Price Per Ball
Shares rank 3 of 6 price comparison sites by recommenders
A simple, mobile-friendly website that sorts golf balls listed on Amazon by price per ball. Critics report that some listings show the wrong ball count, so the per-ball prices can be wrong.
A simple, mobile-friendly website that sorts golf balls listed on Amazon by price per ball. Critics report that some listings show the wrong ball count, so the per-ball prices can be wrong.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 70%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Simple, effective idea
“Great idea, i love the simple html website”
Comment from 17 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Price Per Ball – Site that sorts golf balls on Amazon by price per ball” “Great idea, simple and effective.”
Comment from 17 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Price Per Ball – Site that sorts golf balls on Amazon by price per ball” Simple HTML website
“Great idea, i love the simple html website”
Comment from 17 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Price Per Ball – Site that sorts golf balls on Amazon by price per ball” Clean layout, solid on mobile
“Nice layout. Looks solid on mobile.”
Comment from 17 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Price Per Ball – Site that sorts golf balls on Amazon by price per ball”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Lacks sorting and filters
“The lack of sort the filters makes it a bit challenging to use.”
Comment from 17 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Price Per Ball – Site that sorts golf balls on Amazon by price per ball” Ball counts wrong for some listings
“Somethings broken - the most expensive ball, "TaylorMade 2021 TP5x (3+1 Box) 4DZ" is listed as $169.95 for 1 ball.”
Comment from 17 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Price Per Ball – Site that sorts golf balls on Amazon by price per ball” “checked a dozen or so of them, they're all multiple dozens of balls”
Comment from 17 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Price Per Ball – Site that sorts golf balls on Amazon by price per ball” “The last item shows 1 ball for $169.”
Comment from 17 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Price Per Ball – Site that sorts golf balls on Amazon by price per ball”
Other price comparison sites people recommend
The four most recommended other price comparison sites, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| diskprices.com | 12 | 5 | 71% | 5 | — | Approved |
| camelcamelcamel | 8 | 2 | 80% | 5 | — | — |
| Price Per BallThis page | 7 | 3 | 70% | 1 | — | — |
| MiniPCs.zip | 7 | 1 | 88% | 2 | — | — |
| Geizhals | 5 | 2 | 71% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“The lack of sort the filters makes it a bit challenging to use.”
“Nice layout. Looks solid on mobile.”
“The last item shows 1 ball for $169.”
“Great idea, i love the simple html website”
“checked a dozen or so of them, they're all multiple dozens of balls”
“Great idea, simple and effective.”
“Somethings broken - the most expensive ball, "TaylorMade 2021 TP5x (3+1 Box) 4DZ" is listed as $169.95 for 1 ball.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.