Tip Stocking question?

bearsafety

bearsafety

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I am getting ready to start a local tip repair service, and I was trying to come up with a flyer for my service and was thinking of the tips im going to have to stock.

Besides the obvious Elk Master, Le Pro, Triangle, maybe a Milk dud or two, what others have you guys had experience with that are popular? I live in mostly a bar banger community if that matters.

I prefer a Kamui M brown and I will definitely have them in stock :) but should i stock all six types of Kamui, three types of Moori?

I was thinking a few Kamui, few Moori, and a few Talisman for layered tips.. Maybe Im wrong on my thoughts?:confused:
 
You'll have to try Tom Hays ultra skins.They play fantastic and they're affordable.You might even make some money installing them.....Rick.
 
bearsafety said:
I am getting ready to start a local tip repair service, and I was trying to come up with a flyer for my service and was thinking of the tips im going to have to stock.

Besides the obvious Elk Master, Le Pro, Triangle, maybe a Milk dud or two, what others have you guys had experience with that are popular? I live in mostly a bar banger community if that matters.

I prefer a Kamui M brown and I will definitely have them in stock :) but should i stock all six types of Kamui, three types of Moori?

I was thinking a few Kamui, few Moori, and a few Talisman for layered tips.. Maybe Im wrong on my thoughts?:confused:
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I carry all 9 of the Chandiverts, elk master, lepro, triangle, triumph, W/B, sumo, 5th ave, triangle soft, medium and hard, everest, sniper, emerald, super pro, milk duds, moori soft, med, hard, all 8 kamui's, wizard med, hard, win med, talisman soft, med, hard, break tip, picone j/b, white diamond, g-10 and a few other layered tips I can't think of at the moment.

Dick
 
rhncue said:
I carry all 9 of the Chandiverts, elk master, lepro, triangle, triumph, W/B, sumo, 5th ave, triangle soft, medium and hard, everest, sniper, emerald, super pro, milk duds, moori soft, med, hard, all 8 kamui's, wizard med, hard, win med, talisman soft, med, hard, break tip, picone j/b, white diamond, g-10 and a few other layered tips I can't think of at the moment.

Dick
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Holy Crap!! whats your address again? ;)
 
I have on hand.
Elk Master
Duds
Triangle
Le Pro
Super Pro
Moori - Med
Talisman S & M
Wizard
Everest
Emerald
Black King - S M H
Ultra Skins - S M H

Mad Man break tips
Phenolic break tip
 
I stock Lepro, triangle, and elkmaster but, I am steering all to the ultraskin tips........... there is no better.

Kim
 
I stock:

Lepro
Triangle
Water buffalo
Milk dud
Elk master
Wizard medium, hard
Super pro
ApusIII
Tiger dynamite
Tiger emerald
Hercules medium
Ultra skin medium
Ultras skin hard

99% of my tip installs are either lepro or triangle though. I will be pushing these ultra skin tips tho, I switched to one and so far its been great,

Joe
 
I stock
Elk, triangle, lepro
All kamui
All black king
All ultra skin
All moori
Sniper
Everest
Emerald
I think all of the madman line
I have a few American eagle and morikami
Samsara
I make phenolic and g 10 tips from rod
Also plan to have a bunch of different ferrule rod and tube
Titan
Juma
XTC
Ivorine
Fiber
Aegis
 
Blue Diamond
elk master
Le Pro
Triangle
Milk Dud
Triumph
WB Water Buffalo
All Wizard
All Black Diamond
Super Pro
All Hercules
All Talisman
All Tiger Tips
All Ultra Skins
Everest
Sniper
Onyx
All Moori Tips
All Black Heart
All Black King
All Kamui tips
Black Jack
Ice Breaker
White Diamond
samsara

Ferrules
Predator 1st & 2nd gen
Ivor-X
Ivorine-4
Ivorine-3
Aegis
Aegis-2
Saber-t
Titan
Juma
Ivory
Water Buffalo
Deer & Elk
Mason Micarta Yellow
G-10 Black & Clear
Phenolic Black & Brown
XTC


There are more but you get the idea. Stock as much as you need for your customers and what is popular in your area.

Good luck with your new venture.
It will take some time to get your inventory up to what you need.
You will need to put most of your money back into the supplies till you get built up. But it will be worth it if you can stick it out you will see a return in both money and pride of a job well done.
 
ddcuerepair said:
Blue Diamond
elk master
Le Pro
Triangle
Milk Dud
Triumph
WB Water Buffalo
All Wizard
All Black Diamond
Super Pro
All Hercules
All Talisman
All Tiger Tips
All Ultra Skins
Everest
Sniper
Onyx
All Moori Tips
All Black Heart
All Black King
All Kamui tips
Black Jack
Ice Breaker
White Diamond
samsara

Ferrules
Predator 1st & 2nd gen
Ivor-X
Ivorine-4
Ivorine-3
Aegis
Aegis-2
Saber-t
Titan
Juma
Ivory
Water Buffalo
Deer & Elk
Mason Micarta Yellow
G-10 Black & Clear
Phenolic Black & Brown
XTC


There are more but you get the idea. Stock as much as you need for your customers and what is popular in your area.

Good luck with your new venture.
It will take some time to get your inventory up to what you need.
You will need to put most of your money back into the supplies till you get built up. But it will be worth it if you can stick it out you will see a return in both money and pride of a job well done.
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Awesome! Thats what im expecting to do.. Slow and surely Ill get there. Thanks for all the suggestions ppl!
 
