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Companies => Off-the-shelf companies => Gray Nicolls => Topic started by: deanoknight on September 26, 2011, 11:41:09 AM
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looking for the best and cheapest place to purchase one. anyone who has one let me know if there worth it and where you got it from.
thanks
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Hi Deano
I got my Legend from Yash, who in turn got in a very good trade.
The cheapest I've seen them is around £275 or there abouts.
I can only really speak for the Legend I have - it is a stonker with a great middle!!!
Pickup is very good and it feels excellent! I've only used it once so can't comment on long term issues!
I love the stickers and the willow is superb and very large and chunky for the weight.
Would I recommend one? Absolutely!!! Would I rather buy a Legend at £275 or a Redback/Black Cat/H4L for less money? Hmmmm, not sure! The custom bats I have are amazing quality and stack up well against the Legend! And the Legend I have seems to be VERY responsive (I'm sure Yash will confirm!!) So I guess it's down to personal choice and the feel of the bat and whether it's suited to you!
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If you want one get in quick as the prices are going up!
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Yes indeed - I did hear they are going up in price!!
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Yes indeed - I did hear they are going up in price!!
According (once again) to Martin Berrill, 2012 Legend will be £400, as opposed to £300 for 2011 version of the same bat...
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The bigginge, are the 2011/12 indian or English made? Will the stickers be revamped for 2012 model?
Thanks
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Hope the stickers are left alone as they are very nice!! 8)
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£400.... are all the Legends made in England?
all the top of the range bats have gone up.......
Gray Nics now £400
GM- £500
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Lavers looking cheap now ;)
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Lavers looking cheap now ;)
for the time being ;)
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£400.... are all the Legends made in England?
all the top of the range bats have gone up.......
Gray Nics now £400
GM- £500
I remember Mike telling us all Gray Nicolls Legends are made in India.
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me too, thats why i queried it
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I have one and from what it looks like it is definitely Indian made, no doubt.
Do you remember my Custom Oblivion I ordered from Asad ? That bat took 6 weeks to turn out and now I have my doubts on that too, I mean I don't think that is UK made either.
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How would you tell an Indian made GN from a UK made one? What are the signs?
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The made in India sticker ? ;)
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Extremely poor finishing [Heck my Powerbow 3 Star which was bought in 2009 had better finishing that these two bats], the shopkeeper telling me that the Legends are Indian made, saw the shipment myself of Legends and they came directly from India to his store rather than UK.
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The made in India sticker ? ;)
Nope, it won't have that like Puma. It will have silver GN holographic sticker which says 'Made in UK' etc
If you take Puma you will see 6000 models have made in UK sticker while 3000s have Made in India sticker
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I've used a Legend a few times. Very nice bat, imo worth £200-£230 or so maximum. Would never pay £300 for one as I don't see an Indian bat worth that much. Especially as it's sourced from the best 1% willow or whatever they claim.
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Especially as it's sourced from the best 1% willow or whatever they claim.
You do think the one you used or the ones you have seen are from 1% best willow?
Just a marketing tactic really, the willow looks nothing like 1% imho
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Well I'd say no as it's not especially big and has 7 grains which aren't ruler straight. My bottom of the range Boom Boom doesn't look all that dissimilar.
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Exactly there you go!
It is just an attempt to sell the bats really.
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The same clever marketing people accused laver of just now others are doing it
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will the price have gone up because vat went up before they could alter the 2011 RRP's?
should live abroad like me and pay no vat on products from the UK ;)
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will the price have gone up because vat went up before they could alter the 2011 RRP's?
should live abroad like me and pay no vat on products from the UK ;)
Try again. £300 to £400 is not achieved by a vat increase from 17.5% to 20%....
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Interesting to see if the price does go up or is it a clever bit of business making you order it now.
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I would love to know what improvements have been made to justify a price increase like that... I don't believe costs have gone up 30%
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Here we go, all GN willow is grown in the uk (with the exception of Kashmir) all this willow is felled by our own felling gangs, hauled to our site in Robertsbridge where the tress are cut into rounds, glued, peeled, split, sawn, kilned and graded.
After they have been graded they are divided up into what is required by our manufacturing points around the world, those being the UK, Australia, India and South Africa.
Legend willow genuinely is extremely rare, I can go through a set of 20 Legend clefts as they have been preliminaraly graded but only get 2 or 3 of a high enough standard. If some Legend clefts get sent to India they will be made in India. Preliminary grading is never 100% accurate as we have 70-80000 clefts a year to produce and grafe (approx 300 clefts a day graded whilst completing other tasks)
We are fairly unique in that our factory in India is owned and controlled by us, there is no making under license by 3rd parties. Our managing directors from both here in tbe uk and australia spend an extensive amount of time there with them ensuring the quality of what is produced.
We never ship directly from our Indian manufacturing plant, all equipment is sent to our Robertsbridge factory for QC checks.
I cannot comment on why costs of Legends are going up, all I can say is some Legends are made here, some in India.
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Thankyou for explaining the situation.
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as modern cricket manufacturing business models go, that seems the way to go. interesting that you own the Indian plant. must be a relatively tax efficient way of doing things.
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Exactly there you go!
It is just an attempt to sell the bats really.
Seems to have worked in your case, as it seems you bought a poor grained poorly finished bat for around £300...
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Seems to have worked in your case, as it seems you bought a poor grained poorly finished bat for around £300...
I never paid £300 for my Legend..