Disarmed - Daily Fishing Quest 11/17/10

Today when I went to see Marcia Chase (53,65), by the fountain in Dalaran, she had Disarmed for me. This is one of the better ones, right up there with Jewel Of The Sewers because you don't have to leave Dalaran to do it, no travel time :). I did it on Brieonna, Gomorra and Brieanna.

This had me heading over to the pool right outside the entrance to Violet Hold. As usual this one took a lot of casts on all my toons to complete. I don't know what it is about this one but it is never quick. The story is that one of the prisoners in Violet Hold tore the arm off a jailer and threw it in the pool outside the prison. It was eaten by a Eel which made it become bloated. Went I finally caught a Bloated Eel I opened it up and got the severed arm out from inside it. From there it is off to Olisarra the Kind, (36,37) the Grand Master First Aid Trainer in the Magus Commerce Exchange in Dalaran, where she is going to attempt to reattach it to the jailer. Good luck with that. She gave me 13g23s and a Bag of Fishing Treasures for my trouble.

Brieonna's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 9g46s88c, 5 Pygmy Oil, 2 Crafted Stars and 3 Deviate Fish.

Gomorra's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 10g10s52c, a Glow Worm and 2 Crafted Stars in it.

Brieanna's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 10g25s13c, 4 Pygmy Oil, 2 Crafted Stars and 4 Deviate Fish in it.

Not really a great day of fishing for anyone. I am really after the Jeweled Fishing Pole for Brieonna. She is around 284 fishing skill now so she can almost use it.

Jewel of the Sewers - Daily Fishing Quest 11/16/10

Today Marcia Chase (53,65), by the fountain in Dalaran had Jewel Of The Sewers for my daily fishing quest. I did this one on Brieonna, Gomorra and Brieanna.

This one had me heading down into the sewers below Dalaran to fish up a piece of Corroded Jewelry. I have my spot I go to in the Black Market where there is hardly ever anyone else fishing. I usually get my piece of Corroded Jewelry in 10 casts or less and today was no exception. When this quest first came out I tried fishing all over the place down there but only had luck in the Black Market. I know people catch it elsewhere down there but the Black Market works for me.

Once I had my piece of Corroded Jewelry in hand I headed back up top to see Marcia. I traded her the Corroded Jewelry for a Bag of Fishing Treasures.

Today Brieanna's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 10g70s67c, 3 Pygmy Oil and a piece of Worthless Red Glass. Not a great haul for Brieanna today.

Brieonna's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 6g60s68c, a Glow Worm, a piece of Worthless Green Glass and 3 Deviate Fish. Nothing worth writing home about there either.

Gomorra's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 10g41s57c, 2 Elixirs of Water Walking, 2 Solid Gold Coins and 4 Deviate Fish. Not a great day for Gom either.

Disarmed - Daily Fishing Quest 11/15/10

Today Marcia Chase (53,65), by the fountain in Dalaran had Disarmed for my daily fishing quest. I did this one on Brieonna, Gomorra and Brieanna.

This had me heading over to the water right outside the entrance to Violet Hold in Dalaran. There I need to fish up a Bloated eel. This one always takes me a while for some reason. It took me a lot of casts today to finally get the Bloated Eel and the Severed Arm that's inside it.

Once I had my Severed Arm in hand I headed to see Olisarra the Kind, (36,37) the Grand Master First Aid Trainer in the Magus Commerce Exchange in Dalaran. I traded her the Severed Arm for a Bag of Fishing Treasures.

Today Brieanna's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 8g16s35c, 2 Elixir of Water Walking, a New Age Painting signed by Marcia Chase that I sold to a vendor for 25 gold, and 2 Runic Mana Potions. Not a great haul for Brieanna today.

Brieonna's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 6g68s5c, 3 Elixirs of Water Walking and a Tower Key that I sold to a vendor for 16g66s66c. Nothing worth writing home about there either.

Gomorra's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 7g99s9c, 5 Pygmy Oil, a Diamond-tipped Cane and 2 Deviate Fish. Not a great day for Gom either.

Blood is Thicker - Daily Fishing Quest 11/14/10

Today when I went to see Marcia Chase (53,65), by the fountain in Dalaran, she had Blood Is Thicker for my daily fishing quest.

