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I know this has been discussed probably a thousand times here but I wanted everyones opinion. I play the Bridgestone Tour B330's and I hate to use new golf balls during the winter. My local couse is cover with trees and the leaves make it terribly hard to find a golfball on a wayward shot. A example is Saturday a guy hit a tree 30 yards off of the tee box and our whole 4 some watch it role back within 20 feet of us, took us and the 4 some behind us 5 or 6 minutes to find it.

Do you use either and where do you buy them?
 
I use nothing but recycled balls from www.lostgolfballs.com. I hit the e6 and B330-RX and order them whenever there is a sale. The AAAA works perfect for me and play just a good as a brand new ball out of the sleeve.
 
Recycled is a yes, refurbished generally a no.

I, too, have bought from LGB and have had NO problems.
 
yes, mint to AAAA titleist are good as a new sleeve.
 
95% of the balls I use are recycled mint condition from golfballnut.com. Tons cheaper than new and other than some sharpie dots occasionally you can't tell them apart from new balls.

I have tried some of the refurb balls from a couple different places and really didn't like them. The finish tends to come off pretty easily.
 
Recycled balls yes. Refinished/refurbished never.
 
T0AD said:
Recycled is a yes, refurbished generally a no.
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That's a big 10-4

wubears71 said:
I use nothing but recycled balls from www.lostgolfballs.com. I hit the e6 and B330-RX and order them whenever there is a sale. The AAAA works perfect for me and play just a good as a brand new ball out of the sleeve.
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I'm also a fan of recycled balls from www.lostgolfballs.com. I go for the AAAAA balls and they rarely let me down. I recently bought 3 dozen, 1 which was a Sample Pack of Pro V1X 2014, Callaway Speed Regime 3, Nike RZN Black, Taylormade Tour Preferred X for $28 - 20%. I see no reason to buy new anymore
 
REcycled yes
refurb no as the characteristics of the ball are negatively impacted.

Lostgolfballs.com and golfnut for me
 
T0AD said:
Recycled is a yes, refurbished generally a no.

I, too, have bought from LGB and have had NO problems.
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I agree. Never refurbished. Higher grade used is OK.
 
recycled in the winter time is a yes. started doing that last year.
 
Wakit300 said:
That's a big 10-4

I'm also a fan of recycled balls from www.lostgolfballs.com. I go for the AAAAA balls and they rarely let me down. I recently bought 3 dozen, 1 which was a Sample Pack of Pro V1X 2014, Callaway Speed Regime 3, Nike RZN Black, Taylormade Tour Preferred X for $28 - 20%. I see no reason to buy new anymore
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This is the route I'm thinking of going next year.
 
mikedean441 said:
REcycled yes
refurb no as the characteristics of the ball are negatively impacted.

Lostgolfballs.com and golfnut for me
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I'll be checking these sites out soon haha
 
Yeah recycled sure when a good deal on pro veez come out on the bay I'm usually in a bidding war of sort.
 
I chatted with a Bridgestone ball fitting expert today and he recommended the E5 as a winter ball. He said it was the closest thing in the cheaper line to the tour 330 I normally play. Thinking of ordering me a couple dozen from golfballnut.com to get thru the next few months, I have a few 330's that have some life left in them.

AAAA grade are $9.99 and the AAAAA's are $11.99, will I see a big difference in the two grades?
 
hitmanharleyk said:
I chatted with a Bridgestone ball fitting expert today and he recommended the E5 as a winter ball. He said it was the closest thing in the cheaper line to the tour 330 I normally play. Thinking of ordering me a couple dozen from golfballnut.com to get thru the next few months, I have a few 330's that have some life left in them.

AAAA grade are $9.99 and the AAAAA's are $11.99, will I see a big difference in the two grades?
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AAAA grade will have permanent marker marks on it and won't be as white, but other than that, they are exactly the same. Both play as good as a new ball. Personally, I prefer saving the few extra dollars and always go with the AAAA since pen marks and logos don't make a difference to me.
 
I went with 2 dozen mint for $11.99 each and $6 shipping. Found a coupon code that saved me $4.80, so I was out the door for $25.18 or $1.05 per ball. Had I knew I'd like the ball, I could have got 3 dozen and lowered the price per ball to $0.94 ea.

Code I Used was Thankful20 at golfballnut.

Shipping at lostgolfballs cost them the order, their cheapest shipping was $15.99
 
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Recycled are great but I wouldn't recommend refinished.
 
i have played both and can not tell the difference with new. As far as the finish of refurbs, i have never seen a problem, then again in the last season i can count on 1 hand when a single ball lasted all round. a common phrase with the hackers i play with is" for sale, one titleist velocity, 4A condition, hit once"!
 
It's funny I came across this discussion. I just emailed lgb cs about a recent order. I ordered 4 dozen tour b330's in the aaaa quality. When i received them they were superb, except they either slipped or accidentally placed several refurbed balls in there. Imo they are a waste of money and their performance is a crapshoot. You reAlly don't know what your getting when they have been refinished.

Anyways I still love lgb.com and will be a loyal customer


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dustin8538 said:
It's funny I came across this discussion. I just emailed lgb cs about a recent order. I ordered 4 dozen tour b330's in the aaaa quality. When i received them they were superb, except they either slipped or accidentally placed several refurbed balls in there. Imo they are a waste of money and their performance is a crapshoot. You reAlly don't know what your getting when they have been refinished.

Anyways I still love lgb.com and will be a loyal customer


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i actually just received 4 dozen AAAA B330's yesterday from LGB and was disappointed in what I received. so your not the only one.
 
cwmonroe87 said:
i actually just received 4 dozen AAAA B330's yesterday from LGB and was disappointed in what I received. so your not the only one.
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Well at least I'm not the only one...sorry. Lol. I did email them and hopefully will get a response from them. I would be ok with getting several poorly graded balls because imo they are still gameable. But refurbed balls imo are just garbage and that is not what I paid for.


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Recycled balls is all I use, AAAAA mint condition just like brand new for half the price
 
dustin8538 said:
Well at least I'm not the only one...sorry. Lol. I did email them and hopefully will get a response from them. I would be ok with getting several poorly graded balls because imo they are still gameable. But refurbed balls imo are just garbage and that is not what I paid for.


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i talked to fletcher the other day concerning my order because it was taking so long to get here and I got the impression they were a bit overwhelmed with orders from the Black Friday sell they had going on. I'm guessing that's why my order was a little wonky.
 
cwmonroe87 said:
i talked to fletcher the other day concerning my order because it was taking so long to get here and I got the impression they were a bit overwhelmed with orders from the Black Friday sell they had going on. I'm guessing that's why my order was a little wonky.
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I actually thought to myself it could have something to do with that. I bought mine Black Friday. Couldn't pass up 13.99 dz with free shipping. I guess they were overwhelmed. I got concerned as well with shipping. Ordered that Friday and received them today. That's a long time


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Stupid question but what's the difference in refurbished and recycled.
 
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