[star50]

I agree.

[Mleeja]

This discussion comes up every year! Get over it! The amount spent on pickleballs is a rounding error in the overall budget.

Check out three golf balls with a $9.00 deposit. When you get done with your round of golf, turn in your golf balls back to the starters shack. You only get three per round. If you lose them, you are done for the round, plus you do not get your deposit back!

[VictoriaGrace]

Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan

Seriously? Pickleballers don’t supply their own pickleballs?

Hmmm 🤔. Why aren’t golf balls supplied to golfers?

That is a great question!!

[fdpaq0580]

Do we get a discount for buying in bulk?

[fdpaq0580]

I thought "pickleballs" was a deep fried Southern appetizer.

[Pugchief]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

Rec department tried about 6 years ago with engage balls (which I’m sure they got good deal with bulk order?) which was better than duralast 40s, but old guard Pickleball community complained and they switched back to dura last with month or two. Different younger crowd now maybe they will accept better balls? Still got lot of old crowd influencers that may muck up the change?

Most of the folks I play with dislike the Duras, especially in the early morning when low light makes visibility more difficult. Hopefully "the old guard" will be accepting.

[Howdy]

Coffee Grounds are supplied to every Recreation Center & the Coffee is available from 7:00 AM until 8:00 PM 365 days ...that is 12+ hours a day....so far so good...

News Flash : The Coffee is Supplied by None Other Than...You Guessed it: Paid to .........

The " Morse Family " Countless Thousands of $$$$$$$$ shhhhhh a well kept secret.

Yes Indeed they have every angle covered !!

The Villages Restaurant's Booze ???? They have to have a supplier....???? " ________________ " ........ Fill in the Blank.....

[kcrazorbackfan]

Originally Posted by Marathon Man

Why the comment? You have lived here for quite a while, you already knew this. A little pot stirring perhaps?

Nope, never knew that. I don’t play pickleball, knees won’t allow it.

[Altavia]

Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan

Nope, never knew that. I don’t play pickleball, knees won’t allow it.

Supplies are provided for each activity at the Rec Centers: Pickleball, Tennis, Platform Tennis, Beach Tennis , Volleyball (beach & pool), Basketball, , Bocci, Shuffle Board, Cornhole, Archery, Air Gun, Ping Pong, Putt n Play, ...

[Howdy]

Originally Posted by Altavia

Supplies are provided for each activity at the Rec Centers: Pickleball, Tennis, Platform Tennis, Beach Tennis , Volleyball (beach & pool), Basketball, , Bocci, Shuffle Board, Cornhole, Archery, Air Gun, Ping Pong, Putt n Play, ...

You left out the " Ground Coffee " for the Coffee Drinkers who frequent the many, many Recreation Ctrs. = $$$$$$$$$ open from " 7:00 AM till 8:00 PM " year after year, the source of the supplier is a well kept secret along with the suppliers of the other items...shhhh.:

I wonder if there was ever an " Audit " Hmmmmmm, I wonder

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by jedalton

ok, how about buying me some golf balls?

Nope, you lose too many….

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Howdy

You left out the " Ground Coffee " for the Coffee Drinkers who frequent the many, many Recreation Ctrs. = $$$$$$$$$ open from " 7:00 AM till 8:00 PM " year after year, the source of the supplier is a well kept secret along with the suppliers of the other items...shhhh.:

I wonder if there was ever an " Audit " Hmmmmmm, I wonder

Being I don’t drink coffee need to start charging for coffee at all rec centers? See how that works ? If one don’t participate in activity they think others should have to pay..

[Howdy]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

Being I don’t drink coffee need to start charging for coffee at all rec centers? See how that works ? If one don’t participate in activity they think others should have to pay..

The Recreation Centers are clueless when it comes down to checking " ID's " ... the very idea of charging for coffee is 100% impossible.

Basically a Village ID is a Joke...rarely enforced . Whoever is in charge of the Recreation Centers his/her title General, Colonel, President, Chief, Top Dog, CEO, is doing a Lousy Job & should be demoted to forecasting the weather on any given day.
Maybe just maybe that person could justify His/Her Florida " Minimum Wage ".

[HappyTraveler]

Originally Posted by Howdy

The Recreation Centers are clueless when it comes down to checking " ID's " ... the very idea of charging for coffee is 100% impossible.

Basically a Village ID is a Joke...rarely enforced . Whoever is in charge of the Recreation Centers his/her title General, Colonel, President, Chief, Top Dog, CEO, is doing a Lousy Job & should be demoted to forecasting the weather on any given day.
Maybe just maybe that person could justify His/Her Florida " Minimum Wage ".

I don't agree with you about IDs. They DO get checked periodically and more so in the high season. Thus far, there is no reason to check them more often and it would be overkill.

(I can't believe this thread is still 'alive'.)