If your pro shop guy is charging you $70, you are getting hosed big time. My driller is "The Man" in this area and he only charges $30 to the general public and $20 to the "in" crowd as you call it. Sounds like your guy is doing his best to make people buy balls from him by charging 250% more than he should for drilling. I'm glad I dont have to use him.............
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TPK

Could someone tell me where this Great Wall of China is???

Edited on 2/3/2005 10:52 AM

I pay 25 a ball to one shop and 34 to another shop that is faster, just like your names says you are getting hosed

depends I got a real deal off eaby $110 shipped and $20 punched up. Is that good? I say So
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Honestly I got a lot of balls. Not kidding.

I bought an AMF Triumph on-line (ebay), for $60. Shipping was $17.
Transaction was great.
Ball was suppoed to be 3" pin, it was around 4.5" (which I could live with).
UPS left the ball outside my door, in Chicago, besides it being 25 degrees...I was suprised the ball didn't disappear.

Driller/friend wanted $10 to layout and drill, I gave him $20. He's been drilling for me for about 25 years.

I brought it to the shop to be drilled yesterday.
There wasn't a drill sheet, or anything in the box. We didn't know if the core asymmetrical or symmetrical. Looked through some old BTM mags, couldn't find any info about the ball. We guessed it was symmetrical drilled it 5 x 4. Ball works great.

I drill quite a few balls, and send a lot of business to my friend's shop.
If I was an average bowler, buying a ball every year or two, I wouldn't buy on-line.

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Duke Harding

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I'd Rather be Lucky than Good.

By the time I paid shipping and had it punched at my local Pro Shop, slug, grips, I think I saved maybe $20.00.  Then I started thinking (scarey, I know).  The guy I give my money to online will spend that money somewhere else, outside of my geographical area.  Knowing that my Pro Shop owner/operators live in the area, I would rather give my money, including the extra $20, to them.  Not only is it an investment in my relationship with them, but they will take that money and buy other things that they need at local stores; furthering the enrichment of our community.  Kind of corny if you're young and dying to get out of town, I know.  But an important economic support factor if you have any time invested in your local community.

Around here theres no such thing as free drilling.

If you buy the ball from the shop, they charge about 30 dollars. Then if you want some finger inserts and a slug, thats another 20 for both.

If you dont buy it from them, they charge about 50 bucks, and the inserts and slug are both 20 bucks again.

So 70 bucks is what I pay for every ball to be drilled, then again, the balls at the pro shop are slightly more expensive, and I dont mind paying this much, because this is the cheapest pro shop in the area, and have the best driller as well.
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www.csbowling.vze.com

HA HA!!1 IM USING THE INTERNET!!11

My pro shop guy loves to drill interent ball and has no issues doing so because he is a smart business man and not some old fashioned angry pro shop owner that is pissed that the online sellers are stealing his business..

To him, he is in the business to make money and if he makes $35 each to drill 10-15 internet balls a week, he is still doing ok. Sure he sells his share of new balls, shoes and bags but he also welcomes all the business he can get..

We have another shop in town where the guy is a total azz if you go into his place with an internet ball and thats why his business is down to where I doubt he will stay in business this entire year..
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If they only made a ball that would carry that da_n 7 pin (and I am right handed!!)

jkiser01

Edited on 2/3/2005 12:46 PM