Halpenny Golf Shop

Ben1010

Have been a fan recently with the latest stock in the shop. Good staff and good assistance.

However, living in Wicklow has its drawback..too far to drop in the shop to have a look. So i decided to email them regarding their latest scheme ( list of unwanted clubs and they give you a price and collect it), giving them a list of the clubs i could be interested in a trade. The clubs that i listed were worth €550 in their own shop, having said that i know its 6 months old but to be offered €189 for the clubs was a big big letdown. I explained that i was more than willing to buy top of the range clubs if i got a good price. Disappointing!!!!

Think i will prob shop in McGuirks now...:eek::eek::eek:...and that said it all...

AGC

You will be offered less in McGuirks id say. Very little sell on value for 2nd hand clubs. Be better trying to sell them yourself

Kid Charlemagne

Hi there,

Ive no link to H'penny or anyone else, but the only thing I would say is, dont forget they will need to find someone to buy these clubs, and they will need to turn a profit doing so. So if the clubs are worth e550 new, 2nd hand theyre prob only worth about half that - lets say 250 to 300 quid. So for them, if they buy the clubs, they need to then sell them as 2nd hand, and hope someone(s) buys them all. Even for them to break even on the deal they will obviously have to sell the majority of the clubs. (in a recession). Thats before you deduct all the usual overheads involved in running a shop. Dont know for sure but they might have to pay vat on the money they receive when they do sell them also.

The more i think about it, the harder it is to see how they can even give you €189 plus free pickup.

You might be better off trying to sell them online yourself.

Kid.

Ben1010

Yeah look like it back to the adverts website. Was hoping to get some AP1s this year. :(:(

Now that you mentioned it, maybe just maybe it might not be worth their while to pick it up and for me to sell it for that price.

Pity!!!

f22

It's pretty simple, the markup on new clubs is pretty minimal, they don't really want second hand clubs so the premium lies with you.

conno16

that is simple yes

Ben1010

conno16 wrote: »

that is simple yes

Then i'm simply fcuked!!!!:eek:

Brian2850

Slightly off topic but I was buying a new set of irons last year and spoke to Halpenny Golf. The irons were one price in their shop and much cheaper on the web (At the time, they were running two websites, a .com and a .ie one. Clubs were the same price as shop on one website but much cheaper on the other). I wanted to buy in the shop as I wanted to try them before I bought them but queried them on why the price was different.

I got some waffley answer for the price difference and when I checked again later that afternoon, they had amended the website price to match. The guy in the shop maintained this was a pure conincidence and had nothing to do with my call earlier in the day. If the price on the website was a mistake, say so and apolgise... Don't fill people with bull****.

The clubs were slightly more expensive in American Golf but ended up buying there. Halpenny Golf certainly offer great value but lacking in integrity in my opinion.....

londonred

The shop in Airisde has improved a lot recently prefer it to mcguirks at the moment more clubs less clothes , are they the irish operation of www.directgolf.co.uk ? Shops and logos very similar.

sweetswing

Ben1010 wrote: »

Have been a fan recently with the latest stock in the shop. Good staff and good assistance.

However, living in Wicklow has its drawback..too far to drop in the shop to have a look. So i decided to email them regarding their latest scheme ( list of unwanted clubs and they give you a price and collect it), giving them a list of the clubs i could be interested in a trade. The clubs that i listed were worth €550 in their own shop, having said that i know its 6 months old but to be offered €189 for the clubs was a big big letdown. I explained that i was more than willing to buy top of the range clubs if i got a good price. Disappointing!!!!

Think i will prob shop in McGuirks now...:eek::eek::eek:...and that said it all...

Please do the same in Mcguirkes and tell us what they say.

Ben1010

sweetswing wrote: »

Please do the same in Mcguirkes and tell us what they say.

Just did, i await their answer!!!!:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: