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trash heap

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What do you do with old bowling balls?
« on: October 22, 2009, 05:47:40 AM »
a. Sale them
b. Give them away
c. Keep them (If so why)
d. Throw them away (Garbage)

I have given most of mine away to friends for free. Actually only sold two balls and that was recently. I have only kept one ball that I currently don't use; that would be my Wild (Threw my one and only 300 with it).
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michelle

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Re: What do you do with old bowling balls?
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2009, 01:54:13 PM »
Most of them are on a shelf, often in their original box.  

I sold a few on eBay or for a small sum here, but for the most part, I've kept them for later use.  Let's face it...unless things have changed since the last time I threw a few lines, the stuff from the mid-80's is still working and the stuff from the past decade is still far stronger than is required on a house shot...
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laddog54

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Re: What do you do with old bowling balls?
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2009, 01:55:29 PM »
I give some stuff I don't care about away to youth programs at the local bowling center.

Everything else is in the garage and I rotate them in the bag and use them in my fun leagues.
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Re: What do you do with old bowling balls?
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2009, 01:56:15 PM »
There is a local girls high school bowling team around that I donate them to.
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Re: What do you do with old bowling balls?
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2009, 01:57:54 PM »
I sell some, keep some and give some away.  It all depends on how much I liked it.  I usually don't throw them out unless they are cracked.
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Re: What do you do with old bowling balls?
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2009, 02:31:54 PM »
I keep em..  Just for nostalgia or if I may need one in a pinch.  The only ball I threw away was my Brunswick Laser ball...  The 1st ball I ever bought & ever owned.  I really loved that cover & core combo.  Maybe a re-release is in order?
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Re: What do you do with old bowling balls?
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2009, 02:48:42 PM »
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Most of them are on a shelf, often in their original box.


Are they in any kind of order? Alphabetically? Year? Manufacturer? Color?
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Re: What do you do with old bowling balls?
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2009, 02:50:23 PM »
sell some, give some to youth bowlers, and the really good ones get thrown off of Hurricane Gulch (halfway between Fairbanks and Anchorage)
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Re: What do you do with old bowling balls?
« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2009, 02:56:11 PM »
Give them away locally, or sell them - sometimes.  If I can't give 'em away or sell them, there is a bridge I know that has seen upwards of 20 sail off it.  (they make a great splash when they hit water once as they hit and again when they hit bottom.  At least there are two distinct "geysers".)
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Re: What do you do with old bowling balls?
« Reply #9 on: October 22, 2009, 03:00:28 PM »
Some I keep and throw every once in a while, others get donated to youth bowlers.

Some get dropped two stories on to a cement parking curb and split in half.
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Re: What do you do with old bowling balls?
« Reply #10 on: October 22, 2009, 04:05:39 PM »
Leave at the Alley or throw them away.
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Re: What do you do with old bowling balls?
« Reply #11 on: October 22, 2009, 04:08:46 PM »
I don't buy many new or used ball's anymore but whenever I have a few laying around that I don't have a need for I will either sell them for a small sum or donate them to a youth bowler. Only time I throw a ball in the dump is when it's cracked.
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Re: What do you do with old bowling balls?
« Reply #12 on: October 22, 2009, 04:15:27 PM »
a. Sale them & d. Throw them away (Garbage)
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Re: What do you do with old bowling balls?
« Reply #13 on: October 22, 2009, 04:50:24 PM »
I usually trade for other equipment, but sometimes I donate them to the youth league.  I just brought (4) balls to the league last week.  Some of those kids whose parents can't afford to buy them decent equipment deserve it.
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Re: What do you do with old bowling balls?
« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2009, 04:52:51 PM »

My son and friends get them long before they are old.


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