You guys might wonder why Im posting this under eqquipment but this is related to eqquipment, and I hope I dont put it in wrong place, Im all fine, if the MODs shift it My friend has been looking for the prefect racket, I have spent months explaining to him that if you want a racket that has more power it will usually be head heavier, and if you want a light racket it will have less power. But after telling him the same thing 4 times in a row, he still bugs me to help him find a racket that is both light and head heavy. Note, that he wants me to help him find it and he just walks to the shop and buy it off the shelf... After that I got fed up and told him to buy whatever he liked, after that he came showing off to me how light it is... I told him that his smash will not be as powerful anymore but he tell me he can just use more force... I had nothing to say to him. Soon he came bugging me for strings... I mean im www.bbeshop.com to him or something, he now wants the perfect string, he tells me he wants good repulsion, good durability, good control, good hitting sound... I have so far never heard of perfect eqquipment so I had no answer... Then he did a really annoying thing on the shopkeeper of a badminton shop, who is a nice guy and my friend. He started looking for the perfect shoe... we were all speechless because his expectations are too high. Then he said that he wants to buy from the shopkeeper. So the shopkeeper ordered a stock for a new pair of his size just for him. After the stock came he said he doesnt want it anymore, and he bought fromt another place, so I am very annoyed because he keeps playing the same pranks on the shopkeeper and now the shopkeeper is angry with him. Do you guys think he is treating me as a friend or just treating me as a tool to help him get infomation on eqquipment? any ideas how to deal with it?
Firstly, how experienced a player he is? He seems to fret more about equipment than a normal player would. Otherwise I can only think that he's trying to impress someone by taking up a sport he doesn't love like we here do.
he is pretty much playing without the idea of the game, all he do is hit hard he seldom do dropshots, he will smash at everything or hit a hard clear
In a good way of speaking, he's way too much into equipment, and his goal is way beyond reality as there are always trade offs in anything. If he still looking for a "perfect" stuff, then good luck and stay away from him. In a bad way, he's not a real friend, or at least, does not know how to respect others and keep promises. If you are really fed up, stay away from him. Therefore, definitely stay away from him for shopping. Whether stay away from him totally as a person, it's your call.
Respect should go both ways, and everything has a limit. Even if maintain friendship, you can't be forced to share everything with him. If you don't feel comfortable, just let him know, and stay away from the shopping.
Are you sure he is even considered a friend? Sounds like he is trying to show off actually. Showing that he knows what 'good repulsion, good durability, good control, good hitting sound' means.. Honestly, I don't know what he's talking about. Lol! Anyway, tell him to improve his game before worrying about the equipments and all.. after all, they always say, give a pro player a $20 racket and he'll still play like... a pro.
well, it seem this fren of your believe he can compensate his deficiency with money. He is also the type of player i like to avoid partnering, as he would swing hard on every shot, even if the shot is your. Ie, bye bye racket.
Pay first! Next time your friends orders something, have them pay in advance, especially for special order items. At least he would have second thoughts before changing his mind.
i hope he is not your "boy friend to be". it looks to me that he is trying get your attention(attention-seeking)...merely using badminton as a mean. it sounds like he has a self-esteem problem...he needs to "use" money, best equipments to boost his lacking in confident finally, he is very inconsiderate...ppls helped him to order a new stock but he didn't buy it when the stock arrives if i myself were you, i would just spend my time with someone else instead of baby-sitting him
Eh? yy_ling is a guy. But yes, I do think he has a self-esteem issue, and is trying to make up for it with excessive arrogance.
Which part? Great minds think alike... Or perhaps I just quoted what you said before.. that must be it. yy_ling is a guy.. Lol! Anyhow, even if he is a girl, that's 1 sure way to scare off girls.
i dunno the shopkeeper says he can see that my friend is willing to burn holes in his pockets cause he's rich, thats why he is willing to spend so much to get eqqipment
