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Companies => Off-the-shelf companies => Sareen Sports => Topic started by: Straight Bat Shot on May 21, 2020, 10:47:25 AM

Title: Best place to get SS in UK
Post by: Straight Bat Shot on May 21, 2020, 10:47:25 AM
I’ve heard very good reviews about the performance of SS bats. Does anyone know where I can get hold of a top of the range, from the UK?

I’ve seen Uzi Sports do some, but just checking if there is any other company out there they stock them?

Anyone used DKP?
Title: Re: Best place to get SS in UK
Post by: Whispering Death on May 21, 2020, 11:05:40 AM
I have used DKP in the past, always good service, seems like a genuine guy
Title: Re: Best place to get SS in UK
Post by: Buzz on May 21, 2020, 11:13:08 AM
Do you mean Ton bats (I assume) rather than Stuart Surridge bats?

Many of our sponsors can help you out, VKS, Aswani, Uzi, SIX sixes etc
Title: Re: Best place to get SS in UK
Post by: Straight Bat Shot on May 21, 2020, 11:50:19 AM
Do you mean Ton bats (I assume) rather than Stuart Surridge bats?

Many of our sponsors can help you out, VKS, Aswani, Uzi, SIX sixes etc

No SS - Sareen Sports or TON I believe.
Title: Re: Best place to get SS in UK
Post by: Mfarank on May 21, 2020, 12:31:27 PM
You could check out Hanif from Eclipse All sports. He has quite a collection.
Title: Re: Best place to get SS in UK
Post by: i12breakfree on May 21, 2020, 01:15:11 PM
No SS - Sareen Sports or TON I believe.
In UK market SS is sold with TON label . So all vendors that have TON you can check those.
@VKS @Uzi Sports have good collection

Title: Re: Best place to get SS in UK
Post by: Uzi Sports on May 21, 2020, 01:27:12 PM
I’ve heard very good reviews about the performance of SS bats. Does anyone know where I can get hold of a top of the range, from the UK?

I’ve seen Uzi Sports do some, but just checking if there is any other company out there they stock them?

Anyone used DKP?
We have good selection and all the bats were hand picked , if you want actual photos with weight plz email Uzisports.co.uk@gmail.com
Title: Re: Best place to get SS in UK
Post by: skip1973 on May 21, 2020, 10:06:21 PM
No SS - Sareen Sports or TON I believe.
No genuine retailers in the UK should be selling SS branded bats.
Title: Re: Best place to get SS in UK
Post by: Ajdal on May 22, 2020, 02:33:36 AM
Get in touch with Eclipse all sports for the best/latest selection in the UK. Or crown cricketer in India.
Title: Re: Best place to get SS in UK
Post by: Uzi Sports on May 22, 2020, 03:44:53 AM
No genuine retailers in the UK should be selling SS branded bats.
That is correct , SS branded products are not allowed to be sold by genuine retailers in the UK, only TON
Title: Re: Best place to get SS in UK
Post by: Psi on May 22, 2020, 09:29:41 AM
I'm amazed they go all the way and label them as SS Sunridge outside the UK. This is pure identity theft isn't it, with one letter change? Or is there some back story about British SS sellng the rights to the Indian company?
Title: Re: Best place to get SS in UK
Post by: edge on May 22, 2020, 10:06:34 AM
I'm amazed they go all the way and label them as SS Sunridge outside the UK. This is pure identity theft isn't it, with one letter change? Or is there some back story about British SS sellng the rights to the Indian company?
Just full bore IP theft.
Title: Re: Best place to get SS in UK
Post by: sgcricket on May 22, 2020, 12:22:51 PM
And they don’t need to do that today. Sareen Sports is known the world over but no one outside of UK knows much about Stuart Surridge.
Title: Re: Best place to get SS in UK
Post by: edge on May 22, 2020, 01:38:23 PM
And they don’t need to do that today. Sareen Sports is known the world over but no one outside of UK knows much about Stuart Surridge.
No doubt they don't need to do it today, but they're doing it anyway -the recent Sunridges stickers are an embarrassing tribute to Surridge. They don't stop at bats, either:


(https://www.sstoncricket.com/media/catalog/product/cache/2/small_image/657.3x/602f0fa2c1f0d1ba5e241f914e856ff9/j/o/josh_shoe.jpg)

(https://www.khelmart.com/Cricket/zoomer_Image/SS_CS_001_large.jpg)
Title: Re: Best place to get SS in UK
Post by: Yorkershire on May 22, 2020, 04:31:07 PM
Personally don't think they are ripping off Surridge, he banding is different... but believe what your eyes and mind tell you to ;)

