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Forum News and Suggestions => Old Advertisers => Admin Board => It's Just Cricket => Topic started by: DACD 1987 on April 16, 2012, 10:45:38 PM
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Used Paul's services to knock in 2 new bats recently. £15 plus return postage and the bats were oiled, knocked in by hand, edge tape and full scuff added.
Really quick service - average 1 week turnaround.
Cheers.
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Used Paul's services to knock in 2 new bats recently. £15 plus return postage and the bats were oiled, knocked in by hand, edge tape and full scuff added.
Really quick service - average 1 week turnaround.
Cheers.
Thanks - glad you liked the service! Yes, we pride ourselves on being quicker and cheaper than any other company around for this particular service and it's pleasing that a satisfied customer like you can testify to this. If only it didn't make our arms ache so much, though!!
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Hi Paul,
How long do you knock the bats in exactly?
Gareth
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Hi Paul,
How long do you knock the bats in exactly?
Gareth
Hi Gareth, it depends if the bat has been pre-prepared or not. If it has, then about an hour and a half. If not, around four hours.
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Hi Gareth, it depends if the bat has been pre-prepared or not. If it has, then about an hour and a half. If not, around four hours.
As you guys grow (which I hope as you deserve it) do you reckon you could warrant the £15.00 for four hours work?
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£15 is absolute bargain!!!
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As you guys grow (which I hope as you deserve it) do you reckon you could warrant the £15.00 for four hours work?
Not many people have the time or willingness to sit down for 4 hours to prepare their bat/s. They are taking this workload off you so you can spend more time working and earning money or socialising. Just think this costs £3.25 per hour whereas the national minimum wage is £6.08 per hour so you could be earning money while you have your bat professionally prepared for you, win win.
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I think that was rather his point! :P
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I would also like to vouch for Paul, Having a bat knocked in now and have had a very good experience with Paul so far. I would recommend getting Paul to do it if you don't want to do it yourself! Its worth the money
Keep up the good work Paul
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It's not just me (Paul), but our very able team here just love knocking in bats! Especially Bilal, he treats them all like a work of art, so £3 per hour doing something we love that helps our customers seems to work for us! Besides, we all know how unreliable machines are when it comes to knocking in bats, especially with the work they do on edges!! You could pay £25 for a machine or £15 with us...
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Sounds good - I'll drop my 2 new Scats down to you if that's ok?
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Hi Paul, What's your turnaround at the minute buddy? I've got a nice new Chase I wasn't planning on rushing on until my other bat gave up the ghost on Saturday? As I'm London based you're in an ideal location for me.
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Hi Paul, What's your turnaround at the minute buddy? I've got a nice new Chase I wasn't planning on rushing on until my other bat gave up the ghost on Saturday? As I'm London based you're in an ideal location for me.
As you are so local, we could turn it around within 4-5 days. A week is the average, but that often includes delivery time to and from the shop. As we do knocking in on Saturdays and Sundays, you can include these within the 4-5 day estimate, so if we got your bat on Friday, we could most likely have it ready for you by Tuesday.
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Sounds good - I'll drop my 2 new Scats down to you if that's ok?
Hi Dan! I am Bil aka Bilal and look forward to greeting you in person @IJC for the knocking in of your bats.
Rest assured, your bat shall receive good care and knocking in.
Feel free to drop by any time in our shop, website below with address:
http://www.itsjustcricket.co.uk/map/
Regards,
Bil
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It's not just me (Paul), but our very able team here just love knocking in bats! Especially Bilal, he treats them all like a work of art, so £3 per hour doing something we love that helps our customers seems to work for us! Besides, we all know how unreliable machines are when it comes to knocking in bats, especially with the work they do on edges!! You could pay £25 for a machine or £15 with us...
It's Bilal here aka Bil!
Paul, has mentioned a well understated fact here!
Knocking in by machine is good only in the mid 1/3 of the cricket bat.
As, the machine can not go all out near the bottom two and a half inches, along with the edges.
As a result, these are poorly completed areas and ironically the areas that need the most attention.
Rule of thumb! Knocking in by hand is always more preferred and of much better quality.
