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Necromancer

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Bowling Ball Question That I Never Understood
« on: December 09, 2008, 01:56:26 PM »
How are some people on this site getting all their bowling balls?  I hear some go to pro shops and pay nearly $300.  I hear others buy balls online for a lot less.  I see others buy balls used.  My question, that is still a lot of money!

Either you guys drill your own balls or are secret ballers living in mansions!

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Juggernaut

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Re: Bowling Ball Question That I Never Understood
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2008, 10:02:51 PM »
Buy, swap, sell, trade.  I have done a little of all of that.  I don't use nearly as many these days as in the past though.

  I've been known to go through 20-25 balls in a year.  Lately, it is down to a much smaller number.  I have only gone through 4 this year.

  Yeah, it's a pretty good chunk of change, but it's what I do.  I don't smoke, I don't fish, I don't hunt, I don't drink (much), but I DO bowl.
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Necromancer

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Re: Bowling Ball Question That I Never Understood
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2008, 10:05:53 PM »
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Buy, swap, sell, trade.  I have done a little of all of that.  I don't use nearly as many these days as in the past though.

  I've been known to go through 20-25 balls in a year.  Lately, it is down to a much smaller number.  I have only gone through 4 this year.

  Yeah, it's a pretty good chunk of change, but it's what I do.  I don't smoke, I don't fish, I don't hunt, I don't drink (much), but I DO bowl.
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Yeah that's still living the high life though.  I was seeing some people on here that have gone through hundreds of balls.  Even if you drill your own stuff, own your own shop, and use the balls you get in bulk as your own.  That is like $50 a ball.  $50 x 100 = $5000!  I never understood that haha.  Then you got others buying retail at the pro shop for like $200.  $200 x 100 = $20,000.  That's a freakin nice car!  You can buy a used M3 for that!

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brett_dubbin

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Re: Bowling Ball Question That I Never Understood
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2008, 10:05:59 PM »
I trade on here.
I buy maybe 1 or 2 balls new from my shop a year. ( I get a Discount )
I have the same span/pitches as my driller, haha, so I get used stuff cheap with 5 games on it, too haha. I remember I got my original ONE for $75 bucks, almost brand new haha.
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Re: Bowling Ball Question That I Never Understood
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2008, 10:23:56 PM »
I support my addiction by running pizza....... GREAT money, laugh all ya want I rake it in.
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FAILURE IS FEEDBACK. AND FEEDBACK IS THE BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS THAT GOT DIGESTED!

Ten pin?????? Where?? I throw a BUZZSAW there is NUTTIN left on the deck...

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Re: Bowling Ball Question That I Never Understood
« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2008, 10:29:01 PM »
All of my MoRich stuff I get from my ball driller, I can't say anything further.

I also buy and attempt to sell on this site.

But yeas I make money throwing a bowling ball that helps and I work in Surgery at a local hospital and that helps more. ON CALL BABY TIME AND A HALF PLUS
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Re: Bowling Ball Question That I Never Understood
« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2008, 10:29:50 PM »
I ask my mom and girlfriend to fork over cash as a sign that they truly love me...nothing like buying love right?  
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Spider Ball Bowler

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Re: Bowling Ball Question That I Never Understood
« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2008, 10:38:34 PM »
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I ask my mom and girlfriend to fork over cash as a sign that they truly love me...nothing like buying love right?  
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911chilli

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Re: Bowling Ball Question That I Never Understood
« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2008, 05:27:41 AM »
quote:
How are some people on this site getting all their bowling balls?  I hear some go to pro shops and pay nearly $300.  I hear others buy balls online for a lot less.  I see others buy balls used.  My question, that is still a lot of money!

Either you guys drill your own balls or are secret ballers living in mansions!