They have never had a Jumbo or similar bat and have had Ton stamping for years.
Title: Re: Best place to get SS in UK
Post by: Psi on May 22, 2020, 04:38:30 PM
Yes but Sunridge/Surridge can't be coincidence can it? A lot of players think it's all one company. When I came back to cricket a couple of years back I definitely thought all these SS bats around were the same company as the old Jumbo/turbo etc.
Title: Re: Best place to get SS in UK
Post by: dt-second-hand-cricket on May 22, 2020, 04:53:32 PM
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ss-jumbo-kashmir-willow-cricket-bat-87357765 (https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ss-jumbo-kashmir-willow-cricket-bat-87357765)

and if you're really bored as it's lockdown here is a report on the trademark issue of 'SS' back in 1994

https://www.lawyerservices.in/Sareen-Sports-Industries-Meerut-UP-Versus-Stuart-Surridge-and-Co-Ltd-Witham-Essex-England-1994-04-12 (https://www.lawyerservices.in/Sareen-Sports-Industries-Meerut-UP-Versus-Stuart-Surridge-and-Co-Ltd-Witham-Essex-England-1994-04-12)
Title: Re: Best place to get SS in UK
Post by: edge on May 22, 2020, 04:59:32 PM
Personally don't think they are ripping off Surridge, he banding is different... but believe what your eyes and mind tell you to ;)

They have never had a Jumbo or similar bat and have had Ton stamping for years.

Lolzwat?

(http://i.imgur.com/JBmNQaTl.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/xilAgA2l.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/FAxEauvl.png)
Title: Re: Best place to get SS in UK
Post by: Yorkershire on May 22, 2020, 05:08:22 PM
 :D :D :D

 I concede on that there evidence  :)
It's amazing what CBFs will dig up!
Title: Re: Best place to get SS in UK
Post by: Psi on May 22, 2020, 05:10:30 PM
Yeah I thought I'd seen a jumbo version as well from Sareen. It is a shame because their reputation is really strong nowadays without having to take the logo off another company.
Title: Re: Best place to get SS in UK
Post by: SurreySam on May 22, 2020, 05:31:57 PM
Masuri also have a collaboration with Sareen Sports to make Masuri/TON branded bats. You can buy direct from Masuri or from a few retailers.
Title: Re: Best place to get SS in UK
Post by: SD on May 22, 2020, 09:56:03 PM
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ss-jumbo-kashmir-willow-cricket-bat-87357765 (https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ss-jumbo-kashmir-willow-cricket-bat-87357765)

and if you're really bored as it's lockdown here is a report on the trademark issue of 'SS' back in 1994

https://www.lawyerservices.in/Sareen-Sports-Industries-Meerut-UP-Versus-Stuart-Surridge-and-Co-Ltd-Witham-Essex-England-1994-04-12 (https://www.lawyerservices.in/Sareen-Sports-Industries-Meerut-UP-Versus-Stuart-Surridge-and-Co-Ltd-Witham-Essex-England-1994-04-12)

Perhaps the least convincing defence imaginable for Sareen Sports to contend that they first used the branding when test cricketers were using Surridge bats a decade before Sareen claim to have come up with the brand.

The problem as ever with intellectual property rights though is being able to enforce them.  Within the EU, the right to use your own intellectual property without someone stealing it is fairly well protected.   In other countries it can be very difficult though to get a local court to enforce your IP against a local company stealing it.

The only amusing side of this is that a new group of rip off merchants are now stealing Sareen's IP by making fakes of their bats. 
Title: Re: Best place to get SS in UK
Post by: skip1973 on May 23, 2020, 12:11:08 AM
Sareens branding aside they complied with the courts findings and agreed to stop supplying SS branded bats in the UK, it's dodgy bedroom sellers that aren't following the rules and importing SS branded bats from their contacts that are the issue.
Title: Re: Best place to get SS in UK
Post by: SD on May 23, 2020, 12:43:30 AM
Sareens branding aside they complied with the courts findings and agreed to stop supplying SS branded bats in the UK, it's dodgy bedroom sellers that aren't following the rules and importing SS branded bats from their contacts that are the issue.

They are still stealing Surridges intellectual property by continuing to use the SS branding on products sold outside of the EU.  Unfortunately, in the absence of international agreements on IP protection, it is very difficult and expensive to stop someone from stealing your copyright and trademarks