Reputable equipment suppliers that we've used as buyers

[AndyCouchman]

Hi all
I thought it would be a good idea to put up a list of reputable equipment suppliers that we have used. There is so much Internet fraud out there,
im always reluctant to use a new company without any back-up information re credibility. I'll start:

UK - Bribar https://bribartt.co.uk
Belgium - http://www.timtts.be/Shop/

 

[Baal]

megaspin
paddle palace
pingpong depot
iruiru
tt-japan
presports
dandoy
contra.de
tt11
www.futurespin.de
www.ping-pong.tw
www.tms-tischtennis.de

All highly reputable. I've used them all. I especially recommend the German vendors for taller people looking for TT shoes.

 

[Suga D]

www.ttdd.de
www.spinfactory.de
www.galaxysport.de
www.eacheng.net
www.tt-shop.net/index.php
www.sport-schreiner-tischtennis.de/
http://schoeler-micke.tabletennis-shop.de/
www.racket-outlet.de
http://www.magic-tischtennis.de/

These all are trustworthy stores, all tested by myself, my friends or my clubmates.

Not to forget about the manufacturer-stores

www.butterfly.tt
www.nittaku.tt
www.donic.de

 

[AndyCouchman]

Thank you guys, please keep them coming. Ideally those companies you've used yourself and have given you good service

 

[JHB]

Companies I've used personally :-

http://www.teessport.com
http://thorntonstabletennis.co.uk
http://globaltabletennis.com

All in the UK, I should mention, and all have given me reliable service. Tees Sport tend to be a day or two slower than the rest, probably due to sheer volume of business. However the company I use most frequently now is Bribar as per the link Andy gave in the first post - I believe they are Joola's UK distributor, and I seem to favour Joola over other brands at the moment !

 

[Gangarth]

Contra -> Gewo
Sport Schreiner -> Donic
Schöler und Micke -> Andro

 

[Pnachtwey]

Some not listed.
www.zeropong.com
www.colestt.com
www.ttnpp.com I have had good luck with these guys. Some have had problems.

 

[MJB]

I am hoping to buy from PROTT. Has anybody bought from them? Are they legit?

 

[bolterixus]

TT11
Teessport
Bribar
Thorntons

 

[vvk1]

Just out of curiosity, has anyone ever encountered an actual "disreputable" tt equipment supplier?

 

[Shuki]

Just out of curiosity, has anyone ever encountered an actual "disreputable" tt equipment supplier?

I honestly don't believe I've ever received a real product from ttnpp.

 

[vvk1]

I honestly don't believe I've ever received a real product from ttnpp.

And yet you apparently ordered from them again and again ...

Can you clarify which "not real" products have you ordered from ttnpp (excluding Ma Long's personal national blades and rubbers).

 

[DoctorPaco]

I am hoping to buy from PROTT. Has anybody bought from them? Are they legit?

Same thing I was thinking. On other forums I've glanced at, many swear by the reliability and quality of PROTT. His prices are relevant, not incredibly cheap, but I suspect some of his "personalized" cntt rubbers (eg. ma long tuned) are just regular national rubbers sold at a higher price.

 

[Murre5]

I ordered some stuff from TTNPP and didn't have any issues. Though I bought training balls. donic glue and 2 friendship rubbers. So can't say if their butterfly products are real etc. Though their prices aren't to far from real in Sweden at least.

ttex.se swedish store. If you are in Stockholm they have a physical store in Odenplan.

 

[chuckjordan2]

Here's one I've recently used: http://tt-store.eu Good prices, only the paper-wrapped my purchase (it was only clothes and that's fine by me). Old-school service.

I've also used ones mentioned above (colestt.com, tabletennis11.com, contra.de), and I keep going back to Contra.DE because of their prices, and sales.

One I've not used, however, have bookmarked their URL is http://www.pingisshoppen.se/index.php

 

[JHB]

I ordered some stuff from TTNPP and didn't have any issues. Though I bought training balls. donic glue and 2 friendship rubbers. So can't say if their butterfly products are real etc. Though their prices aren't to far from real in Sweden at least.

ttex.se swedish store. If you are in Stockholm they have a physical store in Odenplan.

One of the sad things about buying TT gear in the UK is that there is only one physical store anywhere in the country. Far from ideal when you're buying shoes, for example.

 

[bolterixus]

In my area there are no physical shops with table tennis gear. The closest one is in London I believe.

 

[AndyCouchman]

I can now happily recommend TT Japan.net. I ordered from them at the weekend, great tracking, and arrived this morning (Thursday)
Excellent

 

[Shuki]

And yet you apparently ordered from them again and again ...

Can you clarify which "not real" products have you ordered from ttnpp (excluding Ma Long's personal national blades and rubbers).

I kept ordering because I thought maybe it was a quality control issue or something, then moved on to try other brands. I've heard good things from them and shipping has always worked well for me through them.

When I was a very new player EJing, the first thing I ordered from them was a TG3 National GOLD sponge. which after gluing onto my blade and playing with for a couple hours the topsheet seperated from the sponge in various places.

I've ordered nittaku finezip from them and it was more of a latex glue opposed to the traditional thick water based glue that it usually is. It was a completely different glue in a different bottle.

Ordered nittaku premium balls there, celluloid. Not a single one was round and they broke extremely quickly.


If you believe what you're getting there is real then go right ahead and keep ordering from them. When you believe what you have is real, you'll play better with it compared to if you believe the product you're playing with is crap.

 

[Geronimo]

ttmode - nice range/best pricing