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Title: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: BrianCRX90 on March 18, 2006, 02:50:36 AM: Is the drilling incuded in the price of the ball or no?

If not, how much does it cost?

I'm wondering at a paticular new pro shop near me charging 50 dollars to drill plus 15 for a slug =65$ is a little excessive? Luckily I don't have finger inserts. I don't remember paying anything close to this high before.
Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: hawkeye4life on March 18, 2006, 10:52:52 AM: if i buy the ball from him i pay 10 bucks for the thumbs slug if i dont its 25 for him to drill it
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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: legend4life95 on March 18, 2006, 11:22:10 AM: The proshop in my house charges $60 to drill a blank that you bought off the internet. He also has this attitude about him that I don't care for. Therefor I found a new driller. He only charges me $25 for drilling a blank and I supply my own inserts.
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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: jkiser01 on March 18, 2006, 11:39:24 AM: quote:
The proshop in my house charges $60 to drill a blank that you bought off the internet. He also has this attitude about him that I don't care for. Therefor I found a new driller. He only charges me $25 for drilling a blank and I supply my own inserts.
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Legend, good job telling that a-hole thats charging that much to go fly a kite!! He is simply ripping people off at $60 bucks to drill a blank. I bet his shop will be the first one to go out of business because of his crappy attitude about internet balls. I would be the first one to tell him good bye. I am sorry to say but the internet is not going away so just relax and deal with it.. $25 -$35 is a very fair price to drill blanks. My guy charges $35 and welcomes all the internet balls he can drill. He is very smart about it.

I also bet you new guy will be in business long after Mr bad attutude is working at Walmart!!
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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: Juggernaut on March 18, 2006, 11:56:59 AM: Our shop charges $50 for a blank drill you bought elsewhere, no matter where it was. $10 for a pair of finger inserts and $15 for a thumb slug.

They may give a small discount for repeat customers or at the owners discretion.

If you buy the ball from the shop, drilling is complimentary, but you will pay a higher retail price for the ball. They generally try to charge enough for services that it makes it about the same "out-the-door" price for the customer.

By doing this, they make the same amount of profit whether or not they actually had to "handle" the ball or not. (by handle, I mean they didn't have to order it or pay for the shipping, they let you go to that trouble yourself)

This is the main reason I have gone to buying mostly single drill, used equipment. I can buy a ball that normally sells for $150-$200 N.I.B. for around $50 and then spend only $15 having the thumb plugged and re-drilled. Voila, $200 worth of ball for around $65-$75.

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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: Juggernaut on March 18, 2006, 12:07:57 PM: BOWL,

I would appreciate it if you wouldn't P.M. me and flame me without any clue as to what you are talking about.

I don't even HAVE a shop. The one I am talking about is at the center I bowl at and I am not affiliated with them in any way, other than having my stuff worked on like every body else.

Thanks for accussing me of being a thief without even knowing what the he11 you are talking about.

P.S. Welcome to my ignore list!
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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: EJ300 on March 18, 2006, 12:09:34 PM: 25-35 depending on slugs and grips and free if you buy it there..............duh
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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: legend4life95 on March 18, 2006, 12:17:41 PM: quote:
25-35 depending on slugs and grips and free if you buy it there..............duh
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Yeah, but how much do the balls there cost? The guy here that charges $60 to drill a blank not bought from him, also includes the drilling costs in the ball if you buy from him...but for a high performance line ball most are $250-$280 + Tax. Thats just crazy and why I don't give him any business.

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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: BrunsMike on March 18, 2006, 12:24:05 PM: Well, it depends on where you go in NorthEast Lake County IL. The cheapest for a drill on a blank, $30 and the highest $65. Both prices are with inserts and slugs included. The guy i goto now will take any ball you have and work on it no questions asked and this is the guy that charges everyone new or not $30. Plug and redrill with this same guy, $25. If your one of his friends you got better deals, thank god i get a break as im one of his friends.

So to review, $30-$65 in my area. 1 guy takes anything for bussiness the guy that charges $65 will not drill anything unless its NIB sold by him, he doesnt even plug and redrill.
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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: scotts33 on March 18, 2006, 12:27:03 PM: Does the pro.....layout the ball. Watch you bowl and fiure out what will best for you on the lane condition you are intending to use the ball on? Measure your PAP?
Take the ball out after drilling and throw some so you know it fits right and comes off fine?

