Author Topic: what ball that was the biggest terd you ever bought? (Read 7817 times)

splitcity · « **on:** September 26, 2009, 02:31:21 PM »

Most overated ball ever= rotogrip cell. 200 bucks down the drain, was so sensitive to speed and any oil, hated this ball! which ball was your biggest let down?

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RadioActive · « **Reply #31 on:** September 27, 2009, 06:47:40 AM »

Columbia EPX T1!!! Nuff said!
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ginro · « **Reply #32 on:** September 27, 2009, 06:53:55 AM »

CELL WITH PIN over ring finger at 5 inches with mb 2 4 inches from pap... i hate IT!!!... DONT EVEN HOOK ON ME... 390 rpm and 16 mph high tilt....

and my fav... CELL pin under bridge at 5" from pap.... and mb at 3 inches from pap....
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ebo4life · « **Reply #33 on:** September 27, 2009, 07:09:25 AM »

Ok old school time-----amf sumo and columbia piranha----only 2 balls i hated after buying ever
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REVerse · « **Reply #34 on:** September 27, 2009, 08:02:58 AM »

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You guys are not describing bad balls. You describing balls that were drilled badly or used on the wrong condition.

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neverbackdown_x7x · « **Reply #35 on:** September 27, 2009, 08:08:16 AM »

Columbia300 Resurgence

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Noize
Xception
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jbuzz31 · « **Reply #36 on:** September 27, 2009, 09:47:19 AM »

Playmaker . Ball was so over under it wasnt funny. and it needed repolished every 3 weeks because it would track so easily

G Force solid. Ball wanted to roll through the nose everytime. light oil. heavy oil. medium oil. OOB surface. With polish. It didnt matter. It wouldnt go brooklyn oh no....just through the nose almost everytime.
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six pack · « **Reply #37 on:** September 27, 2009, 10:03:27 AM »

any Storm ball
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Juggernaut · « **Reply #38 on:** September 27, 2009, 10:38:23 AM »

I understand what charlest is saying, and THEORETICALLY he is correct in the assertion that there are no bad balls, just bad matchups.

That being said, I would ammend it to this: There are no bad ball LINES, but you CAN have BAD balls ( that aren't manufactured "correctly") get out into people hands.

The El-Nino GOLD and the Lev-RG have been touted as wonderful by many bowlers, but NOT FOR ME. Even though I tried multiple layouts with multiple surfaces, NOTHING worked with those two. Does that mean ALL El-Nino GOLDS and Lev-RG's were bad? No, but I believe the ones I had were. Now, what was wrong with them? Nobody knows, but it had to be SOME reason they were absolutely DEAD from day one.

Maybe those of us who get "bad" balls are just randomly ending up with one offs that have some hidden problem that is never diagnosed by us or our drillers.
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Razr · « **Reply #39 on:** September 27, 2009, 10:53:30 AM »

Top ones off my head..

Black widow Bite & Venom, couldn't understand why the ball was so good for about the first 3 games then wanted to start rolling out..

Psycho, most expensive marshmallow I ever owned.

Striking Motion, ......dud...

pba300900 · « **Reply #40 on:** September 27, 2009, 11:08:09 AM »

Any ball that had that damn Brunswick logo on it.
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clt2244 · « **Reply #41 on:** September 27, 2009, 11:42:38 AM »

Epic Saga - wasnt so much a "turd" for me, it was just way to condition specific, now matter what i did with the cover

Black Widow Bite - hated this ball with a passion, loved the solid and pearl but couldnt get the bite to work, biggest over/under ball ive ever thrown

Storm Special Agent - never got this to roll right, redrilled after 30 practice games, still didnt work then cracked from the fingers out, gave it away
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Oskuposer · « **Reply #42 on:** September 27, 2009, 12:00:58 PM »

Smoking Inferno became spare ball after 30 games i repolished it and resurfaced it after 100 games and ball was just blah. I owned every other inferno in the line except the blazing and I loved all of the other ones including my 2 originals my ultimate and 2 ragings
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guffnuh · « **Reply #43 on:** September 27, 2009, 01:07:16 PM »

i second that, absolutely hated that ball. but i loved the pearl

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Most overated ball ever= rotogrip cell. 200 bucks down the drain, was so sensitive to speed and any oil, hated this ball! which ball was your biggest let down?

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freak761 · « **Reply #44 on:** September 27, 2009, 01:14:41 PM »

Track Super Freak
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Plug and Redrill
Numerous surface changes
Went to different lanes, nothing would work for me

Brian362 · « **Reply #45 on:** September 27, 2009, 02:12:58 PM »

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I think charlest needs to chill out a bit, he is talking like everything he as throwen as worked perfect LOL
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