average cost

[Mike White]

Send drill bit out to sharpen is $100. New drill bits of quality are almost three times that amount.

Say what???

http://innovativebowling.com/Drill-Bits_c_33.html

Drill bit sharpening $7.50

http://innovativebowling.com/Individ...-Tip_c_43.html

Individual drill bits... $40.00

[JaxBowlingGuy]

Cost me around $6 w/grips and slug.

Normal pricing is around 40-50 drilling and $10 for grips and $10 for slug.

[JaxBowlingGuy]

Send drill bit out to sharpen is $100. New drill bits of quality are almost three times that amount. A good press runs between 7k and 10k

The listed price where I go is $40 for drilling, $10 for finger inserts, $10 for Turbo interchangeable insert, $10 vinyl slug

With so many having to match online prices I wonder how they can make a living as owner. Online retailers don't even have to stock items. They ship straight from the distributor most of the time, no electricity, minor rent and website owenrship is real cheap also. Now with online matching these guys are lucky to make $15 on the ball sale. There best bet is risky but to be part of a manufacturers seed program. It's a lot of money up front but cheaper per ball if you can move the inventory fast enough before new releases come and make your inventory obsolete.

Even matching online prices the shops would make around $50-60 on high performance balls like the Storm premier line. MAP pricing is what helps the small local guys in that respect.

My local shop already charges the same as the online reatailers but doesn't give you a price break on drilling if you buy from them. So they lose sales for that reason because it's cheaper to order online and take there to drill. Bowling.com and bowlingball.com only take a day to arrive here anyways

[Mike White]

Even matching online prices the shops would make around $50-60 on high performance balls like the Storm premier line. MAP pricing is what helps the small local guys in that respect.

My local shop already charges the same as the online reatailers but doesn't give you a price break on drilling if you buy from them. So they lose sales for that reason because it's cheaper to order online and take there to drill. Bowling.com and bowlingball.com only take a day to arrive here anyways

I don't see where the "little guy" can make $50-$60 per ball on Storms Premier line.

Bowlingball.com is selling the Storm Alpha Crux for $169.95 without tax.

I'd have to sell it for $157.36+$12.59 tax to match online.

My distributor sells the ball wholesale for $143.10.

Looks like I'd make $14.26 on the ball, and thats only because I live close enough to the distributor that I don't need shipping.

[ep1977]

I don't see where the "little guy" can make $50-$60 per ball on Storms Premier line.

Bowlingball.com is selling the Storm Alpha Crux for $169.95 without tax.

I'd have to sell it for $157.36+$12.59 tax to match online.

My distributor sells the ball wholesale for $143.10.

Looks like I'd make $14.26 on the ball, and thats only because I live close enough to the distributor that I don't need shipping.

Your distributor gets that ball for less than $90

[Jaescrub]

I get mine done from as low as "free" and as high as about 30ish. I say free because my pro shop operator includes the price of drilling into the equipment price, but a lot of time he will get me a deal of more then 30 off, I have also ordered a lot from BB.com and so he drills Em up for around 30 to 40.

[JasonNJ]

My local shop charges me $55 for grips and drilling. I don't bother with a thumb slug. He just started matching online pricing but only if you ask. I actually have BowlingBall.com drill all my stuff. I sent them a ball, they made a thumb mold for $10 and recorded all my measurements and I buy and have them drill. I think they charge about $45 including grips and slug.

[JaxBowlingGuy]

I don't see where the "little guy" can make $50-$60 per ball on Storms Premier line.

Bowlingball.com is selling the Storm Alpha Crux for $169.95 without tax.

I'd have to sell it for $157.36+$12.59 tax to match online.

My distributor sells the ball wholesale for $143.10.

Looks like I'd make $14.26 on the ball, and thats only because I live close enough to the distributor that I don't need shipping.

First you don't include tax in the "match". Even though they pay it, you don't get it. The shop here is getting them in the 110-115 range. So matching $170 price (not tax) gives a $55-60 profit.

People here would pay tax on BB.com.

[J Anderson]

First you don't include tax in the "match". Even though they pay it, you don't get it. The shop here is getting them in the 110-115 range. So matching $170 price (not tax) gives a $55-60 profit.

People here would pay tax on BB.com.

Don't you mean should?

[Mike White]

Don't you mean should?

He means "here" (Florida) BB.Com will charge you tax because BB.Com is based in Florida.

If you're outside of Florida, BB.Com won't change tax.

Its not just Florida....

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanelli.../#73c85ba66aa7

The Empty Jewelry Box Scam

Back in 1986 and likely for many years before, Donald Trump colluded in tax evasion with Bulgari Jewelry Store in New York, a high-end posh location with tony clientele right out of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. Here’s how the scam worked:

Trump would go into the store with his wife, his girlfriend, his…whatever (to use his vernacular). He would then buy her an expensive necklace or wristwatch. Normally, such a transaction would face the New York city and state sales tax, which would be pretty high on luxury jewelry.

In an illegal attempt to evade the tax, Trump “asked” the store to instead ship the jewelry to an out of state location, where no New York sales tax could be collected. In fact, the store would merely send an empty jewelry box to the location, while Trump and his lady friends walked out the door with the jewelry that very day.

The state and city tax collectors eventually caught onto this scheme, and Trump promptly testified against his erstwhile tax evasion colluding partners at the jewelry store in order to save his own skin.