The blog is a contest drawing on bowling.com. It is not mandatory, so you only participate if you want to. Also, Bowling.com is giving $100.00 to the best blog, so why does it make people mad that they require that your blog include Bowling.com? I do not understand why you think that Bowling.com doesn't care about their customers' if they are holding a contest where the customer can win $100.00 and they also give away a free ball every month. I have always found Bowling.com to be an excellent site. They have competitive prices, they charge a $4.95 packaging fee per order, no matter how much you order, and offer free shipping. It says it right on the front on the page, so it's not hidden. Also, other companies include the packaging fees into the price of the ball. Hows that for hidden fees? Bowling.com also gives out coupons to its' customers so they do not have to even worry about the packaging fee, so it's basically taken off with any of the coupons. Great customer service, quick shipping, what else are you looking for? If you go and price match certain items on all the bowling sites you will find that they are all going to be about the same or close to it. Some companies include shipping into the price, some do not and then charge shipping. Other companies include packaging into the prices, some do not and charge you for it. I also do not understand why you would quit using a great site because they have a contest that you do not want to participate in? Have you noticed that Bowling.com has advertisements on this site? Are you going to stop using Ballreviews because Bowing.com has advertisements here? I think the blog is cool because it gives their customers the opportunity to create ads for a company they buy from and win money. "Large" companies have done the same thing. Pepsi held an add contest and the winners add or commercial would be shown during the Super Bowl. I think some of the adds were also posted on their website before the game so the general public could see them as well. What's the difference between Pepsi's add contest and Bowling.com's blog contest? It is just an internet website and the prize is $100 instead of having your add played during the Super Bowel. If a company is asking it's customer's to be involved in making it bigger and better I don't see how they hate their customers'.
