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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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Re: quality issues
« Reply #16 on: March 29, 2009, 08:48:55 PM »
Maxxx Zone, Rattler, Swarm, Groove Urethane. Only a real problem with the Wild Ride. Tried surface changes and never saw any reaction out of it. Might make a great spare ball ....

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Re: quality issues
« Reply #17 on: April 03, 2009, 08:51:53 PM »
I just picked up an Ultra Zone with a 3 -4 inch pin and for the life of me I can't find the cg marking.
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DON DRAPER

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Re: quality issues
« Reply #18 on: April 03, 2009, 11:04:50 PM »
i've still got a new wild ride in the box. i won't drill it until late in the summer. no quality control problems with this ball. great looking pearl coverstock. pin, cg, and psa all easily identifiable. all logos look like they should.
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Easy10pins

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Re: quality issues
« Reply #19 on: April 06, 2009, 04:54:18 PM »
Wild Ride, no issues.

Smash Zone, no issues.

Avalanche Slide, no issues.

When someone is trying to find something wrong, they usually do.
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DON DRAPER

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Re: quality issues
« Reply #20 on: April 06, 2009, 10:23:28 PM »
a senior player on my wednesday night team recently drilled a wild ride......no quality control issues with this ball. the pro shop i bowl my other league at has half a dozen different brunswick balls in the window. i looked every one of them over closely....no quality control problems. i think a lot of this "problem" is really hatred/disgust/etc. that brunswick moved production to mexico.

i don't hear diehard dexter or linds wearers complain about production being moved overseas. two guys in my wednesday night league throw brand new columbia 300 white dots. when i told them that the balls were made in china now they're answer was, "who cares ?".
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Re: quality issues
« Reply #21 on: April 07, 2009, 02:49:03 AM »
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I just picked up an Ultra Zone with a 3 -4 inch pin and for the life of me I can't find the cg marking.
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Yeah, sorry about that. I must have made that particular ball.
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Easy10pins

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Re: quality issues
« Reply #22 on: April 07, 2009, 06:12:59 AM »
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Same here.. still a good looking ball...(not punched yet)

 
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I just picked up an Ultra Zone with a 3 -4 inch pin and for the life of me I can't find the cg marking.
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Some balls, due to their color, the CG is hard to find.  Especially when it's just a micro-indentation on the ball.
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Re: quality issues
« Reply #23 on: April 07, 2009, 07:18:49 AM »
anything,

     To put it bluntly, there were widespread problems with the quality and workmanship of the Brunswick Product since the move to Mexico.  In seminars that I have attended, the Product Reps were asked the same questions that you ask.  There were issues in place while in Michigan that made the move to Mexico NECESSARY.  If this move did not take place, Brunswick would not be making any balls.   With the proper education and training, quality and workmanship has greatly improved and will only get better.  

By the way, my Twisted Fury pearl has given me my highest series ever and just shot 290 with my Smash Zone 2 wks ago.. No quality issues here..

Roger Harley, Jr.
Brunswick Advisory Staff 2008, 2009
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