Has anyone else noticed any issues with coverstocks cracking on the tropical storm the past couple years? I have seen 4 now in last 6 months (ALL 12LBS).
1st - an adult with medical issues has bought a tropical storm about 3 years ago. Went to pull it out of his closet near end of last season. It was cracked all way around. This one I said probably cold, it had sat for about a year there. Ball purchased from previous shop owner.
2nd - a Youth Bowler brings in a ball 3 weeks back during practise day. 12lbs bought about 2 years ago from a shop an hour from our center. Its cracked all the way around.
3rd - last week another youth bowler brings in her ball. 12lbs purchased 3 years ago from previous shop owner (around same time as 1st ball). She had left her ball in her locker in the bowling center over the summer. To find it had cracked all way round at some point.
4th - today another youth bowler comes in. Again 12lbs cracked all way around. This ball WAS purchased from our shop ABOUT 12 months ago. It is VERY close to warranty date. We have to find sales slip to see. His was in his bowling bag in his bedroom closet over the summer.
These poor youth bowlers taking a beating on cracked balls, or should I say parents pocket books are. Has anyone else had similar issues with Tropical Storms coverstocks? As I said 3 of the 4 were not bought from us, but its odd that we have had 4 balls come into the shop cracked in last 6 months. And EVERY single one was a tropical storm and was 12lbs.
I know previous owner was notorious for buying in BULK and had some of these tropicals around for YEARS on shelf before selling them. We got 6 or more when we bought the shop. It was almost all he had as stock when we took over. Could sitting on the shelf for too long create coverstock issues? The previous owner sold 3 of the 4 cracked balls!! He owns the shop out of town where ball #2 was purchased.
