Discountgolf100.com

morrga

Anyone ever use this website? AP2 Titliest irons retailing at £299 including free delivery. Seems very cheap and too good to be true when they retail at 700 quid a pop in most golf shops in Ireland.

Would they be authentic?

Mister Sifter

morrga wrote: »

Anyone ever use this website? AP2 Titliest irons retailing at £299 including free delivery. Seems very cheap and too good to be true when they retail at 700 quid a pop in most golf shops in Ireland.

Would they be authentic?

Seriously mate, do you really need to ask?

I can't believe that there are people out there who actually believe these kinda sites could possibly be legit.

Don't go near it.

morrga

Thanks for your reply. Sorry for being a complete green horn. Do you mean they take payment and dont deliver or deliver the goods but they are fakes?

Nuri Sahin

Dude they are most definitely fake.

Just googled it and nothing comes up btw

Mister Sifter

morrga wrote: »

Thanks for your reply. Sorry for being a complete green horn. Do you mean they take payment and dont deliver or deliver the goods but they are fakes?

Just don't go near that type of site full stop. Don't even give it another thought.

morrga

Sorry website is discountgolfclubs100.com

Seems very genuine.

mag

morrga wrote: »

Sorry website is discountgolfclubs100.com

Seems very genuine.

not so sure, if the prices are too good to be true then its generally dodgy.

JCDUB

morrga wrote: »

Sorry website is discountgolfclubs100.com

Seems very genuine.

They are genuine. All sites selling brand new clubs at less than half retail are genuine. Buy them.

Seriously.






Caveat emptor;)

NDJ4

Gotta be legitimate, just click on the "LIVE HLEP" button for further clarification.

TheRiddler

NDJ4 wrote: »

Gotta be legitimate, just click on the "LIVE HLEP" button for further clarification.

May I help your?

PhilipMarlowe

Your can never have too much hLep

NDJ4

TheRiddler wrote: »

May I help your?

lol missed that part!

SoupyNorman

Nuts, customer service seems to be off line, oh well. Guess I'll try again later.

Badger2009

Just Had a good conversation with "Brenda" in their online HLEP:


Brenda: Hello, how may I help you?


Me: hello, I'm glad you can spell help, your website has it wrong!
Me: Are your clubs genuine?


Brenda: All our clubs are OEM(original equipment manufacturer)products from Asia with good quality and perfect performace.


Me: how are they so cheap?


Brenda: Because there is no vendor between us. All our clubs are directly from factory. Small profits but quick turnover is our manage policy.


Me: I thought ping do not sell clubs online?


Brenda:our clubs are OEM products from Asia, that is the partial reason for such low price.


Me: but that doesn't explain how you have brand new ping clubs for sale?


Brenda: they are really brand new products from Asia. Can i know which clubs are you after?


Me: I am browsing for new irons, just curious about the clubs, I think they may be fake?


Brenda:Our clubs are made of the same materials,tech,quality and performace,though they are not directly from offical factory.


Me: so how can they have brand names on them? are the names not copyrighted?


Brenda: As to the copyrightedwe,we have series number,but we are not sure that they can be registered on web,cause they are mainly for Hongkong and Japan


Me: I don't understand what you mean?


Brenda: we have brand name on them


Me: Thank you, I may purchase after all, Thank you for your help



I will definitely get all of my golf gear here from now on......

Edit: Apologies for formatting!!

jod1983

Hi folks
Interesting thread. Sorry for my stupidity but is an OEM a smart title for COPY.
Been looking at this website and seen a scotty cameron for 109.99. Really want this putter but not a fake.

f22

jod1983 wrote: »

Hi folks
Interesting thread. Sorry for my stupidity but is an OEM a smart title for COPY.
Been looking at this website and seen a scotty cameron for 109.99. Really want this putter but not a fake.

I'm glad you apologised for your stupidity!

Hacker111

u will get a real scotty for c.180 if u look around on ebay...

mag

jod1983 wrote: »

is an OEM a smart title for COPY.

yep

morrga

So for 350 quid is it worth trying to see if these copy's are as good as the real thing?

If they turn out crap, we can flog em on e bay for same price and get our money back

stockdam

In reality, OEM doesn't really mean anything to these guys.

OEM as "we" know it is means that the company who manufactures and distributes the club are the ones who have their trademark on the club. They sell the clubs onto approved distributors.

So if it says Ping on the club then we assume that it is a genuine Ping.

We all know that you can't buy this year's new Pings at half-price.

Before buying, email the OEM and ask them to comment. Also ask for the serial number of the clubs and check with the OEM.

These clubs are fake and NO do not buy them and then try to offload them onto Ebay!

stockdam

Just looked at the site's tips for getting out of a bunker.....


"Swing your Callaway FT-iQ Driver aggressively through the sand and be confident in hitting the ball. Make sure you hit the sand a few inches behind the ball rather then hitting the ball directly".

