# badly dinged yoyo **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [June 11, 2011, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/badly-dinged-yoyo/27163 "2011-06-11T12:04:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ZooMoo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zoomoo/32/875_2.png) [@ZooMoo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ZooMoo)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/badly-dinged-yoyo/27163/1 "2011-06-11T12:04:27Z")
Hey everyone, so last night I was playing with my yoyo in my room and it hit my ceiling fan which was spinning. My yoyo got a huge paint mark, luckily it was only paint and like always a little spit-shine did the trick (of getting the paint off) It just got me wondering how do you handle a ding, does it ruin you day like me, or do you not care. Also if you have stories about crazy ways you’ve dinged your yoyos, then feel free to share them. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rika-chan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rika-chan/32/767_2.png) [@Rika-chan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rika-chan)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/badly-dinged-yoyo/27163/2 "2011-06-11T12:34:31Z")
hint: there is no paint. maybe an ano marking… ---
**Author:** ![ZooMoo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zoomoo/32/875_2.png) [@ZooMoo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ZooMoo)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 12:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/badly-dinged-yoyo/27163/3 "2011-06-11T12:55:38Z")
I ment the paint on my fan rubed off on the yoyo ---
**Author:** ![dingo54](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@dingo54](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dingo54)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/badly-dinged-yoyo/27163/4 "2011-06-11T13:32:58Z")
well its not that idc cause i pay good money that i do work for to get them but i ignore it because to me if it plays well the dings dont mattrer and the craziest way of got a ding(more like aythousand dings) is wen i was a beginner i went to my grandmas hloouse,and she has a huge steep hill cement driveway. I was just finishing intermediate so i had my dark magic and was putting a new string on it when i forgot to screw the yoyo together and i threw it it hit the ground so hard the sidecaps shot straight outwards and it went flying down the driveway across the street lol that was a duhhhhh moment ---
**Author:** ![JeiCheetah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jeicheetah/32/612192_2.png) [@JeiCheetah](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JeiCheetah)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/badly-dinged-yoyo/27163/5 "2011-06-11T14:31:14Z")
When I acquire a yoyo I am actually going to keep and not sell, the first thing I do is smash it on concrete a few times, ---
**Author:** ![ZooMoo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zoomoo/32/875_2.png) [@ZooMoo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ZooMoo)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/badly-dinged-yoyo/27163/6 "2011-06-11T14:52:10Z")
> [@Jayyo](#): > > When I acquire a yoyo I am actually going to keep and not sell, the first thing I do is smash it on concrete a few times, are…you serious I would never :o ---
**Author:** ![Schnayke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Schnayke](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Schnayke)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/badly-dinged-yoyo/27163/7 "2011-06-11T16:23:03Z")
doesn’t bother me at all. I don’t even like yoyos you can’t feel the spin on. I once had a yoyo snag, and fly out of my hand(5A) and under a passing car, which clipped the edge of the yoyo with the front tire, sending it up and down, from the underside of the car, to the asphault. Then when it finaly passed it was on it’s way back up to hit the car again but missed, and few about 20 feed in the air. There where some deep dings in that yoyo after that. Still worked great, and I still have it. 🙂 This was like 6 years ago or so. ---
**Author:** ![Link](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/link/32/526_2.png) [@Link](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Link)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/badly-dinged-yoyo/27163/8 "2011-06-12T12:53:32Z")
When I was first learning I had a FAST 201 and I was at a restaurant and I threw it and it came of the string and rolled down the Parkin lot to the edge of the road! Luckily it was a cheap yo:-) ---
**Author:** ![starsaber25](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@starsaber25](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/starsaber25)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/badly-dinged-yoyo/27163/9 "2011-06-12T14:00:58Z")
Know how you feel… > **[Wow Talk About Some Bad Luck With a New Yoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/forums/index.php/topic,29396.0.html)** > > Unbelievable! I just got a brand new Genesis the silver one with the red splash in the mail today. I have been playing with it for about an hour and then all of the sudden the string broke! My brand spanking new yoyo was spinning all over the... ---
