I noticed in an add from Academy that the h2o xpress mettle reel was on sale for $40 when normally $80. I already have one and it is by far my favorite reel out of the lot that I currently have (lews, abu's, wright & mcgill's, and so on...). So I head to the Academy in Arlington to pick one up and when I check out I am surprised. $10!!!! That is what I ended up paying. Now I don't know if this was a screw up at that store but I can't be sure. I am going to go to the Academy down the road from my work in Fort Worth to check it out... Just an FYI!

It was an accident

Makes me wonder if they have caught that accident yet...

Did the price end in .98 cents?.....if so you probably got one of the older mettles on clearance.......

Xpress Mettle or Mettle MT2, either way, even at $59, it's a good deal! Right now the MT2 is on sale at $39.

Report back should you get a second one at that price!

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It was the MT2 and it ended in .98. It was the same one I already have so it was last years I guess.

A couple of years ago, I was buying these for $25.00 @ Christmas time. I am glad that I bought them then, but sounds like you got a great deal.

I bought some black Friday 2013 for nine dollars each

All these "past" great deals on the Mettle and the Mettle MT2...still waiting to hear from Mr. Codyb and his trip to the second Academy to find out if the price is accurate or a big mistake. I'm guessing on one of those.

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I will go on my lunch break and report back...

I love academy

If it was like that at my local academy I'd buy like 4 or 5. Lol.

There were none at the Academy in Fort Worth off of Cherry.

Academy monitors their inventory by barcode and each barcode has a "shelf life". It doesn't matter what the product is or the fact more "fresh" product is priced higher. They will clear it out regardless. I bought a $79.99 ethos rod for $19.00....great deal

I'd venture to guess the Sports Academy name of the game is to "scan it yourself," see what happens!

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absolutely scan everything,..if u can.

It's hard with a lot of their reels because they keep them locked up. I actually bought the h2o xpress ethos 7'3" heavy action rod for $40 yesterday as well. Guess it was my lucky day...

What? The Ethos isn't supposed to be on sale this week, or is it?

Academy here has the Mettle on sale as well....39.99....that's half off!

I picked up 24 packs of grande bass rattle snakes today in Arlington .68 cents each. Most were regular price the .68 cents colors were mixed in.

I guess I found one of those deals again.

That has happened to me a couple of times. Before I buy anything I scan it first. Not sure what they do but bought enough Spot Remover at .25 each, they were marked at 5.49, to last me years

I've gotten several good deals at Academy by scanning items especially if it has one of their sale tags on it. Got a Vendetta rod for $39 although the tag said $69, normal price was $79. If you have the time you should play the scan game

I picked up some grade bass rattle snakes a few weeks ago and they couldn't get them to scan or ring up hand typing them in after several people trying they tossed them in a bag and said have a good day. Best deal I have found at academy.

Picked a mettle up today and the guy behind the counter scanned it before handing it to me, guess it's becoming a problem... Not that I mind paying $40 for that reel, but $10 would have been better.

i own 3 of them really wish they came in a 5:3.1. but over all love em you can throw em a mile!!!

Metal reals at 40 bucks great deal...When we were getting Pinnacle pro 100s for 49.00 bucks was awesome..Love me some Academy..

The H20 Xpress Manic MC-51 is 5:4:1...

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Manic

One brake is enough for the Metal..lol.

Was not impressed at all with my first experience with the mettle. It was like the drag kept sticking I'd go to cast and it would lock up and every once in a while it would cast just fine. I took it all apart and cleaned/oiled it and still the same thing so I took it back and bought a premiere. This reel will cast a mile and very smooth I looked for another at the cherry Ln location and they didn't have anymore. It did just fine when I hooked a 35lb flathead on a white crankbait the other day out of lale worth.

Lol, So the premiere is a good reel as well..Thank you!!!