Yogi
02-10-2005, 03:58 AM
G'day all,
I had been to india on a recent visit and eventhough i dont play baddy now, i went and found out pricesof rackets.The prices quoted are obtainable but generally not the same for everybody. The pricing Mechanism is based on your knowledge of rackets and the local market and obviously as in any asian country RAPPORT that you can strike.
The prices are obtainable to anyone, if you know how to bargain and are not special prices offered to Sponsored players. Its also useless to know the price if a racket is out of stock. The prices will be inflated and can be reduced drastically. AT 800, 700,500 etc were out of stock and thus i did not venture into asking them the price.
Prices read as Indian Rupees (INR) and approximated to Australian (AUD), (as per prices from Xe on the day of posting) and rounded up. These are the BEST prices quoted by different shops in the same locality. The difference between these agents and SUNRISE would be 2000~3000 INR for high end models.
Ti 10 Sp INR 3800 ~112 AUD
Ti 7 Sp INR 2350 ~ 70 AUD
Ti 8,5,3 No stock
Iso Ti swingpower No stock
Mp 100 Sp INR 4200 ~125 AUD
Mp 99 Sp INR 4550 ~ 135 AUD
Mp 77Sp INR 3500 ~105 AUD
Mp 88 No stock
Cab 20 tour (Green) INR 1900 ~58 AUD (Old Logo obviously)
Cab 20Sp (Violet and Black new YY Logo Laser sketched serial nos) INR 2200 ~ 65 AUD with Bg 7 Guts. No choice about the guts as they are already pre strung.They dont have the old symbol Cab 20's or even the old design of Orange and black.
Cab 21Sp INR 2350 ~70AUD
Cab 20 and 21 "SPECIAL" INR 1800 ~ 53 AUD
Cab 25 INR 2500 ~ 75AUD
Cab 23,30, 20 power, long etc Out of Stock
Isometric 600 INR 3200 ~ 95 AUD (Old Logo obviously)
Iso 900, 800, 200,100 No stock
They had several models of lower Mp rackets. As i was not aware of the models i was not willing to ask them the prices. I saw someone buy an Mp 23 or 28 (Not able to make out 3 or 8) for INR 1300 ~ 40AUD. I have been out of India for more than 2 years and have not been playing badminton for more than that. So i was not going to ask prices of rackets i was not sure of. Thus if the rackets are old models, it is primarily due to my lack of knowledge of the newer models and the prices in local market.
Higher end models can be ordered and prices negotiable. As most indians are poor and tend to break rackets easily, they tend to stock cheaper rackets in the price range of 1100 to 3000 INR only. The better ones like the Mp 99 are available but not in huge quantities.
They had Babolat, Gosen, Ashaway and other Brands. I was interested in the Rasmussen tour and they said have stopped carrying Carlton because it tarnished their reputation due to the defects with the Airblade series of Rackets.
The price of Babolat Comet as quoted by the official agent of Babolat was INR 2900~ 87AUD. But the price Quoted by them was INR 2550 ~ 75AUD.
These rackets are real as per yonex Serial DDMMYx. I checked the ones i was able to view. They are all Sp versions and they dont carry any other Versions. I have seen an HK version of an Mp 100 though about 2 years back. So its about demand and supply and they never carry JP,CN,CP etc
Hope this helps
P.s: I actually bought the last 3 Cab 20 Sp in the market. I paid 1900 INR as i bought 3 of them and also did not want the racket cover. So i was able to negotiate it down from INR 2200. I shall try to provide the serial codes. I know they were manufactured on the year 2003 but dont remember the exact numbers. I have wrapped grips on them. No film in my SLR so no pictures. Sorry. All were 2U G5. Also bought 6 Bg 65's for INR 90 each or ~ A$2.80
I presonally believe that he sources his rackets from Singapore and thus if any of you can find his supplier i am sure you guys can negotiate a better price. He refused to give me his suppliers name or number in singapore.
