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Companies => Custom companies => Topic started by: Slab on March 18, 2013, 11:06:09 AM
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Has anyone heard of this company before? Softs look pretty sweet.
http://www.neoncricket.co.uk/ (http://www.neoncricket.co.uk/)
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Softs look very similar to what is out there already. But for the price it is very well priced.
Interested to know if the bats are UK or Asian made.
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no but it looks superb
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Must admit, the keeping gear looks very nice
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Who shall contact them to get more details on their gear?
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Softs look very similar to what is out there already. But for the price it is very well priced.
Interested to know if the bats are UK or Asian made.
Says crafted in UK
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It looks awful!
Bad photography, poor website, weak wording.
The website is a freebie! And the hits just keep on coming. If you're going to use a freebie, FGS don't publicize it!
I can only imagine a very small number of people using pink kit.
It's not a good look.
I quote "As Neon cricket is my second career"......that means customer service is out of the window and we come second.
Fancy telling your customers that you don't back the venture and have enough faith it will fly. That's what he is saying.
And the name!
Dear oh dear.
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I saw a guy at a net a couple of weeks ago with one of these and apparently it was his own company set up as part of a school business project or something like that. Bats were apparently sourced from Vanquish...this is based on a 5 minute convo when I was absolutely knackered so don't take it as gospel please!
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Hi guys,
Just spotted this post and thought I'd fill you all in on the company!
You're right the company has been set up as part of my final year dissertation for my degree. I myself have played cricket since I have been able to pick up a bat so to set up my own company has always been a dream of mine (which I'm sure goes for a lot of us!).
Our bats are 100% English Grade 1 Willow, The willow comes (as always) from JS Wright and is handmade for us by our bat makers here in the UK (The bats are 100% English made and nurtured).
Our softs are all test grade and although similar to a number of other companies on the market the prices are much lower than these respective companies. It does state about this being my second career but this has no affect on the time and passion I have put into this! Cricket is and always will be my main passion so to say that I don't back my own venture and that the customers come second does seem slightly unfair! The reason I am selling the kit at the prices they are is for exactly that reason, so everybody gets the chance to afford the best kit and not just the more well off! My customers are the forefront of my company, I am not worried by making huge profits just supplying the best kit at the best prices.
If you have anymore queries about Neon please just drop me a message.
Thanks for the interest,
Adam
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my question is:
Can I have a sponsorship, I really like your keeping gear, and I'm a final year uni student, so help a brother out :)
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Hi,
Drop us an email on: neoncricket@outlook.com with your details, We're looking to help out as many players as possible so we can certainly help out a fellow uni player!
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I like it! Softs look nice, bats very well priced, stickers are a bit bright but I stopped buying bats on what the stickers looked like when I was 14 ;)
All good for me!
Best of luck.
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Quick question....how much is delivery?
Also,any chance of a pic or two of the whole of the front of the pads?? :) :)
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It looks awful!
Bad photography, poor website, weak wording.
The website is a freebie! And the hits just keep on coming. If you're going to use a freebie, FGS don't publicize it!
I can only imagine a very small number of people using pink kit.
It's not a good look.
I quote "As Neon cricket is my second career"......that means customer service is out of the window and we come second.
Fancy telling your customers that you don't back the venture and have enough faith it will fly. That's what he is saying.
And the name!
Dear oh dear.
Think you are being a bit harsh here. By looking at the softs I can say he has obviously sourced it from a supplier used by many of the 'boutique' brands on the forum and in the UK. He has also tried to source UK made bats instead of getting them from India.
If you hate the colours, designs, website and photography, pls feel free to rather provide constructive criticism or some real advice on how he can improve instead of just taking his work apart. This forum should be about promoting all things cricket related, let's keep it that way.
Good luck neon cricket, we've all got to start somewhere. Like others, you've shown enough drive and courage to start something new!
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I am a fan, the pink is subtle enough for most people to consider softs wise.
