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anything

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quality issues
« on: March 26, 2009, 04:49:35 AM »
i dunno if its just me, but the quality of brunswick balls seems to have dipped or the QC dept isnt working. i was using brunswick and then switch to storm and columbia, but recently came back to brunswick cos one of the balls looked promising. the first ball i got had coverstock problems due to manufacturing. asked for a replacement and got 1. now, the ball has got printing problems!?! the logo was misprinted!! gosh. just got it drilled but yet to thrown it yet. let just hope its only the appearance and nothing wrong with the cores or cg watsoever. dunno if i'm ever gg back to big B again. anyone of u with logo printing errors?? LOLS.
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storm making it rain

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Re: quality issues
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2009, 12:53:38 PM »
brunswick just got done trying to dump a lot of blem balls recently, that may be the problem, hopefully you didnt pay full price.  i got my brother a destruction blem but he hasnt had any problems with it.  they were going for real cheap mostly color blems but some stamping issues

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Re: quality issues
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2009, 12:54:01 PM »
75% of my balls are Big B, and nope.... no problem at all.
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Re: quality issues
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2009, 12:55:17 PM »
No quality issues for me.  The cover on my Avalanche and Ultra Zone look like they will last forever.
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« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2009, 12:59:05 PM »
well i sure hope its just the printing and nth else. getting tired of shuttling b/w home and pro shop. will go down and tell the driller abt it and see what he says. to bowler25 what u makes u say that they are clearing out blem balls? sighs i'm starting to feel that mine falls into that category lol.
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CharlieBrown

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Re: quality issues
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2009, 01:00:21 PM »
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No quality issues for me.  The cover on my Avalanche and Ultra Zone look like they will last forever.


Substitute them with Ultimate Inferno, Twisted Fury etc...

My BigB stuff last forever.

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Dewey24

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Re: quality issues
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2009, 01:34:03 PM »
Anything, Bowler25 says that because when he ordered it for me it came from the distributor as "BRUNSWICK BLEMS" After asking folks on here, a couple of the knowledgeable regulars said to try it. I got a great price on the ball being a blem. The blem turned out to be a short pin (about and inch and slight surface  issues around the pin and MB  which were later resurfaced off). To be honest I think my average the second half of the year (Got TFD blem in November) is up about 10pins with this ball. I hope you didn't get taken advantage of buy the ball seller. Because Brunswick doesn't mark them X-outs or blems some dishonest folks might try to take advantage of their customers, but I really think the blems aren't so bad.
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Re: quality issues
« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2009, 01:46:17 PM »
No problems here either (Fury Pearl and original Twisted Fury)
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Re: quality issues
« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2009, 01:49:43 PM »
"go back 2 skool, ur hole gramma and spellin is Turrible."

Damn your post/responses are hard as hell to read.
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« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2009, 02:07:14 PM »
Turrible is that how Charles Barkley would say it?
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DON DRAPER

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Re: quality issues
« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2009, 04:19:12 PM »
100% of my bowling balls have been brunswick( except for 1 morich )and none of them have had any problem with quality control.
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Re: quality issues
« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2009, 09:44:06 AM »
oh wells. looks like i should just stay happy and feel 'lucky' about getting 1 of the misprints lol. who knows, maybe it'll rise in value for collectors in a few years time. just like misprinted notes and stamps hahaha.
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Re: quality issues
« Reply #12 on: March 27, 2009, 10:09:36 AM »
Okay, here we go.

There were some significant quality issues with the start up of the plant in Mexico.

Now, there are fewer and fewer qc issues as every day passes. Why? Because the employee's in Mexico are becoming more & more familiar with what is acceptable and what is not.

Anything, you never mentioned what Brunswick balls you have/had qc issues with. And your posts are EXTREMELY difficult to read. please use the "check spelling" button from now on.

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Re: quality issues
« Reply #13 on: March 27, 2009, 04:05:11 PM »
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Because Brunswick doesn't mark them X-outs or blems some dishonest folks might try to take advantage of their customers


They used to print a small "s" in their "B" logo to represent a second/blem or at least they did with some Scorchin Infernos I punched.  Is this no longer the standard procedure for them?  Just trying to keep up, thanks.
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Re: quality issues
« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2009, 07:20:16 AM »
I never saw a blem by Brunswick till the Scorchin inferno. Or at least they were impossible to find. Now they are everywhere.

I have had some problems with many first quality mismarking the cg or marking several cgs or none at all. I've talked with others who have had the same problems. Other then that they still preform great.
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