Comments on: Assemble a Quiver of Putters: Cost is No Object http://www.humangolf.com/info/putters/assemble-a-quiver-of-putters-cost-is-no-object/ Golf Products for the Real World Golfer Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:03:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: PinemeadowGolf.com http://www.humangolf.com/info/putters/assemble-a-quiver-of-putters-cost-is-no-object/#comment-179 PinemeadowGolf.com Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:33:35 +0000 http://www.humangolf.com/info/putters/assemble-a-quiver-of-putters-cost-is-no-object/#comment-179 Hi Jim, I am one of the Golf Guru's with Pinemeadow Golf. I came across your post and wanted to make sure that we addressed the problem. I am sorry your experience with us was a bad one. I am surprised by your story and it doesn't sound like how we would handle the situation at all. We can't do nothing about the past but we I would love to make sure this is taken care of. If you get a chance please contact us at 1.800.309.6878 ask for Clark or Tommy. We will make sure the problem is taken care of. We pride ourselves on Customer Service! I also tried looking up your order but since I didn't have a last name I didn't have much luck. Contact us soon though. Look forward to hearing from you. -Pinemeadow Golf Hi Jim, I am one of the Golf Guru’s with Pinemeadow Golf. I came across your post and wanted to make sure that we addressed the problem. I am sorry your experience with us was a bad one. I am surprised by your story and it doesn’t sound like how we would handle the situation at all.

We can’t do nothing about the past but we I would love to make sure this is taken care of. If you get a chance please contact us at 1.800.309.6878 ask for Clark or Tommy. We will make sure the problem is taken care of. We pride ourselves on Customer Service! I also tried looking up your order but since I didn’t have a last name I didn’t have much luck. Contact us soon though. Look forward to hearing from you.

-Pinemeadow Golf

]]> By: HumanGolf http://www.humangolf.com/info/putters/assemble-a-quiver-of-putters-cost-is-no-object/#comment-45 HumanGolf Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:27:51 +0000 http://www.humangolf.com/info/putters/assemble-a-quiver-of-putters-cost-is-no-object/#comment-45 Hi Jim Got a pic of that putter of yours? Now you've got me really curious to see what it looks like. :-) Sorry to hear about your experience with Pinemeadow. Frankly, i'm surprised, since that's totally opposite of <a href="http://www.humangolf.com/info/golf-clubs/clone-golf-clubs-are-they-good-enough-a-real-world-answer/" rel="nofollow">what I experienced</a> dealing with them. Be that as it may, they really should have let you return that club, even if everybody else in the free world liked it. Fact is, you didn't, and their guarantee doesn't have a "you can return it unless everybody else likes the club" clause. I'll see if I can run this by Pinemeadow to look at and comment on. Hi Jim
Got a pic of that putter of yours? Now you’ve got me really curious to see what it looks like. :-)

Sorry to hear about your experience with Pinemeadow. Frankly, i’m surprised, since that’s totally opposite of what I experienced dealing with them.

Be that as it may, they really should have let you return that club, even if everybody else in the free world liked it. Fact is, you didn’t, and their guarantee doesn’t have a “you can return it unless everybody else likes the club” clause.

I’ll see if I can run this by Pinemeadow to look at and comment on.

