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Golf balls, 200% mark-up??!?

• Snaike 3,678 Posts

  Thu, Sep 24 2009 4:12 PM

  Here's a strange.....

  I understand why WGT would want to price different types of balls differently...  what I don't understand is why WGT would have a price teir structure on the same TYPE of balls, but different COLORS?

  	B-XD	B-ES	GI-D
  White	10	10	44
  Light Blue	12	24	47
  Lime	12	24	47
  Pink	12	24	47
  Blue	14	28	49
  Orange	14	28	49
  Purple	14	28	49
  Red	14	28	49
  Yellow	14	28	49
  Gold	15	30	55

   

  Can someone please explain to me how the Gold GI-D is worth 25% more than the White GI-D, the Gold B-XD is worth 50% more than the White B-XD, and the Gold B-ES is an ASTOUNDING 200% higher than the White B-ES!!

  For what?  The color?!     Wow.

   

• nivlac 2,188 Posts

  Thu, Sep 24 2009 4:16 PM

  Flashiness costs extra. :D

  I agree with the skewage on the B-XD balls.  I guess they wanted to put them on "sale" so more people would try 'em.  /guess

  No comment on the rest of the color/price variation though.  Makes no sense to me.  I would think virtual paint is free.

• Soulcatcher 1,970 Posts

  Thu, Sep 24 2009 4:30 PM

  The funny thing is, I see people playing the gold balls all the time.

  Walk down any downtown street, people will pay for fashion/status..........alot.

   

• molideha 213 Posts

  Thu, Sep 24 2009 4:46 PM

  i'll just take a sleeve of white ES, and no, i don't need them bagged...tyvm.

• hbthree 478 Posts

  Thu, Sep 24 2009 4:47 PM

  Snaike....A better question might be why is the "white" ball in each category worth so much less than the "gold" ball?  

  Answer:   I asked my wife, she said, "white shows dirt more easily".

   

   

  HBthree

• Faterson 2,902 Posts

  Thu, Sep 24 2009 7:27 PM

  As you can see, the price for the white B-ES balls is an anomaly, not the rule. It's the one price that stands out among all the other prices. The price range among all the other types of balls & colours seems negligible, whereas there's a whopping discount if you buy the no-frills white B-ES balls. I for one am thankful for the huge discount.

  Still, B-ES is my least favourite type of upgraded balls because, once you get used to the extra distance provided by B-XD & GI-D, it can be pretty difficult to readjust your mental calculations back to the regular distance of B-ES balls.

• TawnyPorter 4 Posts

  Thu, Sep 24 2009 8:14 PM

  Listen to Faterson. He has all the answers.

• Faterson 2,902 Posts

  Thu, Sep 24 2009 9:16 PM

  I submitted no answer in my previous post, only an observation. I apologize if that enraged you.  

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Fri, Sep 25 2009 10:05 AM

  The enigma for me is trying to square how approx. 20 golf balls that wear out are equal to the cost of, say the R9 or Rapture drivers, that don't.

• Doublemochaman 2,009 Posts

  Fri, Sep 25 2009 10:12 AM

  Didn't you know that the drivers wear out too?  After 2500 hits the heads fall off.  Or, in a fit of anger, you might throw it in a water hazard (Auto-replaced by the WGT Starter driver).  Either way you're out a driver, which ever comes first.  :)