TG: Beware cheap imports...

19 February 2007

Over the last couple of months there have been several articles and letters published in the UK's largest selling golf magazine, Today's Golfer, relating to the increasing availability of imported golf trolleys from the far east.

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March 2007 Trolley Buying Tips:

Cheap imported trolleys. Beware. We've had some serious complaints against smaller manufacturers who've spotted the potential of making a few quid by selling a container load of trolleys from China. They bring them over, set up a tinpot website and a telephone hotlineand then mysteriously go out of business after selling enough to make a quick buck - leaving unhappy customers with no comeback when their new buy inevitably breaks down. Our advice is to stick to the major brands (names you recognise or have been recommended by a friend).

February 2007 Letters:

Trolley good... When I was forced to buy an electric trolley three years ago, for medical reasons, I was sorely tempted to buy a cheap model, but I eventually heeded the advice to spend more on a premium product. It might have cost me more, but three years down the line I reckon I've walked 2000 hilly miles with that trolley without it letting me down once. Even if it did, I'd only have to take it back to the shop rather than post it back to China.

Trolley bad... I was reading a recent issue of your magazine and came across a letter from a reader who seemed a bit disgruntled that you hadn't reviewed any of the cheap electric trolleys that you can find on the internet.

Well, I was stupid enough to buy one of those 'cheap and cheerful' trolleys, and am now paying the price. Within four weeks it had stopped working thanks to an electrical problem. After six weeks of agonising phonecalls to various people at UK Imports, I'm still waiting for replacement parts and am rapidly losing the will to live.

So to any doubting Thomases who think that Today's Golfer isn't testing gear properly, believe what you read. I only wish I'd chosen the model that was recommended in the first place.

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