Extremely good dealer or no?

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  1. balphi

    balphi New Member

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    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!
     
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    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.
     
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    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
     
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    yup, agreed. but quick question, how did you check if they were an authorized dealer?
     
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    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.
     
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    http://www.byasia.com/t/privacyinfo

    s    croll down and you will see their address:
    I checked it using:
    http://www.yonexusa.com/retail.cfm

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

    ​

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