Ever "buy" individual irons from stores to try them out?

[StefanUrkel]

Ever buy like 5 Used individual irons of different brands from like 2nd swing and return in like 2/3 weeks? Just pay the shipping fee and make sure the condition doesn't get worse. Would stores have an issue?

[bkuehn1952]

I must admit, the thought never occurred to me. There are many retailers who will set you up with several 5-irons and a bucket at the range.  "Buying" several irons with no intention of actually keeping them is dishonest.

[Golfingdad]

Considering golf stores all have hitting areas and demos ... no.  Why would I?

[StefanUrkel]

You can't use demos on course. Your place doesn't have all the older kinds of irons you want to try

[woodzie264]

3 hours ago, bkuehn1952 said:

I must admit, the thought never occurred to me. There are many retailers who will set you up with several 5-irons and a bucket at the range.  "Buying" several irons with no intention of actually keeping them is dishonest.

 

1 hour ago, Golfingdad said:

Considering golf stores all have hitting areas and demos ... no.  Why would I?

Exactly

[Rainmaker]

I have thought about it - but never done it.  I don't think it's dishonest at all - I can't speak for 2nd Swing but I highly doubt they'd mind.  They have a 14 day return policy on used clubs bought on-line.  30 days for store credit.  

The reason I've never done it is really just because it's kind of a pain to return clubs..and since we're talking about used irons - the ones I end up ordering might be slightly different - different shaft, different grips, different mfg revision, etc, than the one I tried. 

So what I usually do is buy a whole set of used irons . .try them out and, if I don't like them, send them back and try something else.  Except, in 3 times of doing this, I never send them back . .I have always liked the clubs and just kept them.  Even the one set I ended up not liking . .it took me a whole year to come to that conclusion, lol.      

[boogielicious]

I've purchased old demo irons from a store that had them in the used rack. I pickup up a Mizuno MP 57, 58, 60 for $5 each. I have one at my gym for mirror work. One in the garage for swings while I grill. And one at my cottage for drill work. All 6 irons.

I also used them to determine if I like them. I purchased an MP-57 set at that time and played it for a couple of years. It also helped me evaluate the shafts as they were different types.

[CarlSpackler]

Nope. 

[Patch]

I did it once several years ago. I was back in Texas with no clubs, my broker, and nephew wanted to play. My nephew drove me all over to different places near the Ft Worth area. I'd find a club or two at each place. Those clubs are probably still in someone's closet back there. 

Fast forward to another time I was back there with out my clubs. Instead of driving all over the place looking for clubs, I had my nephew just take me to a nearby Sports Academy where I purchased a complete set of clubs and bag really cheap. Since my nephew's daughter wanted to play golf, I purchased a ladies set of clubs, and gave them to her when I was done with them. A win, win situation for both of us. 

[Lagavulin62]

I don't really understand this post.  At first it sounded like the OP just wanted to purchase one club from a set to try and give him an idea of the clubs. No return, just buy one club. I attempted to do just that with the new Wilson Staff Tour 100's but couldn't find anyplace to sell me just the 5 iron until one of the guys at PGA Tour Store offered to purchase one for me. After looking at the clubs I finally decided I didn't really want the new clubs. But I think this would go a long way if OEM's or retailers would offer this, just like they sell woods and wedges. I would pay $125, or around that, for a single new iron. 

Now the idea of "buying" anything with the intention of returning after use is just plain wrong. I once new a guy from work who used to do that with laptops. He would take a vacation with his new, latest laptop. Once the vacation ended he returned for a refund. And the guy acted as if he had every right to do this and didn't see it as dishonest. What a jerk. It's people like that just get under my skin. We wouldn't have a return policy if everyone did this. 

 

[WUTiger]

The closest thing I did to this was to buy a demonstrator 6i for the X20 Tour model; I already owned the full set, and used the demo 6i for testing out different re-shaft options.

I would do a side-by-side with the set's 6i with PX 5.0 shaft, and the demo 6i with different other shafts. Tried them on the range, and out on the course.

On 1/28/2017 at 1:59 PM, StefanUrkel said:

Ever buy like 5 Used individual irons of different brands from like 2nd swing and return in like 2/3 weeks?

Are you testing these out just for funsies, or are you thinking about buying them? Are you taking notes? How old an iron would you buy for this? I'm not sure what  you're trying to accomplish.

[arturo28mx]

I've done it a few times buying used clubs on ebay. There are always many offers for single clubs.