Ebay lake balls

[SaintHacker]

Ive found a seller on flea bay offering 2 dozen pro v1s for £35, described as pearl or grade A lake balls. Have to say I'm tempted. Has anyone else gone this route? Were the balls decent quality or would I be better off going for some new balls but lower than a pro v? I can't justify the cost of new ones at my level but I don't mind paying that for second hand ones if they're decent quality.

 

[sydney greenstreet]

Ive found a seller on flea bay offering 2 dozen pro v1s for £35, described as pearl or grade A lake balls. Have to say I'm tempted. Has anyone else gone this route? Were the balls decent quality or would I be better off going for some new balls but lower than a pro v? I can't justify the cost of new ones at my level but I don't mind paying that for second hand ones if they're decent quality.

Pro V toooooo expensive to lose and as you play of 27 I take it you lose a few, I always find that after 1 hit a new ball becomes a Pearl/Grade A anyway.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Depends on how many years they have sat at the bottom of the lake.

 

[stevie_r]

I buy my pearl/ A grade AD333s off ebay, use the same seller every time and I feel the quality is good. I don't generally pay any more than about £11 (incl P & P) for 20.

 

[Odvan]

Personally stay away from the lake balls. Look out for the private sellers that are selling 'hit once' balls.

have bought excellent pro v1’s and z-stars for £18 each and the only thing wrong with them have been player markings or company logo's. I think 2 out of 24 had an impact mark on them.

Very happy and will look for the same seller again.

 

[pbrown7582]

I'd try and find pearls that aren't lake balls got a decent batch for my practice bag but many were good enough to use some with just ident marks. It's pot luck though....

That said weren't last years z stars available @ £20/dozen that would be better bet?

 

[Simbo]

I'd try and find pearls that aren't lake balls got a decent batch for my practice bag but many were good enough to use some with just ident marks. It's pot luck though....

That said weren't last years z stars available @ £20/dozen that would be better bet?

Where?..

 

[Beezerk]

I buy my pearl/ A grade AD333s off ebay, use the same seller every time and I feel the quality is good. I don't generally pay any more than about £11 (incl P & P) for 20.

Just taken delivery of 12 AD333's in pearl/A condition, £5 plus a couple for shipping. Most look mint, a few have tiny marks so happy as Larry.
The way I play I can't justify paying full price for decent balls

 

[Chrisb83]

I've bought lake balls off ebay with mixed results positive h my experience I'd stick with the ones who look like a business. I Bought a bag of 100 mixed branded balls from a private seller that were crap, but have been buying the srixon softfeel and ad333 20 at a tim for £11 that in my eyes could pass for new as long as you don't mind most of them having logos or some sort of pen mark.

Other thing is just have a look at the amount of postivefeed back that's relivent to golf balls only, some sellers sell all sorts so could make them seem better than they are.

 

[dufferman]

I've bought some Wilson Staff DS3's & 2's before, 2s were rubbish 3s were good.

Were the balls you bought last years / previous model? I assume they were? American golf or direct golf are selling last seasons prov1s for £30 I think ATM...

 

[pbrown7582]

Where?..

Go up a touch but £22.50 is still a good price.
Snainton have sold out but have Ad333 2013 version @ £13

 

[Pin-seeker]

Ill quite happily use Lake balls. Bridgestone e6 are a good ball at a decent price. Worth trying :thup:

 

[One Planer]

I brought 48 pearl/A mix balls off eBay at the start of last year.

I'm just using the last one now.

Frankly, I won't do it again. I've decided to play new balls from now on, for the simple reason they are new, unblemished and you know exactly where they've been (IE in the box).

The balls described as Pearl in the batch I had we're more like A grade. It follows that the A grade were more a B grade.

If you want to buy new, at less cost, buy practice stamped or X outs.

118 golf have x-outs at £19.99 a dozen.

 

[DappaDonDave]

http://www.sportsdirect.com/titleist-12-pack-lake-golf-balls-875131

http://www.sportsdirect.com/dunlop-12-pack-tour-soft-low-golf-balls-875001

http://www.sportsdirect.com/dunlop-12-pack-tour-elite-golf-balls-875008

http://www.sportsdirect.com/dunlop-12-pack-nz9-golf-balls-875005

http://www.sportsdirect.com/dunlop-12-pack-dp1-golf-balls-875017

http://www.sportsdirect.com/taylormade-noodle-golf-balls-24-pack-875022

GO CRAZY...Any of those will do you. Unless you've just not handed in a card for 24 months and you're now cat 1. I played a Dunlop DDH for 12/18 holes today, saw no difference other than a little less "feel" off the putter face.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I would seriously advise against lake balls. The variety in performance between to exact looking makes can be huge and a lot of it depends how long it has been submerged. If you are brand new to the game and so the performance of the ball arguably isn't as important at this stage then fine. A cheap and easy resource. Once you get consistent I'd be wanting something I can rely on to go the same difference each time. Plenty of cheap or "practice" stamped balls around. Just my opinion of course but lake balls are not a good option

 

[Kellfire]

Stick to a decent brand and lake balls will be fine for the most.

How much difference do you really think being submerged makes to a product such as a golf ball..?

 

[stevie_r]

Stick to a decent brand and lake balls will be fine for the most.

How much difference do you really think being submerged makes to a product such as a golf ball..?

I agree, we are not people who produce millimetric consistency, what's a couple of yards here and there?