10 pin bowling

ShiWarrior

ShiWarrior

ShiWarrior

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Ok ok, so its a sport i suppose...

How much do people pay for this now adays?

place where im going next month is £5.90 unlimited bowling between 10am and 4pm

seems to good to be true?
 
Yeah thats a good price, at my centre we charge £22.50/hr or £3.80/game, no unlimited! Alleys are usually dead around those times anyway but make sure there isn't a limit in the small print. Sometimes alleys will say "unlimited bowling up to 2hours" or something along those lines. Either way, its a good deal!

Oh and damn right it's a sport! I always work up a sweat, but that's because I'm L33T :cool:
 
That seems very cheap, when I went in Watford recently it was £4.20 a game or £9 for three games.

I suppose the cheap 10am - 4pm thing is to try and use the capacity when it’s usually pretty empty, most customers will go in the evening or weekends.
 
Elmer said:
That seems very cheap, when I went in Watford recently it was £4.20 a game or £9 for three games.

I suppose the cheap 10am - 4pm thing is to try and use the capacity when it’s usually pretty empty, most customers will go in the evening or weekends.
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yeah, thats my thoughts too
 
Yup, unlimited is definitely the way to go, soooo much cheaper than pay per game.

The places I know that do unlimited normally include some or all of the following small print clauses...

Only available Mon-Fri during term time.
Minimum number of 2 players per lane.
Dependant on availability (good all purpose get out clause, if it is busy then they can just say no).
Minimum number of guaranteed games = 3 (Once you have paid and started playing, you can be asked to stop after completing 3 games but not before).

However, I have taken advantage of unlimited offers at 3 or 4 places a number of times over the years and have never once been refused or stopped early (unless you count the time I forgot it was half term!).
 
Yeah I just went recently and it was £3.80 per game, couldn't get student discount because it was in the afternoon! But its always a good laugh, but it was kiddies holidays so there was lots of families about so it was quite hard to get a lane :)
 
We went to our local bowl in lowestoft on saturday night, and there were 12 of us over 2 lanes. We had 2 games, and in total it cost 6 pounds per person to play. (not including the obligatory drinks of course)
 
Artemic said:
We went to our local bowl in lowestoft on saturday night, and there were 12 of us over 2 lanes. We had 2 games, and in total it cost 6 pounds per person to play. (not including the obligatory drinks of course)
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Saturday nights will be more expensive becuase its saturday night! :D same with this one.
 
Elmer said:
That seems very cheap, when I went in Watford recently it was £4.20 a game or £9 for three games.

I suppose the cheap 10am - 4pm thing is to try and use the capacity when it’s usually pretty empty, most customers will go in the evening or weekends.
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Hollywood bowl? Woodside Leisure park? ;)
 
Last time I went bowling I walked it and walked out 2 minutes later after seeing the price.
Money spent on pizza hut next door was much better value :p
 
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