Recently bought a new set of Wilson Di7’s at a very good price and as an afterthought brought out my old Wilson set cost $200 and asked if the shop was interested in me trading them in.Guy dialled up his computer looking for Recommended Trade in values and after a few minutes announced thirteen dollars.Each iI said,NO for the lot he replied.Turn It up I replied they’re worth at least a hundred.Well he said i’ll give you $40.No thanks I’ll sell them privately.Got $120 for them in perfect condition Win/Win

$120 is a very good result for you.

Selling..tough game..buying tough game..Wilson….makes it a tougher game.

I gave my set of Intech’s to my son because I was going to lose too much money by trading them, he’s happy and I’m happy because of that. There is really no money in second hand clubs. I know a bloke who picked up a full set of r7 TP’s, 6 months old for $350.

wilson are ok irons but re -sell value is very low….

I had a set of wlson PI5’s..I paid 600 seond hand 4 years ago….resold them about 10 months…ago for $130

was happy to get 130….in future though I will keep my older clubs for my kids when they grow up

its the same as everything else boys. trade just about anything in and you’ll get a rubbish price for it. you’re almost always going to be better off selling them yourself or keeping them as a spare or whatever.

www.pga.com/valueguide

This is a US site, however it gives you an estimate based on any model club and what they sold for on EBay over the last x number of transactions.

Like what was said earlier they are not a lot.

yeah, i beleive those scallywags at drummond golf use that as their guide (converting us dollar to aussie) thats what i was told last time i was in there.

yeah, i beleive those scallywags at drummond golf use that as their guide (converting us dollar to aussie) thats what i was told last time i was in there.

<-MR MR ELVIS

Too bad they can’t do the same when selling new stuff. Might actually give them some business instead of sending it to the internet to buy online.

sell them locally thats what i often do …our club allows us to put them in thier bargain bin…they take 5% cost but thats ok..

avoid hock shops also…wankers and crims who run those shops….sometimes notce boards work also….

I got 90 for my wilson FWS 3 wood….ebay I would be lucky to get $50…plus no postage or selling fees

sell them locally thats what i often do …our club allows us to put them in thier bargain bin…they take 5% cost but thats ok..

avoid hock shops also…wankers and crims who run those shops….sometimes notce boards work also….

I got 90 for my wilson FWS 3 wood….ebay I would be lucky to get $50…plus no postage or selling fees

davego: hahahahahahahahahahaha yeah mate couldn’t agree with you more. I feel more comfortable at the proctologist than drummond! i have to say i will never buy anything from their stores. its funny how no matter what you say you are looking for suddenly you need the latest and mst expensive of everything on the market and everything else (in their opinion) is rubbish

A good salesman sells you what you need, the trick is convincing you that you need it. This applies to golf, cars, pens, motorcycles, cameras, anything where there is a meaningful interaction between the client and the client manager. Of course there are many times where the client knows exactly what he/her needs and even though it’s obvious they need something else, there is no way to change their mind.

Sometimes it’s worth blowing a sale just to let that sort of client go somewhere else. Mainly because some people won’t ever be happy with their purchase and just bad mouth you around the place.

Mostly it’s worth making the sale just to get their business, if they are a reasonable sort of person they may even come back to buy what they really need, then you give them a really good trade-in and you keep them as a client.

This is why I consider myself a client manager rather than a sales person, and the reason I have such a good record doing what I sometimes do for a living.

I am not having a go at anyone here, I am just pointing out that there are client managers and then there are Salesmen, generally two different sorts of people.

www.pga.com/valueguide

yes this site will give you an estiamation from past wilson models of the same as yours. only trouble is it is in us dollars. still a very good site

Cliff,

I assume from what you’ve said, you are in sales in some way, and I couldn’t agree more with your ‘old school’ sentiments.

I’m constantly amazed at the lack of common sense shown by some sales people. Look at all the badmouthing that Drummond suffer from on this site. How much that is costing them in lost business is inestimable. Don’t they realise that once people realise they’ve been ripped off, 90% of them won’t go back and let all their friends know about it as well.

A good sales persons job is to figure out the customer’s requirements (which can sometimes be very difficult) and then do their best to meet them. Long term custom will be far more valuable to the business than any short term profit gained by selling the wrong thing and thereby killing any possibility of repeat business.

Is this rocket science? Why don’t salespeople realise this?

A good salesman sells you what you need, the trick is convincing you that you need it. This applies to golf, cars, pens, motorcycles, cameras, anything where there is a meaningful interaction between the client and the client manager. Of course there are many times where the client knows exactly what he/her needs and even though it’s obvious they need something else, there is no way to change their mind.

Sometimes it’s worth blowing a sale just to let that sort of client go somewhere else. Mainly because some people won’t ever be happy with their purchase and just bad mouth you around the place.

Mostly it’s worth making the sale just to get their business, if they are a reasonable sort of person they may even come back to buy what they really need, then you give them a really good trade-in and you keep them as a client.

This is why I consider myself a client manager rather than a sales person, and the reason I have such a good record doing what I sometimes do for a living.

I am not having a go at anyone here, I am just pointing out that there are client managers and then there are Salesmen, generally two different sorts of people.

Cliff Manley

3 bad shots and 1 good shot is still a 4….
Golf is played in a very small area, the 6 inches between your ears…

One swing to hit the ball,
one swing to find a score,
One swing you bring to all,
And on the fairway find them.

didn’t u said you are a (photo) journalist too ?

yep, done that too, not a lot of work around for a photo journalist right now….working on that though, sort of. I like to work for myself if I can. But if I can find a golf magazine that likes my work…..