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Equipment => Gloves => Topic started by: pumakid on February 22, 2011, 10:57:38 PM
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Bought these gloves a few weeks back for £70. They have been on my hands twice- when they first arrived for five minutes max, and tonight in a 15 minute batting sesh. I was horrified to see that the stitching had come apart- especially having used them once, aswell as them supposedly being the best pair. I've sent an email to GM requesting some replacement gloves and I would like your opinions....
(http://i689.photobucket.com/albums/vv256/ollysherwood/8236b15d.jpg)
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These things happen, no product can be 100% perfect, I'm sure they will sort you out.
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I hope so like. Baring in mind i've sent a fair bit their way in the last month.
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Tis only a little stitching.
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QC wouldn't allow for use of a product so this may happen every now and then...would hope they would be replaced foc
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Tis only a little stitching.
You would expect gloves at this price to be immaculate though. What only seems a little stitching now, could be a whole lot worse in a weeks time...
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Yes but a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.
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Agree with you Pumakid. If you pay top dollar, you expect top dollar. Or something like that anyway.
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Agree with you Pumakid. If you pay top dollar, you expect top dollar. Or something like that anyway.
Exactly
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sorry but the stitching will be the same as any model and sometime unlucky but cost of softs has nothing to do with stitching it all the same stuff in the same factory as the lower models...
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you'll probably find the retailer will swap them for a new pair quicker than it takes to photograph and post....
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Either way, poor stiching isn't a great advert for GM Softs. Whether they cost £5 or £70.
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sorry but the stitching will be the same as any model and sometime unlucky but cost of softs has nothing to do with stitching it all the same stuff in the same factory as the lower models...
OK OK it may be the same stitching physically, but surely the more i pay the more time, care and love should be spent making them and ensuring they are perfect? :)
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Either way, poor stiching isn't a great advert for GM Softs. Whether they cost £5 or £70.
Gunn and Moore softs are not as good as some thing they are in my eyes i agree with you choppy mate.
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More likely to ne the more expensive materials are used to make them, depending in the complexity of the design they may have certain people making them
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The new Ferrari's have been catching fire, do they now become a trashy brand?
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Out of the hundreds or thousands of gloves made your always going to get the odd issue with something no matter who the manufacturer was ? if you by a Porsche its not guaranteed never to break down.
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and i wonder if all of GM softs are made in the same factory ????
Send them back get a new pair.
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They are, but some elements may be outsourced.
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not a big fan i see no better than other brands at half the price
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Think this is a bit of an over-reaction mate. It's a bust stitch? I am sure they will replace free of charge.
Bugatti Veyrons break down now and again
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Mine did....
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Your Bugatti? Have you gunned it to 88 yet?
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No, the seat broke and then I got wedged in it so they turned it off and at wall and banned me from playing outside Tesco's.
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A bit of the palm separated from the seam along the side of one of the fingers, which was annoying.
Mind you, they were a year old by then so I just stapled it together.
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Calm down lads my Puma Iridium trainers that are two years old now split along the seam whee the sole is joined together went when only 6 months old they still work and i kept them even though Puma offered to replaced them, when you consider GM probably have 20,000 + pairs of gloves made and sold every year and maybe one out of every 1000 gloves developes a small fault its not too bad. Try getting an Asian Brand to replace a pair of gloves if you e mail or contact them you can wait month for a reply and even longer for replacement gloves if you get any at all as is the experience we have had lately after a lad bought a pair from a retailer that closed down so he had no choice but to go back to the manufacturer!! And the official reply was their guarantee/warranty that they issue only covers there country and they do not cover world wide exports.
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Bought a pair of the new L.E.s myself and agree entirely that the quality has taken a nose dive which is a shame as they look absolutely sublime.
I compare these gloves with a pair of the first L.E.s I still have in the cupboard from c.2006 (yes- I hoard all my old kit for nostalgic value) and the difference in quality of materials and workmanship is so noticeable.
Come on GM, stop employing kids in India on tuppence a day and let's have the quality back!
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I would think that your comment may not be based on any sort of knowledge of their manufacturing systems and actually be flawed as well as libellous....
