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Forum News and Suggestions => Old Advertisers => Admin Board => It's Just Cricket => Topic started by: ItsJustCricket on November 04, 2015, 02:45:48 PM
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All,
Today is the day I’ve got the exciting news on the Newbery and IJC collaboration range for 2016. As Chris mentioned we’ve taken on a lot of things from the forum and introduced three new bats, whilst also refreshing the Platinum itself to ensure it remains “Luxury Redefined.”
The Platinum by Newbery
This will remain the flagship bat of the range, picked from SPS top grade Newbery willow. The shape and decals will remain the same as the distinctive and elegant models of this year.
The Changes
Two-year warranty. The only Newbery bat of its kind. Newbery only offer a one year warranty, so during the second year IJC will be taking on our own warranty, providing the usual warranty services that the manufacturer provides.
Unique Payment Plan. The only big brand bat of its kind. We are allowing customers to pay for the bat in two stages, both of £160. Having had nightmares about cash flow as a business owner, we know how important it is. Payment of the first £160 either reserves a specific bat which is in current stock, or gets a custom Platinum bat built in your specs, i.e. long blade, mostly heartwood, shorter handle etc etc. The second payment is not due for up to 60 days after the first, so spreading out the Platinum payment makes it even more affordable to a lot of people! This hopefully makes the Platinum a little bit more wife and girlfriend friendly! (Please note, this applies to adult Platinum bats only.) EDIT - The link to the Platinum first half payment option is here - http://www.itsjustcricket.co.uk/cricket-bats-c17/senior-cricket-bats-c18/newbery-1st-half-payment-for-the-platinum-cricket-bat-p1362 (http://www.itsjustcricket.co.uk/cricket-bats-c17/senior-cricket-bats-c18/newbery-1st-half-payment-for-the-platinum-cricket-bat-p1362)
Accessories. The Platinum will continue to be the only Newbery bat with a free bat cover, and also free use of our engraving service. Not only this, but we have brand new Newbery multi-texture grips coming on the latest batch! The Platinum will be the only bat of the Newbery collection available in the Platinum lounge also.
The Platinum will not go up in price, remaining at £319.99 for the 2016 season.
The Gold by Newbery
This is the first of three new bats we are introducing. Available in both senior and Harrow sizes, the Gold will be a Grade 1 bat, typically around the willow standard of the Newbery Players bats. The shape will remain the same as on the Platinum, and the decals will be the same, except the base colour will move from Platinum to a golden hue. Price will be between £240-£250 for The Gold.
The Silver by Newbery
Again, available in Harrow and senior sizes, the Silver will be similar to the Newbery 5* bats. Retailing at around £180-£190, this should make the IJC and Newbery partnership available to almost everyone. As you can probably guess, the decals will be the same, just with a silver base instead of a Platinum one.
The Bronze by Newbery
This is going to be a Junior exclusive bat. Available only in sizes 6 and Harrow, this will be similar to the new Daredevil grade. Retailing at well under £100, this should truly bring the Platinum into the hands of discerning juniors around the country!
So, guys, as you can see we’ve been busy over the last few weeks thrashing out all the details with Newbery, and are excited to announce them now. We are due to visit next week to handpick all the new bats (and some Merlins), so we are still taking pre-orders on all of the above bats!
As a forum exclusive offer, any pre-orders for the Newbery and IJC collection will receive free knocking in if ordered before next Wednesday 11th November at midnight GMT!
Thanks for all the advice and suggestions, as you can see we do take them into account!
Paul
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Interesting idea! I always liked the look of the Platinum but £300 for a bat starts to scare me haha this could be just the excuse I need :D
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Some good ideas here Paul, always good to see someone looking at the market.
I presume with your dual payment option on the platinum you'll be putting some paperwork in place to setup/take the second payment? What is stopping someone paying the first payment and then not making the second?
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Some good ideas here Paul, always good to see someone looking at the market.
I presume with your dual payment option on the platinum you'll be putting some paperwork in place to setup/take the second payment? What is stopping someone paying the first payment and then not making the second?
The bat is only released after the second payment so that shouldn't be too much of an issue hopefully!
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Some good ideas here Paul, always good to see someone looking at the market.
I presume with your dual payment option on the platinum you'll be putting some paperwork in place to setup/take the second payment? What is stopping someone paying the first payment and then not making the second?
Chris will turn up at your front door and beat you with it.
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Seems a shame to miss out on the rest of the quality bats Newbery provide
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The bat is only released after the second payment so that shouldn't be too much of an issue hopefully!
Sounds good lads, certainly a positive offering a 2yr warranty!
What's the point of the "Unique payment plan" though? Surely it's the same as someone just saving up for a bat in the first place?
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Seems a shame to miss out on the rest of the quality bats Newbery provide
Who's missing out on what now??
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Who's missing out on what now??
The Platinum will be the only bat of the Newbery collection available in the Platinum lounge also.
Isnt that what this means?
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@neoncricket It is the same, but if a customer likes a specific bat in the Platinum range which is in stock, they can reserve it with half the price, and not have to pay the full £320 up front. Thus, making it more accessible.
@Jamesfield This is meaning that it is the only IJC Newbery bat which will feature in the lounge. The others will be in our usual shop, and there will also be some other Newbery models (if they make the cut) in the Platinum Lounge too.
Chris
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Sounds good lads, certainly a positive offering a 2yr warranty!
