Topic: New bat under �160 (Read 7862 times)

sammmyt1 · « **Reply #15 on:** February 16, 2016, 09:57:05 PM »

I've only heard good things about affinity bats...

StillNotOut · « **Reply #16 on:** February 16, 2016, 10:02:13 PM »

Don't discount John. Had two Red Ink bats made. A Custom X3 and X*

Quality and service on both bats were spot on. Both bats made by hand to the exact spec required

There's also Ryan Kelsall, Bellingham & Smith and Blank Bats

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Gurujames · « **Reply #17 on:** February 16, 2016, 10:23:19 PM »

Quote from: duelist83 on February 16, 2016, 09:42:10 PM

Red Ink... Dont really know much about them tbh. I'll have a look at them and reconsider my options. Looking at Affinity Carbine Sport as well as that was mentioned to me as well. Any opinions on them?

Got an affinity carbine sport too. Might be a little out of your price range. I did a review of it against a h4l NV grade 2. It's on here.
http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=36928.0

duelist83 · « **Reply #18 on:** February 16, 2016, 10:46:12 PM »

Actually I came across a retailer selling the Affinity at �160. Good review by the way. I own a H4L NV G1 and I think its an absolute belter of a bat. Probably along with my D&P the best 2 bats I've ever used. Quite drawn to B&S as well. Gosh this has now just made my quest even more difficult! lol

Alvaro · « **Reply #19 on:** February 17, 2016, 11:57:57 AM »

Pick the stickers you like the best and then play it in properly. Whatever you choose should then work out okay.

Seniorplayer · « **Reply #20 on:** February 17, 2016, 01:10:47 PM »

You won't go wrong with a Red Ink and as a forum member you may get a discount.

KarlPennington · « **Reply #21 on:** February 17, 2016, 06:31:20 PM »

Anyone familiar with niche cricket? My mate sourced his H4L from there. It was a grade 2 Hellfire and he got it for the same price that people here are discussing for the Devil (grade 3/4)

They seem to deal only in H4L, don't have a website only a relatively young Facebook page...

dcullen8 · « **Reply #22 on:** February 17, 2016, 06:38:39 PM »

Never heard of them but i think they will be gaining a few extra likes right about now

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Vitas Cricket · « **Reply #23 on:** February 17, 2016, 06:49:04 PM »

Matt doesn't deal with them anymore after being mislead by them.

Their page hasn't been updated for nearly a year so i suspect they are a non starter for anyone looking to buy a bat from them.

Mel Jessop · « **Reply #24 on:** February 17, 2016, 06:52:03 PM »

Last FB post may 2015, saying website coming soon??? Not that soon I see....

KarlPennington · « **Reply #25 on:** February 18, 2016, 11:48:27 AM »

My mate has just bought a H4L hellfire Grade 2 I think he paid �145. I'll have to ask him how he found them because I also noticed that they haven't been active on FB and they don't have a website... ebay possibly!!!! They only seem to deal in hellfire's. Vitas do you have any hatturi in stock what's your best price on a grade 2??

duelist83 · « **Reply #26 on:** February 21, 2016, 11:37:59 AM »

I know all there is to know about Niche Cricket. They were 2 club players who were trying to get an online thing going. They had about 4/5 relatively large suppliers onboard including Matt at H4L but as far as I understand they had a slight fall out due to difference in opinion on the way forward. One wanted to sell stuff on a retail business ebay page and the other wanted to go more professional with the website. Matt was made aware of the whole ebay thing which he was happy with at the time as a temporary fix before the website was ready but then received complaints from some of his other retailers. As for buying a G2 for the price of a Devil... that will be inaccurate as that will mean they were selling it at a loss. They were retailing G2 at �190 which was within the 10% RRP price bracket that suppliers always request their retailers to sell in. It's possible that when things went haywire that they were trying to get rid of the remaining stock.

Andythomo21 · « **Reply #27 on:** February 21, 2016, 12:26:20 PM »

IJC seem to sell some H4L gear on Ebay, or is this different?

Ayrtek Cricket · « **Reply #28 on:** February 21, 2016, 12:32:29 PM »

Think it would be more to do with the price that where it's being sold. When one "retailer" is selling something way under RRP others either have to hold firm or drop as well which causes havoc for everyone's margins.

Andythomo21 · « **Reply #29 on:** February 21, 2016, 12:52:32 PM »

Quote from: Ayrtek on February 21, 2016, 12:32:29 PM

Think it would be more to do with the price that where it's being sold. When one "retailer" is selling something way under RRP others either have to hold firm or drop as well which causes havoc for everyone's margins.

Ah, I see. Thanks for the explanation @Ayrtek

Purely from a consumers point of view, this has to be a good thing. And if a certain retailer finds a way of offering a better price than others to the consumer, whether it is by buying gear in larger quantities or cutting down on certain overheads, then as long as everything is above board then isn't it sour grapes for other retailers to then complain??

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