Almost every day we get a call from someone who has had an issue with other bat doctor companies and the stories we hear are baffling.  This blog is not to bad mouth anyone of our competitors specifically, but rather an attempt to open your eyes to the reality of this industry in general and what you are about to get yourself into. 

Nearly all of the people we speak to on this topic, we ask “why did you go with that company to start”?  The #1 answer by a mile is because they were the first company who popped up on a Google search.  I cannot remember a time where a person said, “after doing research I went with XYZ”, “I spoke to multiple companies and decided on them” or “I was referred by”, etc.  Basically, impulse buyers trusting the system assuming they are getting what they are paying for.  Companies pay for page ranking just like we are now for the landing page you are on and assume because these companies are ranked high in a search, they are reputable. 

Well don’t let me be the one to tell you what to think, just go ahead and find out for yourself.  What you are going to read below is no secret and if you paused for a minute to ask these questions or paid attention to the what you are looking at you will see potential red flags that you are dealing with BS artists and to stay away. 

1) Of the complaint calls we get, it is 99% around 2 companies.  I will not say who these companies are but they advertise heavily on Google and usually land at the top of the page, but outside of ads, have poor organic ranking which is not paid for.

2) There is actually a bat shaving review site where some “random” guy annually reviews bat doctor websites and ranks them from best to worst on what he reads from the site itself.  Let me be clear on what I just said, what they READ, not what these places produce or can document.  It is literally a “review” of website content or supposedly the case. 

So why am I saying all this?  The question you should ask yourself is why would anyone waste time and money building a website reviewing bat doctor websites?  Hmmmmm…….maybe he is just bored and doing everyone a good deed or maybe, the review website is really published by a bat doctor using the guise of some fake person leading you to think this guy is the bat doctor website authority.  Honestly, this is a joke and laughable and can see through it from a mile away.  I am not going to tell you what the review site is and I am not going to tell you what bat doctor publishes this site, but I don’t think it is hard to figure who that is if you find it online. 

To be clear, there is no central source for bat doctor reviews.  If you come across any central review site or forum, it is sponsored and / or created by a bat doctor themselves

3) Refusal to provide a video of the shaving.  I can tell you for certain, there are 2 bat doctor companies out there who decline videos and sell you on compression scores as “proof”.  And these are actually not the same 2 companies I mentioned above earlier where 99% of the complaints calls we get are from.  Goes to show how irrelevant these companies are in our industry, but they do exist. 

I cannot stress it enough, if the company you are wanting to use makes excuses, refuses to document the shave or pushes compression scores on you as proof of service, find another place to make your purchase.  These are BS artists!!!

4) As a segway off #3 above……compression scores.  I have a few blogs on the topic documenting this which is full of detail, but let me briefly tell you again.  Any place advertising compression scores as proof of service are companies you should avoid.  Read my other blogs as to why

5) I have seen some social media posts, mostly on IG, of a company literally rolling bats at 5000rpm which is beyond laughable.  And its laughable because no human being that is using any pressure in a roller can crank a roller to the point where the labels are literally a blur in the video.  This is smoke and mirror social media BS to capture your attention, nothing more. 

6) Again, mostly on social media, if you see any company showing off their process and the order number they post skips by the 1000s in days, you are witnessing someone trying to make themselves appear to be in huge demand.  It is nothing but manipulative tactics trying to make them out to some place of extreme popularity.  Last I checked, I don’t have a yacht, helicopter and a vacation home on the Amalfi coast………neither do these people and we service A LOT of bats.  This company also advertises same day turnaround on all bats received.  Must have 10 robots just cranking out bats to keep up with the volume and a warehouse staff of 15 people to pack and ship.  Can’t even imagine the size of their facility and customer service team.  Jokes….

7) If you see companies advertising distance gains off rolling, these are also companies selling you a pile of BS because rolling doesn’t add a foot of distance over what the bat would produce on its own if you broke it in yourself.  Don’t believe me, go buy one of those 40ft distance gains rolled bats and call me a few days after to let me know how many lights you have blown out on the light pole since you started using it. 

8) If you see rolling or shaving of alloy products, these are BS artists as well.  Rolling is for composite bats, not alloy bats (see my other blogs).  Shaving an alloy bat is not even possible as there isn’t a way to get lubricating oil inside the bat to cool down the cutting tool which will set the bat on fire.  Tried it and know.  The only reason why you see these services offered is because these companies know there is a large market for customers who want an “altered” alloy bat.  What you are paying for is literally a bat pulled out the wrapper, dropped in a box and shipped to you “shaved and rolled”

9) There is a bat doctor company, not lying here, who literally takes 2-3 months to turnaround your bat mailed in or purchased new.  I have had 100s of this company’s customers leave and share their horror stories.  This same company blasts social media with posts of 100s of bats touting “look how busy I am today” and the post hits at 3am.  The reality of this post is let me not do a thing for days or even weeks, gather up all the work I am sitting on and make a social media post of how awesome I am by the number of bats in the video.  And it’s really 5pm but let me schedule the post to hit in the middle of the night giving the “illusion” I am here late working like a dog keeping my customers happy.  Jokes again…….

Bottom line, if this is your first time getting into a shaved bat, pay attention and pick up the phone and call these places before you make a decision.  See who actually answers for starters and if they do, ask the basic questions to get a feel of who you are dealing with.  I am not saying we are the best and the one and only, but I can tell you we are the only bat doctor out there who will tell you the truth and say it how it really is.  We are not in the business of selling you garbage products and services to get a sale knowing you will never come back.  We actually want you to have a positive experience that keeps the door open for you to want to come back again should you chose.  It’s plain and simple, not smoke and mirrors with us. 

Hopefully you found this blog useful in your purchase making decision.  If you settle on us you do, if you don’t, then you don’t.