If you say yes to all......$25-$35 ain't enough money.

If you want three holes punched and you tell the driller where you want 'em and you take all responsibilty for your screw ups in layout/PAP, etc. then yes fine $25-$35 is enough.

As always you get what you pay for!

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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: jkiser01 on March 18, 2006, 12:30:12 PM: Quote
Does the pro.....layout the ball. Watch you bowl and fiure out what will best for you on the lane condition you are intending to use the ball on? Measure your PAP?
Take the ball out after drilling and throw some so you know it fits right and comes off fine?

Thats all stuff that I could care less about.. I already know all that before I go in there..

There are also very few (if any) shops that do any of that for anyone anymore..

Like I said, its all personal preference..
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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: BrunsMike on March 18, 2006, 01:09:34 PM: The guy i goto that charges me $30 watches me throw a few, checks my PAP every 2-3 months, all that and doesnt charge anymore, he feels that hes ripping off people, he doesnt run a proshop for the money as it is his main income but he does it mainly for a hobby.
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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: brinen28 on March 18, 2006, 01:20:37 PM: The guy I go to charges 60.00 to drill a blank ball. After reviewing his prices, he makes it the same price for someone if you buy it online, and then he charges drilling, or if you come into the shop, buy one from him, and drilling is included.

I still buy all my stuff from him there. He gives me a deal on some things, but I have been going there for a while. But the base price is 60.00. I do not think that is unreasonable, but I am not bringing in blanks to get drilled.

The difference is some of the posts I see, some people claim the owner does it for a hobby. Well, some do it for a living and need to pay the bills and make a decent living.
Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: BrunsMike on March 18, 2006, 01:31:39 PM: I know most pro-shop oweners need to make a living and thats their main reason on charging $50-$60 per ball blank drilled. I dont have a real problem with that, they are doing what they have to do in this world. The only pro-shops i dont like are the ones that have bad attitudes or wont work with ya.
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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: Spider Ball Bowler on March 18, 2006, 01:32:50 PM: The guy I go to chagres me $49 for drilling with a slug and inserts. That's if I get the ball offline. So you figure pay around 100-120 for the ball add the 20 shipping and the 49 for drilling you're paying $189 or $190 for a ball that would cost me $210 at his shop....is the $20 worth it.....sometimes.

I used to go to a place right down the street from me cuz he never asked any questions, just punched the ball up, but as I looked into what I had drilled by him....the X-hole was always messed up. It had huge ridges like the drill went in at a crazy angle or something. Not sure how much that would affect things, but it could, and the balls always seemed to feel different from him.

I want to find a new driller because of an incident I had over a replacement ball, and most likely I will. I have been told about 2 different pro shops that drill the equipment of the big boys out here in the GDBA and they do a heck of a job.

Only problem is they're both a million miles away from me

I would love to learn how to drill my own stuff....think of the money I would save then....get a ball offline...buy the inserts and thumb slugs offline for what...$5 total....I'd be looking at a price of like $110 for high end stuff...can't beat that.
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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: fins4ever88 on March 18, 2006, 01:33:47 PM: It costs me about $60 for a full drill with grips and slugs, but i don't ever use a slug so it's $50 for me. I used to think that was high until I saw what people had to pay elsewhere. I used to see the balls available on the wall and they had a price of about $170 or so for the Ultimate Inferno and such. When I realized it included grips and a slug, I realized he wasn't trying to overprice...except on AMF balls. All of the AMF balls (it's an AMF house) are around $210 drilled, and that's all he recommends. We do have some good stuff on the wall that are well priced.
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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: brinen28 on March 18, 2006, 01:34:14 PM: Well, the guy I have gone to for years will sit there and talk to you about your game, look at your current equipment, suggest what will improve your game based on your requirements. One of the reasons I have been going there for years... and will continue to go there....

Also the reason I do not mind spending the few extra bucks... The customer service and knowledge is well worth it.

The other plus is that he doesnt try to push one ball or one line. He has a huge selection, and give you different options based on MFG. He suggests what works and what has worked for other people. Who better to give you feedback on the products you drilled than the customers that are throwing them. - I dont think you can get that kind of feedback from an online guy...

