Author Topic: oh the JOY of AMF lanes (Read 2211 times)

hotwire13 · « **on:** July 08, 2004, 10:26:13 AM »

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is it me, or is there no sweeter sound than that of a newly installed AMF ball return making that beautiful loud humming sound?

or how about those pinsetters...i dont know about you, but i can always use those 3 or 4 extra minutes to figure out how to shoot my spare while the machine resets...and the 5 or 6 minutes it takes to load the full rack definitely helps read the lanes better.

how about all the racks without the 7 or 10 pin coming down?...better yet, the ones where one pin gets jammed and they all go down like dominoes?

and i just cant get enough of those corporate AMF center prices...bowling is definitely worth $5 a game...wouldnt you agree?

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hotwire13 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 09, 2004, 01:36:54 AM »

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...reminds me of a little place i call showplace lanes (the new one)
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channel surfer · « **Reply #2 on:** July 09, 2004, 01:37:55 AM »

MAN!!! 5 bucks a game!!?? I pay $1.50-$1.75 a game. During peak hours, its only $2.25-$2.75 for me. And yes, these are AMF prices.
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hotwire13 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 09, 2004, 01:46:53 AM »

train wreck and bob7,

the place is a joke...not one person that works there knows anything about bowling(its family run and they ALL have attitudes). we had a problem today with a pin stuck in the pinsetter...what a surprise, and because noone knew how to fix it, they just moved us instead of going back there. there was absolutely no oil down on the lanes, which doesnt make it worth $20 an hour to bowl on, and the 7 and 10 pin just decided to not come down half the time...they want $5.50 a game when there is another house a few miles away that wants a little more than half that, in a much better bowling atmosphere. also, i can go to jersey lanes right over the bridge 5 minutes away and bowl for $1.50 per game...oh yeah, those are perfectly maintained brunswick anvillanes. this new place is doing EVERYTHING wrong, which is exactly what closed down the other 10+ bowling alleys on staten island. the arcade and billiards hall are bigger than the bowling part of the building.
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MSC2471 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 09, 2004, 01:47:05 AM »

The AMF owned houses in my neck of the woods are $4.25 a game for open bowling, don't know what the league prices are. The two houses I bowl in for leagues use AMF equipment but are independently owned, so the open bowling price ranges from $1 a game (if a league bowler) to $3 a game (if not).

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fishnic · « **Reply #5 on:** July 09, 2004, 01:51:48 AM »

$7.50 a game wow thats alot, leagues must cost alot too
i probably would have to do one league instead of two or
three leagues a week and like 8 games of practice a week, if it
cost that much for me.

i would get a job at the bowling ally part time

hotstoy · « **Reply #6 on:** July 09, 2004, 01:54:08 AM »

I live in an area where there are three houses within five miles of each other.
One was AMF until July 1st. It was the best of the three. I know it has a lot to do with the individual management, but their lane man was the best, the manager was great and the rates weren't any higher than the other lanes. AMF sold their center to the owner one of the other center's. That other center's lanes are never consistant and the machinery is always breaking down. They are also going to add a casino which I'm not excited about. So, I wish this AMF house would stay.

hotwire13 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 09, 2004, 01:55:38 AM »

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$7.50 a game wow thats alot, leagues must cost alot too
i probably would have to do one league instead of two or
three leagues a week and like 8 games of practice a week, if it
cost that much for me.

i would get a job at the bowling ally part time

i TRIED getting a job there...theyre only staffing family and not a SINGLE one knows ANYTHING about bowling. i have a good idea of what they need to do to make some sort of profit, afetr seeing 50+ houses bowling JBT tourneys nationwide the past 2 years. they have given me the cold shoulder every time i tried to inquire, and now i am going to try to keep people from wasting their money.
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dirtbikebowler · « **Reply #8 on:** July 09, 2004, 02:03:21 AM »

The amf place i bowl at isjust fine, nothing wrong with the equipment or nothing and its only 2.25 for the public and 1.50 or cheaper for me.

