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B3 cricket bat prices
« on: April 02, 2023, 01:08:28 PM »

Had a look at the website this morning. £330 for grade 3. Would you buy a b3 bat again? Who is the best value for money bat maker in the UK?
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Re: B3 cricket bat prices
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2023, 03:17:54 PM »

Thought this may get brought up here, Willow prices are on the increase as demand outstrips supply. JS Wrights are obv the industry leader in terms of supply and B3 are their biggest UK customer as the vast majority goes over to India due to the sheer vol. of bats they make.

It's a tough one regarding value for money from those doing it full-time as a brand for a living. B3 has 6 members of staff on the payroll and a factory to fund from sales of the kit as a result so their revenue has to be driven from bat sales as their primary product.

I think you'll see a number of brands prices going up next week once the new financial year begins...a great time to grab that last min bargain from somewhere!

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Re: B3 cricket bat prices
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2023, 03:26:09 PM »

Have to say, it's put me off another B3 other than maybe secondhand. Can get something custom made by so many other brands for so much less.
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Re: B3 cricket bat prices
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2023, 04:16:19 PM »

Value for money surely lies in the smaller brands two of which, Red Ink and Oxfordshire cricket bats will make a bat as if not better crafted than any of B3,GN,GM etc.

Apart from purely a recognised name I cannot see any value myself in buying from the main established brands any longer.

In my opinion anyway
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Re: B3 cricket bat prices
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2023, 04:25:18 PM »

GM Signatures are the best value bat in the U.K. market surely?
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« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2023, 04:28:24 PM »

Just need @Chad and @petehosk to do a little bat sale and the demand and supply curve will return to normal.
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Re: B3 cricket bat prices
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2023, 05:37:27 PM »

Had a look at the website this morning. £330 for grade 3. Would you buy a b3 bat again? Who is the best value for money bat maker in the UK?

 :o That's shocking! No way will I be buying another B3 bat if that's the price for a grade 3. Really don't know how they can justify that!
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Re: B3 cricket bat prices
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2023, 06:07:52 PM »

I have had a number of very good bats from B3 in the past but their current pricing is outrageous. Added to that, of all the brands they have used, they are the one I feel are most guilty of 'up-grading' bats to a higher grades than other companies would sell a bat at.

It seems a very different business now to the one first set up.  Not a company that I would buy from again
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Re: B3 cricket bat prices
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2023, 07:07:05 PM »

I don’t have nothing positive to add but 330 for a bottom of the pile Grade 3 wow.

If they gave you a bundle for that then fair enough

People wonder why people go after gray imports.

Guess a 100 pound butterfly offer doesn’t exist anymore!!!


« Last Edit: April 02, 2023, 07:08:55 PM by procricket »
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Re: B3 cricket bat prices
« Reply #9 on: April 02, 2023, 08:01:18 PM »

The thing is as Tom said, is that the bigger brands have bigger overheads and more kit to enable them to make more bats. You can't really compare them to boutique brands making from home.  I appreciate you can get a quality bat from many smaller makers, but if the bigger brands didn't exist there wouldn't be enough bats to go around as there wouldn't be enough made.

In terms of price increases, it's been covered many times and it's a complex issue. The demand for big bats at lightweight being an issue. The way the game is being played now another and the sheer amount of people playing the game, plus the fact that people just don't care for their bats as much, means demand is greater than ever I reckon.

All that said, 330 for a G3 isn't cheap but is the way it's going. But funnily enough, if this drives people to buy cheap imports, it could only add to the issue of willow supply and demand 😆 It's such a complex issue, it could be discussed for days
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Re: B3 cricket bat prices
« Reply #10 on: April 02, 2023, 10:21:44 PM »

It’s unfair just to use B3 as all the major brands are hiking bat prices, I actually have a B3 bat currently I bought cheap off season on EBay with a damaged toe.

Just out of interest I put the weight grade model  and knocking in,scuff sheet on their website just now and it came out at 430.

That’s for a 2 stripe grade 2 I believe, short handle.

If willow prices are partly due to the sheer number of people playing the game this must be outside the UK.

Participation in amateur cricket has been on a significant decline for the last 10 to 15 years.
This thread offers a possible reason for this, or a factor in those figures.
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Re: B3 cricket bat prices
« Reply #11 on: April 03, 2023, 08:22:28 AM »

430!!!!!!
I’ve no idea of the volumes they sell, but surely there can’t be many weekend warriors willing to pay that?

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Re: B3 cricket bat prices
« Reply #12 on: April 03, 2023, 09:08:44 AM »

Think after their warehouse fire in 2016 I got a Custom Series on here for £150 or so. Also got it speedily replaced without issue after a pretty nasty crack. Think I got a pretty good deal at the time, and small things like customer service are also massive; to have David on email to go through a consultation also very, very handy...
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Re: B3 cricket bat prices
« Reply #13 on: April 03, 2023, 03:45:14 PM »

It’s unfair just to use B3 as all the major brands are hiking bat prices, I actually have a B3 bat currently I bought cheap off season on EBay with a damaged toe.

Just out of interest I put the weight grade model  and knocking in,scuff sheet on their website just now and it came out at 430.

That’s for a 2 stripe grade 2 I believe, short handle.

If willow prices are partly due to the sheer number of people playing the game this must be outside the UK.

Participation in amateur cricket has been on a significant decline for the last 10 to 15 years.
This thread offers a possible reason for this, or a factor in those figures.
I would say participation is on the increase, especially in the Bristol leagues. Our junior sections are thriving since the introduction of all stars, ladies cricket is on the up, and some clubs like tomteks can bang out 8 adults teams on a saturday !!

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Re: B3 cricket bat prices
« Reply #14 on: April 03, 2023, 05:45:04 PM »

I would say participation is on the increase, especially in the Bristol leagues. Our junior sections are thriving since the introduction of all stars, ladies cricket is on the up, and some clubs like tomteks can bang out 8 adults teams on a saturday !!

Since Covid lockdowns i think there has been a significant increase
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