Louis,

From what I am reading on your last post it would seem to me you are not providing your Staffers the equipment that will allow them to be successful on tour.  The tour conditions have been quite similiar the last 2 years.  Also, we know that

1) Tour Player have much higher rev rates
2) Due to this Friction management is the key to success
3) Other companies have the tools to help their staffers achieve number 2 which allows them to compete regularly for titles and not just be on tour.
4) With all that Track has out now as you state, that the newer equipment is filling holes. Is that really true as what we are seeing is no real success for the Track brand in a while.  Of course if you have a ball on tour that does well it equates to sales or none of you would be paying the admission fee for being on tour I would think (Lane 1 is a prime example of this)

Again, my point of contention is basically hearing how great the new pieces are but not having anything to base that on other than staffers.  For you to say "such and such balls does such and such compared to a Virtual Gravity" really has no basis unless backed with something that shows this.  I think many companies have gone this route and it has turned the bowler off to the Staff recs (Brunswick is one prime example I can think of). Tell us what the ball is supposed to do on what conditions and what we can expect and the customer would be quite happy. There is no need to say this ball ....compared to other balls.
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Prior to this post, my e-mails and PMs were pretty steady with questions about the 930T.  The most common questions were "How does it compare to the VG and/or a Cell?"  Whenever I pull out the 930T at the center, I get the same questions.  With that being said, I think that the comparissons that are here are completely legitmate.  If you want the basics on what the ball can do on what conditions, we are more than happy to give that to you.  That is also part of the job.  Most of the bowlers aren't asking me how this ball is going to react on Tour because they don't care.  They want to know if it's a better ball than they had in that spot in the bag last year.  In my opinion, as well as others who have posted in this thread...we feel it is a better ball.  Again this is what all manufacturers try to do.  Take something to the next level.
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Track Staff Member
GM of Blue Ball Lanes - Blue Ball, PA

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