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What difference does it make what pattern they put out?  Everyone was bowling on the same thing right?

Because of people griping about things like this they quit posting patterns.  You show and bowl on what's there....shoe up and play.

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The difference is that the equipment I brought was specifically set up for the Shark Pattern.  I would have been better off if they hadn't posted what the pattern was going to be because I would have prepared for anything.

I'm not giving $100 + to an organization that can't even make sure the proprieter lays out the pattern they contracted for, and only communicates when there is a problem to their friends and not all the competitors.

How many people here do you really think would be okay with that?

Edited on 3/5/2009 1:36 PM

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Hello,
I am not sure how I stumbled across this post, I guess it was meant for me to see.  I rarely visit this website.
 
Lefty, I understand where some of your frustration may be with the pattern from the Atlanta Summer tournament.  The shot we posted and advertised was not put out.  We do apologize about that again. Which is also one reason why we have stop posting shots since that tournament.

Because, we are not programming the lane machine and running our patterns ourselves or we cant afford a lane man that travels to every tournament with us, we unfortunately can not guarantee exactly what we asked for to be on the lanes.  (Not sure how many tournaments you have coordinated and come across any of these issues but, we have done about 50+ tournaments in the past 4 1/2 years and unfortunately there are some things we just cannot control.)  Although, we are open to any suggestions you may have to make the tournaments better.

We did not find out from the manager what happened with the shot ourselves until the 4th game of qualifying. I do not know who you are or where you are getting your information but, please do not make false accusations of us "communicates when there is a problem to their friends and not all the competitors".  We hold ourselves to high level of integrity and honesty which is one of the main reasons we began doing tournaments in the first place.

Hopefully, you will get over your bad experience and come out and bowl with us again.  But please don't misspeak or send out false accusations unless you talk with us or one our team members directly.

Thanks

Theo McNair
678 575-8109
www.realbowlers.com  


Edited on 3/12/2009 11:25 AM

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You admit that you found out that the shark pattern wasn't laid out in the 4th game, but it wasn't announced at that time.  I didn't find out about the problem with the oil pattern until I received your e-mail the next day apologizing for the mix up.  You must surely understand why I have my doubts that once the manager told you that the pattern was not the shark pattern that this information wasn't conveyed to somebody at the tournament.

Why wasn't it immediately announced when you found out?  If your organization is so much on the up and up, why weren't refunds offered at that time?

I stand by my statements.  I was there and what happened was wrong and nobody tried to make up for it.  It seemed obvious to me that protecting your profits was more important to you than making sure the competition was fair.

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