Instruct: Classify a given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Buyer Beware

Until I purchased my last rod, a St.Croix, I fished exclusively with Shimano and, with the notable exception of the Syncopate, I cannot complain about Shimano. The Syncopate, though, is a different matter. I tried three separate times to line this reel up and each time the line came loose and, as a result, line was pulled out with no drag at all and the reel could not pull the line back in. I attempted to contact Shimano about the problem and received no reply. After abandoning the Syncopate, I bought a Shimano R2000 reel for $10. It is remarkably smooth and I am getting better cast distances from the $10 R200 than from the $40 Syncopate.