Druids Golf

youcancallmeal wrote: »

I see they do shoes now as well(Not on sale though). Are they any use?

ShivasIrons wrote: »

Wouldn't it be better to buy shoes from companies that specialise in shoes?

seanl77 wrote: »

I bought the ambassador package a couple of months ago from druids, absolutely top class and excellent value. The shoes were included, all I can tell you is they are extremely comfortable and look great. I wore them 3 or 4 times before lockdown with no issues, wasn't in bad weather so can't tell you about getting soaked! But they aren't expensive, look well and I would definitely recommend druids

Would anyone know Is the Druids Golf in Ireland & Scotland one & the same, I have had a nightmare experience with them, first order never arrived ( from tracking courier lost it), unbelievably difficult to get in touch with, left Twitter messages, Facebook messenger, their direct WhatsApp, countless emails, kept getting a standard reply promising to get back in 24 hours but then never did, had to start calling them out on Twitter for poor service before getting a reply…order finally arrived today after they resent it, they got 2 clothing items out of 4 totally wrong, e.g. sent shorts instead of trousers.

also would anyone have a working contact number for them to actually speak to a human?

I got a trolley last year. It's cheap for a reason. The front wheel never adjusted correctly left/right and I've had to reassemble the adjuster mechanism so that it's stuck in one orientation. I also broke off one of the straps for a bag when closing it. The plastic didn't seem particularly durable. Several screws/bolts were loose and had to be re-tightened. The bolt on the foot brake fell off one day without me realising also.

I got on to Druids by email about the strap before Xmas and had been promised that someone would help with getting the part. After some unanswered emails, no follow-ups etc, someone got back to me in the last week of April and I received the strap the following week. I was happy to pay as I broke it but in fairness, they didn't want anything and posted it free of charge.

From the limited correspondence I've had, they did seem overwhelmed with orders/queries. That was the same as clubhouse and other UK suppliers during the covid golf boom. I think they should be better from customer service POV now but I probably won't order again given the quality issues on the trolley and swarm of marketing emails/texts.

I wouldn't get a huge amount online but have returned a few things. I've always had to pay to return them.

Most places offer free return postage in my experience.

Druids said I had to arrange my own courier and pay for the return myself. Then I have to pay the additional shipping charges for the new pair of shoes to be sent to me again.

Just too much of a hassle and has put me off altogether so I've stuck them up for sale. Hopefully i can sell them and put the money towards a different pair. I've only recently taken up golf and I'm well and truly hooked but it gets pricey! :D

I wouldn't mind if I had ordered the wrong size. I'm normally a 9.5 but these just don't fit. They're fairly tight so maybe I just have extra wide feet!

It's a pity there are no companies based in Ireland offering similarly priced golf gear. Anywhere I've seen so far seems to be much more expensive.

Clothing sizes vary from manufacturer to manufacturer. I'd be medium most of the time. Small the odd time, generally with American brands. And large very rarely. But shoe sizes really vary.

To be honest, I think they should make you pay for returns. There's so much waste with all of the Internet shopping in the packaging and transport. Free returns just makes people so much more likely to buy stuff that they will most likely return.

And sticking them up for sale is going to be more hassle and cost you more. Returning them will be less than a tenner. There's no way I'd buy shoes from adverts where you have no come back if something goes wrong to save a tenner. So you'd take a bigger hit and instead of just having to pop down to the post office to return them you'll have to put up the ad, take a few queries and then arrange to have them collected. Or possibly courier them to someone.

See my post earlier in the thread. They're cheap and the build quality reflects the price. You'd be better off putting the same money into a used trolley of better quality.

Any try the rain suits from Druids? Any feedback?

I picked this up a few weeks ago. Very happy with it. Arrived within a few days and no issues so far anyway

Whatever chance they had of me buying anything from them ended the day they got Brian McFadden on board to advertise for them. And I don't care how petty that makes me sound!!