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I've bought a lot of TT equipment over the years. These are my experiences with the various vendors (in alphabetical order). Shipping times are to the USA (East Coast).

American Table Tennis * * * *
What makes them special: Good selection, but nothing unusual. Reliable
Shipping: Takes four or five days
Notes: Never any problems. Accepts PayPal.
http://www.americantabletennis.com

Colestt * * * *
What makes them special: An eclectic inventory of Chinese products. Good prices. Customizes sponges on most pips-out.
Shipping: Takes about five days.
Notes: Never any problems. Accepts PayPal.
http://www.colestt.com

Contra.de * * *
What makes them special: Great selection, good source for just released items not yet available from USA vendors.
Shipping: Expensive. Takes about a week.
Notes: Never any problems. Accepts PayPal.
http://www.contra.de

Dandoy-Sports * * * * *
What makes them special: Pricing. This is a great place to save money. Good selection. They are responsive to emails.
Shipping: Takes 2-3 weeks but is free (over $50).
Notes: I've seen complaints on various forums, however, for me, in about a dozen orders I've never had any problems. Does not accept PayPal.
http://www.dandoy-sports.com

Eacheng * * * * *
What makes them special: Huge source for Chinese equipment. Great prices.
Shipping: Takes two to three weeks.
Notes: Never any problems. Accepts PayPal.
http://www.eacheng.net

ErraTeam * * * * *
What makes them special: Good prices (although they've gone up lately). Good selection, especially on Euro products. Good customer service, too.
Shipping: Two to three weeks. Very reliable.
Notes: Never any problems. Accepts PayPal.
http://www.errateam.ch/webshop/

Iruiru * * * * *
What makes them special: They have things not available elsewhere. Great prices/selection on Japanese products.
Shipping: Expensive, but super fast. Takes about three days.
Notes: Never any problems. Does not accept PayPal.
http://www.iruiru.com/e/

Megaspin * * *
What makes them special: Good selection. Not sure how much they actually ship. Seems like Joola USA or American Table Tennis ships a lot of their orders.
Shipping: Takes four or five days
Notes: Never any problems. Accepts PayPal.
http://www.megaspin.net

Mytt * * *
What makes them special: A newer vendor. Good source for Haifu. Good discounts.
Shipping: Takes about a week
Notes: Never any problems. Accepts PayPal.
http://www.mytabletennis.com/shop/

OOAK * * * * *
What makes them special: They have custom items not available elsewhere. Good customer service and understands the needs of tt players. Good prices on some items.
Shipping: Usually takes one week outside Australia, quicker within Australia
Notes: Never any problems. Accepts PayPal
http://tabletennisshop.com.au

Paddle Palace * * *
What makes them special: Huge selection, has good discounts on some items
Shipping: Takes one week to East Coast (they used to ship UPS two day)
Notes: I've had them ship wrong products, or try to pass off damaged/repaired products as new. I generally avoid this place now. Does not accept PayPal.
http://www.paddlepalace.com

Presports * * *
What makes them special: They have items not available elsewhere. Good prices.
Shipping: Two or three weeks
Notes: They did ship one wrong item. I chose not to hassle making an exchange with a company in Malaysia. All other orders went fine. Does accept PayPal.
http://www.presports.com

Table Tennis Only * * *
What makes them special: Used to have good close-outs, but more generic now.
Shipping: Takes four or five days
Notes: Never any problems. Accepts PayPal.
http://www.tabletennisonly.com

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Table Tennis Pioneers * * *
What makes them special: Good source for Andro. Occasionally has good prices on sale items. Seems like they carry less inventory than before.
Shipping: Takes four or five days
Notes: Never any problems. Does not accept PayPal.
http://www.ping-pong.com

tabletennisstore.us * * *
What makes them special: Good source for XIOM and TSP. Not big on discounting.
Shipping: Takes about a week
Note: Had one item mis-shipped. Accepts PayPal.
http://www.tabletennisstore.us

Zeropong * * * * *
What makes them special: Great source for high quality Chinese equipment. Good prices.
Shipping: Takes two to three days.
Notes: Never any problems. Does not accept PayPal.
http://www.zeropong.com

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Good idea on adding the links, Speedplay.