I had been to india on a recent visit and eventhough i dont play baddy now, i went and found out pricesof rackets.The prices quoted are obtainable but generally not the same for everybody. The pricing Mechanism is based on your knowledge of rackets and the local market and obviously as in any asian country RAPPORT that you can strike.
The prices are obtainable to anyone, if you know how to bargain and are not special prices offered to Sponsored players. Its also useless to know the price if a racket is out of stock. The prices will be inflated and can be reduced drastically. AT 800, 700,500 etc were out of stock and thus i did not venture into asking them the price.
Prices read as Indian Rupees (INR) and approximated to Australian (AUD), (as per prices from Xe on the day of posting) and rounded up. These are the BEST prices quoted by different shops in the same locality. The difference between these agents and SUNRISE would be 2000~3000 INR for high end models.
Ti 10 Sp INR 3800 ~112 AUD
Ti 7 Sp INR 2350 ~ 70 AUD
Ti 8,5,3 No stock
Iso Ti swingpower No stock
Mp 100 Sp INR 4200 ~125 AUD
Mp 99 Sp INR 4550 ~ 135 AUD
Mp 77Sp INR 3500 ~105 AUD
Mp 88 No stock
Cab 20 tour (Green) INR 1900 ~58 AUD (Old Logo obviously)
Cab 20Sp (Violet and Black new YY Logo Laser sketched serial nos) INR 2200 ~ 65 AUD with Bg 7 Guts. No choice about the guts as they are already pre strung.They dont have the old symbol Cab 20's or even the old design of Orange and black.
Cab 21Sp INR 2350 ~70AUD
Cab 20 and 21 "SPECIAL" INR 1800 ~ 53 AUD
Cab 25 INR 2500 ~ 75AUD
Cab 23,30, 20 power, long etc Out of Stock
Isometric 600 INR 3200 ~ 95 AUD (Old Logo obviously)
Iso 900, 800, 200,100 No stock
They had several models of lower Mp rackets. As i was not aware of the models i was not willing to ask them the prices. I saw someone buy an Mp 23 or 28 (Not able to make out 3 or 8) for INR 1300 ~ 40AUD. I have been out of India for more than 2 years and have not been playing badminton for more than that. So i was not going to ask prices of rackets i was not sure of. Thus if the rackets are old models, it is primarily due to my lack of knowledge of the newer models and the prices in local market.
Higher end models can be ordered and prices negotiable. As most indians are poor and tend to break rackets easily, they tend to stock cheaper rackets in the price range of 1100 to 3000 INR only. The better ones like the Mp 99 are available but not in huge quantities.
They had Babolat, Gosen, Ashaway and other Brands. I was interested in the Rasmussen tour and they said have stopped carrying Carlton because it tarnished their reputation due to the defects with the Airblade series of Rackets.
The price of Babolat Comet as quoted by the official agent of Babolat was INR 2900~ 87AUD. But the price Quoted by them was INR 2550 ~ 75AUD.
These rackets are real as per yonex Serial DDMMYx. I checked the ones i was able to view. They are all Sp versions and they dont carry any other Versions. I have seen an HK version of an Mp 100 though about 2 years back. So its about demand and supply and they never carry JP,CN,CP etc
Hope this helps
P.s: I actually bought the last 3 Cab 20 Sp in the market. I paid 1900 INR as i bought 3 of them and also did not want the racket cover. So i was able to negotiate it down from INR 2200. I shall try to provide the serial codes. I know they were manufactured on the year 2003 but dont remember the exact numbers. I have wrapped grips on them. No film in my SLR so no pictures. Sorry. All were 2U G5. Also bought 6 Bg 65's for INR 90 each or ~ A$2.80
I presonally believe that he sources his rackets from Singapore and thus if any of you can find his supplier i am sure you guys can negotiate a better price. He refused to give me his suppliers name or number in singapore.