Bowling Shoes

Bowling Shoes: the best investment you’ll ever make.

Think about it. Where do bowling alleys make their money? Games are often pretty cheap. Most of the time people go to the alley when a free game is available or if they got a coupon or a two for one deal. But there are always those shoes to buy. Because we can’t have those customers scratching up the floor with their “street shoes”. I would love to see the business model of these bowling alleys.

Think of every time you’ve gone bowling. Now multiply it by the $2 you have spent to rent shoes every time. Say that in your life you’ve gone 100 times. That’s $200. Now go to ebay. Look at all those shoes you can get for $5 that even offer free shipping. Now think of the future 300 times you’ll go bowling in your life. Bowling’s not leaving American culture anytime soon. By simply taking 5 minutes to figure out your shoe size and push “buy” on ebay, amazon, or craigslist, you could save about $600.

It’s so satisfying to go to the front counter, show them your own pair of fancy maroon and navy blue bowling shoes, and go bowl for about 1/3 of the costs that you usually do. Please. Please do it. For me. For all that is good about capitalistic America. Stick it to the bowling industry and maybe even go win a free game by bowling a turkey.

And on the flip side, the bowling shoe “look” is pretty in right now anyways. Save money, and be stylish while doing it.