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Equipment => Your Kit => Topic started by: 19reading87 on October 20, 2016, 09:45:20 AM
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So, all of us love a bargain, don't we?!
What has been the greatest thing you have ever got for a bargain price? Can be any form of equipment. A bat handed down which got you a ton? A pair of pads that cost £10 which have lasted you 15 years...
We all chop and change on this forum so would be good to see what's been special to you
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A GM Purist I rescued from a skip!
Got my first 50 with it. It was a 303, but the polycoat was removed and I've refurbed it a few times (the spine is now rounded rather thana triangle!)
Not used any more but still in my possession to this day
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I had two Hunts County reflex bats that cost £75. This is going back about 10 years or so but even then the price was an absolute bargain. I also got an MRF bat from Romida in a sale that cost £50 and went like a train.
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A mis priced GM Halo 909 for £30 from Amazon a few years back. The bat went well until it broke a couple of years back.
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I got a Puma Stealth 5000 from a car boot once. The guy that was selling it was away from the stall and his nan sold it to me for £12.50. I was well chuffed!
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Remfry thigh pads
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My current pads, gn f18 1500s practically new and cost me a whole £10
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My greatest bargain was a bargain that led to me getting one of the greatest bats ever!
I remember it was an Adidas Incurza Elite weighing 2'8/9 which someone wanted rid of on this forum a few years ago.
It was barely used and from memory the seller wanted around £80/90 which was good price for the top of the range Adidas.
I purchased it as the grains were ruler straight (around 11+ grains I seem to remember) and a fantastically light pickup. Used it in the nets and it felt a little hard!
But after several nets it suddenly went from feeling hard to the occasional ball flying! I used it for a couple more nets and it was starting to seriously ping! The bat didn't have big edges but a couple more weeks of netting and it was pinging like a canon - it had no right to do that considering how light and slim the bat was!!
Anyway, I was netting at Dummer and one of the guys who coached there sometimes and used to coach in Aus for a while was netting in the next net and coaching his son (who was around 13 at the time, maybe a little younger)
His son had a bit of a plank by the sounds of it. He wasn't getting the ball away easily and was complaining a little about it. As I knew his dad (Keith) quite well I asked if he wanted to borrow a light bat (so that he had no excuse for not getting the ball away!) and his son was eager, so I handed him the Adidas.
To be fair the ball was flying after that! And the son was blasting the balls everywhere extremely hard. I noticed him talking to his dad obviously discussing the bat. So he came to me and asked if I wanted to sell the Adidas - it was too light for me so it didn't bother me. He offered me more that I paid for it but I knew his son was desperate so I pondered.
Then he asked if I was interested in a swap and I replied that I could be for the right swap - I remembered that Keith had spent time in Aus and had brushed shoulders with the likes of Adam Gilchrist and Co.....so I was quite curious. So Keith nipped off and was back later with Adam Gilchist's match bat which was hand-signed too. He even showed me the photos of Adam handing the bat to him, so I obviously didn't doubt the authenticity of it!!! Those who have seen it will confirm that it is a stonkingly gorgeous Puma bat! So in essence that AG match bat (direct out of his kit bad) cost me £90 which I reckon is a pretty decent bargain!
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My current pads, gn f18 1500s practically new and cost me a whole £10
This is superb
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possibly my current match bat, h4l devil but a lovely lovely stick!!
what about yours @19reading87 ? got to be pads surely?
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Anyone that buys pads from @19reading87 tends to get a bargain....
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Mine was probably the scatt I bought with the laver it cost me just over 300 pounds but for a brand new scatt that belonged to Alan Donald it was a great price to pay I very much doubt that there is another scatt around that is in the condition of this one .the other bargain was the kookaburra bubble star on sd for 12 pounds under the bleach was some lovely grains with a nice butterfly stain
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Anyone that buys pads from @19reading87 tends to get a bargain....
Agreed lol
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H4L g1 from ebay earlier this year
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To make it better, possibly post the price of what your item cost? Anything morebhan £100 isn't really a bargain for this topic...
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Some youth sized pads from Ayrtek - top quality protection, look great, fit perfectly and cost about £20 from memory - stock clearance.
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Picked up my daughter a 2nd hand 54-58cm GM pro helmet yesterday from eBay for £1.20. Its in good condition too. It fits my bald nut as well. Collected it from up the road so no postage either.
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Biggest bargain, was a GN 500 or something
Paid 20 quid from a lad who said it was too heavy for him,(I think it's about 2.7!)
I scored 96not out first time I used it, and hit the ball harder and further than I've done with any other bat.
I still have it,(must be 27yrs old now) and it still pings from every inch
You can't get willow like that anymore
My 100 quid grade two ace runs it a close second
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I have a ace sat here great bats
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I have a ace sat here great bats
First bat I bought for myself many many years ago loved that ACE!! was sold at a car boot along with all my other gear when I stopped playing in my early twenties.. I would love another..
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Car boot in Aug kook Rubbers and colour way spikes both nearly new £1.00 for each pair brand new G N Helmet and grill £3.00
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I have a ace sat here great bats
The GN I had was off a lad at earby Dave
Can't remember his name,was it Tilly ?
Ace bats were cracking bats
He knew what he was doing, and his willow was top stuff
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I bought a Canterbury 500 from a local market for £30, about a year after they came out. Best bat I've ever used
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A Newberry bat (SH) from a car boot sale for 50p!
Cost me £10 get a couple of cracks sorted and my friend is still using it!
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The GN I had was off a lad at earby Dave
Can't remember his name,was it Tilly ?
Ace bats were cracking bats
He knew what he was doing, and his willow was top stuff
Tilly aye Paul tilbury was a quality player could have gone good things in cricket bar his drinking.
