Take bad reviews with a grain of salt!
I’ve been looking for a good canoe paddle for a little while just couldn’t turn loose of the money. My wife said what you want for Christmas the other night so I start looking again. The cheapest I can find this bending branches paddle is $139 with free shipping. I looked on eBay but with shipping a used paddle is even more than new. I see the paddle in an Al’s add for $94.46. Being from SW Oklahoma I had never heard of Al’s so I was a little sceptic. I look up reviews for Al’s it had some really high reviews and some bad ones Like always. Thought I would give them a shot & use PayPal so I was guaranteed to get my money back if something happened. Right after I ordered the paddle I get an email saying they received my order. Couple days later a email saying they sent it (ordered over a holiday weekend).I get the paddle about a day later. Al’s is now going to be on the top of my go to’s list when shopping on line! Glad I stumbled onto it.