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Re: Decision time
« Reply #30 on: July 24, 2013, 10:42:55 AM »
Quote from: The Palmist on July 24, 2013, 08:46:18 AM
They are not that cheap once you have added postage. At most you will be saving £20 or so by the time you check out. I would rather pay an extra £20 for the option to feel and ping my new bat.

On most bats you're saving a lot more than £20. Postage for one bat is £12.
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Re: Decision time
« Reply #31 on: July 24, 2013, 10:45:55 AM »
Quote from: mini998 on July 24, 2013, 09:51:48 AM
Exactly

It's not worth the all the hassle to save £20 quid. Plus when something goes wrong it is much easier to deal with UK sellers/ Bat maker (ie; warranty issues).

I bought a SS bat for a my mate from India beginning of this season and now it has cracked from different places , It's not worth sending the bat all the way to India for warranty in this case , We are trying to repair it our selves to avoid the hassle.
Plus UK made bats are much much better quality in most cases.

Again, you save more than £20 and it's true these Asian bats don't last as long, this is because they are softly pressed and the hot conditions mean the willow is normally dryer.

You get grade one bats for £100-150 over there, but grade one here is a lot more.
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Re: Decision time
« Reply #32 on: July 24, 2013, 10:51:15 AM »
I can get you a uk handmade bat with -10 or more grains, blemish free, fully knocked in for £200 posted or less if you want it blank without stickers

PM me
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Re: Decision time
« Reply #33 on: July 24, 2013, 10:53:53 AM »
Quote from: imperivm on July 24, 2013, 10:45:55 AM
Again, you save more than £20 and it's true these Asian bats don't last as long, this is because they are softly pressed and the hot conditions mean the willow is normally dryer.

You get grade one bats for £100-150 over there, but grade one here is a lot more.

You can get some fantastic grade 1 bats made here in the UK for similar money. You just have to know where to look, who to ask, and what you want

Look at RK. Ryan bangs out lovely bats and his grade 1 is less than 150. Custom is only a little more as well. I know where my pennies would be going if I was shopping for quality on a tight budget.

There's plenty of choice here and in all those little hideaways across the UK we haven't discovered yet.

No need to throw money around at a risk when there's a smorgasbord of quality right on your doorstep.   
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Re: Decision time
« Reply #34 on: July 24, 2013, 10:56:13 AM »
Quote from: Rob Pack Cricket on July 24, 2013, 10:53:53 AM
You can get some fantastic grade 1 bats made here in the UK for similar money. You just have to know where to look, who to ask, and what you want

Look at RK. Ryan bangs out lovely bats and his grade 1 is less than 150. Custom is only a little more as well. I know where my pennies would be going if I was shopping for quality on a tight budget.

There's plenty of choice here and in all those little hideaways across the UK we haven't discovered yet.

No need to throw money around at a risk when there's a smorgasbord of quality right on your doorstep.

smorgasbord - nice word!!
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Re: Decision time
« Reply #35 on: July 24, 2013, 11:01:34 AM »
Bats from Sareen Sports and MB Malik are very, very good value for money. Also, good points raised about smaller brands here making quality bats.

The other day this chap was saying he can get me a custom, 'pro grade' bat and made by a chap from Newbery and for £200. He said that pro grade bats cost £130 to make.

Besides, I'm on of these people that has an Asian bat, a Lever and Wood and an English bat!
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Re: Decision time
« Reply #36 on: July 24, 2013, 11:16:12 AM »
Quote from: imperivm on July 24, 2013, 10:42:55 AM
On most bats you're saving a lot more than £20. Postage for one bat is £12.
Do you mean 22 or are you really saying that online stockist will ship one bat for just 12 quids?

I have used both Indian made and English made bats and frankly it doesn't matter to me where the bat is made as long as I get to pick and it is from a decent source as I have experienced good and bad from both. I won't have a problem buying a bat from online stockist if I get the chance to visit and pick one, I just can't trust them to find me a bat over the Internet.
Generalising all Indian made or UK made bats to be more durable over other is a bit unfair and naive in my humble opinion.
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Re: Decision time
« Reply #37 on: July 24, 2013, 11:32:01 AM »
22? Yeah, they ship one bat, international for £12. Delivery takes less than 72 hours, pretty decent for £12.
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Re: Decision time
« Reply #38 on: July 24, 2013, 11:36:45 AM »
Just ask them for pictures. Really, depending on the bat is should be graded correctly, however a we all know you can get really nice bats that are graded as 2-3 ect.
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Re: Decision time
« Reply #39 on: July 24, 2013, 11:42:09 AM »
Quote from: imperivm on July 24, 2013, 11:32:01 AM
22? Yeah, they ship one bat, international for £12. Delivery takes less than 72 hours, pretty decent for £12.
Yeah Delivery is £12 quid and it is pretty quick once they ship the bat . Only thing is sometimes it takes time for them to ship the bat after we make our purchase. Worse thing is they don't tell upfront how long it takes for bat to arrive when we place the order. Both time I got told it will be one to two weeks but they took nearly a month.

BTW it seems this thread is converting in to Indian made bats vs UK made bats kid of a scenario , I just shared my experience with both types of bats/sellers.

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Re: Decision time
« Reply #40 on: July 24, 2013, 11:48:34 AM »
Yeah, lots of people say that it takes ages. On their website they say it normally takes 6 to 7 working days but that's if the bat is in stock.
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