unused” as used here refer to the condition of an item and indicate that it matches what would be expected were the item found in a retail store or shipped from the manufacturer or a distributor. ■The Terms “used”or "pre-owned" indicate that the gear has been used by a prior owner and thus may have minor wear and tear associated with having been fished in the past. We work hard to identify indications of wear, and both describe the condition accurately and, where possible, reveal the real condition in our photographs.