AMF Bowlless not a good combination IMHA!!

[Mike White]

I know you are right. I am considering not going back to the AMF here due to some really poor management.
They used to be pretty good and the shot aint to bad.
The proshop used to be AMF owned and they had decent prices but here recently the guy that ran the proshop made a deal with AMF to lease the shop and bought out all of the inventory. This allowed him to jack the prices up. For example the price on the Deadly Aim here is $259.99 where one of the other houses has it priced for 199.99.
After the bowlmor takeover they cut everyones hours and lost the best people that they had.
One being their senior mechanic. Now there seems to be more and more maintenance issues showing up.
I am about to the point that I cant even force myself to buy a soda in this place cause I dont want to support this house.

Are those prices drilled?

I sell the Deadly Aim for $155. Drilling $45 additional.

[tccstudent]

Are those prices drilled?

I sell the Deadly Aim for $155. Drilling $45 additional.

Yes that would be drilled. That is the price that is listed on the display all prices include drilling with grips and slugs being extra.
If you wasnt over a thousand miles away I might give you a shot.

[Aslan]

Yet another update of AMF/Bowlmor's idiocy...

There is an AMF center about 8 minutes drive from where I work. I tried to contact them numerous times to get league information and not ONCE have received an email or phone call back.

Well, today, one of my teammates wanted to bowl during lunchtime to get some practice in before league play tonight. So, we drive over and guess what?? They don't open until 3PM on Thursdays.

1) Last time I went to this center during a weekday, just after opening in the AM, they had at least 30 senior citizen bowlers in there bowling leagues.
2) So we drove about another 6-7 miles to a private owned center...there must have been 2 small ladies leagues getting ready to bowl at 1PM and another 3-6 lanes of bowlers in there.

Last time I returned to my old AMF house...it was like 6:00PM and we only went there because the private center we usually bowl at had a 45 minute wait for lanes due to leagues. We drove over to the AMF center...there were maybe 8-9 bowlers in there...2-3 lanes in use...the ball return broke down twice and the lanes were so dry that even with my weak rev rate the ball hooked into the 7-pin playing 2nd arrow.

Bowlmor is BAD...because they lack the situational understanding that even if you have light crowds during non-peak times...those are people who will generally keep coming back. If you have 2 leagues of old ladies...even if it's just a total of 20 ladies...and you close your center until 3PM during the week and essentially force them out...you're not getting that business back. Bowlmor doesn't care because they look at people like that...older league folks...who don't run up huge bar tabs...as "obstacles" to their business model. They think if they just open in the evening...cater a little bit to younger league folks...then turn the place into a night club from 7:30PM-12:00AM...that the place will make money.

I hate to tell you...but summer is OVER. The kids are back in school. What used to be a 30-45 minute wait for lanes at 9PM...now about 1/4 of the center is in use once leagues end. The young crowd is a fickle crowd. They have a LOT of competition for their entertainment dollar. And they don't tend to spend it "bowling" more than once a month. Yet Bowlmor will trade consistent, weekly traffic (leagues) for these trendy young folks...and just "hope" that young people are bored enough with the local bar scene to flock to the bowling alley every week.