From a proshop owner's perspective, let me offer some insight on the discussion about ball quality, relative to Brunswick's announced move to Mexico:
Storm products - Worst in the business. Place a Storm ball, any Storm ball, on a MoRich determinator and listen to it bounce. Storm has, by far, the most out-of-round bowling balls in the industry.
Hammer products - Some of my favorite to throw, but I haven't seen Hammer properly mark a cg in months. The Big Deal is a favorite of mine, but Ebonite and Hammer both must use the "Ray Charles" method for marking the cg. It's typically a mile off.
Ebonite products - As stated above, has problems finding cg's and some of their balls are out-of-round.
Columbia and Track - Have some of the best overall quality.
Brunswick - A very close second place to Columbia and Track.
So, please don't assume that a move to Mexico automatically means poor quality.
We have manufacturers here in the U.S. with their own problems. It's just that those of you who are not in a proshop don't ever see them because we are able to compensate for them.
