drilling protection?

[bowlingleaguemike]

Hey everyone,

so Im shopping for a new ball online.. all the proshops in my area are charging above retail price for balls and I can get way better deal buying online and having them drill it. even if the price at the proshop includes drilling, fingertips and thumb slug. my question is most of the websites have that drilling protection, is that worth it, does anyone have a horror store about buying online and the ball cracks when getting it drilled?

[The Mayor]

Basically, it has a lot to do with the skill of the pro shop. If they were to drill the bridge too narrow, do incorrect pitches on the fingers so they meet at the bottom, if they drill into the pin and don't drill it all out, if they don't bevel the holes before inserting grips or slug, drilling too fast so that the cuts aren't clean. All of these can cause cracking. It's not very common though.

[got_a_300]

I would be willing to pay for the drilling protection myself when buying a ball
on line and having it drilled locally. I have seen a ball crack as it was being
drilled, as the drill bit went down a crack just showed up and it went half way
across the ball and maybe it was a defect in the ball or maybe not but it still
cracked.

I think if you let the on line site drill it for you then they are responsible to
replace it if it cracks without you having to pay for the drilling protection I
could be wrong about that though I'll have to check that out and find out
for sure.

[The Mayor]

You're correct about that got_a_300. At least I know that is the case with bowlingball.com.