StefanUrkel's Random Musings

[StefanUrkel]

 

Crazy stuff. 27 years apart.  Is the demand cause of the nestolga of being the most significant club, along with the Bertha ever?

[StefanUrkel]

First comes the bold letters in caps for the title. WORLD CLASS golf.clubs for a good deal. Then, the body:. Great clubs used by the same brand As Dustin Johnson.The best shafts in the business. You will love them. They were retail at 1300 dollars, but I'm giving you a good price at 450, and I will throw in a bag. The clubs are tour preferred the original.  Hurry up, it will go fast. I will not budge on price

[boogielicious]

Thought I would just put them all in here to keep the site tidy.

[David in FL]

You know, it's like a car wreck.  You don't want to look.  You know you shouldn't look.  And yet here I am...  

I looked.

[jamo]

  On 3/11/2017 at 3:34 PM, David in FL said:

You know, it's like a car wreck.  You don't want to look.  You know you shouldn't look.  And yet here I am...  

I looked.

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It's like a more boring @Gilberg.

[David in FL]

  On 3/11/2017 at 4:23 PM, jamo said:

It's like a more boring @Gilberg.

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Gilberg, especially vintage Gilberg, had a certain depth and creative panache that's completely missing here.

The great ones make it look easy... 

[mcanadiens]

I think it would be really cool to have your own "Random Musings" thread.

As it is, I'm the right age to have actually watched Family Matters voluntarily (hard to believe now). It seems appropriate for a Urkel.

[StefanUrkel]

So, I just traded in some clubs. They gave 3 options for what dollar amount they would give back. Average, below average and not playable. 7 of my 10 got average, 2 below average and 1 not playable. One had a big rust spot in the middle, and the other 2 had lack of good grooves. Considering I'm only trying to get full value on trade in clubs, and may want to get some beat up clubs and restore them, can most semi decent clubs be drastically improved without taking it to a restoration place? With a groove repair, vinegar, coke, etc?

[RandallT]

  On 3/11/2017 at 4:38 PM, mcanadiens said:

I think it would be really cool to have your own "Random Musings" thread.

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Not as cool as your own healing lounge 

 

[mcanadiens]

  On 3/16/2017 at 4:12 PM, RandallT said:

Not as cool as your own healing lounge 

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Touche.

[StefanUrkel]

Or Mr. Topes.  What am I missing here?  Literally ever price of Global Golf is 30-80 percent less than these stores on Ebay. Mr. Topes has a titleist AP2 wedge for like 130 dollars that is like 30 dollars on global golf. Do people not shop around?

[DaveP043]

  On 3/23/2017 at 5:10 PM, StefanUrkel said:

Or Mr. Topes.  What am I missing here?  Literally ever price of Global Golf is 30-80 percent less than these stores on Ebay. Mr. Topes has a titleist AP2 wedge for like 130 dollars that is like 30 dollars on global golf. Do people not shop around?

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The GlobalGolf wedge appears to be a 708 series, I think, so it was made in 2008 -2009.  The grading shows that it shows significant wear from use.  I'd bet that the club in Ebay is a much newer model, potentially with a lot less wear.  People do shop around, and look at a lot more than the price tag.

[StefanUrkel]

Ping, Callaway, TM, Titleist.  Everyone else is losing money likes crazy. 

[dennyjones]

Do you have data to back this up?  Bridgestone is very big in Japan in equipment sales and they sell a lot of golf balls world wide.   What about Snell? 

[Denny Bang Bang]

And what about Mizuno, Wilson, and Srixon?

[1badbadger]

Without going into specifics, I know Bridgestone has shown steady growth the last 10 years or so.

[onthehunt526]

Though not a bigger company, it seems like Tour Edge is growing, I read a post on their Facebook page that they are doubling production due to higher demand. They had 7 of their clubs in the 2017 Golf Digest Hot List. Their Exotics fairways and hybrids are awesome, in fact they are in a lot of Tour Player's bags, you just don't know it because they don't spend the money on advertising that the big four do, and they don't pay their pros, like the big 4 do.

[David in FL]

  On 4/5/2017 at 1:06 AM, StefanUrkel said:

Ping, Callaway, TM, Titleist.  Everyone else is losing money likes crazy. 

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What data do you have to support your statement?