Where to buy certain badminton accessories...

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  1. Cheung

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    Appreciate if anybody can give me the address/contact details to find these products anywhere in the Asia or UK.

    1) Towelling grip in the big rolls.
    2) Grommets for racquets

    Thanks
     
    #1 Cheung, Mar 11, 2001
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    i'm surprise if these stuffs not available in HK, HK has everything.
     
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  3. Cheung

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    Surprisingly not.

    Other places in world don't seem to have these products judging by the lack of responses.
     
    #3 Cheung, Mar 14, 2001
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    i managed to buy some grommets from san diego badminton supply. badminton.net. the badminton shops in HK don't sell grommets?
     
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  5. Cheung

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    I asked Luxis but he didn't know. I just assumed if he couldn;t get hold of any, then there would be little chance of getting any in HK.
     
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    a badminton shop that strings rackets don't have any grommets? something is wrong with that picture. a good stringer is supposed to replace bad grommets for their customers..

    did you try Emmy?
     
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    maybe it's about market control to discourage do-it-yourselfer.
     
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    Don't think so. He sold me a restringing machine. May try Emmy.
     
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    cheung, let me rephrase:
    **maybe it's about CREATIVE market control to discourage do-it-yourselfer.**
    The profit margin on stringing machines, strings, hand tools are pretty good.
    What is the profit from selling a bag of grommet?
    All they have to do is refrain from selling grommet to guys like you.
    I'm not pointing fingers but it sure looks that way.
     
    #9 cooler, Mar 15, 2001
  10. Harry K

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    Shop in the UK

    Gefen Sports in north London has a lot of badminton grommets and tools for replacing them. Don't know about grips.
     
    #10 Harry K, Mar 16, 2001
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    Re: Shop in the UK

    We used to remove the grommets from broken racquets heads and use them when necessary. Yonex seems to have good grommets while the ones from Carlton were not.

    I do not remember quite well but I think 1 shop in Tsimshatsui East (somewhere close to Admiral?? Hotel) did sell grommets. That was probably about 20 years ago so not sure if the shop still there.
     
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    Re: Shop in the UK

    TST East? Hmmm, not noticed one there.

    If I can;t find any here, I'll pop over to Gefen in the summer. I just happen to be going to London in July.

    Second hand grommets is the other option. Sourcing broken racquets from dustbins - I'll keep my eyes open.
     
    #12 Cheung, Mar 16, 2001
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    I think theres a shop in Singapore that sells these things. I'm not sure but i think so. I know they sell the long rolls of string so prehaps they sell the long grip thing as well. I'll check it out and let you know......
     
    #13 Byro-Nenium, Mar 17, 2001
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    Yo

    Do they sell long rolls of BG85?
     
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    Re: Shop in the UK

    Thanks
     
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    bg85 is a new string i dont think yonex make them is big roll yet, IMO.
     
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    Just asking Byro to keep his eyes open for it.
     
    #17 Cheung, Mar 18, 2001
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    reading back my previous post seems like i'm a paranoid person. Geez, wish kwun can give us the 'delete' button.
     
    #18 cooler, Mar 18, 2001
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    in the words of Kwun.

    hehehe... no. :p
     
    #19 Kelvin, Mar 19, 2001
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    Actually I just anyhow click a page in the general forum and read this post. :D
    Hmmm.... I think this should be in the equipment page! :p

    Well they do sell towel grips in big rolls in a shop in Singapore. Around S$12 for a roll that can grip about 20-22 rackets. This means it costs about S$0.50 per towel grip!
     
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