To use an analogy here, compare most of the machined good with goods made by hand.
Generally, goods made by hand such as luxury cars, hand bags, watches and most importantly Cricket bats are of much better quality. Similarly, knocking in by hand is much better! ;)
Hope that clears any misconceptions... :)
With regards to the comments from A-Swin-And-A-Miss! on costing...
We @IJC pride ourselves at delivering great quality customer service.
And, part of running a cricket business involves knocking in cricket bats, hence enjoy the service and don't worry about the wage rates involved in knocking in your cricket bat 8).
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Hi Paul/Bil....Thanks for the info, I'm going to try getting down today to drop in my Chase 175.
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Hi Paul/Bil....Thanks for the info, I'm going to try getting down today to drop in my Chase 175.
No prob's Montys Beard, feel free to drop by anytime.
Ask for either Paul and/or myself Bil!
See you in the shop :)
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No prob's Montys Beard, feel free to drop by anytime.
Ask for either Paul and/or myself Bil!
See you in the shop :)
He actually came in yesterday, Bilal. His is the (rather lovely) Chase 175...
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I wish you guys were in Canada (or I was in UK) :(
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I wish you guys were in Canada (or I was in UK) :(
Cover_Drive IJC is penetrating the Canadian market as well!
In fact, we are now doing regular orders which are being delivered to Canada.
So feel free to purchase! We will have it delivered ;)
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I wish you guys were in Canada (or I was in UK) :(
Bilal's right - Canada is actually our main market at the moment! At least in terms of bats...
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Hi
I have a brand new H4L Hattori that I'd like knocking in. I'd be sending it from Cumbria and was wondering what level of insurance you take out when sending bats out by post and how much you would charge for knocking in, postage and insurance up to £250?
Cheers
Pete
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Guys
I've received my H4L Hattori back from Paul after being knocked in and I have to say that the boys at It's Just Cricket have done a fantastic job. I used the bat in nets this week and the ping is excellent. It feels like a bat that has been used for a season already and is reaching it's peak, can't wait to use it in a game. Clearly, a Hattori is a lovely bat in any case but it doesn't come knocked in and so Paul has saved me three to four hours of work...top service at a very good price, would recommend.
Cheers
Pete
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Guys
I've received my H4L Hattori back from Paul after being knocked in and I have to say that the boys at It's Just Cricket have done a fantastic job. I used the bat in nets this week and the ping is excellent. It feels like a bat that has been used for a season already and is reaching it's peak, can't wait to use it in a game. Clearly, a Hattori is a lovely bat in any case but it doesn't come knocked in and so Paul has saved me three to four hours of work...top service at a very good price, would recommend.
Cheers
Pete
Hi Pete, it was actually my colleague, Bilal, who knocked your Hattori in - Bil on here, but I'll take the compliment anyway! :-)
A pleasure, Pete, and looking forward to the L&W too. Very kind of you to take the time to write this - yet more reason to give CBF exclusive offers like the one we did yesterday! Thanks a lot.
Paul
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No problem, Paul, Bil certainly knows how to knock a bat in! The Laver may be a tougher task but I'm sure he'll be up to it!
Cheers
Pete
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No problem, Paul, Bil certainly knows how to knock a bat in! The Laver may be a tougher task but I'm sure he'll be up to it!
Cheers
Pete
Pete, glad you like my work. Lol, you could appreciate it in person.
Just, drop by IJC on Sat/Sun and I am there.
Don't need to stress about the Laver! That shall be done perfectly as well.
Regards,
Bilal
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Hi Bilal
I'm in Cumbria so a bit too far to drop in! Next time I'm in London I will say hello though. I'm sure you'll enjoy the Laver and do a cracking job, hopefully it will arrive tomorrow.
Cheers
Pete
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Hi Bilal
I'm in Cumbria so a bit too far to drop in! Next time I'm in London I will say hello though. I'm sure you'll enjoy the Laver and do a cracking job, hopefully it will arrive tomorrow.
Cheers
Pete
Cumbria! I should have guessed it lol.
No worries, pete rest assured your bat is in good hands.