Seems like a pretty solid plan from Motiv's end. The bit about pro shops getting a new ball for every 8 (or lower) Jackals turned in is a pretty nice incentive for them, especially if a pair of grips and a thumb slug is going to be included anyways.
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How is this considered a perk? I must be reading the release wrong. How I'm seeing this is that Motiv is expecting the PS to drill the repalcements for free and for every 8 they drill, they get a ball.
From a customer service standpoint for the pro shop I guess I can understand drilling them for free but will they charge for grips/slugs? Will they give the customer a break on them? I really don't see this as being a perk.
For those that bought theres online and took to their pro shop to have drilled, these will probably wind up on Ebay or some 'bowling site' for sale. Would they pay for drillijg again when it wasn't their fault these balls were banned? I doubt it unless you're a ball whore and don't care.
For me, I think if they expect the PS to drill for free, it should be 1 free for every 3. I think that would offest the labor costs for drilling as well as throwing in the grips.
Just my .02
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I agree, drilling for approximately $15 per ball is unacceptable. The pro shop that I work at will not be doing it for that. We only sold a couple of those balls and will make sure that our customers are taken care of. Shame on Motiv for devaluing what we do as a PSO.
And this business where Motiv is trying to get them reinstated. It is estimated that over 1/2 of the balls are most likely illegal. They just need to stop wasting money trying to get the balls reinstated and move on. I still believe that Motiv is at fault here because they were told 2.5 weeks ahead of the ban and could have gotten in front of this with the public and had a plan. They pushed the limits and got caught end of story, move on already.