What's the point of the "Unique payment plan" though? Surely it's the same as someone just saving up for a bat in the first place?
We have found that spreading two payments of £160 over a two month period makes the bat more affordable for certain customers. Not everyone can cough up £319.99 upfront, unfortunately - even if they really want the bat!
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@neoncricket It is the same, but if a customer likes a specific bat in the Platinum range which is in stock, they can reserve it with half the price, and not have to pay the full £320 up front. Thus, making it more accessible.
@Jamesfield This is meaning that it is the only IJC Newbery bat which will feature in the lounge. The others will be in our usual shop, and there will also be some other Newbery models (if they make the cut) in the Platinum Lounge too.
Chris
Oh right okay :)
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The bat is only released after the second payment so that shouldn't be too much of an issue hopefully!
Ah ok, fair enough. Suspect that works more out of season than in season but worth a try
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Wish you all the best with this . One concern as you hand pick every bat that you sell what if you get 20 plus orders for the platinum bat but Newbury can't supply you because they don't pass your standard do the customers have to wait until Newbury can supply
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B & S - thank you for the kind words. In response to your question -
Newbery made well over 50 bats for the 20 we picked last time, and so we have no concerns there on the quality! They know how fussy we are!
Chris
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Chris, as it is your shape what would they do with the 30 you haven't picked? Can they sell them to other people?
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Picked from clefts i presume!
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If they're picked from clefts surely you won't be able to check the pick up, size for weight, performance etc you'd just get an idea of looks
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We pick them from handled bats but not stickered or gripped, so we get a fairly good idea.
In reply - we kept the other 30 bats we didn't select this time round as we knew we would be doing a Gold and Silver range, so the bats that don't make the cut for one grade will likely make the grade below if that makes sense.
Chis
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We pick them from handled bats but not stickered or gripped, so we get a fairly good idea.
In reply - we kept the other 30 bats we didn't select this time round as we knew we would be doing a Gold and Silver range, so the bats that don't make the cut for one grade will likely make the grade below if that makes sense.
Chis
So you have to buy a minimum of x amount of bats from newbery to choose your platinum bats from? Hence the reason to make different grades of the bats that aren't good enough to be platinums
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Without giving too much away of a confidential agreement, like anything in business there are MOQ. Last year we satisfied these with only the Platinum, and I must stress the decision to expand has nothing to do with MOQs.
We received a lot of feedback, almost universally positive, about the Platinum, just the only issue was some people simply couldn't, or didn't want to, stretch to £320 for a bat, but still wanted the Newbery craftsmanship and IJC design. Hence, the Gold and Silver were born.
Chris
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We pick them from handled bats but not stickered or gripped, so we get a fairly good idea.
In reply - we kept the other 30 bats we didn't select this time round as we knew we would be doing a Gold and Silver range, so the bats that don't make the cut for one grade will likely make the grade below if that makes sense.
Chis
A question, without meaning to sound rude.
If the 30 bats you did not select were shown to you as Platinums, why would Newbery sell them to you at a later date as Gold or Silver?
Is that them admiting they showed you inferior goods first time round, or do you pay the same price for a Silver, Gold & Platinum with just the profit margin changing?
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Not rude at all!
Newbery knew how picky they would be - and they knew some of the bats weren't going to make the cut!
Therefore they would rather the bats become Silver or Gold grade than go to waste! I'm sure they don't think they were inferior, and they probably wouldn't be to most shops, but as it is a bat carrying our own label, we want to be extra extra fussy!
Profit margins I won't get into - but I guarantee they aren't a significant consideration in the IJC Newbery collection. Sure, we want to make some money, but not all about that at the minute :)
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We pick them from handled bats but not stickered or gripped, so we get a fairly good idea.
In reply - we kept the other 30 bats we didn't select this time round as we knew we would be doing a Gold and Silver range, so the bats that don't make the cut for one grade will likely make the grade below if that makes sense.
Chis
That makes sense, as your criteria will obviously change slightly for the lower ranges. If Newbery thought they'd pass for Platinum, people are going to be getting some good Gold & Silver bats
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That makes sense, as your criteria will obviously change slightly for the lower ranges. If Newbery thought they'd pass for Platinum, people are going to be getting some good Gold & Silver bats
Sadly the original batch of unselected Platinums were lost in a flood Newbery had earlier in the year, so won't be available, but the principle remains the same.
Paul
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So you have to buy a minimum of x amount of bats from newbery to choose your platinum bats from? Hence the reason to make different grades of the bats that aren't good enough to be platinums
Are you going to do some Softs also?
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It is one option we are looking into for the future, but not this season unfortunately.
Chris
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Are your Platinum bats full length? I was just browsing Newbery's website and it just seems most of the range have that bit shorter blade, I assume the Kudos still is even though they don't mention it in the description.
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@ItsJustCricket seeing as you are heading down to Newbery to pick up some more bats, are you able to get some pictures of the impending 'quantum' range that has been seen about?
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Are your Platinum bats full length? I was just browsing Newbery's website and it just seems most of the range have that bit shorter blade, I assume the Kudos still is even though they don't mention it in the description.
@skip1973 just put mine up against a few other SH bats and it's exactly the same, full length blade
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Yes - can confirm the blade is full length. Even more impressive that they come in at 2'7, full profile as well!
Not sure about the Quantum range, will have a look see when we get there!
CBD
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Thanks Chris, the platinum's look quite impressive.