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Re: Replacing the Nike balls

• Woodoworkery 3,498 Posts

  Wed, Mar 22 2017 12:07 PM

  How about they just let us know when, Jebus do they have special privileges. How long can you sell a product that no longer exist. There has to be  some law about using their logo. I understand about real life, but this is virtual they can produce this ball forever. Why is Nike allowing this. 

  I guess one Thursday or Friday Icon will say  "just a heads up but early next week Nike balls are gone"

• LuckySkreet 611 Posts

  Wed, Mar 22 2017 12:15 PM

  Woodoworkery:

  How about they just let us know when, Jebus do they have special privileges. How long can you sell a product that no longer exist. There has to be  some law about using their logo. I understand about real life, but this is virtual they can produce this ball forever. Why is Nike allowing this. 

  I guess one Thursday or Friday Icon will say  "just a heads up but early next week Nike balls are gone"

  Wood.....   my guess is that Nike is still carving a fee off the top with each purchase.  Sorta strange that Nike would even have an interest considering their cut is more than likely minuscule............

  I would guess Callaway's substantial financial interest with TOP Golf  would push them to the top spot followed by Taylor Made with their new TP5 balls.......

• Woodoworkery 3,498 Posts

  Wed, Mar 22 2017 1:33 PM

  I understand about Callaway, but I dont think they can compete with the Nike ball. If they could it would have already been in the pro shop.

  As far as Titlist they dont want anything to do with WGT is they way I understand it. 

  If they can get away with keeping the NIke balls thats great. I think we just deserve an answer on whats going on. I have wrote CS and asked if they would be gone by the start of the US Open. The reply I got was the NIke balls will be going but they have no idea when....BS they know exactly how long they have to pull the balls.  

• LuckySkreet 611 Posts

  Wed, Mar 22 2017 2:14 PM

  Maybe I erroneously said "Titlist"....       sorry, I was referring to the  Taylor Made TP5's.....

• Woodoworkery 3,498 Posts

  Wed, Mar 22 2017 2:49 PM

  No you said Taylor made, I was just saying Titlist because its a damn good ball, and in the early years everyone was wondering why Titlist did not get on the boat of the worlds best golf game.

• borntobesting 9,709 Posts

  Wed, Mar 22 2017 3:08 PM

  Woodoworkery:

  How about they just let us know when, Jebus do they have special privileges. How long can you sell a product that no longer exist. There has to be  some law about using their logo. I understand about real life, but this is virtual they can produce this ball forever. Why is Nike allowing this. 

  I guess one Thursday or Friday Icon will say  "just a heads up but early next week Nike balls are gone"

  There are still 1000's of new Nike balls on the market and I assume as long as there are Nike balls in real stores there will be Nike balls here.There are many store chains that sell Nike balls that have never sold  Nike clubs. The Walmart I work at has several dozen Nike 20X-IX and a few dozen of the less expensive Nike balls in stock . The other Walmart across town has about the same inventory of Nike balls in stock. We got in some Crush extremes just last night.

• pmm711 5,711 Posts

  Wed, Mar 22 2017 4:29 PM

  Couldn't they merely change one letter like Mad Magazine does in some of their spoofs...

  Titbeast

  Carraway

  Psike

  Zoodle

  Jirkland

  JailerMade

  etc

  etc

  etc

   

• AndreasHelke 676 Posts

  Mon, Mar 27 2017 2:32 PM

  LuckySkreet:

  Woodoworkery:

  How about they just let us know when, Jebus do they have special privileges. How long can you sell a product that no longer exist. There has to be  some law about using their logo. I understand about real life, but this is virtual they can produce this ball forever. Why is Nike allowing this. 

  I guess one Thursday or Friday Icon will say  "just a heads up but early next week Nike balls are gone"

  Wood.....   my guess is that Nike is still carving a fee off the top with each purchase.  Sorta strange that Nike would even have an interest considering their cut is more than likely minuscule............

  I would guess Callaway's substantial financial interest with TOP Golf  would push them to the top spot followed by Taylor Made with their new TP5 balls.......

  Most likely Nike had to pay a fee to WGT to promote their balls in the game. WGT is probaly still looking for the best deal they can get to replace this relationship. How long WGT can still sell Nike balls and under what conditions depends on the terms of their contract with Nike.

   

• WigerToods2010 8,447 Posts

  Mon, Mar 27 2017 2:57 PM

  pmm711:

  Couldn't they merely change one letter like Mad Magazine does in some of their spoofs...

  Titbeast

  Carraway

  Psike

  Zoodle

  Jirkland

  JailerMade

  etc

  etc

  etc

   

  Pmsl @ Carraway... apparently already a huge seller in the Far East.

   

  :)

• hpurey 11,505 Posts

  Tue, Mar 28 2017 7:34 AM

  WigerToods2010:

  pmm711:

  Couldn't they merely change one letter like Mad Magazine does in some of their spoofs...

  Titbeast

  Carraway

  Psike

  Zoodle

  Jirkland

  JailerMade

  etc

  etc

  etc

   

  Pmsl @ Carraway... apparently already a huge seller in the Far East.

   

   

   

  :)

  LOL  and "Titbeast" needs to be labeled NSFW.  ;-)