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mike_tymvios

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European Bowlers
« on: November 23, 2006, 08:34:47 PM »
Dear all,

As I know, there are many european bowlers here. Is it fair to pay $300 for a triple roller bag that actually costs just 70-80 bucks? I only mentioned the bag because of the large size, we are facing the same problem when buying a bowling ball. A ball that costs $130, we pay almost $300.

If anyone has found a solution to this problem, just pm me
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charlest

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Re: European Bowlers
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2006, 05:00:31 AM »
Unless you can get a bowling ball manufacturer to locate a manufacturing plant on Europe, you going to be stuck paying import fees, VAT taxes, shipping fees, plus extra distribution profits.

I think ABS balls are manufactured in Japan. Have you tried to get or use any balls made by them? Is the price less or more than American made balls.

There may be hope ...
Since one or more bowling manufacturers are considering having their balls manufactured in China, shipping to Europe may get cheaper, but all the other factors that add to the cost of ball sin Europe will probably stay the same.

In this day where the corporation is everything and the individual is nothing, what does "fair" have to do with anything? (sad, but true.)
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blockhater

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Re: European Bowlers
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2006, 06:48:16 AM »
charlest is right. Plus if the market is prepared to pay it, they will charge it.

The unfortunate fact is with the popularity of the internet, Europeans see the cost of balls as being SO CHEAP on the internet sites so they order them. Then when their trained pro shop operator doesnt want to drill it for almost nothing, they go visit a cowboy proshop, get a bad fitting ball and screw the professional out of business.

If they get the thing drilled by a pro it most often ends up costing MORE once they pay their own shipping, import duty and drilling charges than it would have done to get the ball direct! It looks cheap but you lose the economies of scale that distributors have. It often works out cheaper to pay their markup and get them to foot the logistics bill.
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