Not too long ago I recieved two balls that were cracked due to no protection in packaging, just a ball in a box that usually gets tossed around place to place throughout fedex or UPS.  I always try to make sure I pack balls with excessive newspaper, plastic bags, or bubble wrap.  Just make sure that you pack the balls so they do not move in the box or else this might happen to you.
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-DJ Marshall
"Repetition beats luck everytime"

shipping in a standard bowling ball box, without any padding, to me shows the seller is not taking care of business the right way.  i think there really needs some type of agreement when deals are made that each ball should be surrounded by at least one full layer of bubble wrap.  everyone thinks these balls are strong enough to handle anything when they se them hit the pins, but they dont realize the stress put on packages when being shipped thousands of miles.  a standard system would be good, and i think it would decrease the number of problems when trnsactions are made.
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Erik Olsen - e13ez85@hotmail.com