Originally Posted by
Mike White
Those numbers sound reasonable, assuming you still have to pay for drilling.
High performance balls tend to sell to pro-shops in the range of $120 to $150, with the high range being the newer releases.
That means the manufacturer gets a little less from the distributors.
AMF is probably getting the balls at the distributor rates, now that AMF/Brunswick isn't directly connected to Brunswick ball manufactures.
So maybe $100 to $130 per ball.
22*16 = $352 paid, with no prize fund, $200-$260 of that goes towards the balls.
$90 to $150 goes to lineage.
Again, it sounds reasonable.
Just watch out for how much the pro shop charges for drilling since they aren't making a profit on the balls.
When I was working the pro-shop (at an independent center), someone from the center inquired about idea of a get-a-ball league to compete with local Brunswick's get-a-ball league.
What they didn't realize was at that time Brunswick centers, and Brunswick balls were still in the same company family, which meant the bowling centers could get the balls at the manufactures cost or even less due to being promotional, no manufactures markup, distributor markup, or pro-shop markup.
Based on the centers expectations, I would have to organize who wanted what kind of ball, purchase all of those balls, fit and drill all of those balls, and deliver them to the bowlers at the start of the league.
Then wait until the league concluded to receive compensation, which would only be for the cost of the balls at distributor whole sale. Nothing for my time organizing, acquiring, drilling and delivering.
Needless to say, that idea didn't fly.
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