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[Butterfingerz]

But you haven't actually seen the 2014 range?

Kind regards

Edward

Ed, you're missing the point again! GM held an event and allowed photos to be taken and published online without following up very soon after with officially images and information. From what is visible it doesn't show your product as being everything you say. The way you have then conducted yourself with the you're wrong and I'm right attitude has certainly not endeared yourself to the masses.
If I think otherwise when I see the range I will happily retract all my comment and apologise.

[The_Bird]

I find it staggering that Ed has the balls to come on and face this barrage, many would've signed off ages ago.

Fair Play Ed, how many Internationally recognised companies do we have this sort of access to on the forum?

Shame you got rid of the Epic but its good news for me as hopefully i will find a cut price LE somewhere.

[Edward Lowy]

Slightly disappointed with some of the tone in this thread, but the forum is probably a drop I the ocean for GM

All feedback is very important to us. How have I disappointed?

[Edward Lowy]

I find it staggering that Ed has the balls to come on and face this barrage, many would've signed off ages ago.

Fair Play Ed, how many Internationally recognised companies do we have this sort of access to on the forum?

Shame you got rid of the Epic but its good news for me as hopefully i will find a cut price LE somewhere.

Just standing up for my company and my people Mr Bird! Thanks for your message, much appreciated

Kind regards

Edward

[ItsJustCricket]

F-Tech face curvatures - 3 different curvatures available, butnot in all the models:

I haven't seen the range, but I've seen this chart, and that's where most of my concerns lie.  Not only is it confusing for the end customer, but also for us as a retailer.  Essentially, if we wanted to stock GM and do it justice, we'd have to buy in three times as many bats than we would with the others.  Many cricket specialist shops like ourselves have to be very picky with our stock, and simply don't have the finances or capacity to stock 10 of each, like the bigger boys do.  Based on this, we will look elsewhere.  Simple as that...

[Butterfingerz]

I find it staggering that Ed has the balls to come on and face this barrage, many would've signed off ages ago.

Fair Play Ed, how many Internationally recognised companies do we have this sort of access to on the forum?

Shame you got rid of the Epic but its good news for me as hopefully i will find a cut price LE somewhere.

I agree to that but Ed has got to understand that all the negative comments are around the same points but according to the guy we are all wrong and he is right....hang on a minute isn't it our money he wants us to spend on GM products maybe we have a point after all?!

[Edward Lowy]

Ed, you're missing the point again! GM held an event and allowed photos to be taken and published online without following up very soon after with officially images and information. From what is visible it doesn't show your product as being everything you say. The way you have then conducted yourself with the you're wrong and I'm right attitude has certainly not endeared yourself to the masses.
If I think otherwise when I see the range I will happily retract all my comment and apologise.

It was Tuesday. Today is Thursday. Perhaps we should have put an embargo on customers taking pictures. But actually, they are our customers and we are very relaxed with them.

I am sorry if you take exception to how I conduct myself, perhaps forum posters are not used to being challenged.

Kind regards

Edward

[CUSTOM-BATS]

I haven't seen the range, but I've seen this chart, and that's where most of my concerns lie.  Not only is it confusing for the end customer, but also for us as a retailer.  Essentially, if we wanted to stock GM and do it justice, we'd have to buy in three times as many bats than we would with the others.  Many cricket specialist shops like ourselves have to be very picky with our stock, and simply don't have the finances or capacity to stock 10 of each, like the bigger boys do.  Based on this, we will look elsewhere.  Simple as that...

Paul, with respect, do you stock any single bat in all the weights available?

[yvk3103]

I don't see anything wrong with Edward's responses to comments based on absolutely no knowledge of the product.

When and how they make available the product or product pictures and details is their company decision.

Cricket now is all about experimenting and innovating and lets give credit to GM for at least daring / trying to experiment.

There is no product in the world that satisfies all consumers.

[Butterfingerz]

It was Tuesday. Today is Thursday. Perhaps we should have put an embargo on customers taking pictures. But actually, they are our customers and we are very relaxed with them.

I am sorry if you take exception to how I conduct myself, perhaps forum posters are not used to being challenged.

Kind regards

Edward

Challenged ...I have no problem in that at all Ed....do you?!

[Edward Lowy]

I haven't seen the range, but I've seen this chart, and that's where most of my concerns lie.  Not only is it confusing for the end customer, but also for us as a retailer.  Essentially, if we wanted to stock GM and do it justice, we'd have to buy in three times as many bats than we would with the others.  Many cricket specialist shops like ourselves have to be very picky with our stock, and simply don't have the finances or capacity to stock 10 of each, like the bigger boys do.  Based on this, we will look elsewhere.  Simple as that...

And how ridiculous would it be to offer your customers a greater choice?

Truly, I would suggest that you actually see the range before coming to conclusions.

Kind regards

Edward

[Edward Lowy]

Challenged ...I have no problem in that at all Ed....do you?!

Um, no, that's why I'm taking the time to respond

Kind regards

Edward

[Sam]

Paul, with respect, do you stock any single bat in all the weights available?

But in fairness to him you could say he tries to stock as big a variety of specific models of bats as possible , but this kind of system makes it harder for him as he now has 3 extra different variables for the bats.

Edit : But in response to Edward , he's going to end up offering his customers less choice than they expect because he will be unable to stock EVERY bat in every different different face style.

[The_Bird]

I agree to that but Ed has got to understand that all the negative comments are around the same points but according to the guy we are all wrong and he is right....hang on a minute isn't it our money he wants us to spend on GM products maybe we have a point after all?!

There is a whole world out there that wont know what the old Purist looked like, or what a flat face is. More numbers on a product just means more for the salesman to remember. Your avergage Joe will just walk in and see a blue bat and buy it.

[Chad]

The range seems decent enough, I'm not sure about the 3 different choices of pressing, as I'm guessing it will be a nightmare for a retailer to try stock all of that to cater for the customers' needs! I personally like a mix, so a 4.5 would probably be ideal for me, and I think the Purist shape is actually quite nice from what I've seen, I just wouldn't really associate it with the Purist I remember Vaughn using! The point about the 1885 not being a good seller is very important to note, which showed that GM needed a different angle from the traditionally shaped Purist! (Remember, the majority of cricket players aren't members of this forum, and like different things!) Big edges and no concaving = too heavy. Big edges and small amount of concaving = too similar to the Argon. Small edges = not a big seller.

Like Edward says, I think we will need to actually have a better look at the range before we can formulate a proper opinion, and I understand him being defensive, just don't know whether these comments are the right way to go about it... Hopefully all these queries will be cleared up by the time the official pictures are launched.

The main thing I think which put me off GM this year was the handle thickness and shape, I hope that this has changed for the 2013/2014 range! (Really liked the Flare and Halo handle shapes!)