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Matt Fortney

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Best Selling Ball of all time?
« on: April 05, 2008, 02:04:50 PM »
Title says it all...anybody know for sure? If not...know where I could find out?

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Re: Best Selling Ball of all time?
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2008, 10:14:36 PM »
I'm not sure if those stats can be found anywhere, but if I were a betting man, I'd put my money on the Columbia White Dot. Just my personal guess...
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Re: Best Selling Ball of all time?
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2008, 11:04:23 PM »
Urethanes, I would guess BLACK HAMMER

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Re: Best Selling Ball of all time?
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2008, 11:12:19 PM »
X-Factor (Original) seemed mighty popular.

Matt Fortney

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Re: Best Selling Ball of all time?
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2008, 11:15:25 PM »
I think I may have heard the Triton Heat was the most popular ball ever on tour...but how that transcends down to the common guys I don't know...just thought it was something to think about.

BTW...White Dot seems to be a good guess.

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Re: Best Selling Ball of all time?
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2008, 11:18:59 PM »
My vote would go to the Columbia Yellow Dot...........
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Re: Best Selling Ball of all time?
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2008, 09:00:50 AM »
Any ball that has been released in the last 15 or so years (The Ball of the Month Era), will definitely not be on the list of potential "best selling ball of all time".  Modern bowling balls just don't stay in production long enough to even have a shot to selling those kind of numbers.  That title would  goto a ball that was not only popular, but also stayed in production for many years.  I would also guess it will be a ball from several decades ago.  I mean honestly, who buys a vast majority of bowling balls?  League bowlers.  League membership is way down over the last decade, which means the pool of ball buyers is also way down.  This leads me to believe that the best selling ball of all time will come from a time when there were a greater pool of buyers, and also a time when balls stayed in production for many years, as opposed to many months.
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Re: Best Selling Ball of all time?
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2008, 09:09:14 AM »
Reactive~ I'd guess Absolute Inferno OR Black Widow Solid
Plastic~ White Dot
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Re: Best Selling Ball of all time?
« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2008, 09:10:53 AM »
the best selling ball of all-time would probably be the brunswick black beauty. this hard rubber ball was made from the 1930's until the 1980's.

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Re: Best Selling Ball of all time?
« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2008, 09:35:03 AM »
Lets not forget about the V2 Solid...which was produced and sold through the 2000's for nearly 6 years! This is without a doubt the winner for the Reactive Resin ball. Ebonite is not stupid, if they ball was not selling they would have no reason to keep it on the market as long they actually did.
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Re: Best Selling Ball of all time?
« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2008, 09:47:06 AM »
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Take it from me I've run a pro shop for more than a decade and it is definitely the black widow original.
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  The question was " Of ALL time".   The columbia white dot has been in production since plastic balls were introduced back in the early 60's and have been sold worldwide.

  They may not be the most popular, but they probably are the best sellers of all time.  Even now people buy them to just be a spare ball.

  You may have a black widow, or a v2, or a cell, but there is a good chance you have a white dot to go along with that ball.
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