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DP3

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Say Wal-Mart sold bowling balls........
« on: December 26, 2007, 01:18:19 PM »
Ok, say Wal-Mart decided to add a bowling section to it's sports department.  Say they carried around 5-8 of every company's hottest balls with 2 or 3 plastic/entry level balls and sold them at Internet pricing with drilling included.  How many of you would leave your current driller and get your balls drilled there if they had a "Certified" driller, but still paid him a typical $1.50 above minimum wage, hourly wage?  To stir the pot even more, what if no plugging/redrilling services were offered and a no-return on drilled balls policy in effect?  Would you still buy your balls for $50-70 cheaper at Wal-Mart and take the 50/50 risk of a good job/poor job being done?
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Re: Say Wal-Mart sold bowling balls........
« Reply #31 on: July 04, 2008, 02:39:34 PM »
Not Me.


Cheap isnt always best so I'd stick with my current driller(s).
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Re: Say Wal-Mart sold bowling balls........
« Reply #32 on: July 04, 2008, 02:49:56 PM »
How do you despise a store you've never bought anything from?
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Re: Say Wal-Mart sold bowling balls........
« Reply #33 on: July 04, 2008, 03:41:42 PM »
It's a liberal thing. They hate profit.......
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Re: Say Wal-Mart sold bowling balls........
« Reply #34 on: July 04, 2008, 03:59:16 PM »
I think for the most part bowlers do not like changing drillers including me so I would not change
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Re: Say Wal-Mart sold bowling balls........
« Reply #35 on: July 04, 2008, 11:28:54 PM »
Sign me up !

I'll take  a 1/2 inch short span with the thumb to big for a $50-70 savings !!!

Honestly, I'd go for it ...
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Re: Say Wal-Mart sold bowling balls........
« Reply #36 on: July 04, 2008, 11:36:12 PM »
It pobably would not be anydifferent than what goes now when you buy a ball from Dick's or Sports Authority-----terrible fit, holes big enough to put 2 or 3 fingers in each.
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Mark T. Trgovac

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Re: Say Wal-Mart sold bowling balls........
« Reply #37 on: July 04, 2008, 11:52:18 PM »
Um, how can you change your ball driller when your ball driller is yourself. Hmmm this is a hard question.
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Re: Say Wal-Mart sold bowling balls........
« Reply #38 on: July 05, 2008, 01:36:52 AM »
i think i'd have to give it a try.
just once.
bring an NIB ball i wanted to throw as an experiment.  
if it works out, great!
if it doesn't, now i know.

just two issues:

1-i support my driller as much as i can.
2-if they only pay him about 7 bucks an hour to drill all day, that's gonna be one pissed off, tired dude, and that means trouble.

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Re: Say Wal-Mart sold bowling balls........
« Reply #39 on: July 05, 2008, 01:45:53 AM »
I don't shop at Wal-Mart, so I guess that's a no.
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Re: Say Wal-Mart sold bowling balls........
« Reply #40 on: July 05, 2008, 01:47:18 AM »
If I could just buy the NIB balls, I would do that .
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Re: Say Wal-Mart sold bowling balls........
« Reply #41 on: July 05, 2008, 07:16:43 AM »
No.!

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Re: Say Wal-Mart sold bowling balls........
« Reply #42 on: July 05, 2008, 12:35:10 PM »
already tried that didnt work out...nobody beats the driller u trust the most
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Re: Say Wal-Mart sold bowling balls........
« Reply #43 on: July 05, 2008, 03:55:03 PM »
You know everyone on here is going to say no


For some reason, we here are all PBA pros and would drive 500 miles to get a ball drilled...but yet 3/4 of posters here can't avg 200
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The SuperHitMan

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Re: Say Wal-Mart sold bowling balls........
« Reply #44 on: July 05, 2008, 04:10:16 PM »
You know everyone on here is going to say no


For some reason, we here are all PBA pros and would drive 500 miles to get a ball drilled...but yet 3/4 of posters here can't avg 200
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The choice is rather simple (at least it is for me), I'd rather stick with my current driller(s) who I have confidence in prefered to having Grimmjow Jaggerjack who I have ZERO confidence in drill my equipment at a cheap price.  

You wouldn't go to a blind dentist because he's cheaper than your regular dentist would you?
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I don't care if my signature is long. Deal with it.

If THS is so easy why dont you have a 220+ average

BANKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAI!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Opponent: Another victim.....

K.C.: ...................

Opponent: Scared speechless are we?

K.C.: Win or Go Home

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Opponent: WTF I lost....

K.C.: Go Home

Opponent:Ouch my pride

K.C.: Lesson learned.

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Re: Say Wal-Mart sold bowling balls........
« Reply #45 on: July 05, 2008, 05:52:15 PM »
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It's a liberal thing. They hate profit.......
ROFL Adolphus works at Wal-Mart...
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