middleofnowhere said:

Therein lies the rub. Many of these charities once researched you discover 60 70 80% of the money collected goes to administration and very little to the charity. That's why the moment somebody starts asking for money red flags go up.

That wounded veterans charity you see on TV all the time with the country singer with the deep voice and the black hat. Do a little research you find out he's been paid more than 3 million.

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Overgeneralized nonsense.

Other than demonstrating you are tone deaf as to who is being helped and ignorant of what is actually being done it’s nonstop irrelevant spouting this or that.

Maybe move on to something else. This is just continuing to derail this thread for no good reason at all.

filler is tampering with his cueing, for no apparent reason. more practice strokes and shorter cue action, doesn't look as comfortable as before. he's winning against jayson anyway.

darren said he had approached him about his cueing. seems he didn't heed his advice to not change anything

Rackaday said:

Let’s see if garczar follows his own advice. I don’t blame him for being snarky, as I am sure life was hard for a boy/girl during the Great Depression. He/she could still be working out his/her feelings. On a positive note, in the quote above is the best use of grammar and punctuation that I have seen from garczar. One exception, use “an” before a word that starts with a vowel . Example, this is an OPEN forum.

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Exception: an honor. Words starting with a silent 'h', AN should be used.

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Benelli said:

Last time I checked with him he was not on AZB.

Eddie has a following he built with his content and is able to build a mix of custom ordered/spec cues for folks and is doing one off cues that he cuts a video for and sells on his website.

Like I said, he's a mad genius, and to his own detriment, willing to try anything a customer request no matter how impossible the ask.

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He certainly enjoys the challenge.

Found something. Thanks for the responses!

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trob said:

So it occurred to me that another reason for the younger generations shying away from customs is they’ve become accustomed to not waiting for anything they want anymore. Even I have become so used to quick delivery from amazon that if it says more then 3 days I’m looking for another seller. Waiting 6 months or even years (18 years right now if you want a south west ) for cues may seem crazy for a society that expects to get everything quickly.

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Honestly, all the players I know under 38 have zero disposable income. Don't get me wrong there not broke ass, they all have great paying white and blue-collar jobs. It's just that they spend every dime they make on and are all living paycheck to paycheck.

They could afford a nice cue, but in the grand scheme of things, they would just rather spend the money in other places that are more important to them while banging balls around with their $800 Predator.

My hope is that when they hit their late 40s, they get the bug and come back around to the customs

garczar said:

WTF. Mezz cues are in very low or zero stock everywhere. They sell them faster than they can make them. Just how in the hell are they over-priced?? The market determines that. People say the same shit about Porsches yet they seem to sell as fast as dealers can get them. Don't confuse YOUR budget with what a product regularly sells for.

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The fact that people are willing to pay overpriced prices doesn’t not make the product worth it.

gmoney1 said:

Hi, @Jimmy_Betmore

What do you mean by "The shaft taper feels perfectly neutral, as well"? I was interested in his taper design.

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The shaft taper doesn't feel too long or too short. It feels just right to me.

After sending a video to @darkSIDEpool I received a private access to his website showing plenty of amazing stats, an analysis of each of the 10 strokes and a very detailed analysis of his own plus one completed by AI.

There are many things I was not aware of and many others that I knew but are confirmed.

I really recommend his work and canteen wait for the product to go live!

PS: I was at the Mosconi and also feels like Tyler is a good candidate for the app. I think has a great potential that doesn’t show as it could.

Message sent. Thanks.

benjaminwah said:

Okay you obviously have zero understanding of the term overheads. Even with the example earlier of someone who volunteers their time for a charity, that charity has bills that someone is paying. If you honestly think all these charities have zero overheads then that says more about you than me.

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Therein lies the rub. Many of these charities once researched you discover 60 70 80% of the money collected goes to administration and very little to the charity. That's why the moment somebody starts asking for money red flags go up.

That wounded veterans charity you see on TV all the time with the country singer with the deep voice and the black hat. Do a little research you find out he's been paid more than 3 million.