**Author:** ![dynikus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dynikus/32/812_2.png) [@dynikus](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dynikus)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 8:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/badly-dinged-yoyo/27163/10 "2011-06-13T08:30:22Z")
> [@Jayyo](#): > > When I acquire a yoyo I am actually going to keep and not sell, the first thing I do is smash it on concrete a few times, really? don’t you have a pure gold spyy though? .\_. ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/badly-dinged-yoyo/27163/11 "2011-06-13T21:12:16Z")
> [@CarlG](#): > > hint: there is no paint. maybe an ano marking… You don’t have to try and degrade everyone. ---
**Author:** ![x52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/3bc359/32.png) [@x52](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/x52)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/badly-dinged-yoyo/27163/12 "2011-06-15T00:00:17Z")
I used to care a lot when I dinged a yoyo, and I would quit using that yoyo for a while, but that was when I was starting. I probably ding my yoyos against something every day now. Doesn’t matter at all, there’s always a solution in the end anyway. Dinging yoyos make it one of one, and proves it yours. ---
**Author:** ![stephosh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/stephosh/32/770_2.png) [@stephosh](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stephosh)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/badly-dinged-yoyo/27163/13 "2011-06-15T00:52:29Z")
I kinda like that Boba Fett look! ---
**Author:** ![hadoq](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hadoq/32/688_2.png) [@hadoq](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hadoq)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/badly-dinged-yoyo/27163/14 "2011-06-15T11:25:01Z")
if it’s dinged, I play it more because I don’t care that much anymore dinged = loved ---
**Author:** ![Jake\_Elliott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@Jake\_Elliott](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jake_Elliott)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/badly-dinged-yoyo/27163/15 "2011-06-15T15:36:42Z")
Every time one of these dinged up yoyo threads come up, I never understand why people care about dings so much. Seriously. Yoyos are much a toy. The dings show that you actually played with it, rather than just put it in a glass case. My Markmont has hundreds of scatches, dings, and scuffs all the way around the rings. All that they do is prove that I actually played with it. It’s not a bad thing. ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/badly-dinged-yoyo/27163/16 "2011-06-15T15:44:36Z")
I like my stuff to stay nice, regardless of how much it gets used. This is in direct contrast to those I live with, who are on a never-ending quest to destroy everything they can get with 100 feet of. All I can say is that when one of them chose to throw one of my yoyos, they chose the Fireball(which they destroyed) instead of my DM2, which my kids said “don’t touch”(they may be laying claim to that one for their destruction of it later). As long as I can control damage, then it’s OK. This isn’t like with my mics. Grill damage means I replace the grill. Clients won’t deal with dinged up mics. ---
**Author:** ![Rika-chan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/rika-chan/32/767_2.png) [@Rika-chan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Rika-chan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 11:39pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/badly-dinged-yoyo/27163/17 "2011-06-23T23:39:47Z")
> [@hadoq](#): > > if it’s dinged, I play it more because I don’t care that much anymore > > dinged = loved so true ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/badly-dinged-yoyo/27163/18 "2011-06-24T15:24:45Z")
> [@Studio42](#): > > I like my stuff to stay nice, regardless of how much it gets used. > > This is in direct contrast to those I live with, who are on a never-ending quest to destroy everything they can get with 100 feet of. All I can say is that when one of them chose to throw one of my yoyos, they chose the Fireball(which they destroyed) instead of my DM2, which my kids said “don’t touch”(they may be laying claim to that one for their destruction of it later). > > As long as I can control damage, then it’s OK. This isn’t like with my mics. Grill damage means I replace the grill. Clients won’t deal with dinged up mics. If I ding a yoyo then so be it. It’s not like I only play over carpet or grass. I just play yoyo. what happens happens and I go one playing yoyo. I do still cringe on the first ding though. ---
**Author:** ![YOYOJAMizm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyojamizm/32/774_2.png) [@YOYOJAMizm](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YOYOJAMizm)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/badly-dinged-yoyo/27163/19 "2011-06-24T15:38:33Z")
the only time i would ever be mad is if i open my yoyo on chrismas stand up and throw it and it gets dinged… like some things after time you dont care if it gets dinged at all… ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_oyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/troy_oyo/32/340_2.png) [@Troy\_oyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Troy_oyo)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/badly-dinged-yoyo/27163/20 "2011-06-24T16:40:08Z")
Icthus said it best. Dings happen. I dont like em. I dont hate em. I do a lot of trading so I like having my stuff in nice condition. It just helps me sleep at night. But, if i get a ding, or some sort of scratch. I just look at it, go “Cool” and keep on going. [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/badly-dinged-yoyo/27163.md?page=2)