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• frappefort 3,994 Posts

  Tue, Dec 29 2015 2:01 PM

  I did not know where to write this ..........    I am glad you re...offered    the X   Gold Balls  for two Days   ......                 Soon has i  seen  that , i went   to Subway  got a  gift cards  and   put  $$$   in my WGT account........             Thank you WGT  i know you do not have these balls  for sell  anymore .......    and that the Black X  9Pro     Balls  are the same ........  But hard to beat the gold colors    .......          Merci Beaucoup   again WGT.           Francois (Frapp)       

• ZioMio 4,680 Posts

  Tue, Dec 29 2015 4:39 PM

  frappefort:

  know you do not have these balls  for sell  anymore

  But you can get some if you buy credits  ...  so stock up.

  

• ScottHope 10,449 Posts

  Wed, Dec 30 2015 1:59 AM

  I noticed that when someone mentioned about the Halloween balls not being available in the shop, that possibly you could get more if someone gifted them to you after a multiplayer game. Would that be possible in this instance.

  What about the notification during a game that you are down to your last ball and are given a button to click to buy some more?

  In your ball inventory, if you are down to just one ball, there is a 'Buy Sleeve Now' button to click, does that work?

• MainzMan 9,591 Posts

  Wed, Dec 30 2015 3:21 AM

  ScottHope:

  In your ball inventory, if you are down to just one ball, there is a 'Buy Sleeve Now' button to click, does that work?

  Interesting, even the old Tour iS balls have a buy sleeve button.  I didn't press it as I've no need of them and didn't want to waste credits on unnecessary balls.  Makes you wonder though.......

  As an aside, Tour iS, that takes me back  : )

  I have no idea about other balls but gifting certainly works for the old Hex Chrome.   At least it did a couple of weeks ago, it's possible they closed the loop hole.  One day I'll have to switch to soft I suppose.

• alosso 21,072 Posts

  Wed, Dec 30 2015 3:24 AM

  Can't tell about the gifting options, but it should be the same as for

  ScottHope:

  What about the notification during a game that you are down to your last ball and are given a button to click to buy some more?

  I did not get any notification when my outdated Callies were used up once. It was the only time in years that I came down to Starters to finish the game.

  => Impossible to buy when they are out of sale.

• ScottHope 10,449 Posts

  Wed, Dec 30 2015 4:03 AM

  MainzMan:

  As an aside, Tour iS, that takes me back  : )

  Just for you Mainz   : ) ...

  

• MainzMan 9,591 Posts

  Wed, Dec 30 2015 9:55 AM

  Thanks Scott, those things were my daily ball.  Kinda like the Hex Chrome that replaced them.

  Why does WGT keep replacing my favourite ball and removing it from the pro shop?

• MainzMan 9,591 Posts

  Wed, Dec 30 2015 10:02 AM

  I decided to give it a try and what do you know, you can still buy them, as long as you only have 1 left.  Just click on the button and Hey Sainsburys  (Presto having gone bust long ago)

  Mine was a vapor ball which I usually wouldn't use but what the hell.

  So, anyone with 1 Hex Chrome, Tour i(s) , Tour i(z) or any other redundant ball, if you have 1 left you can get another sleeve very easily.  I assume this means they can also be gifted after a multi player round.

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Wed, Dec 30 2015 10:03 AM

  alosso:

  => Impossible to buy when they are out of sale.

  Yes but you can keep stock of a discontinued ball. The 33 Callaway is a good example. It was a great value for a premium ball but was replaced by a version ( that didn't perform as well, imo) to keep up with what Callaway is doing. If I want to keep stocking that ball, all I have to do is play against someone willing to gift them at the end of the game. You buy them what they're using and they gift you a like amount of balls in return.

  Bit of a hassle but a workaround.  :-)

   

  p.s., I may be all wet on the difference in the balls, I never tried the replacement. It just got some bad reviews when it came out. Still toting the originals.  :-)

• bigdaddie1 2,694 Posts

  Wed, Dec 30 2015 10:40 AM

  Thanks Mainz.  I just got a new sleeve of Iz's. Now to see if it works while playing a round.