do you really want to know if its a good deal? i assume you bought them because at the time you thought it was a good deal, now you ask for outside opinions. what if everybody says you're getting screwed and the poles are shit , then you're stuck with poles that you paid too much for and you dont even want when you get them. either you're posting this for some kind of validation (ie. someone saying "those are the sickest thing ever, you're sick too")or you need people to decide how you feel, for you. eitther way, you posted it in the wrong forum so....