American golf double value trade in

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About 6 weeks ago bought a M2 driver from AG in watford, full retail £279
Havnt got on well with it so wondered what they would offer so went to the Slough branch today

Even with the double value trade in they would only offer me £200, this is for a 6 week old club in pristine condition, only been used for 5 rounds.
which means their normal trade in would be £100 , or a 65% reduction in price as soon as it walked out the door

they are going for about £200-£220 on the bay, so im not going to give AG the satisfaction of a trade in, particularly as i dont really need any new clubs at the mo, just got to learn to use what I have :)

I was expecting normal trade in to be between £150-175, so a double offer of between £300-£350. even if they offered what I paid for it, I'd have been happy.

So its maybe not the crock of gold that people think.
 
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About 6 weeks ago bought a M2 driver from AG in watford, full retail £279
Havnt got on well with it so wondered what they would offer so went to the Slough branch today

Even with the double value trade in they would only offer me £200, this is for a 6 week old club in pristine condition, only been used for 5 rounds.
which means their normal trade in would be £100 , or a 65% reduction in price as soon as it walked out the door

they are going for about £200-£220 on the bay, so im not going to give AG the satisfaction of a trade in, particularly as i dont really need any new clubs at the mo, just got to learn to use what I have :)

I was expecting normal trade in to be between £150-175, so a double offer of between £300-£350. even if they offered what I paid for it, I'd have been happy.

So its maybe not the crock of gold that people think.
They use the PGA Value guide so they're not deciding on the trade in price, sad thing is a 1 day old driver or a 18 month old driver has the same trade in value, like you say, sometimes you're better off selling privately, always good to use the site they do and it can save a trip.

http://valueguide.pga.com/
 

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They use the PGA Value guide so they're not deciding on the trade in price, sad thing is a 1 day old driver or a 18 month old driver has the same trade in value, like you say, sometimes you're better off selling privately, always good to use the site they do and it can save a trip.

http://valueguide.pga.com/

What would happen if my current Driver/Fairway/Hybrid set up aren't listed on that guide. FYI it's the current range Yonex XPG stuff ?? Do AG have an alternative , would they guess or would they say "no can do".
 
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Traded in my Ping G30 on Tuesday...they gave me £176 for it (which is about £15 more than I paid for it 8 months ago). Picked up an M2, after trialling it against other drivers. So far, I am impressed with it!
 
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What would happen if my current Driver/Fairway/Hybrid set up aren't listed on that guide. FYI it's the current range Yonex XPG stuff ?? Do AG have an alternative , would they guess or would they say "no can do".
Sorry mate, no idea
 

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About 6 weeks ago bought a M2 driver from AG in watford, full retail £279
Havnt got on well with it so wondered what they would offer so went to the Slough branch today

Even with the double value trade in they would only offer me £200, this is for a 6 week old club in pristine condition, only been used for 5 rounds.
which means their normal trade in would be £100 , or a 65% reduction in price as soon as it walked out the door

they are going for about £200-£220 on the bay, so im not going to give AG the satisfaction of a trade in, particularly as i dont really need any new clubs at the mo, just got to learn to use what I have :)

I was expecting normal trade in to be between £150-175, so a double offer of between £300-£350. even if they offered what I paid for it, I'd have been happy.

So its maybe not the crock of gold that people think.

I guess that no business is going to give as much as the retail price for a trade in and I guess that's where the offer becomes a problem to them. I talked to them about a trade for my Mizuno irons and whilst they are coming up cheaper than id like when it's doubled I doubt a private sale would nett more
 

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I did really well out of this offer. I traded in a set of Adams XTD irons that I bought for £65 a few weeks earlier and got £175 off a new set of Pings.
 

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I rang my nearest AG yesterday and enquired as to the value of my Mizuno JPX850 forged irons and was told about £350, I said I was interested in some TM RSI irons which were £450.

Anyway, I popped there this morning and they confirmed the trade in price and, lo and behold, the RSI clubs had just become the "deal of the week" and had £100 knocked off them, so we just did a straight swap.

I took them out in today's swindle and shot 38 points - so I figure they'll stay in the bag and I'm a happy bunny with a new set of shiney's at no extra cost!
 

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I rang my nearest AG yesterday and enquired as to the value of my Mizuno JPX850 forged irons and was told about £350, I said I was interested in some TM RSI irons which were £450.

Anyway, I popped there this morning and they confirmed the trade in price and, lo and behold, the RSI clubs had just become the "deal of the week" and had £100 knocked off them, so we just did a straight swap.

I took them out in today's swindle and shot 38 points - so I figure they'll stay in the bag and I'm a happy bunny with a new set of shiney's at no extra cost!

Superb deal, my mate has just got these irons and loves them.
 

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Having read about this deal on here I thought I'd see how much I could get for an old set of Mizuno mp59s I've been meaning to move on for ages. Quoted £112 doubled up to £224 which is more than I paid for them about 2 years ago.
Was hoping to put this towards a new set of wedges but I could only put it against 1 wedge. So it appears I'm now the owner of an m1 3 wood for the a princely sum of £5.99
 

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I rang my nearest AG yesterday and enquired as to the value of my Mizuno JPX850 forged irons and was told about £350, I said I was interested in some TM RSI irons which were £450.

Anyway, I popped there this morning and they confirmed the trade in price and, lo and behold, the RSI clubs had just become the "deal of the week" and had £100 knocked off them, so we just did a straight swap.

I took them out in today's swindle and shot 38 points - so I figure they'll stay in the bag and I'm a happy bunny with a new set of shiney's at no extra cost!

I could have saved £200 getting those instead of the titliest lol damn

cracking deal though.. this move by AG has really increased their sales and surely those old stock will be worth at least something.. bit of effort cleaning them up (generally not saying yours are dirty) and then sell them on for what they paid at least
 

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I got £200 for a 5 year old set of callaway Razr x tour irons which was way more than I hoped. Got some nice new ping g25's 😀
 

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God I'm so tempted by this, especially as what I just worked out I'd get for my RSi TP's, those Mizzie 900's are cooing at me :eek:
 

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I've ordered an M1 driver and an M1 3 wood, both with Project-X Hzrdus shafts, in exchange for my old Mizuno irons, a Scotty and £115.
 
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