I want the truth like Jack Nicholson!
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H: Brunswick Fury, Columbia 300 EPX T1
M-H: Storm Shift Gravity, Hammer Black Widow
M: Storm X-Factor Vertigo
M-L: Storm Recharge
L: Storm Hit Blue Pearl
S: Brunswick Target Spare Zone, Ebonite 14 Fun Ball

GEMS: Brunswick Quantum Helix, Brunswick Quantum Double Helix

2008-09 Year 215.000 2008 Tourney 178.750
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actually necro it was tom cruise who wanted the truth, i watched the movie the other day on tnt.
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Mike James

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Re: Bowling Ball Question That I Never Understood
« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2008, 05:45:29 AM »
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I trade on here.
I buy maybe 1 or 2 balls new from my shop a year. ( I get a Discount )
I have the same span/pitches as my driller, haha, so I get used stuff cheap with 5 games on it, too haha. I remember I got my original ONE for $75 bucks, almost brand new haha.
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Same span as someone else doesn't mean your getting the full benefits from the ball...haha....the original ONE was a piece of crap....haha...haha...and you got ripped of....haha....haha....haha
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Gunny

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Re: Bowling Ball Question That I Never Understood
« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2008, 06:03:34 AM »
mine fell off the back of a truck
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911chilli

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Re: Bowling Ball Question That I Never Understood
« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2008, 06:51:05 AM »
necro i got some buddies that are big hunters, these guys regularly spend $5000 to $6000 a year on hunting, so im sure if bowling is a big hobbie thing for some guys its nothing for them to drop a few grand a season on bowling balls.
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Re: Bowling Ball Question That I Never Understood
« Reply #12 on: December 10, 2008, 06:55:42 AM »
Heres a plan for you necro.
You have ten balls listed in your signature. Not a bad start.
One at a time over the course of the season place a post in the proper forum about how great that ball is.
Hype to the hilt. Use 3 or 4 alternate user names to talk it up until that ball is the second coming.
Post videos showing strike after strike after strike.
Finally announce sadly that it's time to part with your beloved gem and work out a two fer trade with one of the loyals.
Ten will get you twenty. Twenty will get you forty etc..
Soon you will be ballin with the big dogs.
This is tongue in cheek of course but it is possible to build up quite an arsonal through careful buys and trades.

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Re: Bowling Ball Question That I Never Understood
« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2008, 08:10:01 AM »
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I support my addiction by running pizza....... GREAT money, laugh all ya want I rake it in.
 


Buzz, I for one would never laugh at that. My wife ran them for about a year, made on average over $22.50 an hour. (pay and tips together) She drives a Neon, 31-32 MPG in town so the gas wasn't a problem. There's money in it if it's done right, that's for sure.
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Necromancer

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Re: Bowling Ball Question That I Never Understood
« Reply #14 on: December 10, 2008, 08:27:31 AM »
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I support my addiction by running pizza....... GREAT money, laugh all ya want I rake it in.
 


Buzz, I for one would never laugh at that. My wife ran them for about a year, made on average over $22.50 an hour. (pay and tips together) She drives a Neon, 31-32 MPG in town so the gas wasn't a problem. There's money in it if it's done right, that's for sure.
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I heard pizza driving isn't safe.  Where I grew up, people sometimes got robbed at gunpoint.  Pizza is serious business.  I know if I did it, I'd be packing some serious heat. (no Plaxico)
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H: Brunswick Fury, Columbia 300 EPX T1
M-H: Storm Shift Gravity, Hammer Black Widow
M: Storm X-Factor Vertigo
M-L: Storm Recharge
L: Storm Hit Blue Pearl
S: Brunswick Target Spare Zone, Ebonite 14 Fun Ball

GEMS: Brunswick Quantum Helix, Brunswick Quantum Double Helix

2008-09 Year 215.000 2008 Tourney 178.750
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2007-08 League Champions
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Current Arsenal Gallery
H: Brunswick Fury, Columbia 300 EPX T1
M-H: Storm Shift Gravity, Hammer Black Widow
M: Storm X-Factor Vertigo, Ebonite Predator
M-L: Storm Recharge
S: Viz-A-Ball White
Bench: Brunswick Target Spare Zone, Ebonite 14 Fun Ball
GEMS: Brunswick Quantum Helix, Brunswick Quantum Double Helix

2008-09 Year 215.000 2008-09 Tourney 177.360 Last Tourney 182.667

Hall of Fame BR Member Since: April 3, 2001

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