I did this one on Brieonna, Gomorra and Brieanna today.

This one had me taking the flight point out of Dalaran to Unu'pe in the Borean Tundra. Once there I flew inland until I found a Marsh Caribou to kill. Killing any animal in Borean Tundra that is under the protection of the Druids will get you covered in blood. Stay away from the Druids when you are covered in blood though, for a bunch of tree huggers they can be pretty violent. Anyway, once I was covered in blood I flew back to the shore and jumped in, washing the blood off me and creating a blood pool. The blood pool is what I need to fish in to catch the 5 Bloodtooth Frenzy this quest is calling for. It only took me a couple casts to get the 5 I needed, you catch them 2 or 3 at a time. You have to fish in the blood pool to catch them.

Once I had my 5 Bloodtooth Frenzy in hand I went back to Dalaran to see Marcia. I traded her the Bloodtooth Frenzy for a Bag of Fishing Treasures.

Gomorra's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 7g97s48c, a Glow Worm, a Blank Slate and 4 Deviate Fish. Not a great day of fishing for Gom.

Brieanna's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 8g51s92c, 3 Pygmy Oil, 2 Worthless Pieces of Orange Glass and 4 Deviate Fish in it. Not a great day of fishing for Brieanna.

Brieonna's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 9g5s52c, a Glow Worm, a piece of Worthless Green Glass and 3 Deviate Fish in it. It is safe to say no one had a really good day of fishing.

Daily Fishing - Jewel of the Sewers 9/18/10

Wow, it has been over a month since I last played. When I went to see Marcia Chase (53,65), by the fountain in Dalaran, to pick up the daily fishing quest, she gave me Jewel Of The Sewers for my daily fishing quest. I like this one as you don't even have to leave Dalaran to do it.

This had me heading down into the sewers in the Underbelly below Dalaran to fish up a piece of Corroded Jewelry. It went really fast today, I got it on the 4th cast. Then I was off to see Marcia, who I traded the piece of Corroded Jewelry for a Bag of Fishing Treasures.

Today my Bag of Fishing Treasures had 10g91s19c, 4 Pygmy Oil, 2 Pieces of Worthless Green Glass and 2 Deviate Fish in it. Not the best haul but I have had worse. Still no Jeweled Fishing Pole but I will keep plugging away at it until I get it. I still have to raise my fishing skill another 39 points before I will be able to use it but I just look at that as added incentive. As boring as fishing is I would just level the 39 points anyway to be able to use it.

Daily Fishing - Jewel of the Sewers 6/13/10

Today the daily fishing quest was Jewel Of The Sewers. I picked it up from Marcia Chase in Dalaran. I like this one because you don't have to leave Dalaran to do it, a nice fast one. Today I did it on Brieanna and Brieonna, I am hoping to get the Jeweled Fishing Pole for Brieonna, Brieanna already has it.

This one had me heading down into the sewers to my spot in the Black Market. Once there it only took me 1 cast on Brieonna and 4 casts on Brieanna to get the piece of Corroded Jewelry I was after. Once I had that I headed back up to turn it in to Marcia Chase (53,65), by the fountain in Dalaran in exchange for a Bag of Fishing Treasures.

Today Brieanna's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 8g57s43c, a Glow Worm and 2 pieces of Worthless Green Glass in it. Not the best haul for her today.

Brieonna's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 10g31s6c, 4 Pygmy Oil, 2 Deviate Fish and a Runic Mana Potion in it. She didn't make out much better than Brieanna.

Daily Fishing - Jewel of the Sewers 5/18/10

I did the Dalaran daily fishing on Brieonna today which was Jewel Of The Sewers. It's pretty funny because she only has around 135 fishing skill.

I picked the quest up from Marcia Chase (53,65), by the fountain in Dalaran and headed down to my spot in the Black Market not really sure if I would be able to do it at my level. I figured I would give it a try and see what happened. It didn't go as quickly as it does on my other toons, it took me about 40 casts to catch the piece of Corroded Jewelry I needed.

