Marketing and star power sells balls. The old "win on sunday, sell on monday" mentality comes into play for impressionable bowlers looking for any edge for improvement.
Shoot, it work with me,with Ole Petey throwing a Trauma Recovery soo many years ago  (I still have mine).
But,for me I had a lot of their duds over the years, and broke away. Went with Dynothane, AMF, and 900 global since. Had one ball from those three,the Clutch that was a turd, but been pretty happy with the rest

Quote from: northface28 on December 26, 2017, 06:10:03 PM

Quote from: Uncle Meat PT 2 on December 26, 2017, 04:52:06 PM

Marketing and star power sells balls. The old "win on sunday, sell on monday" mentality comes into play for impressionable bowlers looking for any edge for improvement.
Shoot, it work with me,with Ole Petey throwing a Trauma Recovery soo many years ago  (I still have mine).
But,for me I had a lot of their duds over the years, and broke away. Went with Dynothane, AMF, and 900 global since. Had one ball from those three,the Clutch that was a turd, but been pretty happy with the rest

Man, I remember Weber floating that Trauma Recovery on TV, only problem is I dont throw it like him.

If only I had a dime for every single person that came in to the shop over the years, that said they DID throw it like Pete, Walter, or Duke, when asking them to go out and watch them throw some shots! 

Quote from: northface28 on December 28, 2017, 11:58:03 AM

The unfortunate life of the PSO, people think they throw it like Pete when in actuality they throw it like Jethro Bodine.

 
Jethro Bodine here...
 
What most bowlers don't realize is that in addition to the unreal talent of most Storm staffer/tour guys, they have unparalleled hands on tour representative support from Storm itself.
 
At the Las Vegas PBA50 events I bowl, Jim Callahan (Storm Rep) runs around like the Energizer bunny watching and servicing his bowlers. He'll do everything from observing and precision scuffing covers with Abralon during practice session/warm-up, to quickly getting new balls drilled up in the truck to provide more optimal match ups. 
 
So of course these guys are going to look great throwing Storm equipment. Just like most of the quality tour staffers from other companies look pretty good. Then average Joe Bowler goes out and suffers extreme over/under with his 1500 grit polished Code Red, and wonders what's going on. It's really not a mystery.

I knocked the shine off my code red before i drilled it, its the shape on house that i dont like.

Quote from: Steven on December 28, 2017, 02:43:50 PM

Quote from: northface28 on December 28, 2017, 01:32:58 PM

I knocked the shine off my code red before i drilled it, its the shape on house that i dont like.

 
Yea, sometimes even cover adjustments won't save a ball. My PSO who's a Storm staffer literally refused to sell me one. He made the same shape observation to me.

Thats a stand up PSO.