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NOTICE:
Directly below is information about our sites. Further down is information about the other truck balls sites.
We do not bring our personal hobbies to work with us, we don't insult you with loud blaring, irritating videos on our web pages.
yournutz.com is especially irritating in this regard, we were checking their site out today (11/29/07) to see if they had raised their prices again, lo and behold, even more repetitive type videos, how distracting they must be to shoppers, oh well, every site has there down side - even ours.
We also post our physical address on our web-site, as do our dealers, if they have a site. Most of our dealers sell through their retail stores. Many other sites that sell truck balls use P.O. Boxes, free email addresses instead of the company domain email address - we have never understood this, it seems a little strange.
We state who our dealers are, and provide their addresses and phone numbers. If there is dealer in your area, you can buy it there and save time and shipping costs. They also don't try and undercut OR charge more then our listed prices to weaken the market and quality of our products. Be sure to call ahead to verify products and availability . . .
Regarding our site, you don't have to navigate all over the place to see our complete product line, it's right there on our home page where you can view the really important things every buyer wants to know: pictures of all the products, colors, sizes, prices, pricing discounts, guarantee, shipping, return policies, etc.
We don't require you to visit a different page for every different bit of information you want to know about. It is your option to seek our extended product displays and informational pages.
We offer discounts on anything more than one, (approximately 20% per unit) with a sliding scale and even more discounts for larger quantities, up to 40% off ! Our dealers get the standard keystone discount of 50% off. Most all our products calculate into these discounts too. You can pick the purchasing method that fits your needs - On Line, By-Mail or By-Fax, selections may be made in our shopping cart, the cart displays your entire order, for your review, before checking out.
Our cart is not the typical bland pre-determined third party shopping cart and database method which only allows and displays the very basic features, and typically only one product per page. It offers many important features, probably the most important one is that allows you to PRE-VIEW your entire order before "Checkout". This includes your (billing) address, your different (ship to) address, if you used one.
Also once you select your proucts and then enter your 'shipping zip code' the cart will use the actual weight of the items you selected and the zip code entered and use the Post Office's Rate Chart to calculate the shipping charges for your order. This also true if you select to use United Parcel Service, same procedure using UPS's Rate Charts.
Everything you ordered on individual line items with prices and discounts, shipping costs and how it is being shipped A complete view of EVERYTHING prior to checking out !
Also we email you the day it is shipped, indicating that it has been mailed via Priority Mail, which is the Postal Service's three - working day - delivery service. There is no tracking ability for Priority Mail. If your order was shipped via UPS, they will also send you an email with the tracking number, later the same day it was shipped.
We don't have other URL's and web sites pretending to be someone we are not, just the Original BullsBalls.com period - The Original Bulls Balls Truck Balls Company and the First Internet Site to sell Bulls Balls and Big Boy Nuts, enough said...
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Update # 8. ??/??/2007
Waiting for their next so called inovation copied from
The Original ®BULLs BALLs® Truck Balls Company on the Internet = BullsBalls.com ...
Update # 7. 2/1/2008
Awhile back, our R & D Department placed an order from yournutz.com to check out some of their new products as we often do with them and other manufacturers. One of the items was for the Red lipstick Stencil for $10.00 on a 8" set of Flesh Nutz for $20.00. Upon receiving the order we discovered that it was not a stencil at all, but a cheap piece of red vinyl shaped like the red lips. Now, everybody knows that something like that costs not more than a few pennies.
$10.00 for that decal is outrageous,
in our opinion. That is bad enough, however but then to see the "decal" peeling off the nutz right out of the box, would be downright disappointing to most buyers. You can see by the pictures viewable within the link above why that would happen with all the vertical striations, there is no flat gripping surface for the vinyl to stick to properly.
They have many other "stickiez" for the same price of 10.00 per little piece of vinyl. They also want your suggestion for new ones, they will even give you a FRee one, if they like your suggestion, WOW !
The research on this particular "project" reminded many of the staff about the time we were doing research on two items we were considering offering through our company. We placed our order on-line, to review the products thoroughly and make a decision. The package arrived a couple weeks later (not an impressive delivery time),
upon opening the box, one of the products was broken and the other was poorly made, a piece of junk. We still refer to that research project as the Double Rip-off !
