Ok, say Wal-Mart decided to add a bowling section to it's sports department.  Say they carried around 5-8 of every company's hottest balls with 2 or 3 plastic/entry level balls and sold them at Internet pricing with drilling included.  How many of you would leave your current driller and get your balls drilled there if they had a "Certified" driller, but still paid him a typical $1.50 above minimum wage, hourly wage?  To stir the pot even more, what if no plugging/redrilling services were offered and a no-return on drilled balls policy in effect?  Would you still buy your balls for $50-70 cheaper at Wal-Mart and take the 50/50 risk of a good job/poor job being done?
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-DJ Marshall
...The Twelve In a Row Pro Shop.  Hyattsville, MD
Coach: University of Maryland Baltimore County Mens Bowling


Edited on 12/26/2007 10:18 PM

Would you have surgery done if walmart offered it?

I thought so.

Andrew
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FUFU

not me----my pro shop operator is ibpsia certified and has forgotten more about ball drilling than anybody wal-mart would have.

I would go to walmart. if there was a qualifed driller like you said. Because he would get your specs down and get to know you and do a good job for you like anybody else. Also with walmart return policys I am sure they would be better on returning stuff then any pro hsop.

If he's a certified driller and proves to have knowledge of bowling, why not try one? If you like what the guy talks about and what he does when he drills for you, then I say go for it. Sure, you might not get the same warranty and such as a normal pro shop might give you, but aren't new balls on warranty with the ball company anyway? If something goes bad with the ball, take it up with the company. Now you'll have the downtime between when the company can deal with you, but in my experience, I've never had that problem, so I'd give them a try.

And if he screws up, well you saved the money. Go get it plugged/redrilled at your normal guy and never go there again.
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---Ryan

If this was to happen, I highly doubt they would have high performance balls. Some spare and maybe some entry level equipment with low end rollers. Same with all the   sport equipment, mostly the cheaper stuff.
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We hit high, still strike, you know this...BOWLLLLIIINNNGGG!!!!

Nope. I drill my own b/c I like to experiment and my local proshop trys to get rich quick.
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