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dark_rising76

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Ordering Balls/Drilling Through Buddies Pro Shop
« on: January 23, 2010, 02:07:29 PM »
Does anyone on here order bowling balls through Buddies Pro Shop online? I've bought cleaners and other product from the site a year ago and had nothing but good service I was wondering as far as the balls how well they're drilled and what is their normal time of delivery?

 

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Re: Ordering Balls/Drilling Through Buddies Pro Shop
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2010, 10:21:31 PM »
Nicanor does. You can message him and ask him about it.
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Re: Ordering Balls/Drilling Through Buddies Pro Shop
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2010, 10:23:11 PM »
I buy all my bowling equipment and get it drilled from them. They do a great job in my opinion and if they have a question about anything they will call you. I just ordered a Nomad on Monday night and it was delivered on Friday.

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« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2010, 08:25:50 AM »
I have all of my equipment drilled by Buddies.

Personally, this is how I go about the process. First things first I highly recommend the thumb mold slugs, so send them your favorite ball and have them take the measurements and copy the slug out of that ball.

Second, get on a video camera on a fresh pattern of some kind and record yourself going through the motions. Playing the lanes from the inside, outside, and a variety of different angles and ball speeds. Put the video on YouTube and email Chris from Buddies with a link to it.

Make sure you let him know what your common misses are, because we all have mistakes that we tend to regularly make.

Then let him know what preferences you are looking for in terms of ball reaction. If you provide all of the above information Chris can usually help you with all of your ball selection and layout choices.

Then order what you guys have decided would be best for your game.
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Re: Ordering Balls/Drilling Through Buddies Pro Shop
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2010, 09:12:55 AM »
I order most of my supplies from Buddies and they drill ~1/2 of my equipment purchases. Usually balls my local pro shop won't carry.

Typically I email Chris and tell him which ball(s) I'm considering, the type of oil patterns I intend to use it on and what type of reaction I'm looking for. He will respond back (usually the same day) with a layout recommendation. I send him the order number and that's it.

I usually have the ball within a few days. Buddies shop is only a few hours away so UPS ground arrives next day. If they don't have the ball in stock it's a little longer wait. I ordered a Desperado last week and I got an email that they need to get the ball from Seismic. Excellent communication.
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Re: Ordering Balls/Drilling Through Buddies Pro Shop
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2010, 09:14:51 AM »
dark_risinig76,

You can go to the on-line pro shop section and not too far down there is a discussion about Buddies Pro Shop.

If you don't live close enough to drive there, you would have to send them your favorite fitting ball.  not necessarily your favorite ball, but the ball that you wish all of your bowling balls felt like in reference to fit. It helps to send a ball with a track in the ball.  But what helped best was that I sent a video of myself and my son bowling so he can see how I bowl and drill the ball acordingly.

Buddies can make a thumb mould forr you and drill your ball to perfection with regard to the ball you send them.  Once you recieve your first ball and if it fits the way you like, all you have to do is call Buddies when you want to order another ball and it will be drilled and shipped to you rather quickly.

Please read the other posts on online proshops.


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dark_rising76

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Re: Ordering Balls/Drilling Through Buddies Pro Shop
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2010, 11:35:58 AM »
Thank you everyone for the info's!  I have my specs that I always use with my equipment and also have a few videos I posted on Youtube that I can send to them. Most likely going to order the 715C since I have a huge gap between my GT1 and QZ1 and in need of a benchmark ball. I'll have to contact Chris this week and check with a good layout choice.

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Re: Ordering Balls/Drilling Through Buddies Pro Shop
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2010, 12:59:42 PM »
Most of the equipment I've gotten recently has been through them.  Every time, they have gotten my span, pitches, thumbhole fit etc.  correct.  I also like how fast I get it considering I live in California.
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Re: Ordering Balls/Drilling Through Buddies Pro Shop
« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2010, 06:34:44 PM »
I emailed Chris this evening on what layout choice I should go with the 715C. So hopefully I'll hear back from him sometime tomorrow since I'm going to most likely pre-order it this weekend.