It was then that we decided we would dedicate ALL our energies to the unique truck accessories that we produce here in the U.S. and sell worldwide. Through that dedication we have long been The Foremost Truck Balls Company in the World . . .
Update # 6. 12/23/2007
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Well, it seems since yournutz.com can't compete with us Professionally or Legitimately, David Hamm and his cohorts have decided to come in the "back door" as they have done many times in the past few years.
It seems they have purchased a small quantity of our products through an assumed name (LBA - secret shopper), created a new site called allthenutz.com, domain purchased on August 29th, 2007 and are now selling our Superior Bulls Balls and Big Boy Nuts along with their inferior products ( in our opinion ) to make themselves look better.
Since they are an Unauthorized Dealer, all the pictures of Our Products are also Unauthorized in Violation of Internet Copyright Laws as well as
their usage of the phrase Bulls Balls® is in Violation of TradeMark Laws as Bulls Balls is a Registered Trademark.
We are not taking their attitude and complete disregard of existing laws lightly. We will be in court by early Spring if OUR products are not removed from this new website very soon.
Since they are an UNAUTHORIZED Dealer for our products, we would like to make this situation known to the buying public.
Please do not purchase any of OUR products from this unsavory company co-owned by Edwin Hartel, the registered domain owner and webmaster of the website and managed by yournuts.com's owner David Hamm. ( more information about him and his ways further down this page - View updates # 4 through # 1 )
Since allthenutz.com is not any Authorized Dealer for our products, we will not honor any Warranties or Guarantees for Our Products purchased from this website. Caveat Emptor !
1/31/08 Update :
Upon further research we have discovered some more deceptive practices
of this website and owner David Hamm, also owner of yournutz.com.
Our 1st Generation Bulls Balls (top hangers) weigh 2.4 lbs, their website show 3.0 lbs. Our 2nd Gen. Bulls Balls (chain & lock) weigh 2.0 lbs. - their indicated weight is 3.0 lbs.
Our 1st Gen. Big Boy Nuts weigh 1.8 lbs, their site shows 3.0 lbs - over a full pound of added weight to your order when shipped, more deceitful money in his profit margin. They also show the weight of the 2nd Gen. Big Boy nuts as 3.0 lbs, when the actual weight is 1.4, even more of a rip-off !!!
The yournutz version sold at allthenutz.com is the same ones sold at yournutz.com, both sites owned by David Hamm indicates 2.0 lbs. At yournutz.com the weight is indicated to be 1.3 lbs, the actual weight of these nutz is 13.9 oz's, we know because we weighed them. Hmmmm . . .
The bumpernuts.com, aluminum casting version by another imitator sold at allthenutz.com shows these nuts as weighing 2 lbs, actual weight is 15.2 oz's, we know because we weighed these also. Hmmmm, again . . .
The trucknutz.com version, the smallest and lightest nutz available of all the nuts sold at allthenutz.com weighs 9.7 oz's, we know because we weighed them too. They indicate 2 lbs, Hmmmm, Hmmmm again.
What does all this mean to you, the buyer ? In our opinion,
it means you have to pay more in "shipping costs" even though the actual cost of shipping the order is much less, therefore increasing the profits made by allthenutz.com.
PS : It should also be noted that all companies referred to above use U.S. Postal Service Priority Mail boxes which are FRee to the public !
If you want any of the "products" that are for sale at allthenutz.com, we suggest you go to the original manufactures sites to purchase them. Here is the links to their main pages: Bulls Balls and Big Boy Nuts, Bumper Nuts, Truck Nutz.
We have not provided a link to yournutz.com, for obvious reasons. However this link, BullsBalls.com version of Truck Nutz, will display these type of nutz available at our price of $14.95 verses the prices charged
at yournutz.com of 20.00 and obviously lower shipping costs because our unit weights are accurate, not inflated to increase our bottom line.
BullsBalls.com is the Original Bulls Balls Truck Balls Company, on-line since 2000. We pride ourselves on producing quality products, fair prices, same or next day shipping - depending the time of the day that we receive an order.
