FOR ME, not....
See, there you go.
If it's that subjective why bother?
Other than for collector's purposes of course.
FOR ME, not....
You could have thought about the question I asked instead of going off on a rant.
Is 12 years the magic number? Is that how far they are booked when the phone finally stops ringing? Or do they start saying no at that level to new orders for 13 years out? If so why? Is 13 years too long?
I'm not emotionally involved with their cues or their business as you seem to be. Just asked a simple question. Why is 12 years the number?
JC
See, there you go.
If it's that subjective why bother?
Other than for collector's purposes of course.
Its so simple yet you just dont get it... Supply, demand, and an open phone line set the wait time. There I said it. Hope it serves you well. ANY cue maker would LOVE to have the interest SW has had for 35+ years.
I answered the numbers question in post #72 above, but then decided to edit out the numbers. But I can tell you that they have never made anywhere near 500 cues in a year. It's not a high-volume outfit.
Let's just go back a half dozen years and spare this thread the agony shall we?
Everything that has been said here or is going to be said here has already been uttered in this thread.
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=246170
If anyone has anything new please post. If not let this subject RIP.
JC
If anyone has anything new please post. If not let this subject RIP.
Synopsis: Life's a biatch then you order a SW.
Complain ALL you want, THEN you fess up AFTER you recieve your cue, that it was WAY worth the wait..
If you're one of those who are STILL complaining, you're in the VAST minority. "VAST" is the key word there...
No animosity here. Just reality.. Good rolls to you.
I have little different opinion I don't think market will come down anytime soon but will come down. I've only been selling on AZ about 8 years or so when I first joined u might see 5 to 10 SW cues for sale a year and all would be sold before 1st bump. Flip to this year or actually right now there are more than 5 or 6 on the boards for sale and 4 or 5 on ebay at all times. The people that have these cues some will run into financial difficulty and sell cheap if need be others will just be done with pool and willing sell quickly cheap to get into another hobby or venture. I've seen several including a franklin era 6 point 3 veneer mint condition 2 big shafts sit on this forum for 2700 for over a month and several others 28 to 3200 that don't move as quick as they use to. However I don't see them crashing anytime soon just slightly and slowly decreasing
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I played a friend's SW for a few racks. I wasn't overly blown away. Your friend, Keith, IMHO....makes a cue that hits every bit as good as a SW, if not better.
I think there are better cues to be had for less money and a shorter lead time. I think the reason SW has a long waiting list is the "mystique" of waiting for, and eventually owning, a South West.