byealmeens said:
WOW. This is getting a bit crazy, and though I wonder if I'm stepping onto a minefield, let me offer the following explanation:
(1) Yonex racquets in many cases vary in weight by grip size. I too own that frame - (3) of them to be exact. The larger grip sizes weigh considerably more. Did you order a 4 5/8?
(2) TW posts that their specs are an AVERAGE. Some manufacturers have tighter tolerances than others and will vary more. If you check other posts, you will notice that Yonex, Technifibre, and Head, for instance, tend to vary more than Volkl, which tends to be more true to spec. There's nothing we can do there - that's life - we just have to live with it.
As far as TW, when I bought my MP Tour-5s, I called them and they weighed several frames for me to find ones that were very close in weight, and closer to the target weight I wanted. They shipped me those, and charged nothing extra for the service. I'd say they are doing OK....
Oh thanks for the first reasonable reply to the original post - no spikes, accusations or personal attacks.
I have ordered 4 3/8.
I understand that TW listings are in average. That's fine.
But that's ALL information I use when buying.
That's what they claim it to be, right?
And if any racquet is a ounce over the weight they list,
it shouldn't be posted to me. Simple as that.
Say, if a store owner has recieved milk from the factory and in one of the bottles he clearly sees dirty water instead of milk, he would still try to sell it?
And not to accept any complains? I would say he's a crook.
I am glad to see that TW provides matching services,
I just want to see them doing that by default.
I am using their Web page to order things- there is nothing at any stage of the ordering process which lets to communicate this kind of information to them.
Another tiny issue, as long I am already talking about it. I wanted crosses at slightly lesser tensions than mains, and I couldn't communicate even that, because if you order hybrid you can select different tensions, but if you order one string for mains and crosses there is only one tension choice.
It's funny to see that people are sort of defending TW from me.
It's funny because I vote for TW with my purse, I am buying a lot from TW.
Just from the top of my head, only during last 12 months - 2 or 3 racquets, tennis bag, 5 pairs of shoes, some apparel, grips, overgrips, lead tape and don't even remember how many strings, but lots. (I wonder how much my attackers spend here).
So obviously I want to continue my business, and want to see some improvements (not from bad to not so bad, but from very good to excellent),
otherwise I wouldn't give a shiit about anything.
Anyway, I am bailing out of this discussion satisfied.
Despite of all the personal attacks, I think, I have done something positive as I have raised the people's awareness of the issue (as sureshs' post indicates).
So it's been good.
Bye
