Joe Falco,
Sorry you've been spoiled the last few years, but you never should have gotten those low prices, in the first place. The only reason you did was because of a few short sighted distributors who were willing to screw over their long standing pro shops accounts in order to gain more sales through etailers. They get little profit from those sales to the etailers. But, the etailers helped them buy the quantities required for distributors, so they were stuck with them.
This is much like Walmart forcing lower prices on manufacturers. They have so much market share, they make unreasonable demands on the manufacturers and their profit structures. Manufacturers then cut costs, over and over, until kid's toys are made with harmful materials. Many Chinese manufacturers want nothing to do with Walmart, because those that deal will them are often price cut out of business.
Ebonite has the market share to do this, plain and simple. I suspect they own at least 75% of the bowling market, if not more. You don't have to buy Ebonite. Your 30 balls is meaningless in the grand scheme. There are some customers you can't make happy, and you're one in this case.
In reality, a miniscule number of bowlers read your views. You don't make a difference. You got a good deal for years. Be glad you got it at all.
Edited on 1/4/2008 3:54 PM
