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We all like to have a wdie selection, but the problem, I believe, becomes one of sales. Most sales for any company comes from Pro Shops. Lanemasters being a smaller company can have a hard time getting a "foot in the door", so to speak. When a Lanemasters representative comes to a pro shop to explain their line-up or even if the distributor gets a pro shop a few balls at a low cost to get on thr pro shops bbowling ball display, if the pro shop guys do not know the line up well to give bowlers a chance to use these new balls, the grass roots will not and cannot support further growth.

Having such a long list of balls from such a small company can easily confuse even the sharpest bowling mind, in which Brunswick, Columbia, Ebonite, etc. already safely reside. Remember that few bowlers are actually on the internet, learnign and discovering about these great new balls. Maybe 95% or more get their info from the pro shop guys and drillers. Word of mouth always helps, but people rely on the pro shop or seeing good high average bowlers use their balls often and readily.

 

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I will have to agree with Charlest all the way on what he says here. There are several bowling houses within 30-45 minutes of where I live and I see exactly what Charlest has said here. Although there may be another or so, I see only one that is active in selling/promoting L/LM balls and of coarse that one is a staff member.

Even here, the success to get people to try these balls is slow. I am an excellent example of that. I have resisted trying these balls since the day the staff member's pro shop started carring them. Sales have been slow on them to others, but in watching the people that did have the courage to try them (some are on my teams) all I can say is "WOW". The hit, carry, pin mix, flying scouts, etc. is unbelieveable. I could no longer contain myself and I've had to make myself "give in" and try one of these balls.

My first one (World Class Particle for synthetic lanes) is supposed to arrive at the pro shop this week and if I have success with it, my next ball will be the World Class Reactive at the suggestion of Galen, for the wood lanes.

To sum it up, it is tough for any new company to "get their foot in the door", even if they have a top notch quality product. As you can see from what I have written here, I am an example of getting people to try/use these balls. I have resisted trying them until now. Where I bowl, others success with these balls has caught my attention and if they work well for me, my success will catch others attention. In time it will grow and as success spreads, I think business will grow much faster for L/LM balls.

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Brick