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My whole set-up costs less than a sheet of Butterfly Dignics

Don't forget http://www.ttarmory.com, the only source I've found for Palio Macro ERA. Seems to carry only Palio products for now. 2-3 day shipping to USA, orders always correct and prompt.

TT Pioneers do accept PayPal. It is not part of their cart system though so you have to wait until they are ready to ship then they will email you a link to PayPal. Not elegant, but it works.

ColesTT accepts Paypal but if buying more than a single item it's easier to email the details to Cole and then he will create a custom Paypal button to use for checking out.

 

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Small correction.

Presports do take Paypal.

Also their shipping speed has greatly improved since they are now using Fedex. I've had my last four orders (9-10 rubbers each) arrive in 2-3 days time in The Netherlands. Paying around 15 euro's shipping costs in total.

You might also want to add the country each shop is in. This would be useful information to determine what the shipping costs will be.

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Coles, AffordableTT, Butterfly North America, Paddle Pallace, and OOAK all sent me stuff to Iraq - intact and on time. The Austrailian stuff took longer, but was expected to be like that as it has to go to US first. I have had zero issues with any of these venders. Since Paddle Palace and BTY can cost a lot, I use mainly Coles, Affordable and OOAK. Cole doesn't ahve a forum, but he is on the forums so much he doesn't need one. Rob and Haggisv have forums and that is uber cool. Why do the Austrailians succeed at this more than anyone else. Hech, even the best TT forum of all time was run and mostly populated by OZ and NZ members. What is it about down under?

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This is a gr8 thread and amazing info.
Any feedback on "ttandpp" , has any1 ordered from there, i'v checked out the site and the prices are good and so is the shipping cost.
just wanna know if some's ordered from them previously.
Thanks.

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It is a really good list, but it would probably be useful if we add everyone's opinion for each shop, as the ones above are just mynamenotbob's personal experiences with each shop.

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This thread is great info for all the EJ's out there.

A couple of shops based in Sydney Australia that sell online too.

I do buy also from OOAK and Affordable who are great and I highly recommend them both.

Aussie Table Tennis * * *
What makes them special: Good customer service. Reliable. Main Stiga agent for Australia. Have the Henzell diaries.
Shipping: Takes three or four days
Notes: Never any problems. Accepts PayPal.
http://www.aussietabletennis.com/


Table Tennis World * * *
What makes them special: Paul Pinkewich's shop will give you personal advice.
Shipping: Takes three or four days
Notes: Can be a little pricey on some items, talk him down if you can lol.
http://www.tabletennisworld.com.au/

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Presports * * * * *
What makes them special: They have items not available elsewhere. Good prices.
Shipping: 3 - 7 days
Notes: Used them at least 5 times, very fast and responsive to emails, easy to work with. Does accept PayPal.
http://www.presports.com

One of my favourite vendors.

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S#1: Joola Wing Passion Fast, FH: 729 Cream 2.2, BH: 802-40 2.
S#2: Joola Trix Medium, FH: Hurricane 3 Neo 2, BH: 279 FX Lightning 2.2.
S#3: Galaxy 896, , BH: Pro XP 2.FH: Pro XP 2.2
S#4: Senso Waldner Carbon, FH: Apollo I 2.2, BH: Blowfish Plush Short Pimple Tensor.
S#4: Giant Dragon Kris Special, FH: Giant Dragon TaiChi Soft, BH: Giant Dragon Meteorite Soft.

Great reference! Thanks a LOT!
Too bad, it seems Eacheng doesn't accept MasterCard or Visa

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They do PayPal.
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Now I've got trouble with Eacheng.
They send me the defect blade but they reject to replace new blade for me.

Shipping from eacheng is pretty pricey, but their prices are good, plus they give you gifts as well if you make large orders.

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