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Companies => Off-the-shelf companies => Topic started by: frontfootdrive2 on August 13, 2023, 12:29:02 PM

Title: Phantom
Post by: frontfootdrive2 on August 13, 2023, 12:29:02 PM
Met the owner yesterday as we played a side he guests for and admired from afar the grainy willow and very high quality softs-based in Crawley, i'd recommend a visit as right up there imho and also was sporting a prototype shoe, hopefully ready for next season.. Worth supporting, very personable Gentleman!
Title: Re: Phantom
Post by: Thamesvalley on August 13, 2023, 01:22:46 PM
Will be very difficult to break into shoe market

Intrigued to see what comes out
Title: Re: Phantom
Post by: Jimbo on August 13, 2023, 03:56:23 PM
Struggle to reconcile their pricing with the fact they are a sticker brand which, as far as I'm aware, buys in pre made bats from India. All looks very nice but the price structure is what I'd expect from a boutique manufacturer.
Title: Re: Phantom
Post by: jjelricksmith on August 14, 2023, 07:22:53 AM
Struggle to reconcile their pricing with the fact they are a sticker brand which, as far as I'm aware, buys in pre made bats from India. All looks very nice but the price structure is what I'd expect from a boutique manufacturer.

Are they no longer Keeley made?
Title: Re: Phantom
Post by: Thamesvalley on August 14, 2023, 08:16:34 AM
Not for a while

I don’t think any at all in uk have that privledge anymore

Someone may correct me if I’m wrong ?

Although you can still find phantoms Keeley made just not very recent ones
Title: Re: Phantom
Post by: Jimbo on August 14, 2023, 09:37:23 AM
The story I'd heard is that they switched to RS as their main supplier for bats. Not saying RS don't make a lovely bat, but I reckon you'd pay quite a bit less to buy an RS, have it shipped from India then get a set of stickers from Phantom.
Title: Re: Phantom
Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on August 14, 2023, 10:03:33 AM
Not for a while

I don’t think any at all in uk have that privledge anymore

Someone may correct me if I’m wrong ?

Although you can still find phantoms Keeley made just not very recent ones

Phantom are having some bats UK made I believe but TK has scaled back massively on making for other brands as well as cutting back o the number of retailers stocking them in order to sell more direct to customers.