BallReviews
General Category => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: trash heap on August 26, 2014, 05:06:16 PM
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An overpriced item (poorly designed) and it gets a rebrand.
1st you have the SMarT Star Ball Maintenance System - price $77
http://www.amazon.com/SMarTStarBallMaintenanceSystem/dp/B00FFU2YC2/ref=sr_1_11s=sportinggoods&ie=UTF8&qid=1409088776&sr=1-11&keywords=abralon+pads
2nd you have the The Surface Master Bowling Ball Maintenance System - price $99
http://www.amazon.com/SurfaceMasterBowlingMaintenanceSystem/dp/B00GS0AUE2/ref=sr_1_9s=sportinggoods&ie=UTF8&qid=1409088776&sr=1-9&keywords=abralon+pads
I understand everyone needs to make a buck, but it seems with bowling, everthing is over priced.
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Most items in bowling are underpriced...the increase in bowling balls are slower than other games...
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The most profit in almost any field is in accessories. For bowling it is inserts, tools, and other like items. Many tools used for bowling aren't bowling specific. They can be found in other fields for less. Some items are bowling specific and there for easily controlled on price.
Look at quarter scales. It's a cheap piece of plastic that sells for $50 plus all day. Look at what is charged for the color kits used in ball plugging. I would bet it's something that could easily be found at HobbyLobby for far less if you knew weather to get oil base or water base.
Working in a retail electronics store for a year really opens up your eyes to where the profit is.
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Agreed. Both Sony and Microsoft lose money on every console they make, but the games are where the profit is. Ethernet cables are $1, sold for $20. Loss leaders have to have something else to make up that margin.
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Labor is your other large mark up, along with warranties, and credit/financing.