Author Topic: Same old thing, steal a ball, try to sell it to a proshop (Read 1944 times)

HamPster · « **on:** December 20, 2003, 03:56:15 AM »

Oookey. Had a kid call in a couple days ago asking if we bought used balls, bags or shoes. I said yeah, come on in and I'll take a look. He came in with a pretty new Ebonite Impact bag, a pair of shoes, and a Firestorm. He also had a White Dot, a pair of shoes and a another kind of old bag. The Firestorm was only 14 pounds, so I said I'd post something on here to see if anybody wanted to buy it. I struck a deal with straightup7 fairly quickly and negotiated a sale. Apologies to him, of course, because he won't be seeing the ball (and I will be promptly refunding his money). The kid came back and I bought the ball from him. Ok, now this guy came into the shop tonight asking about his ball (my boss was there, I wasn't), so my boss gave it back to him. Fortunately enough, this kid called several times (from a few different numbers) asking if I'd found anybody to buy it. We have caller ID at the shop, hehe. Sooo I'm gonna call these numbers back on Monday to see if I can get ahold of him. If I do, I'm going to tell him I found somebody to buy the rest of the stuff (lol, Christmas is such a great excuse, it's perfect!), and see if he'll come back. If he does, me and Mr. Policeman will be waiting for him. Hopefully we'll be able to get all the stuff back, and if nothing else, we'll be able to press charges and the people that were stolen from will be able to at least get some replacements. Hmm, and the guy I was going to send the ball to just happened to be leaving for vacation this weekend, so we made plans for me to send the ball when he got back. Coincedence or divine intervention? Some people may not believe in that, but things like this make you wonder. On top of it all, you have to shake your head at the idiots that try to sell stolen equipment to pro shops. It never works! I'd be REALLY happy if these people were able to get their stuff back.
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mumzie · « **Reply #1 on:** December 20, 2003, 06:59:30 PM »

We had something similar happen here.
Our league secretary, who happens to be the league coordinator at the house, finished bowling, and left her adrenaline on the ball return.
She went back about 20 minutes later and it was gone. Wasn't on the house ball rack, wasn't anywhere to be found.

Two days later, a guy who is well known to NOT be the brightest bulb in the box brings the ball in to THE SAME HOUSE to get it plugged and redrilled, BRAGGING that he found the ball.

WHOOOOOOEEEE. Not real bright.

TheBowlingKid25 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 20, 2003, 07:37:52 PM »

It makes me sad not only that someone would scam a bowler, but that someone could actually be THAT STUPID!!!!
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HamPster · « **Reply #3 on:** December 20, 2003, 07:43:04 PM »

Lol, bowlers are cheap, it's pretty hard to pull anything off, lol. Ron Bahr (yes, I know him, thank you, thank you) had the same thing happen to him a couple years ago. Somebody stole all his stuff and then tried to sell it to the pro shop. Of COURSE the guy in the shop knew it was all Ron's stuff, so luckily he got it back. One of the stolen balls was the Red Pulse he shot the back to back's at Nats with

Anyway, I believe the stuff was stolen from the people's car or house. The kid that came in to sell the stuff was obviously not a bowler and didn't know much about it. He said he had no use for them and wanted to get rid of them. I have a good feeling about it though, I think we'll nail the scumbag.
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LuvThatWhiteDot · « **Reply #4 on:** December 21, 2003, 10:57:30 AM »

quote:
a few months later,bowling on a winter league, a friend of mine (who was not bowling on the adult/child league) was using a ball that appeared to be mine, sure enough it was. i asked him where he found it and he said it was with the house balls on the rack.

This happened to me, but I got my ball back almost immediately after it disappeared.

I showed up at league early one week and put my Violet 3-D Hammer on the rack. It was sitting there with house balls from the bumper league that bowls ahead of us. The guy putting away the house balls took mine along with the house balls and put it on the rack. I came back from buying a Pepsi, and my ball was gone. I asked him if he had seen it, and of course he said No. I started looking at the racks since everything on the racks was removed, and sure enough, there was my Hammer sitting there with a bunch of 6 lb. house balls

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REVOLUTIONS PS · « **Reply #5 on:** December 21, 2003, 11:21:41 AM »

Just thought I would drop some happy thoughts on this topic. It occurred to me that I have never had anything stolen in all the years I have bowled. In fact, last season I left my purple Beast somewhere in the bowling area and didn't realize it was missing until the following week. I checked around the desk, where lost items get turned in from time to time and found nothing. I went searching the ball racks in desperation (we have 74 lanes) I got down to the very end of the house and there it was. It didn't even look as if anyone had used it. I gave the porters a little lesson on how to identify those that aren't house balls and that was the end of it.

Maybe the Beast just isn't worth taking? It doesn't hooking enough or look cool enough? Anyway, the fact is it was sitting there for seven days for the taking and no one grabbed it. Maybe I am just lucky.

LeftyHomer10 · « **Reply #6 on:** December 21, 2003, 03:34:57 PM »

I have something I must admit. The ball I am using now was originally a house ball. I was using it every now and then and finally i realized i loved the ball. I took it, (asking one of the coaches if it was ok), got it drilled for my fingers and tipped. I hope there isn't someone out there looking for this ball talking about how they are going to kill the person that took it. I love the ball and you can't find it anywhere cuz its discontinued. I'm really a good person, PLEASE BELIEVE ME!!!
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Author Topic: Same old thing, steal a ball, try to sell it to a proshop (Read 1944 times)

HamPster

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mumzie

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TheBowlingKid25

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HamPster

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LuvThatWhiteDot

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