Comments for John's Column

Comment on Wilson Impact Tennis Racket by P. Reed-Wagner

P. Reed-Wagner — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:32:39 +0000

I bought 2 of these for my [...] son and I to learn to play tennis together. Overall, we are both very satisfied … very light, easy to manage for beginners. Very good value!
Rating: 5 / 5

Comment on Wilson Impact Tennis Racket by C. St Germain

C. St Germain — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:27:20 +0000

I have used a few different racquets lately, and I honestly couldn’t tell you the difference between this $17 one with it’s Volcanic Frame Technology and the $50 NANO CARBON racquets with the molecular matrix of high modulus graphite fibers and Nano-sized Silicon Dioxide crystals. I think VFT is very underrated in the marketplace. If you’re looking for good bang for your buck I would not overlook this one. It comes in red, too, which was what I was actually looking for. (The VFT was sort of a bonus, in my eyes!)

EDIT - if I could change the star rating, I would change it to a 3. It’s okay for a beginner’s racquet. I have discovered much better ones since.
Rating: 4 / 5

Comment on Wilson Impact Tennis Racket by K. D. Tang

K. D. Tang — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:44:08 +0000

I bought this recently and already I think this racquet is great. The main reason I bought this is because this is light and oversized, great for beginners like me (plus this racquet isn’t so expensive). But I think this racquet is good any level player. Highly recommend it!!
Rating: 5 / 5

Comment on Wilson Impact Tennis Racket by A. Pritchett

A. Pritchett — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:50:24 +0000

I started taking tennis classes at my community college a couple weeks ago. I picked up this racquet because it was cheap and light with a big head. It has performed very well and my game is good enough to play with some of the more experienced players that have $200+ racquets.
Rating: 5 / 5

Comment on Wilson Impact Tennis Racket by Poogy

Poogy — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:50:34 +0000

If you want to impress others, have more money than you know what to do with, or are skilled enough that you know for a fact that you will play better with a racquet that has specific characteristics that this one lacks, buy another racquet. If you just want a decent racquet that reliably does what a raquet should do, you don’t need to pay more than this. Because of advances in technology, this plays better than most of the racquets that were available, regardless of price, ten years ago, so if you’re not happy with your game, you won’t be able to blame this racquet.
Rating: 5 / 5

Comment on How much does a Christmas tree lot worker make? by $Billy Ray$ Valentine

$Billy Ray$ Valentine — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:33:16 +0000

Minimum wage maybe a little more.. They asked you what your hourly requirements were, you should have told them $10.00 per hr or whatever you think your worth. Tell the boss that if he doesn’t feel that you are worth what you requested after a weeks work, he can knock down your hourly pay to minimum wage. If you request 10 or 12, you will need to work at that pace.

…Billy Ray

Comment on How much does a Christmas tree lot worker make? by nvro1

nvro1 — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:38:59 +0000

Minimum at max….It depends if you know how to put a stand on. Or what you are doing