The ppl just need to learn how to lay a little more oil down, but i guess it's ok i use my Rip thats tracked out pretty bad to bowl there

fishnic · « **Reply #9 on:** July 09, 2004, 02:04:47 AM »

don't you love it when people that work at the bowling ally have no clue about about bowling, like when you go ask them do you have any sport shot and they kind of give you a look that you can tell that they don't know what sport shot is and they say no but then there is some else working that
knows whats going on and then they say yes we do.

hotwire13 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 09, 2004, 02:09:38 AM »

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don't you love it when people that work at the bowling ally have no clue about about bowling, like when you go ask them do you have any sport shot and they kind of give you a look that you can tell that they don't know what sport shot is and they say no but then there is some else working that
knows whats going on and then they say yes we do.

the people at this place dont know what the ball return is. its like when you go to the bathroom and you flush the toilet...and the water shoots up and hits you in the face...and then as your leaving you see a sign - "Warning - water may hit you in face". thats the kind of staff they have...and if that makes no sense, you can thank my favroite coimic, lewis black, for just making me have to use that statement.
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C-G ProShop-Carl · « **Reply #11 on:** July 09, 2004, 02:13:27 AM »

Not one corporate owned center within an hour of me here.

I will say this....in my area the Brunswick Machines are the worst by far. When they break down they stay broked down for a week or 2 at a time. There is one center in particular that gives 5 minutes of shadow balls during a summer tournament run there. 4 people per pair....and you are lucky if each of those 4 people get 4 balls total to warm up. SUPER SLOW!
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hotwire13 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 09, 2004, 08:37:47 AM »

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V12 and hotwire - either of you every bowl at country lanes out there? still 5 bucks a game, but the times i've bowled there (touneys mostly) nothing has every broken down. probably the best house in SI. i see the new showplace lanes is sucking major balls already...

you guys want cheap, come to brooklyn and bowl at my center, shell lanes, 2 bucks a game all summer, and saturdays all year. you'll think you died and went to bowling heaven.

on edit: btw, i've only bowled at chelsea once, about 5 or 6 years ago when it was "cheap", now its 7.50 a game?!?!???!??!? if you think thats high, go to port authority and pay 12 bucks a game.
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i USED to bowl at country lanes...until the shot got so ridiculous that there were 5 300 games on one pair during a winter league 2 years ago and 4 junior bowlers barely averaging 195 were bowling 300's. averaging 220 there is like being at 200 everywhere else...which is why i started bowling in jersey 2 years ago...the junior bowlers tour has opened up a completely new view of bowling, very different from that of staten island. country lanes is the ONLY house here, and i think it will officially stay that way in a few months when this new place ends up closing again. ive bowled in 40+ different houses in the past 2 years, and only about 4 of them were worse than country overall(taking the easiness of the condition into account).
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JOE FALCO · « **Reply #13 on:** July 09, 2004, 09:06:01 AM »

This is a column that I'm glad I read! Makes me feel better about bowling in NC. I have about 4/5 different Centers within 1/2 hour from where I live. Summer bowling special in the nearest AMF house is $1.50 per game. House is maintained GOOD and the manager is a BOWLER! Then there is a BUFFALOE (name of centers) group of lanes that are nearby. One of this group has a SPORT SHOT league where the weekly cost is $10. Again I'm glad I read this column .. feel much better!
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hotwire13 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 09, 2004, 10:01:09 AM »

for anyone that lives in or anywhere near staten island...DONT COME HERE TO BOWL!!! its as simple as that people...its as simple as that. if you happen to be nearby, consider this...jersey lanes - $1.50 until noon, $2 from noon till 6...linden lanes $2 all day until after 6, both of these places are actually closer in mileage than country lanes, including the bridge. the EZpass cost is made up by the cheaper bowling, and the lanes are very well maintained with a good amount of oil at both houses. dont contribute to the joke that has become blowing...excuse me, BOWLING...on staten island.
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