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Equipment Boards => AMF => Topic started by: TWOHAND834 on September 16, 2008, 11:24:53 AM

Title: WOW!! Too Much??
Post by: TWOHAND834 on September 16, 2008, 11:24:53 AM
http://cgi.ebay.com/EXTREMELY-RARE-AMF-GUNSMOKE-COBRA-BOWLING-BALL_W0QQitemZ190252567895QQihZ009QQcategoryZ20848QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Title: Re: WOW!! Too Much??
Post by: Gene J Kanak on September 16, 2008, 07:46:14 PM
$499 opening bid plus $35 shipping and handling. It's a rare ball, but I don't foresee many bites on that one. You can pick up 2-3 current high performance balls for that price. I wish the seller luck, but unless he finds someone with some strange fixation, I don't see that ball selling any time soon.
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Title: Re: WOW!! Too Much??
Post by: strikealot on September 16, 2008, 07:47:17 PM
i have been looking for this ball..glad you posted this, i think i will go buy it right now....NOT
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Title: Re: WOW!! Too Much??
Post by: jkiser01 on September 16, 2008, 08:18:43 PM
One word for that auction:

Ridiculous......

NO WAY that ball sells for that... I honestly would not pay $50 bucks for it..
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Title: Re: WOW!! Too Much??
Post by: Scraps Z on September 17, 2008, 02:50:35 PM
you'd be surprised what some people will pay for old school bowling balls.  a year or so ago I saw a 15# NIB Cuda/C sell for $275 on Fleabay.  Then a few weeks later a NIB 15# pearl Cuda/C went for $300.  Afterwards I removed the cuda from my daily search as I would never pay such numbers.  
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Title: Re: WOW!! Too Much??
Post by: renoatpikeville on September 17, 2008, 02:59:12 PM
He is also selling the old Piranha 16# NIB. Currently at $130.
Title: Re: WOW!! Too Much??
Post by: Gunny on September 17, 2008, 03:58:00 PM
i also saw he was selling beachfront property in Idaho also.  go figure!
Title: Re: WOW!! Too Much??
Post by: supernoodle on September 17, 2008, 04:04:31 PM
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you'd be surprised what some people will pay for old school bowling balls. a year or so ago I saw a 15# NIB Cuda/C sell for $275 on Fleabay. Then a few weeks later a NIB 15# pearl Cuda/C went for $300. Afterwards I removed the cuda from my daily search as I would never pay such numbers.


Its a good job you do not live in the UK then. Thats how much I paid for my last ball. You guys really don't know how good you have it over your side of the pond.
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Title: Re: WOW!! Too Much??
Post by: jkiser01 on September 17, 2008, 04:07:17 PM
I am amazed people pay those ridiculous prices for older balls. You can get a similar ball with the latest and greatest technology for much less..

You also have no idea how these ball have been stored for all these years. If they have been in a hot (or cold for that matter) warehouse somewhere, they could crack on the drill press very easily..

It makes no sense to me but that's just my opinion..
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Title: Re: WOW!! Too Much??
Post by: Rileybowler on September 17, 2008, 04:11:53 PM
Like old PT said there's one born everyday
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Title: Re: WOW!! Too Much??
Post by: DanH78 on September 17, 2008, 04:32:32 PM
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you'd be surprised what some people will pay for old school bowling balls.  a year or so ago I saw a 15# NIB Cuda/C sell for $275 on Fleabay.  Then a few weeks later a NIB 15# pearl Cuda/C went for $300.  Afterwards I removed the cuda from my daily search as I would never pay such numbers.  
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Yeah, but those were cutting edge at the time and Superflex is still a good coverstock.  The gunsmoke cobra is just pearl urethane with a lightbulb core.  Pearl Hammers and other similar balls are pretty easy to come by
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