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Sorry for long post but alot to explain about.
And so I ha these clubs since new (5yrs?) I think. Anyway....last year my 5iron broke the shaft right at the housel and the head went flying with the broken shaft piece still in the head. I posted here about how happy i was that cobra (even though well past warantee) replaced that shaft. They didnt hove the dynolite 90 that was in my set but they gave me the most equivilent and simialar newer F7 irons shaft and did so in my lentgh and of course new midsize grip.
I was very happy and appreciative they went out of thier way for this at the time. And at the time of this I asked them if I should be concerned they all start breaking and they said this isnt normal and is rare but also said if i felt concened anyway I could send them all in and they would replace the rest of the set for small fee of $50 dollars. I told them..."well" perhaps over the winter (when i wouldnt lose a months play time) I would consider sending them in" But I also asked if what happened to my 5 was just a rare and freak thing. They said most likely it was. So honestly I really saw no real reson to replace them and go through the hassle of it all as I just didnt ever experience many borken shafts in my life and certaibly my prior set of irons was payed for over 12 years and still today have them. So with that all in mind it just didnt seem necessary but they told me if I change my mind the offer is on the table if idecide I want to do it and theyd be glad to take ccare of it all for the $50. Ok so great I have the offer if i want.
And so I never did it because I just truly didnt beleive it was necessary. But now FF to 2 weeks ago and the same exact thing happens to my 8iron. And so at this point Im thinking maybe it isnt so rare after all but of course I call them up (now a year later and expalin another club has now broken in the exact same manor. But unfortunately this time they wont replace the 8rion shaft and also are (in a way going back on thier word) and not offering the deal from last year they said was on the table if idecide.
Im not angry but I am a tad bothered. The best they can offer me is to replace the 8iron shaft with grip for 25 dolllars plus shipping. And also offfered to do this with them all. In a way i feel like they should honor what they said was on the table last year as its begining to seem like my concern was actually something to worry about. I do know that 25 with grip is also a feindly offer but when i think that this is now the second iron to break and we did go through this last year its just kind of dissapointing. Wuld cost me 225 plus shipping all 9 of them plus all the aggrivation. How much is round trip shipping for that? IDK
That said if i take care of this at a store like my local PGASS or Dicks it will cost me about 60 bucks per club. So now im thinking ....well do i just send cobra the 8i, or all my irons because paying 60 per at my local store and then I may as well get a new set. Just wasnt sur what to do.
And now as of this morning while playing in a charity outting it all happens again as my 6iron decided to do the same exact thing while taking an approach shot and there goes the head with broekn shaft flying and skidding 50 yrds uo the fairway. So now my 8 and my 6 are broken and including the 5 from last year the least thing I now just nust to do is get them all done.
But why are these all breaking? Its not like I play 150 rounds per year but only about 50 to maybe barely 60 plus range practice of course but I dont get it. My old irons much much older are still going strong and now I been using that old 8 and now the 6. I used that old 5 last year while i waited for that initial repair.
Do I ned to stay away from the lighter shaft and go with something thicker?
But now im just thinking perhaps a new set. No way am i to spend 500 or so just rshafting these as I may as well get in a new set for a little more. But i do have the option of using cobra at a much freindler price (plus shipping) but still can be a few hundred and I wont be trusting the shaft now anyway.
What to do what to do??....IDK. I really dont know.
I may hit the PGASS tomorow morning and swing some clubs. Id like to swing the ping G400 just for starters. But regardless if i look at new Im not about to spend full price as i need some sort of deal. I could look at the Cobra F8 too (which i actually did swing one day) and it felt extremely similar to my amps . With closed eyes I would think I was swing the same club (as for feel alone) or basically any clubs out there but what to do I just dont know. The whole thing just kind of sucks. Clubs should last more than 5 years with the amount of golf i play. Im going to have to spend some money now either way I slice things. I jst dotn know which way to go here. I almost dont even want my amp set anymore in a starnge way.