]]> By: Jim http://www.humangolf.com/info/putters/assemble-a-quiver-of-putters-cost-is-no-object/#comment-44 Jim Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:08:38 +0000 http://www.humangolf.com/info/putters/assemble-a-quiver-of-putters-cost-is-no-object/#comment-44 Good Article about economically acquiring a second and perhaps third alternate putter from clone companies to test and experiment which design/setup suits your putting stroke best. However, this did remind me of a bad experience I had with the Pinemeadow Golf company. I had been window shopping the Odyssey putters and got sold on the Pinemeadow 4-ball putter that Pinemeadow invited the customers to compare the features etc with the Odyssey 2-ball putter. Given the potential savings of a clone vs. a name brand putter AND their website documented 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed return policy (alleviating customers concerns), I ordered the putter. When I received the ordered putter, I was appalled by the kindergartenish assembly (more diplomatic than saying jacked-up assembly) of this putter. It has one of those double-bend shafts but it doesn't create a half-ball or full ball offset - its more like a 5 or 6 ball offset. If you grip the putter and hang your hands neutrally in the center of your body, then the putter head is at your rear foot. Contrary, if you set the putter head behind a ball in the middle of your stance, your hands are pressed out forward of my front foot. Secondly, the putter grip is Not aligned on the shaft .. its TWISTED. So, if I was to make this putter work for me, I'd have to Re-shaft it and Re-Grip it which isn't what a customer seeks to do with a new club that isn't bought off EVEN the discount retailer (non-golf specific)store shelves. I called Pinemeadow expecting immediate return shipping customer satisfaction. Instead, I was told I couldn't be right as this was a high selling model and everyone was pleased with this club. So they took me for the 40 or so bucks. Now that putter collects dust in the garage and only serves as a tale of caution to friends and neighbors who see firsthand and formulate their own opinion of what horrendous assembly craftsmanship (correction .. throw-together-manship) was put into this club. Sometimes, I bring it to the course and will bring to the putting green and will pass it around the guys warming up there, kind of like the gimmicky 8 foot long and 10 foot long drivers that some golf entertainers use. Everyone laughs and shakes their head at this "Pinto" of a putter which of course gets banished to the trunk of the car before the start of the round. So, back to the correlation with the subject matter - I think its fine advice to amass a quiver of putters, I just add the word of caution that it isn't exactly economical if the putters aren't playable (my experience was a poorly assembled putter from Pinemeadow) and only collect dust. If others had similar experiences, I would (and I believe others would) like to hear from you. Hope this is helpful to your subscribers. Happy Golfing Good Article about economically acquiring a second and perhaps third alternate putter from clone companies to test and experiment which design/setup suits your putting stroke best.
However, this did remind me of a bad experience I had with the Pinemeadow Golf company. I had been window shopping the Odyssey putters and got sold on the Pinemeadow 4-ball putter that Pinemeadow invited the customers to compare the features etc with the Odyssey 2-ball putter. Given the potential savings of a clone vs. a name brand putter AND their website documented 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed return policy (alleviating customers concerns), I ordered the putter. When I received the ordered putter, I was appalled by the kindergartenish assembly (more diplomatic than saying jacked-up assembly) of this putter. It has one of those double-bend shafts but it doesn’t create a half-ball or full ball offset - its more like a 5 or 6 ball offset. If you grip the putter and hang your hands neutrally in the center of your body, then the putter head is at your rear foot. Contrary, if you set the putter head behind a ball in the middle of your stance, your hands are pressed out forward of my front foot. Secondly, the putter grip is Not aligned on the shaft .. its TWISTED. So, if I was to make this putter work for me, I’d have to Re-shaft it and Re-Grip it which isn’t what a customer seeks to do with a new club that isn’t bought off EVEN the discount retailer (non-golf specific)store shelves.

I called Pinemeadow expecting immediate return shipping customer satisfaction. Instead, I was told I couldn’t be right as this was a high selling model and everyone was pleased with this club. So they took me for the 40 or so bucks. Now that putter collects dust in the garage and only serves as a tale of caution to friends and neighbors who see firsthand and formulate their own opinion of what horrendous assembly craftsmanship (correction .. throw-together-manship) was put into this club. Sometimes, I bring it to the course and will bring to the putting green and will pass it around the guys warming up there, kind of like the gimmicky 8 foot long and 10 foot long drivers that some golf entertainers use. Everyone laughs and shakes their head at this “Pinto” of a putter which of course gets banished to the trunk of the car before the start of the round.
So, back to the correlation with the subject matter - I think its fine advice to amass a quiver of putters, I just add the word of caution that it isn’t exactly economical if the putters aren’t playable (my experience was a poorly assembled putter from Pinemeadow) and only collect dust.
If others had similar experiences, I would (and I believe others would) like to hear from you.

Hope this is helpful to your subscribers.
Happy Golfing

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