Just my opinion

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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: DON DRAPER on March 18, 2006, 01:36:43 PM: my pro shop man includes drilling in the cost of the ball---also included is several surface adjustments and several thumbhole adjustments. he charges $35 for a ball brought to him. he doesn't mind drilling balls brought to him as long as the customer realizes that the $35 only covers the drill----no advice, no surface adjustment, nothing else.
Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: DRUFER on March 18, 2006, 01:40:50 PM: i pay $60 for a blank ball, free if the ball is purchaced at the shop, but the guy i go to ususally will take you out on the lane to make layout recomendations and will ususally change my finger inserts and do surface adjustments for free.
Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: volley_man on March 18, 2006, 02:43:46 PM: I get pretty much all of my stuff online. My shop doesn't necessarily like it, but understands that it's reality. I took two balls in that needed to be adjusted to my span, with new inserts and thumb slugs. I picked them up today and walked out for a total of $50. I think that's very reasonable. They had to plug the fingers in one and the thumb in the other, so it's not like there was no effort involved.

Hopefully it's the customer service side of things that drives most shops. Repeat customers (especially those that spread the "good word") can mean a lot of money coming their way...

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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: No Fear on March 18, 2006, 02:50:39 PM: I Charge 40.00....That includes Thumb Slug & Inserts....& I welcome People that bring in a Ball bought elsewhere
Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: MillWorker on March 18, 2006, 03:00:09 PM: Our store charges labor based on what you level of service you need.

Conventional drilling: 19.95
Fingertip: 39.95
Advanced Fingertip: 49.95

These prices are the same if you buy the ball from us or buy it somewhere else. We help our clients pick out the right ball and then help them get the right price. Our clients can purchase the ball from us or an internet site right from our store. They ship it to us and we drill it.

The modern pro shop is a service business not a retail store.
Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: thfonz98 on March 18, 2006, 03:03:09 PM: 20 bucks(with inserts and slug) for me last time but i bring in some business for him and help him out with customers with their choices(with the inventory of the shop) when i have to wait when i walk in. for balls in stock drilling is included. when he respanned my grip(measuring and use of tools) it was more but that should be expected.

usually it goes in the fashion of:

i tell him how i want it drilled up. he then tells me his history of that ball and what he sees with it. i have him drill it his way. rolls good.
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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: mab on March 18, 2006, 05:34:46 PM: 35.00 bascic drill with grips and slug,60.00 advanced drill with grips and slug. Any ball no matter where it comes from. plug and redrill 10.00 per hole grips and slug included. 30.00 for Haus resurface, 5.00 polish,3.00 scuff,10.00 new grips,10.00 new slug.
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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: Tugger on March 18, 2006, 05:46:57 PM: if you buy it there free plus inserts($5/ea.) and thumb slug if wanted($10) if you buy somewhere else and bring it in $40 plus inserts and thumb slug
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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: BrianCRX90 on March 18, 2006, 09:18:49 PM: Ok, after reading this I think the price of measuring and drilling should be no more then 30 not counting the inserts. I find 50$ to put some holes in a ball is totally ridiculous. I guess I will just go somewhere else. It's the principal of it that bugs me, and I have a choice of going somewhere else!
Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: Rabiddog135 on March 18, 2006, 09:58:46 PM: The shop that drills all my equipment if I buy the ball or take a ball in that has to be plugged and redrilled or a blank ball to drill he only charges me $15.00 including grips and thumb slug that is not the norm for his shop though but I have become vary good friends with him and I send him tons of customers that he also gives a discount to just because I sent them in there as long as they mention to him that I sent them in hes a great person and a great driller he is also one of the only shops that will allow me to go back in the area where he does all his work on equipment while he is drilling my equipment
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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: scotts33 on March 18, 2006, 10:11:28 PM: It's interesting that I have seen NO responses from the guys that give great drilling advice on BR and run reputable businesses.

Guys like tekneek, Doug Sterner, JohnP, T-God, kotm, etal......what say you guys. Like to know the real story not from some guy that has a drill press in his basement......doing it as a hobby.

Inquiring minds wanna know??????