And so I ha these clubs since new (5yrs?) I think. Anyway....last year my 5iron broke the shaft right at the housel and the head went flying with the broken shaft piece still in the head. I posted here about how happy i was that cobra (even though well past warantee) replaced that shaft. They didnt hove the dynolite 90 that was in my set but they gave me the most equivilent and simialar newer F7 irons shaft and did so in my lentgh and of course new midsize grip.
I was very happy and appreciative they went out of thier way for this at the time. And at the time of this I asked them if I should be concerned they all start breaking and they said this isnt normal and is rare but also said if i felt concened anyway I could send them all in and they would replace the rest of the set for small fee of $50 dollars. I told them..."well" perhaps over the winter (when i wouldnt lose a months play time) I would consider sending them in" But I also asked if what happened to my 5 was just a rare and freak thing. They said most likely it was. So honestly I really saw no real reson to replace them and go through the hassle of it all as I just didnt ever experience many borken shafts in my life and certaibly my prior set of irons was payed for over 12 years and still today have them. So with that all in mind it just didnt seem necessary but they told me if I change my mind the offer is on the table if idecide I want to do it and theyd be glad to take ccare of it all for the $50. Ok so great I have the offer if i want.
And so I never did it because I just truly didnt beleive it was necessary. But now FF to 2 weeks ago and the same exact thing happens to my 8iron. And so at this point Im thinking maybe it isnt so rare after all but of course I call them up (now a year later and expalin another club has now broken in the exact same manor. But unfortunately this time they wont replace the 8rion shaft and also are (in a way going back on thier word) and not offering the deal from last year they said was on the table if idecide.
Im not angry but I am a tad bothered. The best they can offer me is to replace the 8iron shaft with grip for 25 dolllars plus shipping. And also offfered to do this with them all. In a way i feel like they should honor what they said was on the table last year as its begining to seem like my concern was actually something to worry about. I do know that 25 with grip is also a feindly offer but when i think that this is now the second iron to break and we did go through this last year its just kind of dissapointing. Wuld cost me 225 plus shipping all 9 of them plus all the aggrivation. How much is round trip shipping for that? IDK
That said if i take care of this at a store like my local PGASS or Dicks it will cost me about 60 bucks per club. So now im thinking ....well do i just send cobra the 8i, or all my irons because paying 60 per at my local store and then I may as well get a new set. Just wasnt sur what to do.
And now as of this morning while playing in a charity outting it all happens again as my 6iron decided to do the same exact thing while taking an approach shot and there goes the head with broekn shaft flying and skidding 50 yrds uo the fairway. So now my 8 and my 6 are broken and including the 5 from last year the least thing I now just nust to do is get them all done.
But why are these all breaking? Its not like I play 150 rounds per year but only about 50 to maybe barely 60 plus range practice of course but I dont get it. My old irons much much older are still going strong and now I been using that old 8 and now the 6. I used that old 5 last year while i waited for that initial repair.
Do I ned to stay away from the lighter shaft and go with something thicker?
But now im just thinking perhaps a new set. No way am i to spend 500 or so just rshafting these as I may as well get in a new set for a little more. But i do have the option of using cobra at a much freindler price (plus shipping) but still can be a few hundred and I wont be trusting the shaft now anyway.
What to do what to do??....IDK. I really dont know.
I may hit the PGASS tomorow morning and swing some clubs. Id like to swing the ping G400 just for starters. But regardless if i look at new Im not about to spend full price as i need some sort of deal. I could look at the Cobra F8 too (which i actually did swing one day) and it felt extremely similar to my amps . With closed eyes I would think I was swing the same club (as for feel alone) or basically any clubs out there but what to do I just dont know. The whole thing just kind of sucks. Clubs should last more than 5 years with the amount of golf i play. Im going to have to spend some money now either way I slice things. I jst dotn know which way to go here. I almost dont even want my amp set anymore in a starnge way.