I took that back up to Marcia and traded her for a Bag of Fishing Treasures. It would have been nice if I had gotten the Jeweled Fishing Pole or the Bone Fishing Pole but it was not to be. What I did get was 7g8s15c, 4 Pygmy Oil, a Whale Statue, which I sold to a vendor for 11 gold, and 3 Deviate Fish. Pretty much the usual haul.

It is nice to know I can complete them at my low level so I will be sure to check every day and do it if it is Jewel of the Sewers or Disarmed.

Daily Fishing - Blood is Thicker 4/25/10

Today Marcia Chase (53,65), by the fountain in Dalaran, had Blood Is Thicker for the daily fishing quest, again... I did it on Gomorra.

This had me heading over to the flight point and taking a flight to Unu'pe in the Borean Tundra. Once there I flew inland until I found a Marsh Caribou to kill. The reason I need to kill an animal is to get covered in blood. Killing any animal in the Borean Tundra will do the trick, I just pick these because they are close to the flight point. When I was covered in blood I flew back to the shore and jumped in. This washes the blood off me and also creates a blood pool which will attract the Bloodtooth Frenzy I need for this quest. I fished in the blood pool until I caught 5. That doesn't take long as you catch them 2 or 3 at a time.

When I had my 5 Bloodtooth Frenzy I hearthed back to Dalaran and went to see Marcia. I traded her the 5 Bloodtooth Frenzy for a Bag of Fishing Treasures, which today had 6g49s39c, 2 Elixirs of Water Walking, a Velociraptor Skull and 3 Deviate Fish in it. Not a great day of fishing for Gom and certainly not worth the time it took to fly to Unu'pe, but I was in queue for the random daily heroic dungeon anyway so I needed something to do.

Daily Fishing - Blood is Thicker 4/22/10

Today Marcia Chase (53,65), by the fountain in Dalaran, had Blood Is Thicker for the daily fishing quest. This is not one of my favorites because it involves a bit of travel time. Other than that is it easy. I did it on Gomorra and Brieanna.

This had me taking the flight path from Dalaran to Unu'pe in the Borean Tundra. When I landed I flew inland and found a Marsh Caribou to kill. You do that to get covered in blood. Killing any animal in Borean Tundra will get you covered in blood, I just always kill a Marsh Caribou because they are close to the flight point which is close to shore. Once I was covered in blood I flew back to shore and jumped in which washes the blood off me and creates a blood pool. You need the blood pool to catch Bloodtooth Frenzy, which is what the quest is looking for. You need to catch 5 of them. You catch them 2 or 3 at a time so it only takes a couple casts into the blood pool to get them.

When I had my 5 I hearthed back to Dalaran and went to see Marcia. I traded her the 5 Bloodtooth Frenzy for a Bag of Fishing Treasures.

Today Gomorra's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 10g16s96c, 2 Elixirs of Water Walking, 3 Worthless Pieces of White Glass and 4 Deviate Fish. Not the best day of fishing for Gom.

Brieanna's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 10g79s75c, 5 Pygmy Oil, a Worthless Piece of Violet Glass and 2 Deviate Fish in it. Not a great day of fishing for her either.

Daily Fishing - Blood is Thicker 4/13/10

Today when I went to see Marcia Chase (53,65), by the fountain in Dalaran, for the daily fishing quest, she had Blood Is Thicker for us. I did this one on Gomorra and Brieanna today.

This had me taking the flight path from Dalaran to Unu'pe in the Borean Tundra. Once I landed I flew straight inland until I spotted a Marsh Caribou. You need to kill one of the animals that gets you covered in blood. Once I was covered in blood I flew back to the shore and jumped in. What that does is wash the blood off you and also creates a blood pool which you need to fish from. Bloodtooth Frenzy love blood and all come to the blood pool so catching the 5 you need is pretty easy. That and the fact you catch them 2 or 3 at a time makes it pretty quick to get your limit.

When I had the 5 Bloodtooth Frenzy I needed I hearthed back to Dalaran and went to see Marcia. I traded her the 5 Bloodtooth Frenzy for a Bag of Fishing Treasures. A Bag of Fishing Treasures can have all kinds of good things in it plus gold, or just junk plus gold. You always get some gold out of the deal.

