| Ping Serial Numbers [message #1035307] |
Mon, 29 May 2006 00:03 |
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Does anyone know how important it is to have a Ping iron set with all
matching serial numbers in terms of both Ping support and resale value?
I am looking at a set of copper irons but each one has a different
serial number.
Thank you
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| Re: Ping Serial Numbers [message #1035308 ] |
Mon, 29 May 2006 00:05 |
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Have you asked Ping? I know they used the serial number to replace a shaft
for me. We just sent in the head and they figured it out.
"coloradogolf" <amandalurie [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1148853787.771493.258660 [at] i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Does anyone know how important it is to have a Ping iron set with all
> matching serial numbers in terms of both Ping support and resale value?
> I am looking at a set of copper irons but each one has a different
> serial number.
>
> Thank you
>
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| Re: Ping Serial Numbers [message #1035309 ] |
Mon, 29 May 2006 00:13 |
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No--I was considering buying an Eye 2 copper set,but noticed each iron
had a different serial number and wondered if that was a potential
problem.
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| Re: Ping Serial Numbers [message #1035324 ] |
Mon, 29 May 2006 01:39 |
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coloradogolf wrote:
> No--I was considering buying an Eye 2 copper set,but noticed each iron
> had a different serial number and wondered if that was a potential
> problem.
>
other than they could all have different shafts, different lie angles,
etc...nope, no problems
My Mother taught me: If you feel the deal ain't right, it ain't
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| Re: Ping Serial Numbers [message #1035347 ] |
Mon, 29 May 2006 04:14 |
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"coloradogolf" <amandalurie [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1148854439.582518.303180 [at] i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> No--I was considering buying an Eye 2 copper set,but noticed each iron
> had a different serial number and wondered if that was a potential
> problem.
It's highly unusual for each club in the set to have a different serial
number. If that's true, then somebody pieced together a set...maybe by
stealing a 6-iron here, picking up a lost 4-iron there, and so on.
Usually all the clubs in a set have the same serial number. That said, "a
set" may have been built as, say, 3-iron to PW, and the previous owner
bought a 2-iron and the wedges a la carte at a later date. In that case,
those other clubs would likely have different serial numbers. But the "set"
(the clubs that were sold originally as a set) SHOULD all have the same
number.
I would not want a set that was pieced together. The weights could be all
over the place, and the step patterns may not match, since they're adjusted
at the factory slightly to account for the fractional differences in weights
from set to set.
Randy
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| Re: Ping Serial Numbers [message #1035357 ] |
Mon, 29 May 2006 04:46 |
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coloradogolf wrote:
> Does anyone know how important it is to have a Ping iron set with all
> matching serial numbers in terms of both Ping support and resale value?
> I am looking at a set of copper irons but each one has a different
> serial number.
EACH one? The set is hot.
Think about it, if you break something in your set, it's the shaft.
You'd still have the head with the original serial #. Unless you added
a couple of irons to your set (maybe a 1 or 2 iron, something that
doesn't usually come with), there's no way in the world you'd get a set
like this.
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| Re: Ping Serial Numbers [message #1035363 ] |
Mon, 29 May 2006 05:11 |
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If you have a set of Pings and order additional clubs such as a GW or 2I,
Ping builds them to the specs of the set and put the set's serial numbers on
the clubs so any Ping set with differing serial numbers is suspect.
""R&B"" <noneofyourbusiness [at] all.com> wrote in message
news:-_6dnZxscrGUxOfZRVn-gw [at] giganews.com...
> "coloradogolf" <amandalurie [at] hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1148854439.582518.303180 [at] i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
>> No--I was considering buying an Eye 2 copper set,but noticed each iron
>> had a different serial number and wondered if that was a potential
>> problem.
>
>
> It's highly unusual for each club in the set to have a different serial
> number. If that's true, then somebody pieced together a set...maybe by
> stealing a 6-iron here, picking up a lost 4-iron there, and so on.
>
> Usually all the clubs in a set have the same serial number. That said, "a
> set" may have been built as, say, 3-iron to PW, and the previous owner
> bought a 2-iron and the wedges a la carte at a later date. In that case,
> those other clubs would likely have different serial numbers. But the
> "set" (the clubs that were sold originally as a set) SHOULD all have the
> same number.
>
> I would not want a set that was pieced together. The weights could be all
> over the place, and the step patterns may not match, since they're
> adjusted at the factory slightly to account for the fractional differences
> in weights from set to set.
>
> Randy
>
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| Re: Ping Serial Numbers [message #1035376 ] |
Mon, 29 May 2006 10:07 |
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Larry Bud wrote:
> coloradogolf wrote:
>> Does anyone know how important it is to have a Ping iron set with all
>> matching serial numbers i
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> EACH one? The set is hot.
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> Think about it,
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there's no way in the world you'd get a set
> like this.
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Agreed, I could see a (as in one) lost club being replaced but not each one.
OK so you go a hot set
>if< you ever sent one of those clubs to Ping to get fixed and
>if< the original owner registered his or her set and
>if< the owner reported said club lost or stolen
Ping (as I was told by someone at the factory) runs a check on all
clubs sent to them
so the ¨real¨ owner gets their club back.
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| Re: Ping Serial Numbers [message #1035379 ] |
Mon, 29 May 2006 11:26 |
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Thanks to everyone for all the information...good advice.I think I will
avoid buying these.
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