L3nn0n, MI 2 AZ,
Sorry, but JLS is no troll, trust me when I say you haven't seen a real internet troll is the Misc -Bowling forum, luckily. But JLS is passionate, sometimes that passion comes out in Red crayon, lol.
JLS, I know where you are coming from. While I do make a purchase on the internet from time to time, I would say for every ball I buy from the net, I make 3-4 purchases from my local pro shop (now that may be over a couple of years, but...). I try to support my local shops, as I know the struggle these guys and gals have everyday. I never ask for a discount, but have gotten some from time to time since I kept coming back. But every JLS or JustRico out there, there are probably 2-3 guys like some here have described. I related my last drilling story in the Switch Grip thread. I moved around, had my local house driller drill up a ball that I did purchase on the internet. His drillbit for the Switch Grip was set a different depth then my last driller. He wouldn't change his depth because he didn't want to screw up his other customers who have all their equipment drilled through him for me. So as a customer....how do I go back to this guy again?!? He was recommended, he is a bowler himself, a PBA Regional winner, so he knows his stuff. Yet he can't find a POS ball, one of his old ones, or ask to buy a cheap House ball, that he can Drill into and use as a guide to reset his depth after changing it?!? C'mon. Now I have drive probably 20-30 miles at least to find another pro shop to fix this ball and drill any others I decide to get (which I know isn't as bad as some guys here, so I am lucky that I have options, it's just the one that I'm discussin, is about a mile from my house).
