A local (DC area) dealer is quoting me $5600 for an 8 ft Olhausen Champion Pro, which seems high to me. Never having bought a table (the one I have is a junker I got using American Express points), I don't have a sense for how negotiable table prices are. Any guidance would be appreciated.
negotiability of table prices
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Buying a new pool table is not like buying a new car. There are no manufacture discounts, no trade-ins, no buyer incentive rewards. In the billiards industry, you pretty much get what you pay for, you want better, you pay more, that's it. But, like the car industry, the market is full of used tables, which have already been depreciated, so if you want to save some money, start looking there.Fliedout said:
Glen
I did a quick google search and came up w/several Olhausen Champion Pro links. Ebay has several Olhausen's. Maybe one in your area? Search around. Your best bet by far is a nice used table and you'll find one if you can wait a little while for it to come to you.
i would choose for a used table too.
the prices drop alot. You could save up to 50% for a 1y old table.
Just need to have some patience.
for example: i bought a used diamond pro for 1600? (with all the acceseries), restained it, refinished it, put on new simonis and cussions, got it all installed by a pro. in total i have for the extra's and installation for about 500? in it.
so brand new looking table perfectly installed for 2.1k ?. New price would be around 6k+ (with the special stain etc, easily 8K+) = total saving of 6k.
the prices drop alot. You could save up to 50% for a 1y old table.
Just need to have some patience.
for example: i bought a used diamond pro for 1600? (with all the acceseries), restained it, refinished it, put on new simonis and cussions, got it all installed by a pro. in total i have for the extra's and installation for about 500? in it.
so brand new looking table perfectly installed for 2.1k ?. New price would be around 6k+ (with the special stain etc, easily 8K+) = total saving of 6k.
Fliedout said:
I notice a few Olhausen's on DC's craigslist.com. Check it out to see if any are still available:
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=pool table
Robin
Fliedout said:
No idea in your market there. However, there are a couple of companies in the same listings that are offering their services so, you may check into one of them for rates. It will still be considerably lower than a new table right?!?!?!
something in between 350$ and 500$ i'd say.
i payed 60$ for a truck i rented and 5$ in beers for a friend who helped moving it.
and then 150$ to the pro to level the table and install the new cloth. saved me another 250$.
(ps i never saw a dismanteled table before, but with some logic it really is a piece of a cake.) let the pro do the leveling and clothing, and do all the rest yourself. you'll enjoy working on the table, learn new things, you'll get a special relationship if you did all the work yourself, AND it saves u 250$.
i payed 60$ for a truck i rented and 5$ in beers for a friend who helped moving it.
and then 150$ to the pro to level the table and install the new cloth. saved me another 250$.(ps i never saw a dismanteled table before, but with some logic it really is a piece of a cake.) let the pro do the leveling and clothing, and do all the rest yourself. you'll enjoy working on the table, learn new things, you'll get a special relationship if you did all the work yourself, AND it saves u 250$.
Kind of what I said in the first place, a new table of quality, has the same quality of a used table, except at about half of the price of a new table. In most cases, none of the quality tables have ever been beat on, in fact most look just as new as they did when they were first installed. It's just that sometimes people, after they bought that new table, find out that there's other things they want that area for, instead of a pool table, so...they sell it. They look at it in the way that if they get half of what they paid for it, they're comming out ahead, because they also got to enjoy it while they had it, so it's worth it to them to sell it. Babies sometimes make nice new pool tables dissapear!!!!...LOL
Glen
PS. So do wives sometimes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Glen
PS. So do wives sometimes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If I am not mistaking you can get a Diamond Pro 9ft table for about 5K. I have had the chance to play on both and the Diamond in my opinion is by far the better table. Just to let you know I am not a table dealer for Diamond. I am a table mechanic tho. My main job is building custom cues.
http://www.patrickcustomcues.com
http://www.patrickcustomcues.com
realkingcobra said:
I asked my girlfriend if I should get a second pool table in the living room, and she thought it was a great idea.
jacklenenberg
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Fliedout said:
It's very negotiable with Olhausen dealers. I was shopping for a table in Atlanta. Asked for a quote from the dealer here (Games & Things) They quoted me $6400 for a Waterfall and $4900 for a Sahara (at their "super sale" no less!. When I was in Pittsburgh visiting family, the dealer there(West Penn) offered the same package on the Waterfall for $4900, and offered the Sahara for $3800. The Atlanta dealer told me an upgrade to cherry was $1000. the pittsburgh dealer told me $400. It was night and day. all i can say is thank god I am from Pittsburgh. West Penn was terrific. Games & Things in Atlanta was worse than buying a car. Much worse. And the whole time Games & Things acted like they were doing me a righteous deal when they were playing t-ball with my head.
I will also tell you this, I have heard that the Washington DC Olhausen dealer has a reputation for trying to make high gross profit on its deals. Supposedly, the DC dealer is proud of this fact. This is hearsay, of course, but it was something I have heard.