Post by: legend4life95 on April 28, 2006, 03:43:42 PM
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Post by: allstarbowling-Joe on April 29, 2006, 12:58:25 AM
If price is of concern, contact me on what your looking for. Im quite
sure Ill be the lowest on the net. $131.95 plus shipping for the Tour
Ultras. Up on our site for ordering if you like.
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Post by: BigWillyStyle on April 29, 2006, 01:33:18 AM
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Post by: BrunsNick on April 29, 2006, 04:37:19 AM
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Post by: Billy Ray on April 29, 2006, 07:08:11 AM
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Post by: shelley on April 29, 2006, 11:47:04 AM
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Looks like they have built in the shipping price and offerring "free" shipping.
Yup. I put a pair of Sport Ultras in my cart yesterday to check how much they'd be shipped and they were $105 plus about $15 shipping. Today they're $115 with free shipping.
SH
Post by: legend4life95 on April 29, 2006, 01:58:18 PM
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Umm..I bet they're still cheaper to get through Buddies than your regular local pro shop, so I don't see why there is any complaint!
Big Willy Style
You are correct...However, I do not buy anything through my local proshop b/c he is a D!ck and his prices are ridiculous. He trys to sell the Tour Ultras for over $250+tax. Most of his high performance balls run $249-$269+tax and slugs and grips are extra. He charges $60 to drill a ball brought in. Like I said on top of the crazy pricing, he is a arrogant d!ckhead. I just buy everything online and take to my personal driller who does not sell equipment and only drills. $25 per ball and that includes grips and slug.
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Looks like they have built in the shipping price and offerring "free" shipping.
I just tried this with the shoes and looks like you are correct. Even though the shoes don't say "free shipping", when you checkout the shipping comes up $0.00 UPS Ground.
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Post by: tjj300 on April 29, 2006, 09:47:27 PM
Post by: The SuperHitMan on April 29, 2006, 10:17:50 PM
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or Go Home...Shwosh-The SuperHitMan Post by: BuddiesProShopcom - Bill on May 01, 2006, 04:29:39 PM
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Post by: strikeordie on May 01, 2006, 08:41:38 PM
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Post by: legend4life95 on May 01, 2006, 10:35:27 PM
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Post by: jdhaze on May 01, 2006, 11:06:25 PM
Just my 2 cents.
JD
Post by: legend4life95 on May 02, 2006, 06:30:19 AM
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Dexter soles are over $20 each shipped and some cleaners are around $12.50. That seems a little high for soles as they shouldnt be expensive to ship, and one would think if you order 3 or 4 bottles of cleaner the shipping price per item should go down.
I know where you are coming from, but everything I have ever ordered from buddies came via UPS ground. In my personal experiences with UPS and me selling on ebay, shipping small lightweight things with UPS is still going to run no cheaper than $6-$7. Its not like the USPS where the smaller and more lightweight the cheaper it costs. If you ship a scotchbrite pad to the next state over with UPS, its gonna run at least $6.00
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Post by: legend4life95 on May 02, 2006, 06:33:38 AM
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Post by: Billy Ray on May 02, 2006, 09:26:45 AM
Especially with fuel surcharges and increase in shipping rates this was much easier and more fair to our customers.
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Post by: var60bfl on May 27, 2006, 06:50:09 AM
Its not right trial or no trial. If you want to raise prices raise them
but decieving loyal customers is not the way to do it!
Post by: charlest on May 27, 2006, 06:14:13 PM
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I dont like this flat shipping built in rate. Shipping to me was around $10 for a bowling ball, now $15 is built into the price as "shipping". The extra $5 for shipping goes to where?
Keep it exact shipping to all your customers.
From Connecticut to New York is $10 shipping for a ball.
From Conn. to Los Angeles is $20 per ball, more or less.
$15 is the average!
Where did you think it "went"????
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Post by: legend4life95 on May 27, 2006, 11:50:32 PM
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Post by: Long Roller on May 29, 2006, 10:47:17 PM
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Post by: allstarbowling-Joe on May 30, 2006, 08:18:49 AM
plus you have the advantange of me being here constantly
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Post by: BuddiesProShopcom - Bill on May 30, 2006, 09:47:05 AM
As for the comment that it is not free shipping, that is something that we have gone back and forth with inside the shop, I think that it should be shipping included *in the Contential US, but the higher powers think otherwise.
The perfect patch and pencil comment, yes the cost is high, but anyone that ships knows that from 1oz to 3lbs is roughly the same charge through UPS.
As for the comment of the people in the East paying more and the people in the west getting a break, this is not true. We ship ball from all over the country. Yes, we try to ship balls from the closest location to the customer for faster turn around but this doesn't always happen and something we have to ship from the west coast to get the customer in the east the correct specs. We are trying to do what is most fair and what is best for all of our customers.
As I said before, nothing is set in stone, and this is only a trial.
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Post by: Joeyd on May 30, 2006, 10:36:35 AM
quote:QuoteBuy from Allstarbowling.com. Best prices, quickest shipping, and HONEST communication.
