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haggisv
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Posted: 05/17/2014 at 6:01am |
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I've heard it mention a few times now that quite a few sponge thickness options, or blade handle style option, are not available from the sole distributors for people's region.
I would think that those lucky few distributors, that are appointed the sole distributor for a whole country, surely should stock all the options! What rubber & sponge thickness, or blade handle style, does your country's distributor not offer? What is their excuse for not offering it? |
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Imago
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It is easier to say what they do have in stock. Most of the articles have to be pre-ordered.
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schen
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cpen handles for 95% of their catalogue
because they don't think anyone plays penhold in the US anymore
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Pondus
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ST handle option in the US is rare, unfortunately (really, anything other than FL)... I've talked to a couple of the folks at Butterfly USA about it, and their experience tells them they simply can't sell enough of them to justify stocking them.
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haggisv
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That makes you wonder how many (in their mind) they need to sell to justify the cost???
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Baal
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Really? They think that? There have always been a significant number of ST handle users in the US, fewer than FL, but not non-existent. I suppose they know what sells from their stock, but this still surprises me. Or is it just complacency, having a local monopoly on the product? |
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haggisv
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In my experience, quite a number of players (perhaps 25%) do prefer ST handles, but will take a FL if ST is not available. It's probably only 10% of people that insist in ST.
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ztec
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anyone know if it's possible to special order a ST handle blade through Butterfly USA? It's pretty annoying not being able to get some of their ST handles
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emihet
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Viscaria, Ma Long 5, Old Clippers, BTY Ovtcharov and Various Custom blades
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frogger
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+1, I feel your pain. It is a mystery to me that many more handle options are available in Europe than here in the USA. I think BTY USA would be surprised on sales concerning certain models such as an ST Viscarea or Korbel, Primorac, or even an AN TBS. |
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Baal
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Echoing a previous post, has anyone tried to special order an out-of-stock blade from Butterfly USA? Recently? They once arranged to have Butterfly custom build blade for me. It took about three months to get it and cost a bunch. That was at least 6-7 years ago. I have also been on waiting lists to get FL blade that was out of stock. You would think having them order a blade with a handle that is standard would be straightforward enough, even though you may have to wait a bit.
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Avallo
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In indonesia, ST is not imported by butterfly agent because the users are rare...
And than sponge of the nearly all rubbers are max size for the same reasons |
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