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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: tsx113 on May 26, 2017, 04:39:13 AM

Title: Custom Made
Post by: tsx113 on May 26, 2017, 04:39:13 AM: Would I be able to get a bat made for about 250$ US and have it shipped to NZ ? or should I get my budget a bit higher ?
Title: Re: Custom Made
Post by: The Cricket Boutique on May 26, 2017, 06:33:22 AM: It's possible around that price but it won't be a top grade bat.

Drop us a message if we can help you with anything specific.
Title: Re: Custom Made
Post by: Red Ink Cricket on May 26, 2017, 10:11:25 AM: I can make something up for you. Drop me a pm to discuss if you want
Title: Re: Custom Made
Post by: tsx113 on May 26, 2017, 11:33:01 AM: Thank you :) .. Will get in touch !
Title: Re: Custom Made
Post by: InternalTraining on May 26, 2017, 01:24:58 PM: Quote from: tsx113 on May 26, 2017, 04:39:13 AM
Would I be able to get a bat made for about 250$ US and have it shipped to NZ ? or should I get my budget a bit higher ?

If you are in NZ, talk to Mart Graham of MG2 Cricket. He makes great bats.
Title: Re: Custom Made
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on May 28, 2017, 02:35:16 PM: Quote from: InternalTraining on May 26, 2017, 01:24:58 PM
If you are in NZ, talk to Mart Graham of MG2 Cricket. He makes great bats.

950 NZ Dollars for a custom, by my maths thats about £525 (or just under 2 G1 Hunt's customs!) :o
Title: Re: Custom Made
Post by: InternalTraining on May 28, 2017, 03:46:46 PM: ^ MG2 Bosh-6 is the entry level bat for NZD490 which is right around USD 290+. OP's budget is USD 250.

When I ordered my bats with Marty, I got a small discount. I think OP's budget is achievable with MG2 cricket. In my experience, MG2 is one brand that never disappointed me. Marty's bats are that good!
Title: Re: Custom Made
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on May 28, 2017, 04:18:08 PM: Isn't that an off the shelf shape though?
I'm not overly familiar with MG2, so this isn't just me being pedantic.

An entry level bat for £270. That's still comfortably more than I've ever spent on a top end stick! :-[
Title: Re: Custom Made
Post by: InternalTraining on May 28, 2017, 04:26:39 PM: ^ Well, it is NZ and freight charges for willow are priced-in the bat cost. Same with Laver, their prices are pretty high. Importing a bat from UK/Sub-continent to NZ would also incur freight charges (plus customs duty) leveling the price to some extent.

You are in the UK and you have a lot of options hence the pricing.
Title: Re: Custom Made
Post by: jd163 on May 28, 2017, 05:04:25 PM: ^ I agree with @InternalTraining on the shipping costs. Recently i sent a bat to Australia for $63 USD with the cheapest US postal option.
Title: Re: Custom Made
Post by: sanredrose on May 28, 2017, 05:47:06 PM: Shipping from US to anywhere is always bloody expensive !!! When I wanted to return a bat to UK retailer the best option I could find was USPS at USD 87. Price of the bat was USD 200. Chose to use parcel monkey at USD 30 and the bat reached the seller after 4 weeks ...
Title: Re: Custom Made
Post by: tsx113 on May 28, 2017, 11:53:10 PM: I have a MG2 and Laver . Both are quite brilliant.
Got the MG2 second hand so didn't spend a lot of money on it. It is probably 3 years old now.
If I were to buy custom made from MG2 that would cost me 950NZD ( 525 Pounds)
Just going off the price from blankbats website, I could get a Pro grade for 355 Pounds ( 650NZD ) shipping included.
Title: Re: Custom Made
Post by: potzy248 on May 29, 2017, 01:36:48 AM: I have always had Lavers but tried Chase cricket. You won't be disappointed if you go with them. Good price too.