Top brand clubs at $400 on ebay... too good to be true?

[jsocas]

I recently bought a set 3-pw of  Mizuno MP 58 at a little more than $400 from an ebay store with >99% feedback and more than 20K transactions. When I bid I confirmed that there was a return policy. So the first thing I did once I got them was to send Mizuno an e-mail with the serial number and the specs, they confirmed that the serial number was correct for that special order (2* upright and 1" long with a PX 6.0 shaft), then I took them to the Golf Tec store near my house. I was surprised when they told me that they nwere not going to sell any more clubs there because they couldn't copete with the internet prices. He said that big companies like Golfsmith, etc buy massive amounts of club sets and they sell a percentage of those in the store and the rest in ebay. In order to be able to compete they significantly reduce their prices but they still make a profit, although the margin is much less.

So for those that say that if something is too good to be true, it is not true......it looks like with the economic crisis things are changing a little bit.

Only thing I would say is that you have to be super cautious on ebay and make sure that there is a return policy or that the product is ebay protected.

Happy Hollidays!!