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ive been mean and ordered one off play :D 17.99 for blue neon pro delivered :D with rpm monitor too

Im hoping it will help increase my reaction times in Medal of Honor :disturbd:

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That is a question for Rory ..... How come the Play.com ones are so much cheaper ???

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I bet play bought millions and only got a small mark up

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and more important, why is it on there as a toy?

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This in not uncommon in business,
Ive seen fuji cameras loads cheaper at 7dayshop than from fuji
same with tv's and dvd's

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you didnt used to have to pay VAT @ 7dayshop though

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Play.com isn't in the UK, which may affect tax, hence cheaper products??

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Another question..if one has a week grip would one get any benefit from this item.I currently have problems gripping anything for a longish period.I find letter writing hard(it's played havoc with my calligraphy) and I can't paint or draw for too long either.I get shooting pains in my thumbs and in my left hand index finger from time to time,indeed the left index finger actually hurts at times.Would this help to sort these issues out? :erm:

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You are correct on both points guys - Play are based in Jersey and don't charge Vat on purchases - in addition, they buy and move big qty's of the products they sell and therefore appear to operate a discount [business] model (larger sales volumes at lower margins).

In terms of Powerball as a 'Toy', I asked myself the same question when I found myself in Hamley's last week surrounded by at least 100 kiddies from the minute the store opened to the minute it closed (my god, what a busy place that is during half term!) - in truth, Powerball isn't really a 'Toy' (anyone who has experienced the torture it inflicts on the wrist/arms will testify to this) but that high score feature (as you can even see in this thread) is wildly addictive and manages to blur the line between fitness and fun sufficiently to put it into the fun/games category of such sales channels without too much dispute..

By the way, have a little peep at the following "mini scoreboard" we set up for our friends at the Flexifoil kite flying forum:

http://www.powerballs.com/flexifoil/

As you can see, this is the type of scoring that you boys should be aiming to achieve (the official Top100 scoreboard is outside of most peoples reach these days so don't feel too bad if you can't quite make that!)

Anything less than 11k for a fully grown male is fairly miserable (!) and it will annoy you even more when you hear that a very slender wristed young Spanish girl called Mj (she is about 18, as thin as a whip and with slim arms) is presently on 11783rpm and headed for our first female 12k score submission...we'll have some fun when that happens and will make sure the video is on site to help make any potential slagging of limp wristed males even easier! :-)

Watch this space!

BR Rory

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There is information on their site regarding RSI, and hand/wrist injuries. Yes it is good for this, but take it slow.

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Definitely will help.......just take it easy with it..............

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Same here Coggy! Only my right hand though - can't carry things between thumb and forefinger for long periods. It's the tendon in the thumb - aches like hell at times. Too much mousing.

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You might want to try icing the tendon for 2-5 minutes every hour to decrease the inflammation.

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Right I'll hopefully get one of these from Play.com when I get the money, my right wrist is really starting to annoy me due to all the mousing with it :(

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Yeah. I also have a splint if it gets really bad. I always have a box full of assorted pills and creams, including high-strength Ibuprofen.