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abcarr

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Test Ball
« on: March 01, 2014, 11:40:52 AM »
Currently on Ebay there is someone selling a Storm Test ball.  Etched into the ball is "Test Ball", "Sample", "Not for Sale".  So I'm assuming that since it doesn't have a USBC #, it can't be used in competition (league, tournament, etc.) and is it strictly for recreational use and as a conversation piece.  Correct??  Just curious......

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Aaron
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kidlost2000

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Re: Test Ball
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2014, 12:13:02 PM »
If it doesn't have the usbc number and is made in the past few years then not legal.

Check the USBC approved ball list.
…… you can't  add a physics term to a bowling term and expect it to mean something.

mrwizerd

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Re: Test Ball
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2014, 05:02:39 PM »
I know the Ebay listing you are talking about.  The only info on the ball is "TEST," an older Storm "S" logo, and not for sale.  I asked the seller if they knew what coverstock and core were used and they didn't know.

I thought about bidding on it without the info, but when I went back to bid they had closed the auction early and opened a new one at twice the starting price and a Buy-It-Now. No way I am bidding on it now, especially with conflicting weights listed, 16lbs in the title and 15lbs in the description.