Anyone Else Pickup 20 Cans of Penn Championship From Costco For $40?
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1stVolley
Professional
It's cheaper in the store. The price differential is for delivery since the $44.99 includes shipping.
Yep, saw 29.99 last year in store. Some balls come out a bit flat right out of the can and they lose their bounce much faster than tour-level balls. I'm not really a ball snob but I recently opened cans of Costco Penns and Wilson US Open balls together for rallying and after an hour the differences were obvious. I'll keep the Costco Penns for casual hitting but maybe pick up a case of better balls for anything more serious.
JEDI MASTER
Professional
I use Costco balls all the time.. still have 2 cases in the garage..
one of our local shops gave a review... check it out at:
one of our local shops gave a review... check it out at:
Ronaldo
Bionic Poster
Local USTA District has used these balls for at least 10 yrs for Adult League matches. Love them for clay court matches. May try the ED by Ellen ball,
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smboogie
Semi-Pro
They are not bad for everyday, low cost balls. I have had a few cans over the years be bad, low bounce, odd shaped, etc..but overall for the price they are worth it. Lately I have been buying Dunlops when they are on sale w/free shipping b/c then I never get my balls mixed up with others b/c literally everyone plays the Penns 
Comparing the Costco Penns I will say depending on your game/play level they will not be as durable. Currently playing Dunlop ATPs and they really have great durability (bounce and felt) vs the Costco Penn balls.
Comparing the Costco Penns I will say depending on your game/play level they will not be as durable. Currently playing Dunlop ATPs and they really have great durability (bounce and felt) vs the Costco Penn balls.
Ronaldo
Bionic Poster
Prince Tour???
jangotango
Semi-Pro
Picked up two cases last week for drills and machine use
kdwithketchup
New User
It's 16 cans for $40 in canada, and that's on sale. Reg price is $50
kdwithketchup
New User
But I did pick up a box
texastornado
Rookie
Crud seems like i missed the sale. These are great unless they've been sitting on the pallet in store too long.
Dartagnan64
G.O.A.T.
I used to use these as my junk balls but I have switched to Wilson Triniti. The trinity's last longer so even at double the cost I get 4x the amount of play out of them. I might get a couple matches out of the Penn's but I can get 2-3 weeks of play out of Triniti's. And then I can throw them in my ball hopper for serve practice and get more utility out of them.
mike schiffer
Semi-Pro
If they are made in China...I pass....the ones made in Thailand are much better...Any one notice the big "skin-tag" on the seam of recent Penns....affects the bounce in my experience...
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DeathStrike
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Bhagi Katbamna
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cg.tennis
Rookie
I found out the in store prices for Penn Championship in Target and Dick's are much cheaper than online price. It's around $2.2-$2.5 per can in store. There are always coupon with Dick's that you can use. One interesting thing i found Target sells a different batch of Penn Championship, which has a much bolder darker print of "Penn #" on the ball. It won't wear out after one match or two.
Ronaldo
Bionic Poster
Walked into a local DKS and found a 6-pk of Penn regular-duty balls for $10. Later found a 6er of Wilson Championship balls for the same price.. Still have at least 4 unopened cans.
bobleenov1963
Hall of Fame
I bought 5 boxes from Costco for $29.99 back in Jun 2020. I donated them after using a few cans because I don't like the feel of Penn. I like Dunlop. Tennis warehouse sold a box of 24 for $60 with free shipping two months ago.
Ronaldo
Bionic Poster
Our district distributed Costco Penn xtra-duty balls for League tennis matches. So we would swap them out on clay courts.
What's insane is that Dick's is selling Wilson US Open cans for a dollar cheaper than the Penn Champs.
tennis tom
Legend
BIG 5 has competitive pricing for balls and also carries Dunlop 4-ball cans, which make the game go 25% faster not having to pick-up balls as much--there's always one ball that goes AWOL during a match necessitating a search party and wasting time.
