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psaunders300

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Buyer beware!
« on: May 13, 2005, 04:10:21 AM »
I have had a bad experience with my Animal Untamed and I wanted to warn anyone out there with a similar experience that Track will not replace a defective ball if it has been plugged.  I bought an Animal Untamed last June in Reno at the ABC tourney and after a few months of use it developed cracks around the finger holes.  Because I did not have the vendor's contact info, I went to my local pro shop to see if anything could be done.  They recommended trying to remove the cracked part of the ball, fill and redrill the ball.  But after a few weeks of use the cracks developed once again.  I took the ball back to the local pro shop they tried once again to fix the cracks, but after the fix, the cracks came back.  I had pretty much given up until recently when I contacted Track directly about the problem.  The customer support person responded to me as follows:  

"We have a one year warranty on our bowling balls, however, the warranty on the box clearly states that a plugged ball voids the warranty."

My response was that I never saw the box and therefore never saw the warranty, but this did not make a difference to Track (I even requested that the problem be escalated to the customer support manager to no avail).  

So the lesson learned is that if you have a defective ball, contact Track before doing anything to it!

After years of loyalty to Track, this has been a frustrating experience for me -- to the point where I have decided to move on and look else where for my equipment needs...

 

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Re: Buyer beware!
« Reply #16 on: May 14, 2005, 02:15:28 AM »
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I think your pro shop OWNER...not you should have gone to bat with Track letting them know that he plugged the ball and recommended it to fix cracks that could have been remedied under warranty.


Just for discussion sake, no fighting please.  

1) If the ball were truly a defect, I agree with you 100% LL.  However,
2) If it were caused by faulty workmanship as I mentioned can also happen, the manufacturer shouldn't be liable or at fault, right?  Too hard for any manufacturer to accept complete responsibility for all the poor workmanship that happens out here and we know already there are a lot of drillers who should not be "drilling".
3) As a shop owner, the only true defective ball to me that I KNOW I can get replaced (from any manufacturer) are those that crack half-way to all the way around a ball within a calendar year of the purchase.
4) Cracking in the bridge area can also happen to a bowler who has high speed or a very high track(near fingers).  Even if they are installed correctly. I have 3 customers that literally roll over the fingers and will crack "ANY" ball they throw in a short time.  They know this and don't want to or care to change.

Last bit psaunders, I offer a guarantee on my work.  If your bridge cracked again like it did, I wouldn't have charged you the 2nd time but if I notice that your track is high and maybe your roll was creating this, then I'd explain it and let you know that this will probably happen again and I would have to charge you.  Sorry psaunders, not much of a consolation here for you but just trying to share info as you are.
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Re: Buyer beware!
« Reply #17 on: May 14, 2005, 11:33:09 PM »
The pro-shop you took it to should have told you about the warrenty before plugging it. In my shop, I would have offered to warranty it for you even though you didn't buy it from me. Of course you would have had to pay the shipping cost back to my distributor or manufacturer. In doing this you would have most likely have had me drill the new one for you and I may have gained a customer for life.

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Re: Buyer beware!
« Reply #18 on: May 14, 2005, 11:47:46 PM »
In defense of Track, having never had a problem with them, my friend Kyle's Animal Untamed is perfectly fine . . . It doesn't have many games on it due to the fact that it is to strong for most lanes in our area, but it shows no problems at all.
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