Topic: Norfolk Cricket Bats (Read 36465 times)

petehosk · « **Reply #75 on:** October 10, 2013, 08:45:53 AM »

There was nothing sarcastic about his posts! They were confrontational and accusing!
He then realised he had overstepped the mark and played the "I was merely being sarcastic" card!

King pair · « **Reply #76 on:** October 10, 2013, 08:54:28 AM »

Quote from: GarrettJ on October 10, 2013, 08:04:56 AM

King pair, i really do appreciate you post and i can take both positive and negative comments equally ............ but i do have to say "are you blind?"

I said on this thread the Norfolk Bats bats look good. I said on more than one occassion Aldreds thread his bats are great. I have openly said Vantage bats are gereat and the stickers look fantastic. I have commented on how the B&S bats that Jake has at Vitas are some of the best around. I have also commented on how good the BB bats are. I have openly said Ayrtek's helmets are years ahead of the competition. I do not deny that i have questioned the PRICES of some bats on here.

I'd be interested in you putting up the examples of me putting down other brands at the expense of mine. It would be great for all of the forum to see with their own eyes and make their mind up.

I dont have a problem with admin removing any posts i put up that may be seen as promoting the brand as it is not fair on the forum sponsors, but i do have a problem with other forum members having their posts deleted as a result of the admin deciding that they are part of the brand and engaging in some underhand way of promoting. This is completely not true. Nobody is linked with my brand apart from me and the bloke at the workshop who sorts out the distribution of the bats to any one who buys a piece of firewood off me.

I dont need to promote my brand on here and i wont be.

If you dont want to buy one of my bats, i wont lose sleep over it, its your choice. I have several internationals who have contacted me to ask to use my bats having seen them in the flesh and been very impressed by them. You probably cant bat so wouldnt get any decent use out of it anyway!

Garrett i have no interest in pandering to your needs. if you need to know what youve said that might have annoyed people i suggest you look back through your posts. that fact that there are quite obviously a few people that have taken exception to your approach should be enough for you to maybe have a look and re-evaluate.
As i said in reply to your PM, im not fabricating the feeling i get from you and your brand from nowhere.

Personally i think that youve spat your dummy out because the admins on this site have seen your approach for what it is and you have now probably lost one of the best tool for promoting a smaller boutique brand that you could hope for.

''''I have several internationals who have contacted me to ask to use my bats having seen them in the flesh and been very impressed by them. You probably cant bat so wouldnt get any decent use out of it anyway!''''

^^^ this is pathetic. you probably cant bat so wouldnt get any use out of it anyway? wow.
Thanks for completely reiterating my spitting your dummy out theory.

Tell KP, Michael Clarke, AB de Villiers and Sachin i say hi when they pick there bats up

GarrettJ · « **Reply #77 on:** October 10, 2013, 08:56:59 AM »

Quote from: petehosk on October 10, 2013, 08:31:36 AM

I have a couple of questions for you........
1. Which Internationals have contacted you?
That's a big claim to make. And as you are obviously one to want to see proof, I will turn the tables and ask you to send me emails from them so that this can be confirmed. If they have asked not to be made public, just pm me the details so that I can confirm that it is true, without divulging actual names!

2. Do you make your Python bats yourself? Do you finish them only or do you press, handle and do all the work on them?
And if you don't make them completely, who presses them for you?

I have nothing to hide but legally i cant say some things.

1. I have had loads of players who play in the ICC tournament, and a few from the proper cricketing nations. I can name one who has asked me to use my bats as he is without a sponsor. Former WI player and current West Indies A captain Nikita Miller. If you need proof i can send you a screenshot of the correspondence.

2. Do you make your Python bats yourself? No
Do you finish them only or do you press, handle and do all the work on them? Some element of finishing
And if you don't make them completely, who presses them for you? can't say as i have signed a confidentiality agreement but I would not make a bat myself from scratch when i dont know how to and I can use an expert bat maker just like Kookaburra, Puma, Adidas, Puma etc etc.

Hosk, the only self promotion i have done still remains on the forum as a locked topic. I posted up some completely blank bats on the best grains thread the other day and even those were removed as advertising!!!

