Saw a post on pro shops and decided to rant! I have been bowling for too long and almost without exception ALL the "PRO" shops in my in the area of Troy Mich are completely unprofessional. Very recently i went to a shop and stood in front of this guy(who knew i was coming)for 15-20 minutes while he chatted on the phone. Over the years I've consistently encounered the following: shop full of locals or hangers on causing distraction and unnecessarily delay, pigeon holing your problem to get you out of there, NOT watching you bowl when recommending a ball, trying to sell you a high price ball you don't need, NOT listening to your problem or needs, and basically operated by unqualified, untrained people masking themselves as "PROS". The industry should REQUIRE a rigid qualification process to open up a shop yielding a license to operate. We would all be much better of for it. Whew I feel better Thanks for reading. What say you?

I remember a shop I used to go to before I knew any better that would pull that "your ball is drilled wrong" stunt.he never did it to me because he drilled all my stuff back then. BUT I had a ball drilled by this guy for my wife and my brother had one done too.they came back later on for adjustments and this guy told them both that the ball was drilled wrong.should of seen the look on his face when I told him "Dude,You drilled it."
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The harder I try the harder they fall

I agree. I opened up a Pro Shop about three years ago and, decided to put a slogan that alot of proshops here do not do. We Work for you. I see to many Pro Shops around here not taking time with the customer and work with him. I had a guy come in from another Pro shop that said he needed a Dimension. I went and watched him throw a couple games and saked what he wanted it to do and sold him a Rapid Fire Pearl. He raised his average 19 pins in the fall league and now carrys over a 210 average. I have always thought Pro Shops are only open cause of the bowlers not for socializing.