BallReviews
General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: Good Times Good Times on November 18, 2013, 09:20:17 AM
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Got a kick out of this recent staffer quote posted for a ball I'm considering:
"made the turn and dashed into the pocket destroying the rack like a wrecking ball used in demolishing buildings"
Really?
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That doesn't make you want to buy it?
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Must be the new Miley Cyrus ball.
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I'm a staffer, and I NEED whatever ball that was... ;)
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It's creative…….ya gotta give 'em that.
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I was not ready for that, I thought it was going to be a little more to it, honestly I laughed both times I read it.
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It's creative…….ya gotta give 'em that.
Creative? Someone got too happy and forgot they aren't talking to little kids
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What ball is this!? I NEED a ball that destroys the pins like a wrecking ball!
Lol. Obviously sarcasm. Funny.
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Must be the new Miley Cyrus ball.
You can "twerk" it w/a scotch brite pad... :o 8)
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New requirement as a staffer...must be a creative writer!
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I am sure it started with the standard "it got thru the heads clean". Don't they all?
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I am sure it started with the standard "it got thru the heads clean". Don't they all?
and has more "continuation" than the previous ball in the line.
and this will be the first ball out of the bag.
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New requirement as a staffer...must be a creative writer!
Creative? Nah, just repetitive and move the sentences around!
I can tell you there is one staffer I know on here who tell's it like is and honest reviews. Not naming the person but I'm sure most know who I am talking about if you've been on this site for a long time.
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Unfortunately, it is only one.Kinda wish they didn't speak at all.They"Usually"don't give any good information, other than all the previous lines posted !!
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How many ways can you say the ball is good? It goes long and snaps, it hooks the whole lane, its the most aggressive ball yet....ect ect
People don't want the ball that is best for them they want what they think is best for them.
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most don't how to see true ball motion or reaction as they are throwing them on house shots, thus built in paths...or they ALL go long hook hard on oil!
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"Manure makes the grass grow. Bullsh*t makes it overflow."
There are staffers; then there are staffers.
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To be fair, we have to remember how staffers get to be staffers. It's because someone believes they can help move product either because they throw it so well or because they have good connections to a shop. As such, staffers tell the general bowling public what the general bowling public wants to hear, which is that such and such ball goes longer, snaps harder, and covers more boards than all of the other go long and snap hard balls that came before them.
Look at the product catalogs. I swear, for a while it seemed as if Hammer described every new ball as going longer and hooking harder than every ball that came before it. When the Big Blue Hammer came out, a ball that didn't really "hook" all that much to begin with, the ball motion diagram in the catalog made it look as if that ball would almost come in at a 90-degree angle. Obviously, that was untrue, and what good would that ball have been even if it had been true? Nevertheless, they know that a lot of bowlers want nothing more than to see the ball cover a ton of boards. As such, their marketing is aimed toward trying to show bowlers that their balls do just that, and, obviously, Hammer wasn't alone in that!
The point I'm making is that staffers stay staffers in part because they are supposed to encourage people to buy that company's balls. Most bowlers know very little, so telling them that X-ball goes long and hooks hard is telling them exactly what they want to hear. I know it gets a bit old to read those reviews over and over again, but there's a reason why so many are written that way. It's not just about spreading knowledge. It's about moving product. To be clear, I'm not saying that to bash the staffers in any way whatsoever. I'm saying that I get why most of them write reviews that way, and I would probably be apt to do the same if a company was ever foolish enough to let me rep its stuff! lol
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But at what point does the promoting become transparent?
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But at what point does the promoting become transparent?
When the bowler gains enough wisdom (knowledge)?
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When the companies put out the number of bowling balls a year that they do.
Knowing the difference from one to the next is minimal ones opinion of one to the next can't really change much.
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I think it's immediately transparent to bowlers who actually know a thing or two, but most bowlers don't. I had a guy in league tell me the other night that he picks balls simply by the color scheme, and we all know guys/gals who want nothing more than the "biggest hooking ball" that's out there. Whatever. That works for them, and they are representative of a large percentage of the bowling public. Sure, some people know better, but those reviews aren't written for those people. They cater to the lowest common denominator.
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A definition:
Sincerity is the virtue of one who speaks and acts truly about his or her own feelings, thoughts, and desires.