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Originally Posted by sonick
I'd recommend going to Tad's Sporting Goods for a wider selection of brands, models and options (e.g. grip size, etc.)
Also Rackets and Runners on Oak.
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but tads is not going to be able to offer the price that sportchek can
i'll admit that tads is a great source of knowledge, but when the big boxes have their blowouts/loss leaders, the independents stand no chance in competing
its like about 3-4 month ago, Sportchek had the Babolat Aero Storm on sale Strung for $99.99, when Tad's cost on those racquets were $130 unstrung. (As told to me by the Babolat Rep)...a bunch of Pros/Coaches came by to buy those racquets because the pricing Sportchek had them for was better than the Pro Deals/ Dealer cost for the independent guys.....you cant compete with big store buying power.
But like everybody said, Tads is going to offer a more specialized shopping environment, and more knowledge. But the question is, do you really need all the knowledge? I always see people ask for the "expert" when going to a store, but in the end chooses the product based on color/design
the truth is, 60-70% of the ppl on this fourm dont need the "expert" knowledge from a independent like Cyclone, Scoffs or Tads (for tennis in this case). They just need to find somebody that knows what they are talking about, and is able to explain the basics (Which i agree that big box stores like Sportchek needs to work on)