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TheDude

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Columbia's White dots have dried up and now Target zones are coming harder to find.
« on: March 20, 2007, 03:08:05 AM »
Well after talking to some distributors, they are all saying the samething. There is practically no White Dots left just about anywhere and there is no polyester balls in 14lbs in any brand left. They have been all bought and becuase columbia's plant isn't shipping anything they haven't been able to refill shelves. With brunswick constantly have delays and slower than average shipping it's getting to a point where it's becoming harder to find a spare ball than popular high end balls.

Will there be no end in sight of constantly back orders and delays?

I can't get any brand of spare ball right now in 14lbs!

One company closes and it makes the world's inventory dry up.
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Re: Columbia's White dots have dried up and now Target zones are coming harder to find.
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2007, 11:11:30 AM »
The effects can be felt even around here - there are some players around desperately waiting for spare balls coming across the pond! I never thought that this could be a problem - but such are the effects of globalization
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brunswickcomplete

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Re: Columbia's White dots have dried up and now Target zones are coming harder to find.
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2007, 11:14:34 AM »
true, same story here, the only that we have seen available are
ebonite maxims, and the price was raised wholesale locally.
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Re: Columbia's White dots have dried up and now Target zones are coming harder to find.
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2007, 11:57:32 AM »
Wow! who'd thunk it! But, then again makes sense.
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Re: Columbia's White dots have dried up and now Target zones are coming harder to find.
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2007, 12:28:39 AM »
Can any of the brunswick reps let us know when the back log will be solved?

i am still waiting for some back ordered vizaballs.


if i have to wait months or till season end for a simple plastic ball then come on.

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Re: Columbia's White dots have dried up and now Target zones are coming harder to find.
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2007, 12:38:17 AM »
try circle athletics rio as a spare ball.
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TheDude

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Re: Columbia's White dots have dried up and now Target zones are coming harder to find.
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2007, 10:14:25 AM »
Circle was in the ebonite buy out of columbia and rios haven't been in my area for over a year.
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Re: Columbia's White dots have dried up and now Target zones are coming harder to find.
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2007, 11:00:39 AM »
eBay them (at least the regular plastics).. I just bought a NIB target zone for $0.99 plus $25 shipping...  still, $26 isn't terrible.

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Re: Columbia's White dots have dried up and now Target zones are coming harder to find.
« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2007, 12:02:07 AM »
I was thinking about getting a new spare ball just because I liked the look of 1 of the TZones and the Black/White Spiral ball but when I found out today that these balls have a 4-6 month back order time I said never mind, ill keep on using my multicolored stripe ball.
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