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£49.99 for an English made bat
« on: December 14, 2012, 09:44:35 PM »
Took a calculated risk on buying a Mongoose ToRQ Prime from Pro Direct, knew what kind of bats they'd have had and thought at £49.99 it was worth taking a risk as the chances of getting a bargain were very high.

So what arrived? Excuse the poor photography (better will come) - but here is an English made bat, beautifully finished and EW for £50.

Delighted.



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Re: £49.99 for an English made bat
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2012, 09:46:18 PM »
Looks a beauty that Tom, nice profile too
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Re: £49.99 for an English made bat
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2012, 09:46:38 PM »
Looks a very nice bat there fella!
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Re: £49.99 for an English made bat
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2012, 10:00:22 PM »
Nice one Tom, let us know what it's like when used!
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Re: £49.99 for an English made bat
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2012, 10:03:23 PM »
Looks a lovely profile mate, seen a lot more bats worse than that for £50
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Re: £49.99 for an English made bat
« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2012, 10:13:08 PM »
Looks good tom. What's the concaving like on it? Side profile seems to suggest a little bit
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Re: £49.99 for an English made bat
« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2012, 11:09:42 PM »
Best looking bat of the range I think, I've been very close to buying the Torq series for £76 from PDC
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Re: £49.99 for an English made bat
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2012, 01:59:28 AM »
No idea now they have managed to offer this at that price but cannot go wrong if you can pick that quality of bat up for sub £50
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Re: £49.99 for an English made bat
« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2012, 11:44:18 AM »
Quote from: Ayrtek on December 15, 2012, 01:59:28 AM
No idea now they have managed to offer this at that price but cannot go wrong if you can pick that quality of bat up for sub £50

Would guess that PDC are selling it for less than trade price, seeing as RRP is £125. Certainly not all of the lower grade Geese are made in England, and I do think I got very very lucky here. Way to tell is the binding and toeguard.

There's a few still on there:

http://www.prodirectcricket.com/Products/Mongoose-ToRQ-Prime-Cricket-Bat-Cricket-Bats-OrangeWhite-40874.aspx
« Last Edit: December 15, 2012, 11:50:16 AM by Tom »
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Re: £49.99 for an English made bat
« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2012, 12:20:14 PM »

do you have a pic of the toe guard and the binding?

that is a very good buy you have there :)
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Re: £49.99 for an English made bat
« Reply #10 on: December 15, 2012, 12:32:13 PM »
I know this is a stupid question but why does this look different than the ones on the website?

I can't see the splice on this one like you can on the ones on PD site... And the shoulders are a different shape.
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Re: £49.99 for an English made bat
« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2012, 12:33:41 PM »
Splice is there. Shoulders are probably due to different makers, or one being an early photo sample.
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Re: £49.99 for an English made bat
« Reply #12 on: December 15, 2012, 12:36:30 PM »
Quote from: Tom on December 15, 2012, 12:33:41 PM
Splice is there. Shoulders are probably due to different makers, or one being an early photo sample.

Ok.. Must be just similar colour to the willow

Told ya it was a silly question
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