Titleist and American golf in dispute?

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Ordered a set of 3 vokey wedges yesterday at American golf as part of the double value trade in deal. The guy ordered on the computer and took my deposit and said he would phone me when the clubs were in.
Just had a phone call tonight from him saying there's some kind of dispute above his pay grade between titleist and American golf so he's unsure if I will still be able to get my wedges, as the order he put in won't go through.
Anyone heard anything or had something similar happen?
 
Looks to me like titleist aren't happy with the promo, not sure why unless they are being pressured by other retailers. Surely they will still get the same amount of money for each wedge they sell to American golf?
Just checked and the edges iv ordered are no longer listed on American golf website.
 
Mentioned to the pro at our place the other week about AG . He said it has done loads of problems for his business with members trying to do a price match. As much as AG may be happy, can imagine it has upset one or two.
 
Simbo said:
Ordered a set of 3 vokey wedges yesterday at American golf as part of the double value trade in deal. The guy ordered on the computer and took my deposit and said he would phone me when the clubs were in.
Just had a phone call tonight from him saying there's some kind of dispute above his pay grade between titleist and American golf so he's unsure if I will still be able to get my wedges, as the order he put in won't go through.
Anyone heard anything or had something similar happen?
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hope this is not true I have just order some Ping wedges.g

cant see the problem unless they drop the price of new stuff.

Titleist will still get their profit.
but would think local pros would lose buisness to AG.
Thats dog eat dog in retail.
 
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Titleist surely can bemoan about a promotion? It's not as if the double up is only aimed at Titleist products now is it? Perhaps it's something else?
 
It's all coming down to the affect the promotion is having on golf Pros - they can't match the offers and struggling to sell their own stock and Pros are talking to their reps about it - it's been bubbling along underneath and Titliest I expect will be the first.

It was always going to happen and the offers were always affecting someone - think the initial start of it
 
Liverpoolphil said:
It's all coming down to the affect the promotion is having on golf Pros - they can't match the offers and struggling to sell their own stock and Pros are talking to their reps about it - it's been bubbling along underneath and Titliest I expect will be the first.

It was always going to happen and the offers were always affecting someone - think the initial start of it
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When I got my grandsons clubs from AG, I mentioned to the pro at our place that I had got stuff from AG. He then made a statement which was incorrect about how AG get to there DG. That aside he did say it was hurting him and others
 
If Titleist are sticking their heels in, then surely it'll be the start of others following suit. Not sure what their issue is as surely AG are still paying the cost price Titleist are asking so it's not like they are losing money. Surely if AG then offer the goods at a lower rate it's only their own profit margins that would suffer
 
HomerJSimpson said:
If Titleist are sticking their heels in, then surely it'll be the start of others following suit. Not sure what their issue is as surely AG are still paying the cost price Titleist are asking so it's not like they are losing money. Surely if AG then offer the goods at a lower rate it's only their own profit margins that would suffer
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If 100s or even 1000s of Titleist stockist are complaining they cant compete and are losing big business well then perhaps Titleist feel something needs to be done.
 
Could it be simply that the club pros are complaining that they're not getting business and they can't sell stock..?
If they're holding back on payments to Titleist because they're not selling anything that could hurt Titleist's cash flow..
It's a scenario that could spread to other manufacturers.....

With the amount of clubs being bought and sold on, loads on here let's face it, the 2nd hand market is being flooded with new product at cheaper prices. Even less trade for the club Pro
 
Maybe titleist have the foresight to see that retail competition is good for their business. ... the longer AG continue with this promotion the more likely smaller businesses such as golf pros etc will go bust.

Then they'd have a smaller number of outlets to provide with gear and AG get a larger control of the market and also able to dictate prices and terms the more powerful they become.
 
turkish said:
Maybe titleist have the foresight to see that retail competition is good for their business. ... the longer AG continue with this promotion the more likely smaller businesses such as golf pros etc will go bust.

Then they'd have a smaller number of outlets to provide with gear and AG get a larger control of the market and also able to dictate prices and terms the more powerful they become.
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Think you hit the nail on the head. The pros living is pretty precarious, they sometimes group together to buy or improve their buying power but this strategy could weaken them significantly.
 
All speculation of course, but if so, be interesting to see who blinks first.

AG would lose some sales but probably some punters would try other options and some may go for an alternative.
But if other manufacturers join the dispute then different.
 
Surely this thread should be locked? rumours and all that...
 
Liverpoolphil said:
It's all coming down to the affect the promotion is having on golf Pros - they can't match the offers and struggling to sell their own stock and Pros are talking to their reps about it - it's been bubbling along underneath and Titliest I expect will be the first.

It was always going to happen and the offers were always affecting someone - think the initial start of it
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That's competition for you though.

i am sure the EU will have some dictat to stop someone trying to stop market competition

i thought that was illegal anyway?
 
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