New or Used Golf Clubs?

Bigborgel

For the past 10-15 years I've been buying only used clubs. Doesn't matter what club, it's used. With the market crashing on the sales of clubs, used are really a buy now. Got most of my clubs at the local Edwin Watts, they eagerly take trades, and devote a large portion of their store to used stuff. Currently, they must 20 sets of used irons under $300, another 10-15 sets from $300-500, and some over that. Lots of drivers, hybrids, some FW's and almost no putters. 2 barrels of wedges, all $10. Every few weeks they run a 20% off sale. Anyone have a problem with used equipment, as a local used car dealer advertises- everybody drives a used car....

sdandrea1

I almost ALWAYS buy used or new old stock from a few years back (see my last comment). In other words, I never pay full price. With the way the OEMs introduce new models so often, depreciation is a killer. Buying new makes sense for the non-ho, who gets fitted and buys a set of clubs with the commitment to use them for a few years. It also makes sense to the buyer who can afford it and likes to start with new clubs. For the ho's like me, buying new is just stupid.

BTW, new PING G30 irons are still available from PING for $75/club. For that price, I could be tempted.

Release

Why ?

Unless you scored with a private party for low price. The new old stick is just 20% more than the used sets which store offers.
Equation is = used car lot. They took in a set at low trade in and marked it up 300%-500% for used sets.
I would go for the new-old-stock. Then again, it all depending on the budget , isn't it ?

ptjn1201

New old stock, or used, swap shop, or EBay. I've bought virtually no new, current sticks in my life -- I just can't justify the price. Wait a year and that $400 driver is $199, wait another 6-8 months and one of the liquidators will get it down to $99. By two years, there's plenty of commentary to help decide which might work best for me. $800 irons are $150-$200 in two years (other than Pings or Titleists). I have some shovels that I like, and a backup set of a prior model, I'm probably set for another decade. I'm always looking at drivers, but where I play (6300 yards), I really don't need to chase the next 5 yards. And I'm a 16-17* hybrid ho -- I'll take a flyer on one of those, providing it's about $40 shipped.

PA-PLAYA

If you're asking me if there's anything out there (new) head-and-shoulders better than anything else that has been developed and manufactured over the past 5 years - I'd say no.

And I say that as someone who buys stuff new, with the only added benefit of being able to claim that I was the first player to put a dimple pattern on the face of whatever it is I just bought. Let someone else take the hit with the initial retail purchase, then save upwards of a hundred bucks (or better) getting something a little more current than what you might otherwise already be playing via the secondhand avenue.

Outside of the interchangeable shaft technology, there really isn't anything else out there that would be considered "superior" as far as performance is concerned.