ThanksIf you don't want to end up buying from eBay then there is only ONE legitimate source where you can order Butterfly products online:
www.butterfly.tt
Some smaller shops might have some leftovers from old Butterfly gear, but since Butterfly has some very strict sales restrictions the TT-shops are only allowed to sell Butterfly rubbers offline in their TT-stores.
To your second part of the question:
building a large stock doesn't make a lot of sense from my point of view.
Firstly the rubbers aren't vacuum sealed so it's pretty likely there will be some oxidation process.
Secondly i know from a shop owner i know that Butterfly doesn't give any big discounts, even if you order in bulk like twenty or thirty rubbers.
So many shop owners just sell Butterfly rubbers just to satisfy their customers, and they don't make as much profit than from most other TT-companies.
Thanks. I am asking because in my country these rubbers are more expensive so I buy when I travel to europe. Do you think That 6 months is a long time to stock rubbers?Suga D has given all the important answers.
I will explain what Suga D means by Rubber Oxidization: when a rubber sits around for a while the rubber degrades. So if you bought enough Tenergy to last a few years, the ones that you open a few years from now would be worse than they would have been if you opened them when you bought them.
I will explain what Suga D means by Butterfly sales restrictions: if you see Tenergy being sold for a reasonable price, chances are it is fake. Because if a seller is selling it for a 20% discount, they are not making any money and if the discount is larger than that, they are losing money.
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Do you think That 6 months is a long time to stock rubbers?
I MO, unless you are leaving the rubbers in the freezer or in the sun, 95% of amateur players will play well with old rubbers that have been reasonably stored. They can't be worse than the used 1 year old Tenergy I can still play with.
Is there a shop there where you can find Nittaku Narucross GS Supersoft in a decent volume (10 sheets, 5 red, 5 black)? I will be willing to play a decent amount per sheet to get that.
Not near where I am.
I have only found it online: http://nittaku.tt/collections/tischtennis-belaege-material/products/narucross-gs-soft
Thanks. Their price is decent at current exchange rates. I just wiped out their stock.
Is there a super EJ button?
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Hahaha... I will give you the blade to play with. And then you will tell me whether I am an EJ or have just discovered something special. It won't last but it will be good while it lasted. LOL.
The important questions are:
1) how much fun do you have trying different equipment?
2) how much fun do you have coming up with new theories of what will help your game most?
and
3) how many blades and rubbers have you tried in the last 6 months.
I say the Super EJ Award goes to NextLevel. He has taken the art of EJing to a totally different level.
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Is there a super EJ button?
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