BallReviews
General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: skizzle on March 29, 2016, 07:09:04 PM
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Why do people buy a new ball and not drill it? I can understand that if you purchased one as a back-up for a ball you love and already have, but if it's a different ball why not punch it up?
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Maybe because they ordered them online thinking it's cheaper, only to realize it's more to drill a blank ball they bring to the shop vs. buying a ball from them with drilling included in the price??
I pay around $22-$25 nowadays to have a ball drilled, but yet I have NIB's sitting in the closet floor for a long time. why? I don't know..... I'm just not interested to get those balls drilled.
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Because I have a problem. Currently have 12 NIB, and God knows how many in my bags.
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Because I buy them, hold them, then sell them for more a year or two later when people are looking for them. Some I have because they are my favorites, but others are just to make some extra cash. I'm only at like 30 something....if you ask Milo on here, I do believe he is well over a hundred or so...
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A ball you want but don't need just yet. If it's not a new release and you change your mind you can sell it and get your money back or close to it.
Maybe for a certain tournament, or league at a particular house. Or maybe because it was on close out. Or like you said a future replacement for some current stuff you are throwing
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If I find a good deal on a ball that I know can/will be used in the future by me or my son, I'll get it. Either close-out or an auction that stays very low. Even if future plans change, it still becomes ammunition to sell for maybe a few bucks profit or trade for something else. Or some times it's something that may be limited or rare. On a couple occasions, I may have won a ball in a raffle (I've won three this way in the current PJBT tournament season). It's just something that allows me to geek out.
I just gave two away as prizes to my travel league teams (I was the coach this year). I had offered a ball as a prize to the individual who finished the season with the highest winning percentage. It was a Peterson (Pederson?) format league. Since the top two came very close and it was a real battle, I added a second one from the rack for the second place kid. Fortera Exile for the winner (I won it in raffle), Burgundy Ringer for second (picked it up very cheap as a future replacement possibility, but have changed plans).
As it stands, I now only have four NIB balls. Motiv Covert Revolt (future use for either son or me); Motiv Forza Redline (probably me); Hammer Deep Purple Taboo (0.060 diff...HOW CAN THAT BE??? I have been using hammer the last year and picked this up, but I think I will be slowly moving to Motiv going in to next season); and Brunswick LT48 Pearl (BVL edition from Johnny Petraglia PBA50 event; no plans for this ball other than holding).
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Lol, my nib list goes Clutch Pearl, Freight Train, Solar Flare, Incinerate (x2), War Eagle, Break Point Solid, Look, Green Mamba and Mamba Hybrid, Jewel and Hard Drive.