Megamandan

Here's Me in a home town Tournament 9 months ago.

Didn't your skates fall under the warrany? I thought the 1300's had a year warranty.

I actually keep my own box of laytex gloves for those reasons. It pays off, the stank is HORRID!

So why would you have given a new stick to someone from your town? We don't have an LHS in my town, so I have to go somewhere else. I hope they won't discriminate against me just because of my address. Don't get me wrong, I think the woman you described was way off and you dealt with her the right way. But why make an exception for someone local? As you said, it's Bauer's policy that warranties are made directly through them. Megamandan does have a point. Store loyalty should be rewarded. Nothing strange with that. But store loyalty is different than being local... unless that is what he meant by "local"... Thats what I meant by local. I meant regulars. I know it's not through bauer but I would have told them my manager was in the building and I'm sure he will be able to do something for you.

Thats not my point, my point is that warranty's have to be made through the company and I can do nothing about it. I told her that at least 10 times.

Disrespectful people piss me off. You greet them with a smile and they expect you to cater to their every whim. I've had people litterally throw their skates at me and walk out. In other word "please sir, could you give me a sharpening?" I only have one grip. About a month ago a lady from out of town brings in her son's XXX Lite. It's broken at the handel and she starts ripping me to shreads. Note that I've only been working for about 5 minutes, I took over for one of my co-workers. She's screaming at me to refund her money or give her a brand new stick. I told her that we can't refund her money or give her a new stick it's up to her to deal with Bauer. She flips a lid and screamed that her kid used it 2 shifts, which it looked brand new, not a mark on it cept a crack like ________ ____\_____ Just below the handel. The thing is she said it just broke out of the blue. The kid is a left haded shot and the crack was broken inward. there is no way not even on a shot could that stick have been broke inward for a left handed shot. It looked like he had taken a puck right in the shaft or had cross checked someone really hard. I told her she has to send it back. She threatened me that she was just going to take one off the rack and I told her to get ready for a free ride in a police car. After arguing my manager came in and what does he do? He gives her a new one. My manager is a softie and won't stick up to anyone. I mean if it was someone from town we always dealt with I'd have no problem with him giving her a new stick but this lady was whacked.

I'm loving how the 12 year old ref is just watching and the older ref is checking him out PEDIFILE REF!!

Changes and UPDATES Skates: CCM Vector 7.5 w/ Lightspeeds Helmet: HC 100 with cage and HX-50 Pants: Mission M-1 Sticks: 02' Ultra lite with FF, Mission L-2 with Iggy Comp, Synergy grip tapered, Synergy tapered, 3 Adrenalines, M-1 Grip, Bauer Vapor XXX Lite

Special Make-Up (thanks JR)

Intro: 6' 2" 195Lbs. Midget/Adult hockey. Stick: Nike/Bauer Vapor XXX Lite Left handed P92 102 flex Blade: This part of the XXX lite was a supprise to me. The blade is very very stiff. The puck seems to rocket off the blade and the passes are greeted with the blade by a "softer" feel. Almost like a "si-core" but with better response in shooting. I can recieve passes with ease and it's perfect. I have 1 gripe about it though. After 6 games I can tweak the blade a tad and hear a crunch sound. I think the foam is breaking down a bit inside. -8.5/10 Shaft/Flex: It took me about a game to get used to the flex of the stick. Coming directly from an Adrenaline the shaft seemed whippier than a 102 flex. I use stiff and 100 flexes normally. After I got used to playing with it, the feel as the puck comes off the blade on any shot feels like you got all of it. Perfect smooth release, it's a great feeling and the puck just flies off the stick. -9.5/10 Stickhandling/receiving passes: Stickhandling is a slight default in this stick IMO. I can feel the puck, but not nearly as well as I could with other OPS'. Nothing EXTREME, but it could be better. Recieving passes, this is the best stick I've ever played with that I can catch passes with. It's like the stick has automatic soft hands. -9/10 Shooting: After getting used to the flex, AWESOME! This thing shoots cannons. You can feel the load and the very smooth follow through the stick gives you. It's given me perfect saucer shots and passes every time. I love the smooth feel of the shot with this stick. -10/10 Weight and balance: When I first picked up the stick I thought it was a tad blade heavy. I messed around with it and after putting my tape knob at the end it was nice and even. The balance was nice, nothing to complain about. -9/10 Durability: I've played 10 games and 7 practices with the stick and so far so good. I've seen and heard a lot of people complain about the durability. For me it's hlding up fine. It's got a skate cut just abouve the blade and the XXX stickers are peeling but I don't care about that. -9/10 Intangebles: The grip on the stick is nice. I usually don't buy grip sticks but it's a softer not so tacky grip. It's nice and soft and I don't mind it. It does peel, but not to a huge extent. 8/10 (PP) Conclusion: Overall I am VERY pleased with the stick. The shots are nice and the passes are perfect. If you can cough up the $195 I'd go for it, you won't be dissapointed. -OVERALL 9/10

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Reviewer Backround: Age:17, Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 Blade: Synthesis Iginla Left handed Shaft/Flex: L-2 100 Flex Stickhandling/receiving passes: When I first started off using the stick the feel for the puck was great. There was no torque at all and stick handeling was a breeze. I could keep my head up and know exactly where the puck was on my blade. After using it for about 3 months the stick seemed to retain it's stiffness but it had a slight handling problem. When I was to recieve a hard pass I'd try to catch the puck and have "soft hands" but the shaft would flex and just shoot the puck back. Almost like a spring, no matter how hard I tried to use soft hands it just keep getting launched off the blade face and I'd loose the puck. - 7/10 Shooting: This stick is a rocket launcher! My slappers are amaizing and I can place the puck with ease. Clocked at 81 for a slapper which isn't that bad. -9.5/10 Weight and balance: When fitted with my synthesis this stick is nicely balanced. Not blade nor shaft heavy. Feels just like an OPS in terms of weight. -10/10 Durability: 13 months and still going strong. I've used it for an estimated 30 games and 45 practices, it's got normal wear and tear but no huge gouges out of it. This thing is a TANK. -10/10 Intangibles: The stick has a nice smooth texture. Almost exactly like the XN10. I hate grip on my sticks and this smooth texture is great for my sliding slap shot. -9.5/10 Conclusion: Overall this stick was pritty good. It served it's purpose as to feel and perform like an OPS but had the ability to change tapered blades if they broke/I wanted a different blade/Curve. Only thing I didn't like was the spring affect on my pass recieving, but that could just be my technique. OVERALL 9/10

Hey june, just curious as to who did that holder swap on your eastons? I tried mine and they didn't come out well enough so I put my Razor Bladz back on, now they look like something outa frankinstien with all the copper rivets <_< .