Wish you all the best mate, be prepared to be nitpicked on the forum as there are a lot of very savvy people lurking on here, 99% of it will be constructive though!
Hope it goes well for you, certainly better than a lot of start up brands we see in my opinion, and for what it's worth, I think you have your pricing absolutley spot on
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Dammit another pair of batting gloves I want haha
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just bought some more keeping gloves, now i want these
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just bought some more keeping gloves, now i want these
Snap
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Think you are being a bit harsh here. By looking at the softs I can say he has obviously sourced it from a supplier used by many of the 'boutique' brands on the forum and in the UK. He has also tried to source UK made bats instead of getting them from India.
If you hate the colours, designs, website and photography, pls feel free to rather provide constructive criticism or some real advice on how he can improve instead of just taking his work apart. This forum should be about promoting all things cricket related, let's keep it that way.
Good luck neon cricket, we've all got to start somewhere. Like others, you've shown enough drive and courage to start something new!
Sorry but if you want everyone to walk around with rose colored specs then you are being a tad naive.
The chap is at Uni and as such should be fully aware of the requirements of any business at launch.
It's about doing the basics right.
I'm not being harsh. I've made similar mistakes many years back.
If you're going to launch then get it right before you hit the start button. That looks so much slicker.
It only takes a few well placed phone calls and he could have some professional's look over the site and proposition before launch.
Attention to detail is everything.
It's genuine and well considered feedback. If he reads it and thinks about the points then I hope it can add some value to the proposition.
He has an altruistic motive, why not make that the force and drive the message through that point.
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The current financial climate must make it very difficult for anyone to completely commit to a new business venture. The risks are far greater when your livelihood is at stake so you can't blame the guy for having another more important business on the go. The fact he made that public was probably an error granted.
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Sorry but if you want everyone to walk around with rose colored specs then you are being a tad naive.
The chap is at Uni and as such should be fully aware of the requirements of any business at launch.
It's about doing the basics right.
I'm not being harsh. I've made similar mistakes many years back.
If you're going to launch then get it right before you hit the start button. That looks so much slicker.
It only takes a few well placed phone calls and he could have some professional's look over the site and proposition before launch.
Attention to detail is everything.
It's genuine and well considered feedback. If he reads it and thinks about the points then I hope it can add some value to the proposition.
He has an altruistic motive, why not make that the force and drive the message through that point.
All fair enough but you of all people should then know that there are better ways to bring your point across. Do it in such a manner so that it does not sound like you are bitter about something and that you genuinely would like to help the chap.
If this was your original intention you might want to take up your own advice and take a bit more time to think about what and how you write.
Also then accept this as some genuine and well considered feedback. ;)
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All fair enough but you of all people should then know that there are better ways to bring your point across. Do it in such a manner so that it does not sound like you are bitter about something and that you genuinely would like to help the chap.
If this was your original intention you might want to take up your own advice and take a bit more time to think about what and how you write.
Also then accept this as some genuine and well considered feedback. ;)
I'm an entrepreneur so wholeheartedly approve of what Neon are doing.
I'm also keen for fellow entrepreneurs to do it right.
It's all positive. Nothing negative or bitter.
It's cheap to set-up, white label. A young entrepreneur should go for it.
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I'm an entrepreneur so wholeheartedly approve of what Neon are doing.
I'm also keen for fellow entrepreneurs to do it right.
It's all positive. Nothing negative or bitter.
It's cheap to set-up, white label. A young entrepreneur should go for it.
I can see that now. You clearly have knowledge with regards to marketing etc. Pls share some of this knowledge in more detail as I'm sure that many more forum members might want to try their hand at starting up a brand and would love to do it right first time round.
Would certainly help Neon cricket as well.
