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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: Beef STL on October 26, 2006, 03:20:09 AM
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I have somewhere around 30 bowling balls to sell that I've accumulated over the years. Problem is, I don't know what weight they are.
What's the easiest way to distinguish a ball's weight? I don't want to bring all these balls up to the local pro shop and ask "can you weigh these for me?" I talked to someone in the pro shop and he said that'd be the best way to do it, because distinguishing from 15 to 16 pounds is pretty hard.
Anyone got a good way to do it?
Also, what's the best way to ship a bowling ball? Would a bowling ball box stuffed with newspaper, wrapped in postal paper, work alright?
Got a link to how to ship a bowling ball properly?
I need to start clearing some of this equipment out.
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-Ricky-
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As for the weight of the ball...how about using the scales you have at home...
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Yeah.. if you have a moderately accurate home scale, take the difference between your weight and your weight while holding the ball. It may not be exact, but should be able to tell between 14lb, 15lb, and 16lb. Also get a flexible ruler so you can measure the spans fairly accurately.
My first choice for packaging a ball for shipment is to put the ball inside of a plastic bag (either the one originally inside the box or even a plastic grocery bag will work) and put in a ball box. If you can put some newspaper or foam peanuts or something to keep the ball from shifting, thats a bonus, but not necessary. Ideally, you would put this box inside a second heavy carboard box. Since those are hard to come by at times (I usually only have them if I buy a ball online and it arrives double boxed), I find it works alright to put the box inside of another ball box and close the top the best you can with packing tape. I think double boxing is the best way to assure safe arrival.
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If you can, see if your local Pro Shop will let you have his leftover 4 ball boxes. You can take these, separate them at the glued joint so that its one long piece (you will see what I mean if you look at them), and then cut them in half. You can wrap one piece around a standard ball box, cut out slots for the flaps, and then tape it around the ball box for a quick makeshift protective cover. You should have another equal length left for another ball. I've done this with all my Ebay ball sales and have not had any of them damaged (knock on wood) and doesn't cost me any money for extra boxes. You might also see if the pro shop has any single ball boxes laying around that you can get.
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Uline has a sale now.
40 cents a box for 25.
http://www.uline.com/
click on boxes corrugated...enter dimensions: 9x9x9.
I use ball boxes, and put them inside the uline 9x9x9 boxes.
Balls go through w/o a problem.
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quote:
Uline has a sale now.
40 cents a box for 25.
http://www.uline.com/
click on boxes corrugated...enter dimensions: 9x9x9.
I use ball boxes, and put them inside the uline 9x9x9 boxes.
Balls go through w/o a problem.
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Duke Harding
Nice find Duke! Shipping (for me) is almost as much as the boxes - $9.89 shipping for $10 worth of boxes, but still cheaper than Office Depot or Staples!
As far as weighing, you can spend $25-40 and get a shipping scale (http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Shipping-Scales-Postal-Adaptor/dp/B000E611QM/ref=pd_rhf_p_1/104-4262500-0681517 OR
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000H7HDUQ/ref=dp_olp_3/104-4262500-0681517)
or if you have a post office with a 24 hour lobby you can take them there and get accurate weighings. But, like somebody mentioned, you just use a standard household scale and get a good idea of the weight.
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