Agassi with Donnay?!?!?

[floydcouncil]

Originally Posted by gramdacious

Can someone just tell us what the wholesale price of a Vapor 9 is? I'd love to know.

BP says he knows. :rolleyes.

It is slightly HIGHER than 1/2 of retail.

[BreakPoint]

Originally Posted by floydcouncil

BP says he knows. :rolleyes.

It is slightly HIGHER than 1/2 of retail.

How much do you think Air Jordans retail for? A heck of a lot more than Vapors! And it looks like the wholesale price on Jordans are only 20-25% of retail price.

Originally Posted by RollTrackTake

Not sure about Vapors. Jordans wholesale between $30-$40 depending on the volume purchased.

[adidasman]

Originally Posted by IA-SteveB

Yet his wife gets more attractive.

It is remarkable, isn't it? And she wasn't exactly hideous before.

[Setmatch45]

For the guy's who really know the pro's racquets. Did Andre ever leave Donnay? I have heard that he was using a Donnay racquet with the proper head paint job.

[vsbabolat]

Originally Posted by Setmatch45

For the guy's who really know the pro's racquets. Did Andre ever leave Donnay? I have heard that he was using a Donnay racquet with the proper head paint job.

Yes, Andre really did leave Donnay and switched to HEAD. While with HEAD He used the Radical Tour (Trisys) 260 Oversize with a variety of paint jobs over the years.

[tennisdj]

Just saw this..

[Rabbit]

Originally Posted by Setmatch45

For the guy's who really know the pro's racquets. Did Andre ever leave Donnay? I have heard that he was using a Donnay racquet with the proper head paint job.

There was a time when Agassi first signed with Donnay that he was dissatisfied with the frame they built him. For a time, Agassi was even playing with the Prince Original Graphite with a big "D" stenciled on it. The folks at Donnay were aghast. It seems Agassi never told them he didn't like the frame. The frame was fixed.

Then there was Agassi's foray into the widebody world. He played the 1st round at the French with a new Donnay widebody frame. Things didn't go too well with the frame and there were none of Agassi's old frames around. Agassi wound up winning the match and breaking every one of the new widebody frames after the match on court.

His old frames were overnighted to the tournament.

[Sinner]

http://youtu.be/cGGl6zhDKnM

[FabulousDD]

Hi! I'm back on track, it's been a while.

I don't know if he'll eventually chose donnay because he looks so efficient and powerful with the Babolat Aeroprodrive! It seems that Andre is still testing racquets...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sgfKnFETZc

(go to 4"30! He's so powerful!)

[jackcrawford]

It has to be a little embarrassing for Donnay to have this happen so soon after making a big deal of "46 racquets bought." I see it's been pulled from their blog, http://blog.donnayusa.com/ originally posted Sept. 19.

[timmyjl12]

I was sitting not far to your right! I was shocked to see agassi playing with babolat!

[Roforot]

Originally Posted by jackcrawford

It has to be a little embarrassing for Donnay to have this happen so soon after making a big deal of "46 racquets bought." I see it's been pulled from their blog, http://blog.donnayusa.com/ originally posted Sept. 19.

Well, most of us can relate, having just bought a new racquet, I find myself now wondering about the Steam99s...

[big ted]

Originally Posted by jackcrawford

It has to be a little embarrassing for Donnay to have this happen so soon after making a big deal of "46 racquets bought." I see it's been pulled from their blog, http://blog.donnayusa.com/ originally posted Sept. 19.

i like their 'spin' article that roddick and clijsters basically retired due to shoulder injuries because they didnt use a donnay racquet

[scotus]

Originally Posted by big ted

i like their 'spin' article that roddick and clijsters basically retired due to shoulder injuries because they didnt use a donnay racquet

I have suffered from TE before, so I tried a couple of the first generation Donnay Xenecore racquets when they came out.

From the first swing, I could feel the shock and vibration travel up my arm.

Needless to say, I stopped the demo process in less than 3 minutes and never looked back.

[Roforot]

There's some salesmanship going on their website, but it's probably no more than any other company. Some companies boast power or spin and other like ProKennex tout arm safety.

It is kind of sleazy though the way they mention Clijister and Roddick even though they acknowledge injuries weren't a cause for their retirement. Would I blame Donnay when James Blake retires?

[BauerAlmeida]

Originally Posted by BreakPoint

I can GUARANTEE you that Nike does not make a profit of $50 per shoe. The retail mark-up is well over 2X the wholesale price. That's how retailers can put things on sale for 50% off and still make a profit.

Don't forget all the development, engineering, transportation, marketing, sales, advertising, and overhead costs that need to be included into the cost of a pair of shoes. The cost of materials for a shoe may be $7, but add in labor costs, equipment costs, factory overhead, and profit for the factory that Nike contracts to make the shoes. Add in all of these costs and I'd be surprised if Nike makes more than $15 in profit on a pair of shoes after accounting for returns, seconds, discounting after season, etc.

Besides, it's not like nobody would buy Nike shoes if Agassi didn't wear them. So you have to estimate only the INCREMENTAL sales that would not have occurred without Agassi. Was it an incremental $100 million in profits (not sales)? I doubt it.

Obviously they study all this stuff before offering a contract to somebody. If they pay someone a certain amount of money, it's because he generates it.

[BeGreat]

wow he looks like he's 50+

[rst]

Originally Posted by neil1b

Bring back the yellow and blue pro one

agreed. i cant hit with anything other than my x-yellow.

[Borrelli]

Originally Posted by rst

agreed. i cant hit with anything other than my x-yellow.

No, he meant the "pro one". A racquet that was produced in the 90's and something the "new" company does not own the rights to.

[Jim A]

AA was back using a Head Radical PJ when in Denver http://www.powersharesseries.com/denver-2012