# dings, dings, dings. **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [September 19, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dings-dings-dings/59379 "2013-09-19T20:38:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Erik\_kerber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/erik_kerber/32/7939_2.png) [@Erik\_kerber](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Erik_kerber)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 3:34am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dings-dings-dings/59379/41 "2014-01-09T03:34:20Z")
When Ever I ding a yoyo I cringe but then I look at it and go oh well and keep throwing When I get a new yoyo I try to keep at nice as long as possible but after I ding it once I dont worry about it as much I usualy pick a cheaper yoyo and thats the throw I take every where and I only throw the high ends over wood or carpet But its just a toy if it gets dinged its kinda sad but I get over it and keep on throwing ---
**Author:** ![mr.nightshadow95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mr.nightshadow95/32/1093_2.png) [@mr.nightshadow95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mr.nightshadow95)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 3:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dings-dings-dings/59379/42 "2014-01-09T03:37:53Z")
> [@Erik\_kerber](#): > > When Ever I ding a yoyo I cringe but then I look at it and go oh well and keep throwing > > When I get a new yoyo I try to keep at nice as long as possible but after I ding it once I dont worry about it as much > > I usualy pick a cheaper yoyo and thats the throw I take every where and I only throw the high ends over wood or carpet > > But its just a toy if it gets dinged its kinda sad but I get over it and keep on throwing yeah you hit the nail in the coffin lol. I just throw my already dinged throws anywhere. But high end throws, like my summit, are staying over carpet and wood. If by some reason I ding a yoyo by hitting it on metal somewhere, I will be mad, but will get over it. I am not gonna be mad for a ding on a yoyo lol. ---
**Author:** ![Pineapple\_Jumpsuit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pineapple_jumpsuit/32/1431_2.png) [@Pineapple\_Jumpsuit](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Pineapple_Jumpsuit)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dings-dings-dings/59379/43 "2014-01-09T03:46:51Z")
I actually kinda like dings, I don’t use the bst and I don’t plan to, so they aren’t really losing much “value” to me. I yoyo because it’s fun, not to collect. ---
**Author:** ![Zort\_Commander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/0ea827/32.png) [@Zort\_Commander](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Zort_Commander)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dings-dings-dings/59379/44 "2014-01-09T23:35:55Z")
I get a little miffed when I get a 100+ dollar yoyo and ding it! But if I get to miffed, I’ll end up with new dings! 😃 Dings are dings, but The day I ding my Prodigy will be the day I die :o But, anyway, it doesn’t exactly matter to me if I do. I don’t like to, but if I do I’m all like “meh” ---
**Author:** ![mgodinez](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mgodinez/32/585_2.png) [@mgodinez](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mgodinez)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dings-dings-dings/59379/45 "2014-01-09T23:45:07Z")
all good dings in time… if the dings don’t affect play - i really don’t worry 'bout 'em. mgodinez rain… ---
**Author:** ![mr.nightshadow95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mr.nightshadow95/32/1093_2.png) [@mr.nightshadow95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mr.nightshadow95)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dings-dings-dings/59379/46 "2014-01-10T23:27:13Z")
> [@mgodinez](#): > > all good dings in time… > > if the dings don’t affect play - i really don’t worry 'bout 'em. > > mgodinez > > rain… I know. Try doing finger grinds after a concrete ding lol ---
**Author:** ![mgodinez](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mgodinez/32/585_2.png) [@mgodinez](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mgodinez)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dings-dings-dings/59379/47 "2014-01-11T00:55:15Z")
> [@mr.nightshadow95](#): > > I know. Try doing finger grinds after a concrete ding lol i would consider that ‘affectin’ play’… mgodinez cloudy… ---
**Author:** ![mr.nightshadow95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mr.nightshadow95/32/1093_2.png) [@mr.nightshadow95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mr.nightshadow95)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dings-dings-dings/59379/48 "2014-01-11T01:56:32Z")
> [@mgodinez](#): > > i would consider that ‘affectin’ play’… > > mgodinez > > cloudy… I think anybody would consider that affecting play. You would end up with a bloody finger haha. ---
**Author:** ![jrodriguez](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jrodriguez/32/7914_2.png) [@jrodriguez](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jrodriguez)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dings-dings-dings/59379/49 "2014-01-11T02:37:25Z")
Metal file + sandpaper = problem solved! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 5:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dings-dings-dings/59379/50 "2014-01-11T05:58:29Z")