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A lad at our club has a set of softs and a bat off this guy, the stuff is brilliant. Absolute bargain for the quality Neon are selling, he said the softs are the best kit he's ever had so they must be doing something right. From what we can tell its the exact same kit as most the other 'boutique' brands (H4L, Chase etc) but at much lower prices. I had a little go with the bat and it has a lovely pick up with a more than generous middle for the weight, just need my bat to reach its end and then I'll be getting myself one of these!
Agree with some other members that the website could use some work but for a company that has only just set up it does the job to be fair to them.
Congrats to Neon, hopefully I'll be in the market for some new kit soon
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Dammit another pair of batting gloves I want haha
Having now bought 2 new pairs after saying "I don't need another pair" I am tempted to get a pair of these. Maybe if I spent my money on coaching rather than kit I'd get somewhere!
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A pair of Pittards Leather gloves for £35! No idea how they are able to offer these prices but it is great value.
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Has anybody from the forum decided to buy anything from these guys yet? Would be good to see actual pictures and opinions etc.
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Saw this on the neon cricket's twitter... not the best pics but better than nothing!
https://twitter.com/bucket92/status/329591254818099200/photo/1
Edit: Another one here - https://twitter.com/harrisonfolland/status/328127679104688128/photo/1
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Saw this on the neon cricket's twitter... not the best pics but better than nothing!
Looking at the pictures I'd say they are worst than nothing!
It's free to post amazing photos and they don't cost much at all.
In today's business world there is no excuse for sloppy comms.
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(http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8339/52266535110259498977018.jpg)
(http://img547.imageshack.us/img547/9346/48222935733278436675117.jpg)
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Hi all,
Just to let you know I am currently in the process of having better quality images done (not a lot of time spare at the moment due to my final university exams being on!). As soon as they are done I will get them uploaded for you all to see.
@Fasteddie the pictures you have commented on were uploaded by our extremely happy customers and tweeted to us, they were not uploaded by us. I will never complain about a pleased customer, after all in today's business world the customer comes first and so they should! I created Neon as a way of providing the best quality cricket equipment at the lowest prices.
My pads are priced at £50 and the gloves at £35. These are identical to another brand made by the same manufacturer as Neon's (mentioning no names) who charge £100 and £50 respectively (and thats without pittards palms too!). By providing these prices I hope to put an end to people being charged over the odds when there just isn't the need, I want to provide every cricketer with the chance to use test match quality goods without paying £100's for them. This is the main reason this year I didn't invest as heavily in images and the website, the only way I would have been able to invest at the same level as other companies this year would have been to increase my prices (not something I want to do anytime soon!). As a final year university student money was tight so I had to make do with what resources I could muster with basically no budget at all! I am only a few weeks away from finishing now and with a new job beginning in July I will have plenty of funding available to improve on the points you have highlighted before the year is out, Hope this answers your queries as to why the images aren't up to the same grade as other comparable companies out there!!
Thanks for all your interest and hopefully some of you will be joining in with Neon soon!
Best Wishes,
Adam
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That's a bloody good comeback Adam!
Congratulations mate, the gear looks decent and you seem to know where you are going. Wish you all the best fella. I will say though, this forum is very very knowledgeable and we are spoilt with regards to the people we deal with here. Please understand that people will question your business style, resources, knowledge, customer focus etc but it's not a load of keyboard warriors, it's people being constructive. A few of them know what they're talking about.
You would be amazed at the amount of rubbish you see passing through here, new brands coming on and giving it the biggun and charging £350+ for a G1 bat etc.
All the best pal
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Oh bums! More gloves that I like!
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Hi all,
Just to let you know I am currently in the process of having better quality images done (not a lot of time spare at the moment due to my final university exams being on!). As soon as they are done I will get them uploaded for you all to see.
@Fasteddie the pictures you have commented on were uploaded by our extremely happy customers and tweeted to us, they were not uploaded by us. I will never complain about a pleased customer, after all in today's business world the customer comes first and so they should! I created Neon as a way of providing the best quality cricket equipment at the lowest prices.
