Whereditgo
Journeyman Pro
I've used the Lincoln shop a number of times and always found them to be very helpful, knowledgeable and not in the slightest pushy.
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I've used the Lincoln shop a number of times and always found them to be very helpful, knowledgeable and not in the slightest pushy.
I buy all my golf equipment from local pros. clothing and shoes from my club as it doesn't sell much in the way of clubs only Ping. Then clubs from the pro at the Driving Range in Inverness who stocks Mizuno. There are 4 pro shops in Inverness and AG is the 5th best in the town. its staff are not all that and has limited range and overpriced, you could walk over the road from it and get it cheaper and from the local pros'
drewster
Tour Rookie
I know but from Scunthorpe/Brigg/Grimsby way Lincoln can be a 60 minute drive as can Hull . Our neck of the world is unchartered waters and ripe for fishing !!!
I would prefer to utilise my club pro or the teaching pro I use for lessons as both give me reasonable quotes for things like clubs and are on hand to ask once I've bought. Also think it's important where possible to support a PGA pro (use them or lose them) although I accept like the High St, there are good and bad ones. I do use AG for clothing (and independents like Silvermere) as these carry bigger and better stocjs
mikejohnchapman
Challenge Tour Pro
The local AG is good where we are. I normally buy from our club pro who will usually match any genuine offer but they don't have a Mizuno account.
One thing AG do offer is trade-ins which removes the hastle of selling old clubs.
One thing AG do offer is trade-ins which removes the hastle of selling old clubs.
seochris
Challenge Tour Pro
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
There's an old saying in business............ "you only get one chance to make a good first impression".
Guess what?
You failed.
SteveJay
Head Pro
The Keele Driving Range has suddenly gone very quiet!!!!!!!
Dan2501
Tour Winner
Sooooo.........this went well. #Marketing101
Yeah but three of them are owned by the same Inverness mafia....
Alistair retired and sold each shop to each pro that managed it so all 3 are now owned by the pro.
i've played with him a few times as he's a member at Nairn and comes to the roll ups. He is a good guy ran a successful business that sold stuff at reasonable prices and offered decent trade in and SH stuff, they still do.
seochris
Challenge Tour Pro
So at last the cartel has been broken.....but to be fair the Inverness Golf shop always did a good deal and usually cheaper than AG, even with the cartel in place.
I actually got to like the set up as they could do deals that AG could not. I went in to get a Ping 3 wood. All they had was a used 3 wood in stiff but new 3 wood in Reg.....so they swapped over the shaft and sold it to me at the used price. Would not have got that at AG.
they still have the buying group for the 3 shops together, so still get the best prices far better than AG offers. I find that diff folk like a certain shop and stick with the one they like, even though its more or less the same company still. i know guys who won't use fairways (where i Go) and Inverness GC members only go to Mel, guys from other clubs in the area will go to the Golf center in the longman.
seochris
Challenge Tour Pro
I went to all three although Fairways was my least favourite....i quite liked Mel...he is a sensible bloke but not all that keen on the guys in Longman, but i liked the guys in AG but their deals were crap.
I tend to pop in to all of them at least once a month as you can pick up some real bargains SH.
i got the MP62 i was using when you were at Fortrose, almost brand new for £125 from the longman, used them for 4 years then PXed them for my MP4's for more than o paid for them
bobmac
Major Champion
Maybe he doesn't work there any more ?
Boss is probably back from his holidays
virtuocity
Tour Winner
Boss: Right- I'm off on my holidays. Whilst I'm gone, I want you to see what you can do about increasing our sales. American Golf is killing us.
KDR: No problems, boss. I'm on it. Have a good trip.
****one week later****
Boss: Hi! I'm back, how are..... what? What the hell? What's happened?
Boss: Right- I'm off on my holidays. Whilst I'm gone, I want you to see what you can do about increasing our sales. American Golf is killing us.
KDR: No problems, boss. I'm on it. Have a good trip.
****one week later****
Boss: Hi! I'm back, how are..... what? What the hell? What's happened?
ahhhahahahhha
Your arrogance is absolutely staggering. I may be "just" someone on a forum, but I am a potential customer, as is everyone else here, and everyone they know.
Putting customers first, treating them with respect and courtesy are the underpinning concepts of any business, especially retail. And word of mouth counts for an awful lot.
I thought this thread should have been closed initially because of the commercial objectives of your opening post. In retrospect I am now delighted it remained
open, because it has been an abject lesson to absolutely everyone who has viewed it, never mind just contributed towards it, in how to commit commercial suicide.
That, and tremendous entertainment.
Spoorsy
Club Champion
Boss: Right- I'm off on my holidays. Whilst I'm gone, I want you to see what you can do about increasing our sales. American Golf is killing us.
KDR: No problems, boss. I'm on it. Have a good trip.
****one week later****
Boss: Hi! I'm back, how are..... what? What the hell? What's happened?
This is quite possibly the best post in the thread! Haha love it!
