Another factor that could be coming into play is viability on Sport patterns. If you read Riggs' review, he clearly said that the ball was a house shot wrecker, but he wasn't sure how useful it was going to be on tougher patterns. I've only had mine for a week, but I can see what he was talking about. On a wide-open house shot, this ball is going to be stupid-good because it's clean and nasty strong off the spot. That equals a lot of head-turning fun during league; however, that reaction isn't usually ideal on tougher patterns. Maybe some people bought it thinking it would be more controllable since the IQ Tour solid is a fairly stable piece. After seeing that it's a skid-flip boomerang, maybe they'd rather just offload it when it's got low games and the sale market is high. A lot of guys would do that rather than redrilling. I think some of that comes in with the user who said he sold his IQ Tour Pearl and then picked up a Marvel Pearl. Obviously, those balls are completely different. The Marvel line is about strong midlane and smooth, strong backend, where the IQ Tour Pearl is all about length and recovery. I think it's very likely the people who are unloading the Tour Pearl just realized that they didn't want/need such a skid/flip reaction. It's not for everybody.

While I'm not going to give a full detailed ball review - here is my take.  I know I may be in the minority here, but I could not stand this ball.  If you want something that goes long and then makes an unbeleivable left hook at the break point, go for it.  But, you pay a price.  For me it was just way too unpredictable.  It looks cool going down the lane, but that does not equal high scores for me.  I unloaded this, and picked up a Marvel Pearl with an identical layout.  Night/Day here.  Love the Marvel Pearl.  Clearly there are some huge scores out there with this ball, but it was just not for me.

Goes long and makes an unbelievable turn is why I am going to buy one tomorrow.  I had a Marvel Pearl and was disappointed that it would not push long enough.  It lost energy at 55 feet for me.  Marvel Pearl works great for high volume heads combined with crispy back ends.  I do not see that condition very often. 

I have an IQT solid that was a turd for me, until I shined it up like a marble.  That ball rocks for me now. 

I am betting that the IQT Pearl will really be a house shot killer. 

I think you're comparing apples to oranges lining it up against the Hyroad. The Hyroad is going to be much more versatile due to the hybrid cover. The IQ Tour Pearl is going to be much more condition specific. You can try to get it more friendly via cover changes, which will work to some degree. Still, I just think they're too different to say that one is better than the other. They serve different purposes.

People might not be taking into account the specs on the ball. 2.49 and .029 for 15 lbs, if people are using 5.5 inch pin to paps like they do on their regular equipment, the ball may be a dud. I could see doing something like 50x4x60 on it to get it to flare, but not jerk off the dry. The cover is going to take care of the friction.

I have one and it is alot stronger that I thought it was going to be. I love it!!!

 I think that might be why some others are getting rid of them.

I have one of these drilled pin over ring cg stacked and with the OOB finish this ball is a skip/flip monster! I mean almost uncontrollable! I've since took the cover from 1500 polished to 4000 no polish and the reaction is much smoother at the end of the pattern. While this ball still doesn't qualify as a direct replacement for my T-Road Pearl it has been my 1st ball out of the bag every week for the last month. I still have a hard time putting it away when pin carry falls off and move to my Marvel Pearl. The T-Road Pearl is being pulled from retirement next week.

The Tour Pearl, Solid, Wrecker, Shatter, HyRoad and Diva flooded the ball returns at masters last week.

I saw some marvel pearls.  A lot of disturbeds.