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Equipment Boards => Brunswick => Topic started by: anything on March 26, 2009, 04:49:35 AM

Title: quality issues
Post by: anything 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.
Title: Re: quality issues
Post by: storm making it rain 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

Edited on 3/26/2009 12:54 PM
Title: Re: quality issues
Post by: CharlieBrown 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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Title: Re: quality issues
Post by: JMORRIS 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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Title: Re: quality issues
Post by: anything 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.
Title: Re: quality issues
Post by: CharlieBrown 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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Edited on 3/26/2009 1:00 PM
Title: Re: quality issues
Post by: Dewey24 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.
Title: Re: quality issues
Post by: PLM on March 26, 2009, 01:46:17 PM
No problems here either (Fury Pearl and original Twisted Fury)
Title: Re: quality issues
Post by: smash8-10split 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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Title: Re: quality issues
Post by: JustRico on March 26, 2009, 02:07:14 PM
Turrible is that how Charles Barkley would say it?
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Title: Re: quality issues
Post by: DON DRAPER 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.
Title: Re: quality issues
Post by: anything 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.
Title: Re: quality issues
Post by: Verbs 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.

Verbs
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Title: Re: quality issues
Post by: tenpinspro 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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Title: Re: quality issues
Post by: kidlost2000 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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Title: Re: quality issues
Post by: HAMMERDOWN103 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 ....

Edited on 3/29/2009 8:49 PM
Title: Re: quality issues
Post by: Krumpy300 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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Title: Re: quality issues
Post by: DON DRAPER 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.
Title: Re: quality issues
Post by: Easy10pins 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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Title: Re: quality issues
Post by: DON DRAPER 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 ?".
Title: Re: quality issues
Post by: BrunsNick 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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Title: Re: quality issues
Post by: Easy10pins 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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Solid 7 Pin??  299 Game??!! WTF  
Title: Re: quality issues
Post by: devildog819 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