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When you decide to post actual humor, we will laugh with you. Insults and demeaning comments aren’t humor; they are posted for the sole purpose of eliciting an angry response, and making the poster feel bigger by belittling others. Bowling is a gentlemen’s sport, built on respect and sportsmanship. To get respect from other bowlers, you must treat other bowlers with respect. Just because your choice in Ball manufacturers doesn’t include Lane #1, doesn’t mean that other bowlers aren’t happy with their Lane #1 equipment. I truly hope that you are as happy with the equipment and brands that you have selected as I am with my Lane #1 gear.
As for cost, I hear the cost argument all the time, and it is over exaggerated by the Lane #1 bashers. An argument is always easier to win when comparing one companies full suggested retail price with used price.
I am not attempting to sell anyone on a ball they can not afford, but I would point out to potential new Lane #1 users, that the risk they take in testing a Lane #1 ball really isn't any greater than any other high-end ball. The initial cost of the ball may be slightly higher, but any new ball also requires about $20 in shipping and $40-$60 in drilling and inserts. Thus the $20-$40 you save by not buying a Lane #1 is probably less than 10%-15% of the final cost, and since the resale value of used Lane #1 balls is generally higher than other brands, much of that cost is recoverable when or if you decide to resell the ball and buy a new one. I wouldn't recommend that any buyer skip over a ball they want to try just to save 10%-15%, a year down the road you may kick yourself for being so foolish.
Lane #1, like any smaller ball company, is limited in its ability to mass market low and medium range bowling balls. One of the reasons I like Lane #1 is that they don't offer 50-60 different bowling balls, which often are essentially the same ball in a different color. Each Lane #1 ball is a distinctive ball, in it's own niche as it relates to cover stock and behavior.
I am not knocking Columbia, Brunswick or any of the other big manufacturers, there is a market for low and medium range balls and they should and do fill a need for these customers.
Just for arguments sake I took a price survey at a typical online seller. I collected the price ranges for each company’s top of the line balls. Notice that the price ranges are only slightly less than Lane #1 and these prices don't account for shipping, drilling and the higher resale value of the Lane #1 balls.
Lane #1
$150-$190
Columbia:
$135-$170
Ebonite
$135-$145
Roto Grip
$125-$140
Track
$140-$150
Storm
$140-$160
MoRich
$145-$155
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