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Post by: legend4life95 on May 30, 2006, 12:50:33 PM
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We are looking at how to better go about the shipping. The funny thing is that we get all negative feedback on Ballreviews.com posting but the email that people send to us are all positive.
As for the comment that it is not free shipping, that is something that we have gone back and forth with inside the shop, I think that it should be shipping included *in the Contential US, but the higher powers think otherwise.
The perfect patch and pencil comment, yes the cost is high, but anyone that ships knows that from 1oz to 3lbs is roughly the same charge through UPS.
As for the comment of the people in the East paying more and the people in the west getting a break, this is not true. We ship ball from all over the country. Yes, we try to ship balls from the closest location to the customer for faster turn around but this doesn't always happen and something we have to ship from the west coast to get the customer in the east the correct specs. We are trying to do what is most fair and what is best for all of our customers.
As I said before, nothing is set in stone, and this is only a trial.
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Bill, don't take this thread the wrong way. Back when I started it..I was just curious as to why the prices went up. Then we figured out that the shipping was included in the price. It was not meant as bad feedback for you and Chris. I have bought things from your site many times and have been Very satisfied each time. Everything I have to say about your site and customer service is 100% A+.
However, in my honest opinion, I like the way it was before and you could put the items in your cart and get a shipping quote based on your zip. Reason being that most time I don't just buy 1 item. I buy several things at the same time to save money on shipping. Say I bought a ball and the shipping was $15 and then I wanted to buy some scotchbrite,inserts, and grease pencils with the same order. It would only add a couple bucks for shipping b/c the other items do not take up much space and don't weigh very much. The new way w/ shipping added to each items price, it would end up making the shipping charge ridiculous. This is just my take on it and I like it better with exact shipping.
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Post by: BuddiesProShopcom - Bill on May 30, 2006, 01:17:52 PM
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Post by: Troyboy on May 30, 2006, 01:27:01 PM
You guys continue to just kill the competition. Keep it up, hopefully i can get my order together with in the month.
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Post by: legend4life95 on May 30, 2006, 01:51:52 PM
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I have spoken with the higher power here at Buddies, and we would like to offer a coupon to all of our BallReviews.com forum members. Please enter BR5Off in the coupon code box of the website to receive $5.00 off your order. This offer will be good through 6/30/06.
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Bill would you like to touch on my explanation of why the shipping calculator would be better? I like the $5 off coupon, but I would rather see the shipping go back to the old way. It will save us customers alot more in the long run.
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Post by: BuddiesProShopcom - Bill on May 30, 2006, 02:00:44 PM
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Post by: Ramtart on May 30, 2006, 02:06:33 PM
I have ordered from Buddies twice. I ordered from them yesterday and Chris helped me out on the Phone, because I had a question about a coupon I received from the TAT Megabucks last February.
The first time I ordered, there was an error. I was frustrated at first, because I was getting mixed signals from certain replies regarding shipping dates. They made it right after a few email attempts. In the end I was satisfied by the outcome.
In the end, it is "Our Choice," whether or not to make the decision to buy. If we think shipping is too much, then I would look elsewhere. Buddies, good luck with this Trial Shipping thing whether you decide to go on with it, tweak it, or go back to the old way.
Best Regards from a customer of yours,
Ram
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Post by: Wallshot on May 30, 2006, 11:53:22 PM
Perhaps Chris and Bill could build in some kind of instant discount for multiple ball orders....depending on the software and web site it should be an easy tweak.
What I like about Buddies is that I can call and speak to Chris or Bill and they'll check to see if they have my specs in stock (I throw a light 15lb so I'm always looking for gross weights as close to 15 pounds even as possible). They never fail to call me back in a timely fashion.
Buddies remains the site by which to gauge all others.
Michael Carver, Mpls. Mn
Post by: hawkeye4life on May 31, 2006, 12:05:37 AM
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Post by: wasted talent on June 01, 2006, 12:04:12 AM
Post by: Billy Ray on June 01, 2006, 07:53:34 AM
For now we ship based on actual weight for the total number of items.
Not to mention that almost all teh ball prices are going up from the manufacturers and that of course gets passed down to the consumer.
Our in shop prices will absorb the small increase but because of the small margin on the web side of things we have been forced to increase pricing as well.
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Post by: taige690 on June 01, 2006, 11:27:55 PM
Post by: leftehh- LG on June 01, 2006, 11:41:16 PM
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Post by: Billy Ray on June 02, 2006, 07:39:40 AM
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Billy Ray, Shame on you! Negotiate with UPS? CMON!
Actually yes.
Because of our affiliation with one of the most secure and largest website hosts in the world for Etail (Yahoo) they have offerred discounted shipping rates to us as well as others. Like a Co-Op arrangement. Its smart for them because it will bring them potentially the business that FedEx Ground might be taking away from them. Remeber they aren't doint it to be nice they are doing it to increase their market share and for the money.
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