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General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: phantomoperator on August 31, 2014, 07:09:27 PM
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Hello everyone. I am doing a survey for my economics class. For my topic I have chosen bowling balls. All I need to know is at what maximum price point you would purchase a ball. We'll go ahead and assume that it is a high performance ball without drilling. Thanks everyone.
Here are your choices:
$250
$225
$200
$180
$150
All you got to do is put one of these in your reply. Thanks again!
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$225 would be about it.
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Without drilling it would be around the $180 mark, and that would be a rare thing. Most of the mid-priced equipment is very, very good.
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I like to keep it under $200 but I'd go up to 225
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$180 Max without drilling-- can't see a huge difference between Advanced = Mid Level and High Prefromance
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$150 I drill my own.
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200. But many mid range balls in the $150 range handle most of the ths I see.
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$180 Max without drilling-- can't see a huge difference between Advanced = Mid Level and High Prefromance
Agree with ryan and lane; on most house patterns, a high end ball will not make much of a difference. Balls like The Freeze and Nail Titanium are considered "mid level," but they are excellent and versatile enough for most conditions. You can get both balls drilled with inserts for under $180.00.
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150 max
although 10 years ago or so i paid 175 for a 9Y yellow dot on ebay - undrilled
now that was a THS killer on the old wood lanes
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If playing solely on THS, top shelf balls are too strong IMO. Entry to mid performance equipment is better for the league bowler.
If we are strictly ball price, you can get practically any piece for $150 internet price.
I can throw any ball bad, even the expensive ones!
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$150
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$180
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200 if it is something rare that I really want.
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$180
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$150
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$150
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$180
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$225 (though for a THS I can buy stuff in that $150 range and be good. More expensive stuff needs more volume, for me)
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$225. I remember when I was in college at Southern Illinois University and I made the trek to Fairview Heights to get a ball drilled at St. Clair Bowl. It was a Track Freak Out, $270!!! Nice guys over there, they better be, pricing is damn outrageous.
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$150
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$150 undrilled.
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Expect to pay $180.00. Being a pro shop owner, most companies have MRP which sets minimum that a ball can be sold for. Getting a high performance ball at $150.00 is not likely unless it has been discontinued and MRP has been removed from it.
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As someone who buys, sells and trades a lot of balls, it depends on the ball.
I have spent over $300 for a single ball a couple of times, but only because I knew I could sell it for more.
If we are talking about balls I'm buying for my personal use, then rarely do I buy anything over $200 with drilling.
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Bowlers are almost catching up with fishermen for being suckers. The decline of bowlers is all that's keeping fishermen in the lead
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Bowlers are almost catching up with fishermen for being suckers. The decline of bowlers is all that's keeping fishermen in the lead
True, but both are far behind golfers!
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The most I've spent on NIB with drill is below $180 - average about $170'ish...but that's for high end stuff which I rarely get. I can get away with mid to lower level priced balls on THS and some sport/challenge patterns I bowl.
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150 undrilled, have a buddy that drills all my stuff.
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My "record" has been $150 for a NIB Black/c buzzsaw many years back. I typically try to stay at or below $100. There are many proven balls out there than can be bought in this price range.
S^2
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None of the above?
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Expect to pay $180.00. Being a pro shop owner, most companies have MRP which sets minimum that a ball can be sold for. Getting a high performance ball at $150.00 is not likely unless it has been discontinued and MRP has been removed from it.
There are MANY "high performance" balls that are under $180. Roto Grip sinister sell all day online for $160, Mastermind Intellect is $155. In fact the highest price for a ball that I can find (that is not elite branded) is the Storm Crux and Zero Gravity at $165. Remember we are talking about UNDRILLED. :)
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Expect to pay $180.00. Being a pro shop owner, most companies have MRP which sets minimum that a ball can be sold for. Getting a high performance ball at $150.00 is not likely unless it has been discontinued and MRP has been removed from it.
There are MANY "high performance" balls that are under $180. Roto Grip sinister sell all day online for $160, Mastermind Intellect is $155. In fact the highest price for a ball that I can find (that is not elite branded) is the Storm Crux and Zero Gravity at $165. Remember we are talking about UNDRILLED. :)
Read original post. Choices are $150, $180. $155 and $160 is more than $150 so I went with $180. If they sold for $149 I woulD have chosen $150. OP said to put one of his choices in reply.
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$150 undrilled.
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I'm not sure if I am understanding this correctly, or if anyone else is. I take this to mean, that if say you went to Buddies Pro Shop, and the cheapest you could buy a bowling ball for was $250 undrilled, would you still buy one? Assuming you couldn't find a new one anywhere else for a cheaper price. What would be your break point between getting a ball or not getting a ball. I think most of us would go higher, but buy them less often.
Does anyone else see it this way?
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That's one reason I didn't respond, the question is too ambiguous. The other reason is that time changes the response. In the early 70's I can remember saying I would walk before I paid 50 cents for a gallon of gasoline!
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$180 but if it meant supporting a friend's pro shop I'd pay whatever their retail is.
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$180 but if it meant supporting a friend's pro shop I'd pay whatever their retail is.
This.
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$180 but if it meant supporting a friend's pro shop I'd pay whatever their retail is.
This.
I get a decent amount of stuff online. However, I also get things off the shelf from the pro shop. I know he is making a profit from the other things I take him, but I feel I need to do this as well. Off the shelf he usually gives me a good frequent buyer price that I don't ask for.
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I've been fortunate to make enough money from bowling for it to pay for itself.
I bowl at a very competitive level, and my train of thought on each ball I have is to use it to win more than what I had spent on it (at the very least). When you start looking at things that way, it doesn't matter what the ball costs... in a twisted way; the more it costs, the more motivation for me to go out there and win. ;)
"It takes money to make money."... Why not suit yourself with some pretty cool tools 8)
Spent $360 on this, another $40-$60 to get it specifically drilled
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No need to spend over 150 ( undrilled ) for a ball. Also with the decline in opportunity to make money in tournaments, I am less inclined to buy as many balls, even at the low end of the price range as I use to.