Extremely good dealer or no?

[balphi]

I found this website: http://byasia.com/ which has really good prices for almost all the rackets that they have. I was wondering wether or not his dealer is a legit authorized yonex dealer and if anyone here has bought a racket from them.

I have already tried to email them an they responded with:
"Hi
Thank you for your interest in our products.
We guarantee that our products are genuine Yonex rackets for US market. (US Version)

ByAsia Support"

Thanks!

[kwun]

would you deal with some generic badminton website that has zero info on where they are located?

guarantee means nothing when you cannot contact them.

i would totally stay away.

[balphi]

thanks, then i will stick to buying from http://www.badmintonavenue.com/

[Avenger]

IMO, it looks fishy
why do they only sell very little amount of rackets?
if they are specialised in Yonex racket, they should have full range of it
yet they only have 2 rackets from armortec range (AT900T, and AT70MG..)

I checked it, and they are not Yonex authorised dealer
better safe than sorry

[balphi]

yup, agreed. but quick question, how did you check if they were an authorized dealer?

[kwun]

it looks like they are located in the east coast as they mentioned EST shipping time.

however, they didn't list an address. which probably means they are not associated with a physical store.

in the US, in order to sell USA Yonex authorized rackets they must have a physical store. which probably means this place side import from Asia and you won't get USA Yonex warranty.

[Avenger]

yup, agreed. but quick question, how did you check if they were an authorized dealer?

http://www.byasia.com/t/privacyinfo

scroll down and you will see their address:

ByAsia Inc
10410 Valley Blvd
El Monte, California 91731

I checked it using:
http://www.yonexusa.com/retail.cfm

put:

91731 on the zip code
or put el monte and CA in city and states
what you get is:

Yonex Badminton Retailers near El Monte, CA (91731)


1. San Gabriel Valley Badminton
9255 Telstar Ave.
El Monte, CA 91731
Phone: 626-307-4650
Approximate Distance: about a mile
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2. The Racket Sports
9614 Lastunas Dr.
Temple City, CA 91780
Phone: 626-614-8501
Approximate Distance: 2 miles
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3. Wayne Sporting Supplies
4105 E. Live Oak Avenue #B
Arcadia, CA 91006
Phone: 626-329-8181
Approximate Distance: 4 miles
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4. Racquet Edge
1255 N. Grand Ave.

Walnut, CA 91789
Phone: 909-598-5066
Approximate Distance: 11 miles
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5. The Racket Doctor
3214 Glendale Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90039
Phone: 323-663-6601
Approximate Distance: 13 miles

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so yeah, there is no byasia.com..
I do check their website domain and it seems the domain is from USA..

[silentheart]

I prob will not buy from this place even if the racquet is US coded. You still might not get a warranty from Yonex USA. It is not an Yonex Authorized dealer.

[phili]

At the posted address also is the LA Badminton Club. So I guess if you ask them if they know about this shop you can be sure whether this shop is legit or not.