Warranty Replacement Sticks

[Modo9 0]

Do any of you guys know if there is a true difference between a regular retail- issued stick and a warranty replacement?

My guess would be they (Easton, Mission, Bauer, ect...) simply estimate the amount of returns they expect and allot that many sticks from production as warranty replacements. The reason I think this may not be the case is because on Ebay you so often see someone asking if the stick is a warranty replacement. And very often warranty replacements sell for less.

[Chadd 916]

I'm guessing that they sell for less because you can't get a new one if the replacement stick breaks.

[JR Boucicaut 3806]

But it's not like you can get a warranty replacement from a new stick on ebay anyway...

[Modo9 0]

So, back to the meat of my question: Does anyone know if there is truly a difference between a regular stick, and a warranty replacement - - other than a stamp or etching.

[JR Boucicaut 3806]

As far as I know, no. Never seen anything that has told me otherwise.

[warrior37 0]

my brother has broke a vector 120, grip synergy, and tps rubber response all in different places. he got his replacements and they all broke in the first game he used them, all right around 12 up the shaft from the heel of the blade. is this the spot where they are made to break so the NHLers dont kill one another? do you think companys would send out seconds as replacements?

[Modo9 0]

From everything I've seen and read I just get the vibe that Warranty Replacements are the sticks the QC Department deems as marginal. But that is a complete guess. Perhaps Ryan, Justin, or another Rep can shed more light on this for us.

I would like to think manufacturers simply put aside a certain percentage of regular production for replacement, but something makes me think otherwise.

[mik3 1]

I've only returned one stick as a warranty replacement, an original synergy back when half the time they weren't even stamping and long before etching. It's still alive to this day, maybe I got lucky, who knows.

[JR Boucicaut 3806]

If that were the case, companies wouldn't allow stores to give a stick to the customer off the rack and get a credit for the broken one. They'd want them all back so they can issue them a second. I have done that plenty of times.

[warrior37 0]

jr, up here in michigan we cant take jack back to the LHS, we have to mail them all to the manufacturer

it pretty much sucks, we buy em, break em, and pay to ship em

[A_Steeves12 0]

here we just take them back to the store and they useally give us another one no sending it back.

i dont think there any durability issuse with warrenty replacements. a guy on my team broke his V.120 way back in november sent it back(because he bought it in the states and coudlnt take back to the store) and he has been playing with the one theysent him has been holding up fine since.

[notorious#29 0]

here we just take them back to the store and they useally give us another one no sending it back.

Very lucky.

Like Warrior said, here MI we have to pay to ship the dang thing back to the company, not fun.

[JR Boucicaut 3806]

It depends on the company.

[Gongshow11 1]

my old synergy warranties would break if i dropped them, my SL is holding up so strong

[blues_91 0]

My friend broke an M1 last year and the shop let him take a synergy off the rack

[LetsGoWings13 0]

I have never gotten a warrenty stick my sticks awalys break like the 33 day or some crap like that lol. But my question is can you get the broken ops back for use as a tapered shaft.

[Langenbrunner15 0]

My hockey teammate sent his stick back way after the time limit and got a new one. Is that rare?

[kovalchuk71 212]

Not always, depends on the CS

[A_Steeves12 0]

just got back from my lhs and now you cant just bring them back nemore you have to send them to easton thesr a big sign up. it sucks.