Today Brieanna's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 6g67s9c, 4 Pygmy Oil, 3 Worthless Pieces of Red Glass and 3 Deviate Fish. Pretty much a bag full of junk.

Gomorra's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 7g73s86c, 3 Pygmy Oil and 3 Worthless Pieces of Green Glass. Another bag of junk.

Like the daily cooking, you take the good with the bad. I have gotten some great stuff from this daily and there is still a lot of great stuff I need to get so I will keep plugging away at it.

Daily Fishing - Disarmed 4/11/10

Today Marcia Chase (53,65), by the fountain in Dalaran, had Disarmed for the daily fishing quest. I did it on Wranngar, Gomorra and Brieanna.

This is the daily fishing quest that replaced Monsterbelly Appetite in patch 3.3.3. It is only the second time it has come up in the rotation since then. This had me heading over to the entrance to Violet Hold, you're fishing in the water right across from there. The story is one of the guards got his arm torn off by an inmate who then threw it into the water there. You are trying to catch a Bloated Slippery Eel. It seemed like it took a long time to catch one today, there were other people fishing there too and they were there for a long time also. I finally got my eel though and when I opened it up I got the Severed Arm I was after.

I took the Severed Arm over to Olisarra the Kind, (36,37) the Grand Master First Aid Trainer in the Magus Commerce Exchange in Dalaran. Like Monsterbelly Appetite, this is the only daily that does not get handed back in to Marcia. Olisarra is going to try to reunite the arm with the jailer who lost it, good luck. She gave me a Bag of Fishing Treasures for my efforts.

Today Wranngar's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 8g36s88c, 5 Pygmy Oil a Worthless Piece of Red Glass, and 3 Deviate Fish in it. Not a great haul for Wrann today.

Brieanna's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 9g24s36c, 2 Elixir of Water Walking, 2 Worthless Pieces of White Glass and 2 Deviate Fish. Not a great haul for Brieanna today either.

Gomorra's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 3 Elixirs of Water Walking, 3 Worthless Pieces of Orange Glass and 3 Deviate Fish. Not a great haul for Gom.

It is safe to say no one had a great day of fishing but with all the Deviate Fish I got today I was able to cook up 2 more stacks of Savory Deviate Delight which I sold on the auction house for 25 gold a stack. Not a total loss after all.

Daily Fishing - Blood is Thicker 4/6/10

Today when I went to see what Marcia Chase (53,65), by the fountain in Dalaran, had for us we ended up with Blood Is Thicker. This is a really easy one but takes some travel time. I usually queue for the random daily heroic before I start out so I would have had to wait for that anyway. I did this one on Gomorra and Brieanna today.

This one has me taking the flight path from Dalaran to Unu'pe, in the Borean Tundra. Once I land I fly straight inland until I find a Marsh Caribou to kill so I can get covered in blood. You can kill anything that is protected by the Druids to get covered in blood, I choose those because they are the closest. Once I am covered in blood I fly back to the shore and jump in. That washes the blood off me and creates a blood pool which I need to fish from to catch the 5 Bloodtooth Frenzy Marcia wants. Catching 5 of those doesn't take long as you catch them 2 or 3 at a time. Once I have my 5 I usually hearth back to Dalaran and head over to see Marcia for my Bag of Fishing Treasures.

Today Gomorra's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 9g39s93c, 2 Elixirs of Water Walking and a Worthless piece of Green Glass in it. Nothing to write home about there.

Brieanna's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 6g11a75c, 4 Pygmy Oil and a Worthless piece of White Glass in it, at least the Elixirs of Water Walking Gom got are useful, her bag didn't have anything useful in it.

Daily Fishing - Jewel of the Sewers 4/5/10

Today Marcia Chase (53,65), by the fountain in Dalaran, had Jewel Of The Sewers for us. I did this one on Gomorra and Brieanna today.

This had me heading down to my spot in the sewers at the Black Market below Dalaran. I have one spot I go to for this daily and I always have good luck there. This is also the spot where Brieanna caught her Giant Sewer Rat. As usual I had pretty good luck there today, I got the piece of Corroded Jewelry I was after in less than 10 casts on each and was on my way back up to see Marcia. I traded her the Corroded Jewelry for a Bag of Fishing Treasures.