Love marks. It shows how much you use that YoYo. I used to hate dings, but now I don’t mind them. Dings are natural in yoyoing. Don’t let them ruin your yoyoing ;). ---
**Author:** ![mr.nightshadow95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mr.nightshadow95/32/1093_2.png) [@mr.nightshadow95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mr.nightshadow95)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dings-dings-dings/59379/51 "2014-01-11T16:48:06Z")
> [@Hotpocket](#): > > Love marks. It shows how much you use that YoYo. I used to hate dings, but now I don’t mind them. Dings are natural in yoyoing. Don’t let them ruin your yoyoing ;). Haha I don’t. I have some pretty beat up ones and I still love them. But my newer high end throws are my babies lol. So the beaters can take anything, but my babies have to be treated with the most care 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GregP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gregp/32/1192_2.png) [@GregP](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GregP)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dings-dings-dings/59379/52 "2014-01-11T16:56:15Z")
I don’t have any babies. I treat’em all the exact same. Which is still not reckless. I never (OK, rarely) damage anything on purpose. :wink: ---
**Author:** ![Schnayke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Schnayke](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Schnayke)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dings-dings-dings/59379/53 "2014-01-11T18:19:57Z")
> [@jrodriguez](#): > > Metal file + sandpaper = problem solved! 🙂 Or the very same concrete that caused it, or a brick wall. It’s more hardcore to use stone as your tools. lol ---
**Author:** ![mr.nightshadow95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mr.nightshadow95/32/1093_2.png) [@mr.nightshadow95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mr.nightshadow95)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dings-dings-dings/59379/54 "2014-01-11T19:47:46Z")
> [@Schnayke](#): > > Or the very same concrete that caused it, or a brick wall. It’s more hardcore to use stone as your tools. lol I can’t say that I would recommend that. Lol ---
**Author:** ![Schnayke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Schnayke](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Schnayke)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dings-dings-dings/59379/55 "2014-01-11T19:50:14Z")
Its how I actually take care of my burr’s. Said it a bit in jest but it is how I really do it. Learned it from Some pro at nats one year. I want to say it was takeshi, or boyd. Been a long time since then. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jrodriguez](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jrodriguez/32/7914_2.png) [@jrodriguez](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jrodriguez)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dings-dings-dings/59379/56 "2014-01-11T20:20:00Z")
I use sidewalk/street/brick or whatever is handy as well. I just figured some of the folks in this thread weren’t ready for that degree of hard core. ;D ---
**Author:** ![mr.nightshadow95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mr.nightshadow95/32/1093_2.png) [@mr.nightshadow95](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mr.nightshadow95)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dings-dings-dings/59379/57 "2014-01-12T03:56:25Z")
> [@jrodriguez](#): > > I use sidewalk/street/brick or whatever is handy as well. I just figured some of the folks in this thread weren’t ready for that degree of hard core. ;D I guess that is one way to save money lol ---
**Author:** ![Scoogy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/scoogy/32/292166_2.png) [@Scoogy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Scoogy)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dings-dings-dings/59379/58 "2023-11-15T19:58:15Z")
Just tell him not to touch ur yoyos and if he does then sock him in the face. Its simple :l ---
**Author:** ![POspot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@POspot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/POspot)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dings-dings-dings/59379/59 "2023-11-15T20:09:13Z")
So I have become a recent convert to buying some of my favorite throws that have dings, scratches, divots and scuffs that do not affect play. For a long time when acquiring a collection I was very carful to play my favorite throws in the safe places. This limited my risk taking and hindered my trick progressing. After dinging a few of my favorite throws I kept playing them and realized that the difference was minimal, or I am not skilled enough to know the difference. So I have started to purchase dinged and scratched well loved throws that perform as close to a mint version and picked up ( most of the time) at a discount. I feel a freeing paradigm shift in my playing since this change. Everyone have a great rest of the week. I would recommend a good set of jewelers files for the dings divots, and scuffs you can feel or would catch the string. They are magical. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/dings-dings-dings/59379.md?page=2)