This subject about me and advertising is tiring for all on here. All I have ever asked is for the admin to stop removing posts of others who have no link to me. I dont see how its fair that other brands can be mentioned but mine cant ........ it just makes no sense to me.

ItsJustCricket · « **Reply #78 on:** October 10, 2013, 09:25:50 AM »

Great exposure for Norfolk Cricket Bats, this, and especially impressive given that they aren't on the forum to help push the thread along. I should have a word with their marketing department as I'm quite impressed!

petehosk · « **Reply #79 on:** October 10, 2013, 09:30:23 AM »

Get them in your lovely shop fella - they'll sell out in no time with all this exposure!

Bats_Entertainment · « **Reply #80 on:** October 10, 2013, 09:33:38 AM »

I can't be bothered to read it all. Did someone say KP, Sachin, De Villiers and Clarke were all using Norfolk bats? To think that two days we'd never even heard of them? Wow!

jamielsn15 · « **Reply #81 on:** October 10, 2013, 09:42:27 AM »

I held off reading this until today - better than your average soap opera this!

Can open, worms everywhere...

GarrettJ · « **Reply #82 on:** October 10, 2013, 09:55:44 AM »

Quote from: Bats_Entertainment on October 10, 2013, 09:33:38 AM

I can't be bothered to read it all. Did someone say KP, Sachin, De Villiers and Clarke were all using Norfolk bats? To think that two days we'd never even heard of them? Wow!

King Pair is being sarcastic towards me thats all. All a bit of fun ........ which i can take, as i dish out my fair share.

It would make me laugh if one day a top international used my kit, might set that as a challenge.

GarrettJ · « **Reply #83 on:** October 10, 2013, 09:57:31 AM »

Quote from: jamielsn15 on October 10, 2013, 09:42:27 AM

I held off reading this until today - better than your average soap opera this!

Can open, worms everywhere...

its certainly livened the place up a little.

petehosk · « **Reply #84 on:** October 10, 2013, 10:27:59 AM »

Quote from: GarrettJ on October 10, 2013, 09:57:31 AM

its certainly livened the place up a little.

It may have livened the place up a little, but that's not always a good thing!

The point is that there are bat makers on here who do this for a living. It is their livelyhood and their reputation and some of them do this to keep a rrof over their heads!
So when someone comes on the forum and starts accusing them of using other people to do their work or to make their bats, it is a real insult to them, and can damage the respect that some of them are held in!
They do not need a person who runs his own 'bedroom brand' to start throwing accusations about the origins of their bats! That in itself questioning their skill as a batmaker. And coming from someone who obviously has little or none, it is crazy!
Now lets draw a line under this and move on!

BigBlueMachine · « **Reply #85 on:** October 10, 2013, 10:42:03 AM »

Cheers for all the feedback guys. I've made my mind up I'm definitely getting a Norfolk Bat.

(PS this is sarcasm)

GarrettJ · « **Reply #86 on:** October 10, 2013, 10:49:01 AM »

ok Mr Hosk, I'll stay quiet from now on.

If you or any company on here are unhappy with my posts its your right as admin to delete them and ban me. I'm fine with that.

Thanks for your thoughts on what im doing, I will work on removing the word "bedroom" from your perception of my brand.

GarrettJ · « **Reply #87 on:** October 10, 2013, 10:49:48 AM »

Quote from: BigBlueMachine on October 10, 2013, 10:42:03 AM

Cheers for all the feedback guys. I've made my mind up I'm definitely getting a Norfolk Bat.

(PS this is sarcasm)

like my first posts says, they look good but �300 seems a bit much to me.

trypewriter · « **Reply #88 on:** October 10, 2013, 11:11:22 AM »

Going back to what someone said earlier, when I looked at their site, the pics and descriptions of the bats appeared very similar, almost to the point of stickers being the only difference, which is a bit confusing. (to me anyway).

Tail Ender · « **Reply #89 on:** October 10, 2013, 12:24:59 PM »

The attitudes of certain people on here are, frankly, childish and one of the reasons I am a little reluctant to interact on here as much as I otherwise might like to. Grow the f--k up.

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