avg. cost of stringing

[mr_spaz104]

what's the average cost of stringing at your local shops?

i pay 28.00 bucks for a klip excellerator string job.

someone said that was a lot while some said that was a bargain.

i don't string my own racquets, just in case anyone was wondering, but i want to get a machine sooner or later.

thanks in advanced

 

[looseswing]

The costs can vary between twenty to thirty at my house in New Jersey, but near where I am for the summer the costs go from thirty to fifty.

 

[SteveI]

Very Fair

what's the average cost of stringing at your local shops?

i pay 28.00 bucks for a klip excellerator string job.

someone said that was a lot while some said that was a bargain.

i don't string my own racquets, just in case anyone was wondering, but i want to get a machine sooner or later.

thanks in advanced

Hi,

Western NY.. that would be the "ProShop" cost here almost to the penny w/o tax.

I would charge about $23.00 or so. $10 for the stringing and 13.00 for the string.

Hope that helps.. no you are not getting ripped off. Very fair price.. unless the ProShop does bad work.

Regards,
Steve

 

[SFrazeur]

For the stringing alone about $16.

 

[djarc]

Proshop here (LA, CA) does it 'free' with purchase of string. Bring in your own reel it's 10 dollars.

So if you see a string for 4 bucks on TW and then go to a shop and it's 14 bucks, then that's a fair price. Some shops ask for more (13 - 15) if it's a poly or natural gut .

 

[ATXtennisaddict]

Getting a stringer is the best tennis investment I ever made. I've strung for myself and my pals (who don't have much money) and we're doing ok. I just got one of those klippermates,does the job fine.

 

[zhan]

they charged me 37+tax for ALU Rough here in SE PA...
well its cuz we only have 1 tennis shop in our area...
=(

 

[SteveI]

they charged me 37+tax for ALU Rough here in SE PA...
well its cuz we only have 1 tennis shop in our area...
=(

Wow... that is quite high.. Buy a machine now!

Steve

 

[TennsDog]

The tennis clubs around here charge, I think, $10 for stringing and the price of the strings, which are obviously way over-price. At the large sporting goods store, you get free stringing when you buy the strings there, but their prices are such that PSG costs an amazing $20/set.

 

[knasty131]

Wow, I only charge people 10 bucks for a synthetic job...even if they want to do a hybrid...but then again, I have reels of OG Micro and Polylon...

 

[snoflewis]

Proshop here (LA, CA) does it 'free' with purchase of string. Bring in your own reel it's 10 dollars.

So if you see a string for 4 bucks on TW and then go to a shop and it's 14 bucks, then that's a fair price. Some shops ask for more (13 - 15) if it's a poly or natural gut .

hmm...which pro shop? i know the one in glendale doesnt do that....

 

[andyroddick's mojo]

my coach just charges $11.44, with tax, but i figure with 4 string jobs, buying my own strings about 10 dollars per set, then the total cost comes out about 80 bucks, for the strings and the labor, which is a lot for just 4 string jobs.

 

[djarc]

I'm fairly sure racketd doesn't charge for stringing if you buy the set there... I thought I asked them specifically...

and not the same proshop about the nat gut/poly charge, just saying it isn't underheard of.

 

[snoflewis]

I'm fairly sure racketd doesn't charge for stringing if you buy the set there... I thought I asked them specifically...

and not the same proshop about the nat gut/poly charge, just saying it isn't underheard of.

nah...racket doctor definitely charges for stringing even if you buy the string there. sometimes they have deals for string+stringing, but still that's a lot more than the cost of the string itself. i remember they tried to charge me $6 for a set of PSGD...but that didnt go through. and i know that they charge $16 or $20 for a string and labor for PSGD because my friend used to get his stringing done there all the time.

 

[goober]

Closest proshop- There are some sporting good chains but I would never use them

$20 for regular cheapo Syn gut
$28-34 for Multis, hybrid and high end polys
Gut I didn't even bother asking but I am sure it would be >$50

25 minute drive each way: 100 minutes total time to drive and pick up.

After doing this every 2-3 weeks for 5 months I said that's it I am getting a stringer.

 

[Kevo]

I normally see a range of $10 - $15 for the labor around here. I normally charge $10 for labor and sell the string at my cost, or people just bring me their normal string. Quite a few guys on our team are getting their own stringers now. If you play fairly often at a 4.0 or higher level, you will probably break enough strings to make the investment worthwhile. I've probably spent more on strings over the last year than I did on my stringer. In fact I know I have.

 

[tonysk83]

$10.00 at my shop+strings, most people buy the strings from him which aren't poorly priced. I know its 22 bucks for pro hurricane and 28 for alu power. I usually bring my own strings since he doesn't carry any Gosen strings.

 

[thebosher]

In my area for some of the strings that I get it is 40 but I know they guy so he gives it to me for 30.

 

[brucie]

I will do Technifibre Syn Gut for £10.
Thats as cheap as anyone in the UK!