Aye Alf was a top man made some lovely bats if we ever have a net will let you use it lovely bat still
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Yeah I remember him now
Was as good a potential as Glenn
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A brand new Slazenger SX elite pro that I got off eBay for £21. Pinged like mad before I even knocked it in, went back and bought the other 7 for £18 each and sold them on for a profit. Scored my first and only ton so far with the one I had.
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None of my stuff was a bargain, as collectively it just forms part of the overall spend...
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@petehosk , love the story!
@Northern monkey , great deal, I wish I find deals like those.
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Mine has to be a CJI bat, pads and gloves combo that I got for £59. Hit my first ton with it. Still got the bat. I'm going to refurb it for display only purposes due to a large crack in it now.
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A £50 GM Maxi OLE from the brother of a sponsored pro. What a bat that was :o :o
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I very recently picked up an unused pair of B&S Graeme Pollock 274 pads in Small Men's. Got them from eBay, probably from someone on here for £45, which although not amazingly cheap is still £20 less than they retail for, and I understand they are very rare and even more so in SM.
I'm considering not even using them, put them on when they arrived and they are the most comfy pads i have ever worn, and the straps are the right length which is a bonus, and a surprise.
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A fair few years ago when I was a junior, my club captain made the transition from SH to LH and flogged off a load of his old stuff. I remember getting a scat off him for £50. Was also a paradigm shift for me as I previously was a slave to whatever brand my then-favourite players had their bats stickered up as.
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My Masuri TI was purchased from eBay due to me leaving my new one at ground. From memory was less than £20 in the winter months still using 3 seasons later
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My greatest bargain was a bargain that led to me getting one of the greatest bats ever!
I remember it was an Adidas Incurza Elite weighing 2'8/9 which someone wanted rid of on this forum a few years ago.
It was barely used and from memory the seller wanted around £80/90 which was good price for the top of the range Adidas.
I purchased it as the grains were ruler straight (around 11+ grains I seem to remember) and a fantastically light pickup. Used it in the nets and it felt a little hard!
But after several nets it suddenly went from feeling hard to the occasional ball flying! I used it for a couple more nets and it was starting to seriously ping! The bat didn't have big edges but a couple more weeks of netting and it was pinging like a canon - it had no right to do that considering how light and slim the bat was!!
Anyway, I was netting at Dummer and one of the guys who coached there sometimes and used to coach in Aus for a while was netting in the next net and coaching his son (who was around 13 at the time, maybe a little younger)
His son had a bit of a plank by the sounds of it. He wasn't getting the ball away easily and was complaining a little about it. As I knew his dad (Keith) quite well I asked if he wanted to borrow a light bat (so that he had no excuse for not getting the ball away!) and his son was eager, so I handed him the Adidas.
To be fair the ball was flying after that! And the son was blasting the balls everywhere extremely hard. I noticed him talking to his dad obviously discussing the bat. So he came to me and asked if I wanted to sell the Adidas - it was too light for me so it didn't bother me. He offered me more that I paid for it but I knew his son was desperate so I pondered.
Then he asked if I was interested in a swap and I replied that I could be for the right swap - I remembered that Keith had spent time in Aus and had brushed shoulders with the likes of Adam Gilchrist and Co.....so I was quite curious. So Keith nipped off and was back later with Adam Gilchist's match bat which was hand-signed too. He even showed me the photos of Adam handing the bat to him, so I obviously didn't doubt the authenticity of it!!! Those who have seen it will confirm that it is a stonkingly gorgeous Puma bat! So in essence that AG match bat (direct out of his kit bad) cost me £90 which I reckon is a pretty decent bargain!
What a cracking story and a great bargain. Thanks for sharing.
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I got a Puma Stealth 5000 from a car boot once. The guy that was selling it was away from the stall and his nan sold it to me for £12.50. I was well chuffed!
Not sure I'd have been able to do this!
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First bat I bought for myself many many years ago loved that ACE!! was sold at a car boot along with all my other gear when I stopped playing in my early twenties.. I would love another..
I recently read Michael Vaughan say an ACE was one of his first bats.
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I recently read Michael Vaughan say an ACE was one of his first bats.
I heard MPV and Dagnall talking about bats for about 20 minutes on my way to Kimble in the summer. He said his first adult bat was an ACE and that he was taken to see Alf Evans to have it made.
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I heard MPV and Dagnall talking about bats for about 20 minutes on my way to Kimble in the summer. He said his first adult bat was an ACE and that he was taken to see Alf Evans to have it made.
Custom Bats For M.
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Nike Lunar Dominates for £19 (inc. postage) off Ebay at the start of last season. I never wore them, mind.
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Probably my new masuri legacy from sports direct for £17. They are £50 everywhere now.
My hulk bat has been magnificent too.
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Everybody around the north west had a Ace or Senior Counties but mainly Ace.
Was a great place to go with a godfather of custom bats
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I was lucky to get mine before he closed
Gutted was an understatement
I actually got a laver after the ace died after 4 very heavy seasons use
And the laver cost three times what I paid for the ace
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Everybody around the north west had a Ace or Senior Counties but mainly Ace.
Was a great place to go with a godfather of custom bats
Clough and Ward, Senior Counties - Probably the hardest bat I ever used! with the most simple stickers ever seen!
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Just picked up a pair of GN Legend and Kooka Ice 850 gloves for $13.50 combined from a local op shop!
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Picked this up for 45 from here, couldn't get on with it though.
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pick these up up a couple of weeks ago, even with the freight back to Aus still a winner.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/162289653393?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/162289653393?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT)
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I just picked it up for £60 along with F18 1500 batting gloves for £20. It has 36mm edges.
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That does look good, maybe you saved money as there wasn't a full scuff sheet in there...
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I am getting a free refurb from the seller. Including a free anti scuff, grip and toe guard.