Today Brieanna's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 8g86s42c, a Glow Worm, a Blank Slate, which I had never gotten before, and 4 Deviate Fish.

Gomorra's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 9g85s72c, 2 Elixir of Water Walking, a New Age Painting signed by Marcia Chase that I sold to a vendor for 25 gold, and 2 Deviate Fish in it.

Daily Fishing - Blood is Thicker 3/29/10

Today when I went to see Marcia Chase (53,65), by the fountain in Dalaran, I got Blood Is Thicker for the daily fishing. I did this one on Gomorra and Brieanna.

This had me taking the flight path from Dalaran to Unu'pe in the Borean Tundra. Once there I flew straight inland until I spotted a Marsh Caribou. I quickly killed that which got me covered in blood. They seem to have fixed the glitch that was going on with this daily, you now don't need to just about beat it to death with your bare hands to get covered in blood. Covered in blood I flew back to the shore and jumped in, creating a blood pool. I fished in the blood pool until I caught 5 Bloodtooth Frenzy which was only 2 catches as you get 2 or 3 in a catch.

I hearthed back to Dalaran and went to see Marcia and traded her the Bloodtooth Frenzy for a Bag of Fishing Treasures.

Today Gomorra's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 10g67s10c, a Glow Worm and a Velociraptor Skull in it. Not a good day of fishing for Gom.

Brieanna's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 8g67s67c, 5 Pygmy Oil and 5 Solid Gold Coins in it. She made out better than Gom but not by much.

Daily Fishing - Jewel of the Sewers 3/27/10

Today when I went to see Marcia Chase (53,65), by the fountain in Dalaran, she had Jewel Of The Sewers for me. I like this one because you don't have to leave Dalaran to complete it, no time wasted traveling. I did this on both Gomorra and Brieanna today.

I headed down into the sewers to my spot at the Black Market and started fishing for the piece of Corroded Jewelry I was after. I always fish in the Black Market, there is never anyone else there when I am. If you have ever fished in WoW you know that the bobber makes a noise when it bobs. If you get too many people fishing close together it can get confusing, that's why I like my spot in the Black Market. It didn't take me long to get the piece of Corroded Jewerly and I was on my way back to see Marcia.

I traded her the piece of Corroded Jewelry for a Bag of Fishing Treasures.

Today Gomorra's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 6g85s81c, 5 Pygmy Oil and a Worthless Piece of White Glass in it. Not a great haul for Gom.

Brieanna's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 8g71s98c, 3 Elixirs of Water Walking, 3 Solid Gold Coins and 4 Deviate Fish in it. She didn't make out much better today.

Kalu'ak Fishing Dreby 3/26/10

I entered the Kalu'ak Fishing Derby today on Wranngar. I should have done it on Brieanna, she has a lot better luck fishing.

This time I figured I would save some travel time and fish for the Blacktip Shark in Crystalsong Forest instead of going all the way to Sholazar Basin. I started out close to 10 minutes late, I just happened to hearth to Dalaran and saw the fishing promoter standing there. I fished for a full 50 minutes and didn't catch a Blacktip Shark.

The last time I entered, about a month ago on Brieanna, I got a Blacktip Shark after fishing for about 45 minutes in Sholazar Basin, maybe I should have headed there again. You can catch a Blacktip Shark anywhere you catch Pygmy Suckerfish, and I caught about 30 in Crystalsong Forest today so I know it is possible to catch one there. Even if you are not the first one to hand in a Blacktip Shark, you still get a consolation prize of a Bag of Fishing Treasures. That would have been fine by me but I didn't even get that today.

I will have to set up some kind of an alarm for the future so I don't miss this again, I would like to win this one or at least get the consolation prize again lol.

Daily Fishing - Blood is Thicker 3/26/10

Today when I went to see what Marcia Chase (53,65), by the fountain in Dalaran, had for me I ended up with Blood Is Thicker. I did this one on both Wranngar and Brieanna today.