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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: DON DRAPER on March 18, 2006, 10:17:54 PM: bowl, there was an article on this very subject in bowlers journal international several years ago. the man who wrote the article advocated that if a ball was brought into his shop and it was purchased online or thru a catalog, etc., he would drill it the way the customer wanted. however, anything else cost extra. it makes sense to me. if you buy a ball from me i'll go the extra mile customer service wise. if you bring me a ball purchased somewhere else and you want it drilled, fine. but you're not going to get the extra service as if you purchased it from me in the first place.
Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: Pin_Daddy on March 19, 2006, 12:00:09 AM: Blank winds up being $45 with thumb slug, inserts and tax. Seems to be pretty fair to me and he always throws in a few free games, and is great about adjusting things if they don't fit quite right.

He's a co-owner of the alley, and he's smart enough to see that me bringing in 6 balls over the past 2-3 months is way better than him selling me one ball. Customer service wins repeat customers, and contrary to popular belief that is all that is going to let a bowling alley/ proshop stay in business in this day and age.
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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: Mike Austin on March 19, 2006, 01:34:50 AM: I have ala carte or undrilled pricing in my shop. Drilling is the same whether you buy the ball from me or not. Only about 5-10% of the balls that I drill are brought in.

$40 for drilling, grips are $7, slugs are $8, plus tax. Seriously considering raising my prices. Supply and demand. I have about 40 balls on my work log right now, these 16 hour days are getting long.

I do watch customers bowl whenever lanes are available, I do coaching and lessons, I want to help them bowl better. My time is money.

And, unlike BOWL keeps stressing about being an online shop. I am a physical location inside a bowling center, that has rent, phone, insurance, corporate taxes (I am incorporated). Along with storage unit, CPA, and the myriad of people wanting donations and such. I give 10% off for people that bowl leagues in my center.

$50-$60 is NOT too much for the service that I provide. Surface adjustments, grip adjustments, tips on physical game, etc.... Add to the fact that I have 3 Pug Dogs and am funny as hell!!! LOL!!!

Anyway, if a guy can get higher prices, don't begrudge him, don't talk about him behind his back and cut him to the bone. Shop somewhere else. If he/she is providing enough service for the money charged, then he is doing something right.

Do you people go to the discount lazer vision surgeon? The discount plastic surgeon for bigger boobs? When your car is dead in the water, do you haggle with your mechanic?? I and others provide a service that not everyone can do. Not many do it as well as I do, I should be paid accordingly. I am not ripping anyone off.

Let the flames begin!
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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: El Capitán on March 19, 2006, 02:16:42 AM: I know a pro shop owner that includes drilling in the price of the ball. for example, if i were to buy a Track Solution PP off of his shelf, it would be about $140, b/c the ball is worth about 100 online, and he charges $40 for the drilling. Anything else is extra. he does this to compete with all the online sites.

And for anyone to know, just fyi, buying balls online will not really save you any money. I know, i tried it. Buying a ball cheap online, will still include shipping, and drilling, plus anything else you want.

I know... i tried to save money this way... lol... didn't work!!
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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: rickc on March 19, 2006, 07:46:21 AM: Its $50 if you bring in a blank to my pro shop. Thats close to what they make on a new ball. Slugs and grips are extra. This pro shop has a very knowledgeable staff and all my equipment fits the same.
They also carry the Grip-Loc removeable thumbs.

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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: scotts33 on March 19, 2006, 08:15:59 AM: Mike Austin great comments. When I asked for "real" opinions for "real" pro shop operators I forgot about you...
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Guys like tekneek, Doug Sterner, JohnP, T-God, kotm, etal......what say you guys.

Thanks for the honest thoughts. I couldn't agree more and I am NOT a pro shop operator. But, I go to one in my area who is bar none the most knowledgeable and been in business for over 25 years.

I am also a pro clubmaker with 20 years of experience, knowledge and the tools to go with it. Every cut n' glue hack can build a set of irons but can they fit the irons correctly so the player can get the most out of them? So, many fitting issues in golf are much the same in bowling.

