Golf equipment website, dodgy "www.bestcheapgolf.co.uk"?

antispam246

Found a website selling golf equipment for resonable lower prices, and I'm struggling to pull up any information/history on it. I tried pulling a domain registry search but was unable to aquire any useful information, has anyone here used it before or can find anything more out about it?

.. as I'm considering making a large purchase.

Much appreciated.

Coopdivi

It's a Chinese website which means that everything for sale will be counterfeit.

The website was registered two months ago. The Domain Registration has a Hong Kong address on it.

http://whois.domaintools.com/bestcheapgolf.co.uk

The website uses Chinese script instead of £ signs. There's no address or phone number, that I can find, anywhere on the website. They accept Western Union payments.

Even if you do receive your purchases you'll have to pay VAT at 20%, the Royal Mail handling charge of £8 plus, possibly, import duty. To put that into context the website is selling a Titleist 910 D3 driver for 168.99. Now assuming that figure is in pounds sterling you would have to pay £33.80 for VAT plus £8 to the Royal Mail. Total cost £210.79. I've just had a quick look on Google Shopping and the lowest price I can find from a reputable British retailer is £229.99 including delivery from Golf 247.

http://www.golf247.co.uk/titleist-driver-2011-p-1387.html?utm_campaign=froogleUK&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=froogleUK

Ok, twenty quid more expensive but it's very unlikely to be a badly designed fake. Plus of course, if you don't like it you can send it back under the Distance Selling Regulations.

antispam246

Any recommendations other than the above as to where to buy golf clubs? I'm specifically looking for a taylormade R11. I know people say eBay but I'd rather purchase online from a legitimate website.

Coopdivi

Well I've had a good look around the net and, to be quite honest, once I eliminated the Chinese and American websites, the British sites either with no contact address on them or Domain Registrations where they claimed to be non-trading individuals there wasn't much left to choose from with very little variation in price. What sites I could find which appeared to be reputable, the price came in around the £290 mark.

American Golf have your driver for £289 including delivery. They have a number of shops around the country and there might be one near you if you'd prefer to buy in person.

http://www.americangolf.co.uk/product/Taylor-Made-Golf-R11-Men-s-Driver/p83463.aspx

Golfonline charge £290 but if you buy via Quidco you can get an extra 5% discount. If you're not already a member of Quidco you'll have to pay £5 membership which is taken from your first lot of discount. So bear that in mind.

http://www.golfonline.co.uk/taylormade-r11-driver-p-7495.html

http://www.quidco.com/golfonline/

I couldn't find any discount codes for either of these sites.