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Update on the Orbit Balls
Here is a link to Bill's Blog for those who haven't read it yet.
http://frcdirector.blogspot.com/ Not very encouraging I must say! |
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i have to agree...not very encouraging words
with the amount of these that will be on the field during a game, its very disappointing to know we may only have 5 or less to practice with for the entire season. |
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Nice catch & thanks for posting. You would think that somebody would check with the company that makes these & the company that sells these to ensure that there will be enough to cover the teams. Sounds like a pretty big ooops to me. |
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Just to piggy back on this post:
I had a parent do a little checking about the game pieces and here is what she has reported: Quote:
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87.77 balls per store. Hmmmmmmm
We only found 4 at 5 different stores. Is that 28,000 number after FIRST has secured enough for competitions????? |
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Sounds like FIRST contacted Wal-Mart and verified the total # available but failed to ask how many are normally kept on-hand in a store. Also, it's possible they may have a smaller quantity in-store now than they would have in the summertime. |
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The Cokeley family, on their drive home from Manchester, stopped at EVERY Walmart between Massachusetts and Connecticut - and found ZERO balls.
We, at our local Walmart, however, found 6. Being gracious, we bought 3, and saved 3 for our neighboring Allentown team. We also made sure to leave the chance of balls at the Hamilton Walmart for the teams out there in Hamilton. I hope teams who come across this will remember to have the same principles! |
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FYI We bought the broken ones also. I predict that the majority of balls on the field will have one or more hoops broken. |
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You are also forgetting overhead. Have to account the ones that were stolen by customers/employees and the ones that are broken in store and thrown away without being accounted for.
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Road trip??? :rolleyes: Btw, I hate that Bill used blogspot, since that site is blocked at work. :mad: Can someone copy/paste the contents of the message here? |
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Direct from Bill's Blog: http://frcdirector.blogspot.com/2009...oure-busy.html Quote:
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That's a start. If you cannot find any call Walmart in Wyoming. |
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http://walmartstores.com/AboutUs/779...FQZqswodMDorDQ I can't find a list of those centers, however. Can anyone find a link I can't find? Is there a nice/sane/proper way of finding out/shaking loose any product that might be in these places? |
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