WHY DO GROMMETS WEAR OUT & REQUIRE REPLACEMENT?Head Guards wear out for a number of reasons, dud to the aging of the plastic, & due to contact with court surfaces. They require replacement when worn out, to prevent permanent damage to the racquet's structure. Grommet Tubes also wear out due to the stringing process, much more rapidly, if strung by an inexperienced stringer. The more often your racquets require stringing, the more often they will also require new grommets. Grommet replacement requires skill. Even the removal of old grommets requires it, to prevent damage to a racquet, as well as to prevent debris from the old grommets finding their way inside a racquet's hollow structures, which can result in some serious noise issues. We don't recommend you attempt grommet replacement yourself, unless you have all of the tools required for the job, and the experience required to do it properly.OEM GROMMETS AVAILABLE FOR MOST MANUFACTURES: Supplying grommets for racquets that are currently, or recently in production is easy, supplying them for older racquets takes a commitment to maintain such an inventory, a commitment most suppliers, other than Tennis Menace are unwilling to undertake.For example, we still have grommets for the Wilson Pro Staff St. Vincent & Chicago both the versions WITH & WITHOUT a Headguard. Perhaps you need grommets for a Wilson Profile, or a Prince Mach 1000, a Yamaha Secret-04, or a Fischer Vacuum Pro 90? Yup! Tennis Menace has 'em.We have hundreds of thousands of tennis racquet grommets in our extensive inventory. We spent the cash and bought these grommets, while other dealers sat on their hands. It was, and continues to be a huge investment. Grommets that are available everywhere & thus not considered to be rare aren't very expensive. However, those that may no longer available from any other source often are extremely expensive. Be prepared! Such pricing is totally dependent upon how many are still available in our inventory. We fully understand that some customers feel that paying many times what a set of grommets originally cost may not seem KOSHER, after all grommets are just plastic, but try to see our situation, we have made the investment to stockpile this huge inventory so that at least there is a source for rare grommets, after every other source has dried up. If you consider what percentage of this vast inventory will never be sold, as they're no longer in demand, or simply because the available supply is significantly greater than the demand, the reason for extra high prices (for the rare ones) becomes understandable. Grommets that are available from many sources are thus going to be "fairly inexpensive".If you have searched everywhere and we are your last resort, we suggest you should be prepared for the possibility that prices will not be what you paid in the past. Some very rare grommets can cost upwards of $100. It all depends upon availability. Be aware that some manufactures, notably PRINCE have produced a few different versions of the same racquet. The name & graphics may be exactly the same, but with an entirely different grommet design, NOT interchangeable with the original version. They consider this to be product improvement. Perhaps you won't be quick to agree it was an improvement at all, if you end up with the wrong grommets being sent to you. For this reason, we always take time to verify which version you have, if applicable. Look for the TX / TC Code which should be found inside the racquet's Throat Triangle.UPDATE! It has recently come to our attention that the manufactures have altered their grommet strategy for the worse. While in the past they continued to produce & sell the grommets for their discontinued models for a number of years, they've decided that it's better for the bottom line if they no longer do so. In essence they've decided that you will simply have to buy new racquets due to lack of any grommet availability & they're betting that you'll buy a racquet from them again? I fail to see the logic in that.*This warning is due to the fact that we've become aware of Prince racquets still on the shelves, discontinued only months ago, that no longer have grommets available for them. This was further exacerbated by Sports Authority going out of business, as apparently people were stealing grommet parts from the Prince racquets on the shelves for many months prior to their decision to shut down. These incomplete racquets were then sold to thousands of people at deep discounts, only for the buyers to find out that the parts to make those racquets complete were no longer available. Here's a suggestion we hope you heed. If you have a Prince racquet that needs grommets, tell your stringer to refrain from removing & disposing of the old grommets, until you've found a definitive source for replacement and have verified that all the parts are included. Prince decided that certain "Key Pieces" such as the Inserts in their Headguards, or in some cases the Side Inserts or Throatpiece, are not WEAR parts, and often they aren't included in the replacement grommet sets. Thus saving the grommets currently in the racquet, may be prudent.YONEX produced racquets that had some "Soft Rubber Grommets". These were in the throat, and/or at at the sides & possibly top. These ALL deteriorate over time, even the NEW ones in our stock of Yonex replacement grommets. Normally all those racquets would be un-repairable, but that's not the case. We have developed a method whereby we can replace the Defective "Soft Rubber Grommets" with standard plastic grommets which fixes the problem. Racquet must be sent to us, as indicated below.WE CAN CUSTOM GROMMET ANY RACQUET, NO EXCEPTIONS! If grommets are no longer available for your particular racquet model, even from us, we'll custom grommet your racquet using our custom grommet replacement system. The cost is $1.00 or more per hole, so it varies depending upon a racquet's design. Racquets that need this service, need to be sent to us for grommeting, & stringing is required along with our custom grommet service, @ $24.95 + string price.NOTE: Grommet sales are for the most part FINAL, with NO REFUNDS GIVEN. All exchanges and or refunds are entirely at Tennis Menace's sole discretion. You'll be waiving all charge back rights if paying for grommets by credit card. We had to institute this policy, after getting ripped off by a few unscrupulous buyers, who were switching grommets on us, returning grommets other than what we sent, or sending back grommet sets with parts that they have removed, missing from them. As such, you will need to either trust that Tennis Menace is not in business to rip anyone off, or you need to seriously consider taking your business elsewhere, not that there is any elsewhere in many cases.We don't normally take grommets back, and give refunds, so it's important you or your stringer verify that they match the worn ones in your racquet, or the hole pattern of of your naked racquet, before any attempt is made at installing them. If by chance you made a mistake & ordered the wrong ones, contact us before sending them back. We will discuss the options available to you, and if a return is allowed, supply you with an RA "Return Authorization" #, required with all such returns. Upon receipt, we verify that the returned grommets are the ones we sent, that they're not missing any parts & have not been damaged, which often occurs due to an unsuccessful attempt at installing them, before issuing any credits, or possibly replacing them, which may or may not be at the same price. All shipping costs are paid by you, unless we made an error. It's your job to make sure you're are ordering the correct grommets to begin with! Repeat! it's up to you to correctly specify the model & or Headsize of the racquet when you are placing any order. WE are well aware of the differences & go out of our way when we receive your order, to make sure there is no ambiguity, as to which grommet you need, however, if you leave out a key part of a racquets name, or make a mistake as to the headsize or string pattern, things we may ask you, you can understand that it isn't the best idea to order a grommet, for a racquet that you don not actually have in your possession, such as when it is sitting at your stringers!Racquets often come in multiple headsizes & or come in varying lengths, as well as often having addendims to the name like: +, Pro, Tour, Team, in their model name. Since we must rely on what you specify when placing an order, we send an invoice via E-Mail, spelling out in detail, exactly what you ordered, so as to eliminate any arguments later. Racquets sold in other countries can often differ from U.S. models. We're a U.S. dealer, & not always aware of all non U.S. models, thus in an attempt at avoiding issues, we go out of our way, to verify that the grommets we are about to sell you are the correct ones for your racquet. If you have any inkling that your racquet may not be from the U.S., we suggest you inform us of that issue. Assume all our grommets are for U.S. racquet models, unless otherwise indicated! Again, we will go out of our way to try & verify which grommet you require, but ultimately we have no choice other than to rely on the accuracy of the information you provide to us.