Chico84
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Dan2501
Tour Winner
Greenkeepers not been parking in your spot as well have they?
Getting mugged for golf balls at American golf because the missus thought the 3 boxes of tp5 that were in the boot of the car were empty when she cleared it out yesterday!
Incidently the AG in question had a whopping 6 boxes of balls to choose from with empty shelves everywhere.
Incidently the AG in question had a whopping 6 boxes of balls to choose from with empty shelves everywhere.
Dan2501
Tour Winner
Went with the missus to pick up her new irons last week (not jealous) and was noticed the same thing in our AG, the ball shelves were basically empty, proper weird.
Chico84
Active member
That’s a shocker! It might buy you some brownie points though!
I wouldn’t buy balls from AG in the future. I went to their new flagship store the other day and they were selling last year’s versions of the Bridgestone tour balls for the same price you can get this year’s new models.
To be fair I kept rather quiet. 2020 has not been the (golfing) year for me to complain about. Moaning about £45 would have been a mistake.
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
How did she not notice the weight when picking up the boxes? Empty boxes weigh next to zip compared to full ones?
GB72
Money List Winner
Guessing anything manufactured in China will have big delays in re-stocks.
No reason for that to be honest. The Chinese have been operating normally for a few months now, vessels are moving freight okay. That reasoning stood up for a good while but doesn't any more, unless the factories are in the Wuhan region where it was sticky for longer.
PaulS
Active member
Your club sounds such a delight to be at - guess the aggressive nature is filtered down from above
DanFST
Head Pro
Edit: That's not true, it was the trucks that were fubar.
We have brought a couple of shipments over since this all kicked off. One arrived beginning of May, the other the end of May. Both were at bad times at the Chinese end, as they were coming out of this, albeit slowly. Shipments were taking a little longer to get a vessel but once aboard all was normal. Once they reached the UK port, whichever one, it might have taken an extra couple of days but no more. All in all, I allow 6 weeks when importing for China, 1 week prior to loading, 4 weeks sailing, 1 week to unload and deliver. An extra few days either end is not unusual and anyone importing from there, which golf companies will have been doing for a good while, should be experienced enough to factor this in. Now that the Chinese are in full flow again the issues should be less, I believe there is some sailing pressure still but not mad amounts.
in her defence they were in one large box from A golf depot order. She saw an empty show box and -resumed it was all rubbish. She then threw a load of home school prints into the box and recycled it all in one lot. So wouldn’t have had opportunity to feel the weight of the balls.
deep sea freight is at 80% now. It dropped to about 20% for like a month, but has been normal ish for a good 2 months now.
Anyone having stock issues now is either very unlucky, poorly planned or suppliers see them as a risk Imo.
sunshine
Well-known member
Still carrying the 2 iron at 54
That's a lot of loft for a 2 iron
sunshine
Well-known member
I did that in 2006. But now I've gone back to a 3 iron - Mizuno fli-hi feels much sweeter than a hybrid.
Crazyface
Tour Winner
Laughing in the pro shop about them selling GREEN golf balls. Then being told that due to the shade of them they are quite easy top spot, whereas the blue ones are very difficult to pick out off the tee.
They're the colour I've bought. Doh!
They're the colour I've bought. Doh!
Went to AG in Camberley and there is some stuff in there, especially clubs on the shelf, but there was a distinct lack of clothing compared to their normal stock, and size wise everything seemed to be S or XL or XXL. They had a few different brands of balls on the shelf but it was perhaps their putter selection that was the worse hit. A couple of Scotty's, a few of the latest Ping, but most were Wilson, and other "cheaper" models. Good job I didn't go to Bird Hills. They didn't hold massive stock pre-covid so hate to think how little they'd have
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Those coloured balls are just a gimmick really. I tried the matte yellow Optix - couldn't see them in the rough. Tried the pink Optix - too dark to see them in flight after a certain distance. The orange ones were ok but I definitely lost more balls when using them so just went back to white. I really think white still gives the best visibility overall.Laughing in the pro shop about them selling GREEN golf balls. Then being told that due to the shade of them they are quite easy top spot, whereas the blue ones are very difficult to pick out off the tee.
They're the colour I've bought. Doh!
I found the red and orange are brilliant in winter. The orange in particular stand out for me. The idea of green golf balls is something I just find bemusing ?