Good luck

Get ready to spend some serious money, Last time I stocked up I was into it for about $800.00. The days of buying just boxs of tips are long gone, Just the kamuis alone will cost more then you think, Black and brown
SS,S,M,H At the very least if you get 5 of each in both black and brown at a good price of say 12-13 buckks each your looking at about $520 bucks just for Kamuis. Not counting all the others.. Get ready to spend my friend.....
 
I would recommend keeping it simple unless you want to spend hours explaining the difference between tips to players who don't have the experience to know the difference.

I would stock soft tips - Elkmaster, medium - LePro, med/hard - Triangle, and whatever layered tip most people are talking about in your area at the time.
 
LeeBledsoe said:
I would recommend keeping it simple unless you want to spend hours explaining the difference between tips to players who don't have the experience to know the difference.

I would stock soft tips - Elkmaster, medium - LePro, med/hard - Triangle, and whatever layered tip most people are talking about in your area at the time.
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Exactly what i decided to do! Well said!
 
Well, I find that there are two sets of customers.

One set says, "I want a brand-x tip. I have always played best with those." The other set asks "Well, what do you recommend?"

IMHO, the first set is missing out on some better playing tips.

But when you recommend a tip to someone, either you have to have seen them shoot quite a bit, or you have to ask them a few questions about how they play. And I always offer to change out the tip to something else if they try it and still don't like it after a couple of weeks. Happily, that rarely happens.

But you need to accomodate both customer preferences.

My 2 cents,

Gary
 
JT's cuerepair said:
Get ready to spend some serious money, Last time I stocked up I was into it for about $800.00. The days of buying just boxs of tips are long gone, Just the kamuis alone will cost more then you think, Black and brown
SS,S,M,H At the very least if you get 5 of each in both black and brown at a good price of say 12-13 buckks each your looking at about $520 bucks just for Kamuis. Not counting all the others.. Get ready to spend my friend.....
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Or, you could offer a layered tip that many can be quoted as saying hits as good or better than a Kamui for about 25% the cost, still charge as much for install but thats your choice.
 
TomHay said:
Or, you could offer a layered tip that many can be quoted as saying hits as good or better than a Kamui for about 25% the cost, still charge as much for install but thats your choice.
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Who makes ultra skin tips? Do you have details of how they are made?
 
TomHay said:
Or, you could offer a layered tip that many can be quoted as saying hits as good or better than a Kamui for about 25% the cost, still charge as much for install but thats your choice.
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And I'm sure there are many whom don't feel they hit like a Kamui but that's immaterial. I don't push any one tip. I don't feel that it is my job to advertise for other's. I try to keep in stock what people ask for. I don't have any of your's Tom because as of yet, no one has asked for one. When and if they do I will also stock those.

I have quit recommending tips to customers. I let people know that there are over a hundred different tips and someone must like them all or they wouldn't still be in bussiness. I've had people come back after recommending a tip to them and having them say that they don't like it and want me to replace it with another for free. One fellow who was a pretty good player was using a Predator shaft and wanted a tip that was medium hard and didn't mushroom. I also had a redator shaft with a Sniper on it. He tried out my shaft and said that he liked it and to install one on his shaft. I did and a couple of days later he said that he didn't like it and for me to install a Moori, which I did. He then wouldn't pay for the Moori as he said that he had already paid for the Sniper. You can't win for loseing sometimes.

Dick
 
rhncue said:
And I'm sure there are many whom don't feel they hit like a Kamui but that's immaterial. I don't push any one tip. I don't feel that it is my job to advertise for other's. I try to keep in stock what people ask for. I don't have any of your's Tom because as of yet, no one has asked for one. When and if they do I will also stock those.

I have quit recommending tips to customers. I let people know that there are over a hundred different tips and someone must like them all or they wouldn't still be in bussiness. I've had people come back after recommending a tip to them and having them say that they don't like it and want me to replace it with another for free. One fellow who was a pretty good player was using a Predator shaft and wanted a tip that was medium hard and didn't mushroom. I also had a redator shaft with a Sniper on it. He tried out my shaft and said that he liked it and to install one on his shaft. I did and a couple of days later he said that he didn't like it and for me to install a Moori, which I did. He then wouldn't pay for the Moori as he said that he had already paid for the Sniper. You can't win for loseing sometimes.

Dick
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That type of customer I invite to not come back.
I'm fine with paying for a tip to not have to deal with problem guys.
 
rhncue said:
And I'm sure there are many whom don't feel they hit like a Kamui but that's immaterial. I don't push any one tip. I don't feel that it is my job to advertise for other's. I try to keep in stock what people ask for. I don't have any of your's Tom because as of yet, no one has asked for one. When and if they do I will also stock those.

I have quit recommending tips to customers. I let people know that there are over a hundred different tips and someone must like them all or they wouldn't still be in bussiness. I've had people come back after recommending a tip to them and having them say that they don't like it and want me to replace it with another for free. One fellow who was a pretty good player was using a Predator shaft and wanted a tip that was medium hard and didn't mushroom. I also had a redator shaft with a Sniper on it. He tried out my shaft and said that he liked it and to install one on his shaft. I did and a couple of days later he said that he didn't like it and for me to install a Moori, which I did. He then wouldn't pay for the Moori as he said that he had already paid for the Sniper. You can't win for loseing sometimes.

Dick
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And I would ask him to see his shaft and if he hands it over I would have cut the Moori Tip off.

I had a similar situation like this with a customer. But I explained to him that if he paid a painter to paint his house pink and when finished he decided that he really wanted HOT pink instead does he think the painter is going to do it for free. Of course not you got what you picked and paid for.
 
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