Matty6
Challenge Tour Pro
Morning all,
Has anyone had a free club MOT with AG? If so, was the experience beneficial?
Has anyone had a free club MOT with AG? If so, was the experience beneficial?
AG - Free Club MOT
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SaintHacker
Journeyman Pro
Yeah, I do it every year, its surprising how far out your clubs can be after a year of playing.
MarkE
Challenge Tour Pro
There's only one reason AG would do anything for free. The off chance they can talk you into buying new gear.
Matty6
Challenge Tour Pro
Yeah, thats what I was thinking. Im sure they'll try and push some new shinys! The main thing im looking to get out of it is to see if the lie of my Ping irons needs adjusting.
User 105
Journeyman Pro
That was my first thought. I'm hitting most of my clubs pretty well at the moment so I'm not messing with them.
MarkE
Challenge Tour Pro
I'm sure an authorised Ping retailer would be able to sort you out and i'd much prefer a Ping expert loose on my clubs than AG.
Matty6
Challenge Tour Pro
Yeah I'm just gonna be patient and get a local Ping retailer to take a look.
SaintHacker
Journeyman Pro
Sounds like you've already made your mind up. For what its worth my local AG are excellent, like I said I have my clubs checked at the start of each season, not once have they tried to sell me something I don't need or want. Its good customer service, and thats why I'm happy to spend money there when I do need something.
ScienceBoy
Money List Winner
Ive done it and he told me my old Mizuno clubs were all fine 
jmf1488
Club Champion
My playing partner went down to get his lie and loft checked after 3 years of ownership and came back with a new set of m2 tours. Said he wasn't hitting them much better than his own on the trackman. Didn't make any difference to his scores.
Crazyface
Tour Winner
lol
Hacker Khan
Yurt Dwelling, Yoghurt Knitter
I suppose the question is why did he buy them then? Did they hold a gun to his head?
bobmac
Major Champion
Probably the same reason why people buy new cars, clothes, tvs etc..........because they fancy a change.
If he can afford it, why not
jamielaing
Q-School Graduate
I love the AG bashing that goes on. Some shops are better than others, it depends where you go and what staff. At my local one there are two members of staff I trust, the others I wouldn't take advice from. So much so that when thinking about going in I see who's car is parked out front.
In a perfect world I would go to the Mizuno performance centre for anything to do with my irons (1 hour drive away) or Ping for my woods (don't think there is a centre in Scotland). Next season I intend to get new irons and that's worth the drive up but for little things I am more than happy to get one of these two guys to deal with it for me.
There's also the benefit of having all the major clubs stocked. Again, I would rather go to my pro but really I can only do that if I want Titleist (as so many club pros seem to be these days).
AG are great if you get one with good staff. The only down side for me is there are two in my area, the one with a range isn't staffed well in my opinion while the one I prefer only has nets.
In a perfect world I would go to the Mizuno performance centre for anything to do with my irons (1 hour drive away) or Ping for my woods (don't think there is a centre in Scotland). Next season I intend to get new irons and that's worth the drive up but for little things I am more than happy to get one of these two guys to deal with it for me.
There's also the benefit of having all the major clubs stocked. Again, I would rather go to my pro but really I can only do that if I want Titleist (as so many club pros seem to be these days).
AG are great if you get one with good staff. The only down side for me is there are two in my area, the one with a range isn't staffed well in my opinion while the one I prefer only has nets.
JakeWS
Assistant Pro
I always leave feeling like I've been on a used car forecourt. Even had a guy lie to me about the stats I could see on the screen once.
Slab
Occasional Tour Caddy
Sounds fair enough
Ethan
Money List Winner
They probably didn't do that, but they may have led him to believe that his current clubs were more unsuitable for his swing that is actually true. Like when you go to Kwik-Fit and the guy tells you that the exhaust/tyre can't be repaired.
MOTs in garages are often discounted for a reason - great selling opportunities. Same in AG.
I had an MOT guy tell me by brake pads were 90% worn and needed replaced. I didn't believe him, so declined and drove another 10000 miles on them, by which time a service at a different garage revealed they were only 50% worn. Magical regenerating pads, obviously.
