Racket Prices In SoutheastAsia and Singapore.

I notice that u guys are constantly looking out for the cheapest price for rackets in Singapore and the rest of SEAsia and East Asia.

I am an importer and exporter of badminton Products for some 10 years(majority Yonex Products) and is based in Singapore. Here are some information which i hope its useful.

In SEAsia and East Asia, Sunrise & Company (Singapore) control all of SEAsia market except Thailand. Therefore, Singapore have the usually the cheapest price for rackets other than Thailand which the Sole Agent is Far East Speciality Co. Ltd located at 61/50 Soi Arree, Sukhumvit 26, in Bangkok, Thailand. Sunrise Company Singapore controls the market in Singapore, Malaysia, Phillipines, India, Hongkong, Vietnam, Indonesia and Brunei. Therefore, Most of the market control by Sunrise has higher Racket and String Prices than Singapore. I have visited all this places and found that most of them are more expensive than Rackets and Strings sold in Queensway and Bras Brasah.

Therefore only in Thailand can you get the cheapest Racket and Strings. However there is 2 problems. If your racket is damage due to manufacturing defect, u need to go back to thailand to get it replaced which makes no sense since the air ticket is costly. Another problem is there are possibly Fake Rackets selling in Thailand although i have never seen 1 before in Thailand but i have heard of some. Therefore it is safe as long as you bought the racket in SIngapore and the retailer guarantee you 1 to 1 Xchange should it be manufacturers defect no matter where he get his racket from.

Some farnnie myths that quite alot of my retailers and customer quote to me.

1. Series ending with TH are Fake. Whether they end with TH, SP or whatever you can find behind the series number, so long as it is bought from original sole agent its real. Most basic things to look out for, The laser Imprint Series Number and the Model number and the Letter 'O' in the word Yonex. Most Fake Yonex Racket uses hand crafted Serial Number. 2nd is the price. Yonex rackets are made of genuine Materials such as Titanium and carefully crafted. They are expensive because they are of good quality. They actually allowed you to string to tensions above their recommended tensions. Fake rackets cracked while u play the game if they are strung above their recommended tensions.

2. Amortec 900, Nanospeed 9000 these are fake rackets which can be checked at the Official Yonex Website. SOme retailers show me and i laugh. The 900 and 9000 rackets are usually fake rackets made in Indonesia and have the PBSI logo on the racket cap.

Last reminder. If you happen to buy any rackets in Singapore thats is TH model, please ensure that either you pay a cery cheap price and receive no Warranty or if you have bought it at an expensive price, ask them to ensure that they do a 1 to 1 Xchange for you. I am sure they have spare stocks to replace for you.

Ok i gotta go. I'll Stop here. Please feel free to aprticipate in this discussion and i will try my best to answer any of your queries. However, please under stand that i cannot disclose shop that sell cheap rackets or stringing here as that might amount to advertising in this forum. I dunno whether disclosing it in Private message is valid. Perhaps the Admin here can help me with this question.

Many Thanks.

 

Ok. Heres more infor about rackets made in Taiwan and Japan. If you see the words "Developed by Yonex" on the racket, it is Made in Taiwan. Usually these are lower priced rackets like mp 25 mp 28 etc. If the words are Made in Japan, those are more hgily priced rackets as they are made originally in Japan.

However this doesnt mean that they r real or fake. To determine whether they r real or fake, just take note of teh serial number and sent it to your local Sole Agent, (For most here its Sunrise & Co. for verification). Send both the Model and Serial Number. If they confirm that there is no such number then it is fake. The other thing is even if they confirm such number exist, ask them which retailer they sold their rackets to as u want to know whether they are real or fake.

Hope this helps.

 

The original is made from Japan of coz. But since the inception of "Developed by Yonex " words being imprinted on rackets, they are made in countires mainly Taiwan & China but this are low technology rackets as Yonex fear that the transfer of high technology rackets to be outsourced to china and Taiwan would be the end of Yonex Rackets (Maybe ?).

As for NanoSpeed 9000, its now available in Europe but still subjected to availability in Asia. It has not arrived in Thailand yet and i have not heard from Sunrise so far.

There are still some Special and Limited edition in available in SG. However you might be put off by the pricing. Peninsula plaza still has the Superbrand Limited Ed. AT-700 for example.

 

Dun worry be happy! Maybe you wanna change coach? I know of 1 coach who is really very good but he only coaches in the west. If u r staying in the east, then ....:crying:

 

Its sad to hear this but this is what happens when you bought from irresponsible sales person. And unless you broke your racket the next day you bought it, chances are they will deem your damage due to wear and tear. Unles your racket is damage due to manufacturer defect, there will be no replacement. So i guess you have to buy from more responsible shops. I dun sell to individuals as i sell in bulk. If you r interested i can refer you to one of my dealers and will ask him to sell you badminton items at discounted prices. I should be able to ask him to sell you at the lowest price in town. Just say u r my friend. You can go to him for stringing too. He charges $10 - $11 only for stringing using yonex strings.