Now call me useless but try as hard as I can with my Callaway FT-iQ Driver but when I hit the sand before the ball all I did was move the ball three inches and broke the shaft........what am I doing wrong?

Mister Sifter

stockdam wrote: »

Just looked at the site's tips for getting out of a bunker.....


"Swing your Callaway FT-iQ Driver aggressively through the sand and be confident in hitting the ball. Make sure you hit the sand a few inches behind the ball rather then hitting the ball directly".

Now call me useless but try as hard as I can with my Callaway FT-iQ Driver but when I hit the sand before the ball all I did was move the ball three inches and broke the shaft........what am I doing wrong?

Was it a 9.5? You might need the 10.5.

stockdam

Ok I'll buy the 10.5 from Discountgolf100.com as they sell genuine OEM clubs and not fakes that break easily when you hit the sand before the ball.

Rodgeen

Hi Guys,

Intersting thread. I bought a set of TaylorMade 2009 R7 CGB Max Irons 4-9PAS off this site last week:
http://www.mygolfpurchase.com/

They arrived yesterday and appear to be the genuine article.
If they are OEM its impossibe to tell the difference from the originals.
They came with all the branding, packaging you would expect to see with the originals.

Just looking at the site again its looks very similar to the discountgolf website.......

Rodgeen

Oh yea the other thingwas there was a 40 euro customs fee that i had to pay on top of it.

f22

Rodgeen wrote: »

Hi Guys,

Intersting thread. I bought a set of TaylorMade 2009 R7 CGB Max Irons 4-9PAS off this site last week:
http://www.mygolfpurchase.com/

They arrived yesterday and appear to be the genuine article.
If they are OEM its impossibe to tell the difference from the originals.
They came with all the branding, packaging you would expect to see with the originals.

Just looking at the site again its looks very similar to the discountgolf website.......

Probably forged from old bean tins!

BiffoGooner

Here's a tip.Don't buy anything from a website based anywhere east of Berlin.;)

morrga

This confirms it. I sent an email to a customer support branch of titliest.



Dear Gavin,

Thank you for contacting Acushnet Company. Please be advised that the below website is not an authorized account of Acushnet, and is most likely selling counterfeit golf equipment.

We recommend that you purchase Acushnet product through an authorized account. A list of accounts can be found at the below link.

http://www.titleist.co.uk/gb_locator.aspx

Thank you for your support of our products.

Best,
Lisa
Brand Protection Team

stockdam

These fakes will look similar or in some cases identical. They may even use the same material and could be an exact copy......the OEMs use foundries in Taiwan etc. and these then possibly "leak" the details.

However if you buy them then don't complain if they are crap.

Oh and don't flog them onto some other unsuspecting person.

If you want cheap clubs then buy MDGolf etc.
Why would you want to buy a fake? If you want to "pretend" that you play with a top brand then what does that say about you?

stockdam

Rodgeen wrote: »

I bought a set of TaylorMade 2009 R7 CGB Max Irons 4-9PAS off this site last week:
http://www.mygolfpurchase.com/

No you didn't buy Taylormades.......you bought fakes.

The OEM is Taylormade and those are copies.

stockdam

Rodgeen wrote: »

Intersting thread. I bought a set of TaylorMade 2009 R7 CGB Max Irons 4-9PAS off this site last week:
http://www.mygolfpurchase.com/

Maybe you should have tried this........

Shirley 17:34:47
Hello, how may I help you?

Me 17:35:00
I'm interested in your TaylorMade 2009 R7 CGB irons

Me 17:35:30
Are these real Taylormade irons?

Shirley 17:35:50
our clubs are OEM products

Me 17:36:07
So they were made by Taylormade?

Shirley 17:38:05
OEM means Original Equipment manufacturer clubs,they are made of the same materials,tech,quality and performance,though they are not directly from official factory.

Me 17:38:23
So they are NOT OEM then

Me 17:38:39
OEM means they were made by Taylormade

Me 17:39:47
So why are you selling fake clubs and pretending that they are Taylormade?



Tum-tee-tum.........no reply after 10 minutes. I think it's "case dismissed".



Note that Shirley said that they are OEM but then said that they are "similar" but not from the original factory. In other words they are FAKE.

I'd advise everyone who is buying from these sites to contact them and ask very direct questions. They will say that they are OEM clubs but that just means they are based on OEM clubs.

PhilipMarlowe

I wouldn't advise anyone to bother contacting them at all...

If you want branded clubs, buy them through the usual channels.
If you want cheaper branded clubs, buy previous years models in a discount sale.
If you want good cheap clubs, buy from a good value manufacturer like MD Golf.
If you want cheap clubs, buy 2nd hand from your local pro shop or adverts.ie.

If you wanted a Rolex, you'd pay rolex money for one. If you wanted a watch for €50, you'd be much better buying a genuine 50 buck watch than a fake made from a tin of beans and bits of mechano. Same thoughts apply to fake clubs IMO.