BTW : We are the only site/company, that sells these novelty products, that offers discounts on many of our products when you purchase two or more units, we have done this from the Git Go.
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Update # 5. 11/20/2007
bumpernuts.com and truck-nuts.com (the same owner who imitated yournutz.com who imitates many of our ideas, products, procedures & methods) has the following info on her two sites:
"Plastic will fade. Each year the color gets lighter and looks like faded balls. Our finish won't do that, but plastic will. Powder coating is a 30 year finish and it will not fade EVER! Chromed plastics are not durable, all that glitters is not gold. Buyer Beware, I bet that finish comes with a warning."
Let us clarify those statements: First of all our balls and nuts are created from the most durable plastic available (Poly-pro-py-lene Co-poly-mer OR High Density Polyethylene) and the colors are ALL the way through our products, therefore saying that they will fade is ridiculous. Our color is through and through. Scratches on our balls show the same color. Painted balls show the underlying shiny aluminum when scratched or nicked. (We call it "road-rash").
The second statement regarding Chromed Plastics is partially true, and yes we do indicate that these products are sent out to a separate vendor for finishing, however that process creates a very durable bright finish. Here is that info which is posted on almost all of our pages for the customer to view : "The Chrome and Brass Balls are made of the same materials, which are then vacuum metalized with the chrome or brass color added with a heavy, clear epoxy urethane. The shiny balls are then air dried & sprayed again, then baked once more for the durable finish required".
"The Diamond Plate and Camouflaged Balls are made of the same material, which are then applied with our unique patterns, then sprayed a coat of heavy, clear epoxy urethane. The shiny balls are then air dried & sprayed again once more for the durable finish required."
"Even with these tough requirements, once the Chrome, Brass and Pattern Balls are hung on your rig properly, there could be small nicks and such from flying rocks and other debris as you might imagine. There is NO Guarantee against this happening" !
What they fail to tell their potential customers is that since their aluminum products are PAINTED, they are therefore prone to the VERY same "nicks and scratches" as our chromed balls and nuts, except their "nicks and scratches" would displayed in a bright aluminum color.
The other omission is that nowhere on those sites does it tell the viewers about the "backside" of their products. ($24.95) The nuts are molded hollow, scooped out, if you will. In our opinion, this fact should be pointed out to their viewers. We guess, that when they created the "mold", (obviously using yournutz.com version of truck nutz to replicate), it was done for three reasons, minimal design costs, cheaper to make and cheaper to ship.
 
The downside of small and/or lightweight nuts is, that when you are cruising down the hi-way at faster speeds the nuts are "flippity flopping" all over the place. In our opinion this does not look as good as when the balls have some meat and weight to them, in that case they just "float" nicely being pushed back by the flow of air under the rig. However this can only happen when the balls weigh closer to two pounds and are attached in such a manner that allows the balls to "swing" gently when parked or at slower speeds and to "float" at higher speeds, like the real thing. That is why we developed our "Second Generation" balls and nuts with the Hanging Chain and Lock System several years ago, after doing extensive studies regarding the hanging characteristics for Bulls Balls and Big Boy Nuts (Our Two pounders).
We take the "truck ball" business very seriously, even though it is a nothing more then a controversial novelty and humorous product. Enough said . . .
Update # 4. 10/30/2007
Can you believe it ? David Hamm, manager of yournutz.com came by our manufacturing and shipping facility in San Bernardino, CA on Tuesday the 30th and pretended to be a customer buying a set of our Truck Nutz version of our Big Boy Nuts (our cost is $14.95, his cost is $20.00) using the alias of Bozzy Willis. He didn't even have enough sense to park his company truck down the street, he parked right in front of the office window. To make it even worse, our facility manager saw him in his company truck earlier in the same day at the plating company we use to create our chrome colored nutz. We wonder if this is what they call Industrial Espionage. View what Wikipedia.org has to say about Industrial Espionage.
Mr. Bozzy Willis was asked politly to leave after finally admitting he was actually David Hamm.
