Where do u shop badminton stuff?

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  1. vcheewei

    vcheewei Regular Member

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    State where do u guys shop for badminton stuff normally? Where is the best deals, offers or services.
    It doesn't matter whether it's a brick and mortar shop or online store.
     
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    isn't those pic on badmintonmaster.com old picture from either badminton.net or badmintonalley?:rolleyes: by the way, those are the shops in US.
     
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    Direct Sports E-Shop - http://www.directsportseshop.co.uk/badminton.html

    Particularly it's rackets: http://www.directsportseshop.co.uk/sess/utn;jsessionid=15438f557e9e6e8/shopdata/0010_Rackets/0010_Badminton/badminton_rackets_overview.shopscript

    Very good site in the UK for ordering rackets, and strung at your preference before they send them, quick delivery.

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    http://www.sportdiscount.com/sport_badminton/

    That one is, I find, particularly good for court shoes.

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    http://www.centralsports.co.uk/shop.php?page=badminton

    Particularly I use for http://www.centralsports.co.uk/shop.php?page=yonexd&product=1850 - Yonex towel grips, purchase 5 for £2 or More then it's free delivery so, not too bad for a few grips.

    That's pretty much all I shop for regarding badminton really. Shoes, rackets, grips.
     
  5. vcheewei

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    u mean 5 for £2? I thought it was £2 each, it did not really state it clearly there.

    Anyway, anyone tried http://www.pwp.com ? it seems to be having a better deal than directsports-eshop.co.uk.
     
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    Yeah I meant £2 each sorry; - if anyone else can find 'em cheaper seperately though, in the uk, let me know ;). Yonex towel grips seem hard-ish to come by here IMO?...
     
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    uhhhhh, they also stole a bunch of articles from here on BF....
    all of the sudden i don't feel so comfortable about buying from them.

    whats your opinion on this, guys?
     
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    good restringing in Malaysia KL

    Hi people .... Any Malaysians here could recommend any good shops to restring my racket?
     
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    they stole articles..so what?sue them for copyright?
    ..as long as i get what i order i don't mind...
     
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    that wasn't what i was getting at.

    multiple stolen photos, numerous articles... who knows if they decided selling legitimate things was worth their time?
    i know of ebay sellers that went fraudulant for a while just to get a few bucks because selling legimately took too long =\

    but reassurances from a few users have changed my mind. it seems like they're just fine.

    and back to the articles, you didnt' write them. obviously you don't care.
    but if you did, you might feel otherwise.......
     
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    I just think if they "use" picture from other sites, might mean they don't even have a real store....:confused:
     
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    I've ordered from both stores with satisfying result. Bought Forza rackets from pwp.com and shoes/shuttles/bag from directsports.

    Take a look at www.centralsports.co.uk too.

    /mats
     
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    yeah..your right...."me not caring" is irrelevant...but for the products..i think you can get them cheaper elsewhere...the 1461-shirt was real though..

    anybody bought from http://shuttle-house.com/page_top_ENGLISH/MAIL_ORDER/Category.html

    shuttle-house?
     
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    It's about the trust. :(

    If you want to establish a good image of your business, and gain the respect, you should NEVER stole articles from other site. I can see the owner of that site's intention (or, part of his/her intention) is to show "how knowledgeable" s/he could be. However, once the public know the truth, it will work the other way around.

    I am not saying, s/he must write everything by him/herself. But kindly contact Kwun for permission and provide link or mark of "copy right of badmintoncentral" is not that "mission impossible".
     
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    btw, no one posts any sites that sells rackets like fleet, apacs, etc etc?
     
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    *me agrees*

    Don't know of any personally, but I plan on possibly trying one or two rackets from Winex soon.

    http://www.winexdirect.com/acatalog/index.html
     
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    hm...the clonerackets seems to be cheaper by less than half of the original yonex....makes it not worth buying....but how close is it compared with the original? but i heard that Apacs is a closer clone.
     
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    I've bought from Shuttle-house a lot... they had the Ti-7 racket that I wanted, and they carry all the strings in the colors that I like. Very reliable, and great customer service... but not cheap.
     
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    some of badmintonmaster.com's prices aren't that great, but the pricing on their shoes are real good.

    they however, can't seem to find the time to email me back regarding sizing, so i guess i'm out of luck again with the shb98s.
    i'm about to give up on ever finding another pair of those... :(
     
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    They didn't answer my mail on the one listed on the site either. You can try to contact them by their paypal mail, they answered me on that one.
     

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