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Conference 7.286::golf

Title:	Welcome to the Golf Notes Conference!
Notice:	FOR SALE notes in Note 69 please! Intros in note 863 or 61.
Moderator:	FUNYET::ANDERSON

Created:	Tue Feb 15 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2129
Total number of notes:	21499

999.0. "Delivery Delays from Golfsmith" by NRADM::MCKINNON (grab a bag of bats, killer) Tue Jul 03 1990 15:34

    I'm into club repair/re-gripping and building and buy my components
    from Golfsmith in Austin, Texas.  Problem is  - Delivery.  I'm finding
    that their shipments take 10 - 12 days and that's giving them a day or
    so to process the order internally.  I live in NH and UPS should take
    no more than 5 - 6 days tops to deliver from Texas.  (I work in
    Transportation in NRO).  Have any of you other repair people
    experienced the same thing?  Where do you buy your components?  I
    almost went with Maltbie in Ohio, but Golfsmith was (a little) cheaper.
    Maybe I should reconsider??
    
    Thoughts?   Answers???
    
    Len

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
999.1	Long ways to Texas...	MSEE::KELLEY	Custom club fitting/club repairs	`Tue Jul 03 1990 15:39`	10
	Len, I don't deal very much with Golfsmith and the primary reason is the length of time it takes for delivery. I haven't seen the 10 - 12 days you mention, but usually 5-6 days. It usually takes about 3 days from the companies in Ohio... Regards Gene
999.2	Which Company?	NRADM::MCKINNON	grab a bag of bats, killer	`Thu Jul 05 1990 10:23`	14
	Who do you use? Advantage? Maltbie (Golfworks, right?)? How are prices? I guess 2-3 days delivery off set minor price differences. Len BTW I finished those woods that I was making some time ago. I sold the 2 wood to a neighbor and he likes it OK. I'm using the driver and hitting it very well! My metal driver was giving me problems so I went with the one I made. I also made a 3 wood. They all came out pretty good. A couple of minor flaws, but eliminating them just comes with experience I guess.
999.3	Faster than a speeding bullet	VIVIAN::P_MCSKEANE		`Mon Jul 09 1990 15:24`	8
	I'd definately try to use UPS as much as possible. Gene made me a set of Taylor Made look-a-likes last month and he sent them UPS to me over here in England. He sent them on Wednesday afternoon. They arrived at my house Friday at 13:00!!!. Two days across the Atlantic. Well impressive. (Almost as impressive as the woods -Gene) POL.