Well said Mike.
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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: monstercrank on March 19, 2006, 09:58:39 AM: the regular prices at my shop are 40 blank 15 for slug and 10 for grips, if you buy the ball there Im sure its a little less. but when I go there I get some crazy deals. I got a full plug and redrill with grips and slug and a nother ball new grips and slug and surface ajustments all for 15 bucks. I dont think I payed anything near full price for about a year.

and by the way by my shop I dont mean Im the owner I mean the shop I go to.
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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: gojr1815 on March 19, 2006, 10:07:48 AM: My pro shop charges me 60 to drill an internet ball. The time he spends with me discussing my game and next ball purchase means a lot. He also does not warranty it if he does not sell it. So I guess it is worth a little extra for peace of mind.
Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: TurboManGT on March 19, 2006, 10:13:03 AM: $15 for a slug and $10 for grips!!! Thats crazy
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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: qstick777 on March 19, 2006, 01:05:09 PM: Bring your own ball and it's $50 plus $3.50/each for inserts, and $10 for slug.

Drilling is free if you buy the ball - prices for inserts and slug are the same.

Plug and re-drill is around $40 for 3 holes - not sure why that is cheaper????

Either way, for anything other than the highest priced balls, it's about the same cost whether you buy it from him or get it on-line and pay to have it drilled.

He doesn't care either way - he's probably making more money just off the drilling without the hassle of ordering.
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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: JamesCube on March 19, 2006, 06:56:12 PM: We charge 25 to drill a plastic ball, 35 to drill a urethane ball and 45 to drill a reactive/particle ball.

The theory is that the better balls take more knowledge to lay out and drill than a spare ball.
Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: Ragnar on March 21, 2006, 10:03:36 AM: I'm special. My driller charges me anywhere from $0 to $20 to drill a ball that I bring him (including plugwork). Nothing for what I buy from him. I've no idea what others pay and I don't want to ask.
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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: clintdaley on March 21, 2006, 10:18:10 AM: At my shop, this was the first year I was in the bowling alley (freestanding before) and thus kept my prices in line with the old owners so not to shock everyone and get whatever I can get out. I charge $25 for drilling including a free game and help on lanes, lifetime cleans, polishes, and sanding for free, grips are an extra $5 for the set, and $5 for the slug....so the most out the door with me is $35...however, next year it will be $35 for drilling, $5 for set of grips, and $10 for the slug...

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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: Strapper_Squared on March 21, 2006, 10:20:32 AM: Equipment bought in the shop includes drilling (extra $8 each for grips and/or thumb slug). Prices range around $200 to $250 for high end stuff and around $160 to $180 for mid-line stuff. Blank resin/particle balls that are brought into the shop are charged $50 to drill plus grrps/slug. Blank plastic/urethane balls are $25 plus grips & slug. Our shop offers a 15% discount to all league bowlers on everything. I "part-time" there, so I do my own work and am charged for materials only.

As far as driving business away with drilling blank equipment, its not the case in our area. We have three places to have equipment drilled within an hrs drive. One guy does it in his garage and it costs $40 + tax. A second place charges around the same, but it takes several weeks to get any work done. Finally, our place charges a little extra, but its walk-in and 30 minutes, done. We do fitting, layouts, analysis, etc. We take time to locate the bowlers PAP (as opposed to the other places who just put holes in the balls).

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Title: Re: How much does drilling cost in your loc pro shops
Post by: Brodieman on March 21, 2006, 01:28:07 PM: Good god@$&*!! i pay 30 bucks for a plug and a redrill, new stuff complimentary drill, pay for the slug. Had one drilled brand new once, didnt like the layout took it back he pulled a brand new ball off the rack and tried something different. I guess a good proshop is hard to find.

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Our shop charges $50 for a blank drill you bought elsewhere, no matter where it was. $10 for a pair of finger inserts and $15 for a thumb slug.

They may give a small discount for repeat customers or at the owners discretion.

If you buy the ball from the shop, drilling is complimentary, but you will pay a higher retail price for the ball. They generally try to charge enough for services that it makes it about the same "out-the-door" price for the customer.

By doing this, they make the same amount of profit whether or not they actually had to "handle" the ball or not. (by handle, I mean they didn't have to order it or pay for the shipping, they let you go to that trouble yourself)

This is the main reason I have gone to buying mostly single drill, used equipment. I can buy a ball that normally sells for $150-$200 N.I.B. for around $50 and then spend only $15 having the thumb plugged and re-drilled. Voila, $200 worth of ball for around $65-$75.

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