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Bought a pair of the new L.E.s myself and agree entirely that the quality has taken a nose dive which is a shame as they look absolutely sublime.
I compare these gloves with a pair of the first L.E.s I still have in the cupboard from c.2006 (yes- I hoard all my old kit for nostalgic value) and the difference in quality of materials and workmanship is so noticeable.
Come on GM, stop employing kids in India on tuppence a day and let's have the quality back!
Talk about making a statement in your first post...
Welcome to the forum mate
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you don't seriously expect that because you spend £70 on gloves that thet are made in any different way! the padding and protection level might be better but stitching and care would be the same regardless. how GM can justify charging £70 for a pair of gloves is beyond me
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you don't seriously expect that because you spend £70 on gloves that thet are made in any different way! the padding and protection level might be better but stitching and care would be the same regardless. how GM can justify charging £70 for a pair of gloves is beyond me
If I spent that much on some gloves I'd expect them to be top quality and not fall apart!
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you may well expect that to be good but £70 for gloves!! unless you're a pro why spend that!!??
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Some people want the best quality and if they can afford it, why shouldn't they?
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best quality does not always mean spend the most money - hence the stitching issues
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maybe not, but you would expect it.
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you may well expect that to be good but £70 for gloves!! unless you're a pro why spend that!!??
because he can!!!!!!!!
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If you visit a factory and see the amount of work that goes into making a glove and the skill involved, it may be cheap labour but it is very skilful, the quality of the palms made from Pittard's leather is great and not cheap so if some gloves have loose stitching then no big deal, I'm sure the shop will exchange with a fraction of the fuss being made on here.
The price hike for a top set of gloves is based on it being sold several times and all parties needing to make a profit.
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Am i right in assuming they are the 2010 model? If they are then that model cost me £55 from Owzat. The 2011 model are suberb, a little plain but top quality.
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Be careful guys you cant brand GM gloves as poor appauling quality etc based on the sales of a couple of pairs of gloves and comparison to a previous pair they made a year or so before. There are laws such as libel and such a sweeping statement could be seen as libelous. I personally was bought two pairs of gloves this christmas, one a pair of GM LE by my Mrs and a pair of top end Kook by my mum. The GM gloves are far better but that does not make the Kooks appauling in quality etc as it is just my opinion based on two pairs of gloves, not a fair comparison of severall hundred pairs of gloves. Obviously you are entitled to your opinions but is it fair to label the quality of the GM LE glove poor when it is worn by such batsmen as Shane Watson and others. If its good enough for old Watto then i would imagine its good enough for most players. But like i said its your opinion and you are fully entitled to that and have you taken them back to the place of purchase to see what they have said.?
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While GM is my favorite brand among the big brands, the libel argument sounds over the top. If libel laws are indeed as draconian as suggested then it would be the same for all business and brands in our case.
Granted international cricketers play a much higher standard than any one of us but at least we pay for our kit and are the intended market for most big brands.
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I think what you are saying is very fair opener but where do you draw the line on publicly saying GM LE gloves are appalling quality? Maybe the gentleman in question has a single pair of GM gloves that are in his opinion appalling quality. That does not mean that all GM LE gloves are appalling quality, mine are great and far superior to my Top end kook gloves, but in my opinion but that does not make Kook gloves appalling quality compared to GM as different models different quality. Individuals are fully entitled to their opinion but is it fair to judge an entire production run of GM LE gloves by one pair that might or might not have a stitching fault? My brothers Porsche broke down the other day but that does not make the build quality appalling, just unfortunate.
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I think it's the 'indian sweatshop' bit that might upset the folk at GM.
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Yeah i think thats a bit close to the bone the Indian Sweatshop remark though i am sure it might go on in some areas and with some brands but lets hope GM source their soft goods responsibly maybe one for Ed to reply on.
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a good point about the skills required to make gloves (& other kit) imagine what they would cost to be made in UK or Oz i'm new to this, wow what a fuss about some stitching coming undone
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Ive just got my original l.e hope mine dont do that :((