This had me taking the flight path from Dalaran to Unu'pe in the Borean Tundra. Once there I flew straight inland until I found some Marsh Caribou. This quest requires that you get covered in blood and killing any of the animals the Druids protect will do that. I killed one and got covered in blood then headed back to shore where I jumped in, washing the blood off and creating a blood pool. I fished in the blood pool until I caught 5 Bloodtooth Frenzy, that is what this quest is looking for.

Once I had my 5 Bloodtooth Frenzy I headed back to Dalaran and went to see Marcia. I traded her the Bloodtooth Frenzy for a Bag of Fishing Treasures.

Today Wranngar's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 7g28s71c, 4 Pygmy Oil, 2 Worthless Pieces of Orange Glass and 2 Deviate Fish in it. Hardly worth the trip to Unu'pe.

Brieanna's Bag of Fishing Treasures had 10g24s35c, 4 Pygmy Oil, 5 Solid Gold Coins and 2 Runic Mana Potions in it. She made out a little better than Wrann but not by much.

Disarmed

I got the new daily fishing quest when I went to see Marcia Chase (53,65), by the fountain in Dalaran today. This is actually a new version of an old daily, Disarmed is replacing Monsterbelly Appetite.

The story behind this is, a guard at the Dalaran Prison, better know as Violet Hold, had his arm ripped off by an unruly inmate and tossed into the water outside the prison gate. You need to fish up that arm. You want to fish right across from the entrance to the Violet Hold Instance (65,60). There is a little 'dock' there you can fish from. What you are looking to catch is a Bloated Slippery Eel. This is very similar to Monsterbelly Appetite in you have to open the Bloated Slippery Eel to find the Severed Arm inside. Once you have the Severed Arm you take it to Olisarra the Kind, (36,37) the Grand Master First Aid Trainer in the Magus Commerce Exchange, where she is going to attempt to reunite it with the guard. You get the usual reward of a Bag of Fishing Treasures which can have any number of great things inside or, possibly, just junk.

All in all I think this is a great improvement over Monsterbelly Appetite as there is no travel time involved. You get the quest from Marcia, run just about next door to where she is standing, and fish for your Bloated Slippery Eel. It couldn't be easier or faster.

Daily Fishing - Jewel of the Sewers 3/23/10

Today Marcia Chase (53,65), by the fountain in Dalaran, had Jewel Of The Sewers for Brieanna. This is a nice easy one and the only daily fishing quest you don't have to leave Dalaran to complete.

This had me running down to the Black Market in the sewers below Dalaran. Once there I went to my spot and got down to fishing. My random daily heroic dungeon popped while I was fishing, so I left to do that, but I still think it was under 10 casts by the time I got the piece of Corroded Jewelry I was after.

I took that back up to Marcia and traded her for a Bag of Fishing Treasures. Today my Bag of Fishing Treasures had 10g62s10c, 3 Elixirs of Water Walking and an Unusual Compass in it, about the usual return on this one. There are some great items to get from this daily and I have gotten quite a few of them, but there are still some I haven't gotten yet so I keep plugging away at it in hopes of the good stuff.

Daily Fishing - Monsterbelly Appetite 3/19/10

Today Marcia Chase (53,65), by the fountain in Dalaran, had Monsterbelly Appetite for Brieanna. It's been a little while since this one has come into the rotation.

This had me flying to Unu'pe, then out to sea, to the icebergs you can see from shore. I guess you could swim out there if you had to. I flew around until I found a school of Deep Sea Monsterbelly to fish from. I got my Bloated Monsterbelly on the first cast and cut it open to get the Severed Arm I was after.

I hearthed back and went to see Olisarra the Kind, (36,37) the Grand Master First Aid Trainer in the Magus Commerce Exchange in Dalaran. This is the only daily fishing quest that does not get handed back in to Marcia. I gave her the Severed Arm and she gave me a Bag of Fishing Treasures for my trouble. Today my Bag of Fishing Treasures had 10g79s17c, 3 Elixirs of Water Walking and a Sealed Vial of Poison in it.

Sealed Vial of Poison starts a quest. The quest is simply to bring the Sealed Vial of Poison to Alchemist Cinesra in the Black Market, located in the sewers below Dalaran. He gives you 13g23s and it only takes about 30 seconds, not a bad deal.