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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: SillyShilly on April 13, 2011, 01:59:02 PM

Title: The Lords "Stinker".......
Post by: SillyShilly on April 13, 2011, 01:59:02 PM: £500 for a bat by Lords.......seems rather pricey!
Only 3 available.....though i fully suspect Mr.Hosk has one in his collection already!
http://www.lordsinternational.co.uk/cricket/lords-sniker-soveriegn-gold-cricket-bat.html
Title: Re: The Lords "Stinker".......
Post by: roco on April 13, 2011, 02:02:00 PM: You get a free pair of gloves as well
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Post by: ProWannabe88 on April 13, 2011, 02:03:05 PM: Neither product does anything for Me ???
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Post by: Talisman on April 13, 2011, 02:38:02 PM: Probably the worst.
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Post by: jonpinson on April 13, 2011, 02:42:33 PM: Another make to jump on the 'ooh, we can charge £500 for a bat' bandwagon.

Don't know much about Lords except they did a great refurb on my bat about 10 years ago.
Title: Re: The Lords "Stinker".......
Post by: Kulli on April 13, 2011, 02:43:05 PM: Looks like an ill thought through attempt to cash in on other brands 'super premium' offerings
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Post by: Canners on April 13, 2011, 02:48:10 PM: id rather save my money and buy a Cenko's tbh
Title: Re: The Lords "Stinker".......
Post by: jonpinson on April 13, 2011, 02:56:19 PM: Quote from: Kulli on April 13, 2011, 02:43:05 PM
Looks like an ill thought through attempt to cash in on other brands 'super premium' offerings

Yep, sadly what they haven't realised is the others offering similar are well known and well regarded. I really didn't know Lords was still going until I saw this, heard nothing of them for years.

It will of course only cost them however much 3 sets of stickers cost. If there are no orders, no bats will be made. It is a very smart marketing idea this. I can see why many do it.
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Post by: procricket on April 13, 2011, 02:59:56 PM: Was Robert Croft ever with Lords or was that Island
Title: Re: The Lords "Stinker".......
Post by: SillyShilly on April 13, 2011, 03:02:58 PM: Yep, he was a Lords Lad.
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Post by: 100 not out on April 13, 2011, 03:19:43 PM: Good luck to anyone who buys them. I think this bat could be made abroad.
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Post by: Buzz on April 13, 2011, 03:21:25 PM: I think you mean sinker not the more appropriate "stinker"
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Post by: roco on April 13, 2011, 03:26:38 PM: Will you be getting one then buzz?
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Post by: SillyShilly on April 13, 2011, 03:38:00 PM: No i did mean the 'Stinker' - i got their catalogue through the post this morning - needless to say it provided a few cheap laughs.
Get this - the 'Stinker' bat comes with a practice bat free of cost and this is the description of the practcie bat
"This is only a practice bat and due to the nature of popular willow (could be a feudian slip, they may mean poplar!), it is prone to cracking from the first use and the length of its use is not guaranteed"
So buy an overpriced bat and receive a mystery bat that could be kashmir, could be poplar, could even be pine!!
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Post by: 100 not out on April 13, 2011, 03:51:33 PM: I take it youre getting one then Dom

i'll take that pink talisman off your hands mate
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Post by: Canners on April 13, 2011, 03:52:54 PM: Pink Tailisman mmmmm..... god i miss mine :(
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Post by: SillyShilly on April 13, 2011, 03:55:45 PM: I ordered all three - cant have any of you lot getting your grubby little mits on these incredibly rare bat and glove combos!
The dilemma now is - Pink Talisman Laminate or New Laver Laminate?
Title: Re: The Lords "Stinker".......
Post by: Canners on April 13, 2011, 03:57:13 PM: il have your pink talisman laminate, then you can use the laver

EASY.....................