UK TT racquetaholics and tennis bums

[Dave M]

Originally Posted by Motherwasp

Has anyone else had similar problems sending rackets overseas? Even if I send them individually and without the head covers, they'd be too long?Any info would be greatly appreciated

You have to use parcel force for anything longer than 60cm and i'm afraid all adult racquets are over that. i just sent one to the us for £32 depends how much insurance and how long you want it to take.Expensive but there aren't many options.

[Meaghan]

Originally Posted by Motherwasp

Hey guys, I went to the post office today to mail 2 rackets (both in one package) to Sweden, and the lady said that because the package was longer than 60cm, it could not be sent by Royal Mail, and she quoted me £32 for Parcel Force!!

I looked at the Royal Mail website and it seems to be correct (http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/c...iaId=118600951).
Items packed flat, Maximum size: length, width or height less than 600mm.

Has anyone else had similar problems sending rackets overseas? Even if I send them individually and without the head covers, they'd be too long?

Any info would be greatly appreciated

This has been the case for a while and the main reason why most of us don't send abroad. You got the basic price its about 45 squid tracked....!!

[Motherwasp]

Thanks for the comments, going to contact the seller and see what he wants to do! You would think there wouldn't be such limitations sending packages within the EU, but I guess not

[uk_skippy]

Originally Posted by Motherwasp

Hey guys, I went to the post office today to mail 2 rackets (both in one package) to Sweden, and the lady said that because the package was longer than 60cm, it could not be sent by Royal Mail, and she quoted me £32 for Parcel Force!!

I looked at the Royal Mail website and it seems to be correct (http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/c...iaId=118600951).
Items packed flat, Maximum size: length, width or height less than 600mm.

Has anyone else had similar problems sending rackets overseas? Even if I send them individually and without the head covers, they'd be too long?

Any info would be greatly appreciated

I use one of the many parcel sites online such as parcelmonkey.co.uk. They use couriers like DHL and are cheaper than Parcelforce. In saying that, sending rqts to Sweden is expensive anyway. I sent 1 to there and it cost around £22. Managed to send 1 to Germany for about £15. One of the good bits is that they can come and pick up the parcel from your house.

There's a few online, so search for parcels to sweden.

Regards

Paul

[Ross K]

UKRH10s Bums,

Slightly different tensions on crosses and mains with a full poly job... come on then, why exactly? How is performance altered/improved?

Thanks,

R

[Chi]

Hello all,

Anyone hit with the Volkl PB9 at all? They're pretty scarce in UK stores, but I'm quite keen to demo one as I'm liking the specs on it.

Ta!

[Motherwasp]

Originally Posted by uk_skippy

I use one of the many parcel sites online such as parcelmonkey.co.uk. They use couriers like DHL and are cheaper than Parcelforce. In saying that, sending rqts to Sweden is expensive anyway. I sent 1 to there and it cost around £22. Managed to send 1 to Germany for about £15. One of the good bits is that they can come and pick up the parcel from your house.

There's a few online, so search for parcels to sweden.

Regards

Paul

Thanks for this, in the end he was happy to pay for the additional postage so we got it all sorted, learnt my lesson though!


On a separte note, does anyone know where you can still buy a brand new K90? I've been searching all over the net but can't seem to find them!

[Dream_On]

Originally Posted by Motherwasp

Thanks for this, in the end he was happy to pay for the additional postage so we got it all sorted, learnt my lesson though!


On a separte note, does anyone know where you can still buy a brand new K90? I've been searching all over the net but can't seem to find them!

Im looking for another k95 cant find them either

[Motherwasp]

You can still get the 16x18 K95 from TW USA! Only $130 so even after shipping/taxes it would be cheaper than rrp over here.

[prostaff junkie]

Anyone got any idea what a pair of iPrestige Mids may be worth?

Condition 9/10.

Not selling, looking to buy. Just need to know what you think would be a fair price (in your opinion)?

(Dont say they're only worth what somebody is prepared to pay, already got that sussed

[Dream_On]

Originally Posted by Motherwasp

You can still get the 16x18 K95 from TW USA! Only $130 so even after shipping/taxes it would be cheaper than rrp over here.

How much would import tax be?

It might not be worth it really

[Motherwasp]

Last time I did a big order of about $250 it was about £25 taxes, so it's worth stocking up on strings/overgrips as it's so much cheaper

[Aggro]

Anyone got any idea what a pair of iPrestige Mids may be worth?

Condition 9/10.

Not selling, looking to buy. Just need to know what you think would be a fair price (in your opinion)?

(Dont say they're only worth what somebody is prepared to pay, already got that sussed

Around £40ish i would say. Sold a couple last year same condition for around that price

[jazar]

Strung for some Spanish fella today. Apparently he's quite good. Won a few slams. Typing in the dark is difficult, but my roommate is trying to sleep.

[Ross K]

Anyone know somewhere selling Prestige bags? Been looking on fboy but not quite what I'm after. Definitely don't want the orange colour-scheme Rad bags sometimes advertized as Prestige bags, or the Murray signature bags either. Red, black, white, Prestige, holds 3-6 frames or whatever... where can I find this i the UK? Ta

R

[asiank90]

Originally Posted by jazar

Strung for some Spanish fella today. Apparently he's quite good. Won a few slams. Typing in the dark is difficult, but my roommate is trying to sleep.

Think I've heard of that guy, was his name Rafa or something like that
That is if we're talking about the same guy

[Dags]

Originally Posted by jazar

Strung for some Spanish fella today. Apparently he's quite good. Won a few slams. Typing in the dark is difficult, but my roommate is trying to sleep.

I have a question relating to him. This week, my coach said to me 'I've got Nadal's string'. I cast a glance at his racquet and it still contained the PHT from the last time I strung it, so I replied 'Eh?'. He said it was in the car - some lady had collected his old (cut out) string from Wimbledon last year, and apparently turns it into a small ornament shaped like a tennis racquet before giving it to kids.

When you're stringing at the majors, do people ask for the old string? And if so, would you give it to them? I have visions of a crazy lady rooting through the bins behind your back.

[uk_skippy]

Originally Posted by Dags

I have a question relating to him. This week, my coach said to me 'I've got Nadal's string'. I cast a glance at his racquet and it still contained the PHT from the last time I strung it, so I replied 'Eh?'. He said it was in the car - some lady had collected his old (cut out) string from Wimbledon last year, and apparently turns it into a small ornament shaped like a tennis racquet before giving it to kids.

When you're stringing at the majors, do people ask for the old string? And if so, would you give it to them? I have visions of a crazy lady rooting through the bins behind your back.

We usually save some to give to the kids when they have a walk around the stringing room, and someone does turn it into mini rqts too.

Most of the used string gets binned.

Regards

[Meaghan]

when i hear paul and jamie talk about their experiences i think of the scene in wedding crashers when will ferrell with his arms around the twins at their mother's funeral states that he is "living the dream, living the dream!"....

[Dave M]

Just posted a pair of frames to Hong Kong, £58, bargain!