My pads are priced at £50 and the gloves at £35. These are identical to another brand made by the same manufacturer as Neon's (mentioning no names) who charge £100 and £50 respectively (and thats without pittards palms too!). By providing these prices I hope to put an end to people being charged over the odds when there just isn't the need, I want to provide every cricketer with the chance to use test match quality goods without paying £100's for them. This is the main reason this year I didn't invest as heavily in images and the website, the only way I would have been able to invest at the same level as other companies this year would have been to increase my prices (not something I want to do anytime soon!). As a final year university student money was tight so I had to make do with what resources I could muster with basically no budget at all! I am only a few weeks away from finishing now and with a new job beginning in July I will have plenty of funding available to improve on the points you have highlighted before the year is out, Hope this answers your queries as to why the images aren't up to the same grade as other comparable companies out there!!
Thanks for all your interest and hopefully some of you will be joining in with Neon soon!
Best Wishes,
Adam
You misunderstand my post. I'm not having a pop.
Never mind.
It's all about detail, that kind of behavior is free and sets aside the mediocre.
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Sorry but if you want everyone to walk around with rose colored specs then you are being a tad naive.
The chap is at Uni and as such should be fully aware of the requirements of any business at launch.
It's about doing the basics right.
I'm not being harsh. I've made similar mistakes many years back.
If you're going to launch then get it right before you hit the start button. That looks so much slicker.
It only takes a few well placed phone calls and he could have some professional's look over the site and proposition before launch.
Attention to detail is everything.
It's genuine and well considered feedback. If he reads it and thinks about the points then I hope it can add some value to the proposition.
He has an altruistic motive, why not make that the force and drive the message through that point.
I really hope I can go through life being as perfect as you seem to think you are. I am sorry but this is the second company along with Hammer that you have picked part for no reason other than the fact that you do not like it. You are more than happy to praise anything that you personally own such as H4L and Aldred but other things you seem to pick apart with no real advice. You seem to be or think you are good at business, how about some polite advice for astudent doing this as a hobby.
If I have spelt anything incorrectly or my grammar is not to your standard I'm sure you will point I out to me.
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I really hope I can go through life being as perfect as you seem to think you are. I am sorry but this is the second company along with Hammer that you have picked part for no reason other than the fact that you do not like it. You are more than happy to praise anything that you personally own such as H4L and Aldred but other things you seem to pick apart with no real advice. You seem to be or think you are good at business, how about some polite advice for astudent doing this as a hobby.
If I have spelt anything incorrectly or my grammar is not to your standard I'm sure you will point I out to me.
Ok, so you seem to have completely missed the point!
I had a private email exchange with the proprietor and it was perfectly civil and constructive.
You chipping-in some time after seems as if you have stumbled across a conversation which has been, gone, and both parties are smiling.
To answer your point is to give it credence when it is frankly misplaced, patronizing, and lacking any kind of understanding of either the context or content. However, as you are so far away from reality I shall answer you.
What is wrong with giving honest feedback, and if you have experience in a certain field why not pass it on in an honest and open manner.
I work with the entrepreneurial and careers departments at two of the world's top business schools and I can tell you that the standards of start-ups is exceedingly high. The barriers are low and competition fierce. The entrepreneurs, who I work with, and are coming out of Universities are highly competitive and seek out and perfect the levels of detail I have mentioned in my previous posts. That is the competition. Why not politely pass on that information. It's valuable and relevant.
Sorry, but if you don't like an honest opinion from an experienced source then you should put your rose colored specs on, watch the Emperor's new clothes on TV, and bury your head in the sand with all the other dinosaurs out there.
Praise is given in equal measure of honest feedback. The products I have bought have been well researched and first class.
Hammer? Well, as they are based in the USA I shall put a local analogy on them.....they are a car crash when it comes to PR. Tell me I'm wrong and I shall retire. What's wrong with pointing that out.
Should there be a 'rose colored' filter to run alongside the swear box?