Isn't that lane one outrage.....

JUUUUUUUUst kidding.  

I'm wondering what accounts for the difference in price of a mid performance ball and a high performance ball.  For example, why is a bruiser cheaper than a time zone which is cheaper than an inferno?

Is there really $50 difference in production costs between the bruiser and the inferno?  I think they are both excellent balls, so I'm very curious if they actually cost anything different to produce, or of companies just want to have cheaper offerings.  

I personally think that by offering something more expensive, people will think it is better.  Please, PLEASE don't make this a Lane 1 topic.  I really do want to know.  The same happens with every company.  Why is a boost cheaper than an X factor?  Why is a V2 cheaper than an Apex?  

Maybe ball reps can weigh in on this because they actually know the facts.  But since it is a public forum, speculation is of course welcome.

here is the main answer...

BIGGER HOOKING BALLS EQUAL MORE MONEY!!!

its like a car, whats better, a Honda Civic or an Infiniti G35, whats the difference? You get more special features, faster, better everything, does more, bigger hooking balls hook MORE, does more work for you, which is why it costs more, but yea Lane1 is way to expensive...had to throw that in there also
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What would life be like without Columbia and Brunswick?

my 15 year old niece is taking latin in high school right now. there was a popular saying in ancient rome---" caveat emptor " ( let the buyer beware ). never was this saying more relevant than now. a bowling ball is a tool---regardless of how much it costs it all depends on you use it.

You really have to think of the research that goes into making a new line of bowling ball. They have design a new core, then they have to test it, then they have to test in several different coverstocks to see the reaction and to see how well the two mesh together. It's the same with the coverstock, test, test, test. All of this testing costs money. Then they send out so many of their balls to testers to try on everyday conditions, the testers don't buy the balls, so the cost has to be absorbed. Then add in advertisement, shipping, so and so forth. The higher priced balls have definite advantages over the mid to lower priced balls, that is common knowledge.

As far as Brett wolfe winning that tournament with a old blue hammer, if you remember, when the ball was made, it was top of the line, newest technology for the time. I have, and use one, plus I use an Inferno, and there is definitely a difference in reaction between the two.

On the other side of the coin, if you can hit the pocket perfect, with any ball, you got a pretty good chance of winning whatever you are in. Brett Wolfe had one he11 of a day, but if the tournament would have been a week later, he might not have even made it to the semi-finals.
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You can always hit em hard when you've got the balls

Lefties are the only people in their right minds.

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