Update # 3. 7/18/2007
Well, as usual, one of our imitators ( yournutz.com, again )
has come up with another imitation called "The Ball-and-Chain Mounting System". It is an attempt to compete with our superior Chain-and-Lock™ mounting assembly. It's not even close. We created this method years ago, using a plated chain and solid brass lock assembled directly thru our specially designed Second Generation Bulls Balls and Truck Nuts, the true Chain-and-Lock™ method that we invented. We did it so our balls would hang and swing more naturally, they also do not have to be removed when pulling a trailer and to help thwart theft.
They call theirs The Ball-and-Chain Mounting System except that it is really just a thin cable attached thru a small hole they drilled into their existing thin-neck balls (nutz?). That way they could then attach a chain to this cable in an attempt to compete with the Originals. The reason they use of the cable through the nuts at that point, is because it is too thin to allow a chain to pass through the top. This is the thin top of their nutz, kind-of-like our inexpensive Truck Nutz. This is, in our opinion, a totally inappropriate product to start with, to create a proper Chain-and-Lock™ mounting system. They could have at least started with a superior design like our First Generation Big Boy Nuts to create this cheap imitation of our hanging method.
Then they try and pass off this the "home made" contraption as comparable to the Chain-and-Lock™ set-up we invented in 2001. We did this properly by having a new product molded for our new hanging method. Their way is obviously much easier (cheaper) than creating a new mold costing thousands of dollars for this purpose.
Their name is also very similar to our Trade Marked phrase, Chain-and-Lock™, along with so many other trademarks we have had in effect over the years. We really do not mind that so many of our imitators use our company and web sites for reference for new IDeas and phrases, after all, "imitation [of the original] is the sincerest form of flattery". Problem is, it is not correctly done at all. A cheap imitation at the higher price ($12.00), think about it, small cable can be cut with a pair of wire cutters, our chain requires a much stronger tool, such as a pair of Bolt Cutters. (Our Chain and Lock package is $10.00)
Next thing, you know, they will start copying our unique Designer Nuts !
11/23/2007 Do we know what we are talking about, YES !
They have their version of our "Designer Nuts" now, i guess originality is not in their vocabulary . . .
Update # 2. 8/9/2006
Well, as usual one of our imitators ( yournutz.com )
has come up with another imitation after probably stumbling across one of our old pages. They call them Glow-Ballz, they glow
in the dark, however what they don't tell you that in the darkness of a closet or in a garage they will
glow nicely, however once on the street with all the street lights and the vehicle behind you shining his
lights on the rear of your vehicle, there is NO glow, a waste of money. Think about it...
Also if you park your rig in the garage, they never get properly (fully) charged.
We did this years ago and dis-continued the product because it was more expensive to make, buy and the end product was not fair to the consumer, who paid more for the product and did not achieve the glowing affect that he had paid for, because of all the lights on the street at night.
Update # 1. 7/7/2006
Well, as usual one of our imitators ( yournutz.com )
has come up with another bright idea. One that we thought of over three years ago and decided not to proceed because of several factors: 1. poor illumination 2. wires running up the backside of the balls kept breaking with the movement of the balls 3. not every every ball buyer wants to get dirty and crawl up under his rig and try to solder the wires to his wiring harness.
We bought a set of the lighted nuts for $38.00 and installed them on our test vehicle and had the same problem. Soldering up all those wires to the correct location was quite a chore. Just finding the correct wires was difficult ! Also we soon discovered that the illumination inside the nuts was just a small area. The nuts looked OK according to the pictures on their site, however the ones we bought only lighted up a small area within the nuts about the size of a dollar within each nut. The wiring harness glued up the backside of the nuts soon broke loose causing more problems.
The posted prices on their site are from $38.00 to $68.00, WOW, the LED's these days are pretty cheap at
wholesale prices, that is quite a markup. Think about it...
We are are the Original BULLsBALLs Truck Balls Company on the Internet and our domain name purchase date proves
that, 24-Jul-1999. View info above in the comparison chart. Hundreds of Testes-Monials
and Customer Photos over the years indicate that we have the best products available, in our opinion . . .
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