JAM said:

We engaged on selling T-shirts for a short while. Though there was a huge amount of interest online, when it came to buying one, the funds did not come through.

We did use a high-quality T-shirt material, which made it more expensive to print. After spending many hours on the design, we ended up using Custom Ink for printing, and the T-shirt choice was "Bella + Canvas Tri-Blend T-shirt." Everybody loved the feel of this material. It was soft. The materia was 3.8 oz. 50/25/25 polyester, pre-shrunk combed ringspun cotton, rayon tri-blend material; Black Heather. We ordered black and royal blue colors. Black was the most popular.

We used only front-side image with one color, white gradient, which means there were no multiple colors on this one style.

The more you print, the less expensive it becomes. For the quality of the shirt we used, it cost us $15 and some change for each shirt if we ordered 500.

Then comes the size choice. Interestingly, in our pool world, the larger sizes seemed to be more popular than small and medium. Sizes large, 2X, and 3X were often requested.

We were very fortunate to break even and did not make a profit. We charged $25 which included shipping. We have been asked if we are going to do it again, as there is some interest, but quite frankly, financially speaking, the juice ain't worth the squeeze.

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This is definitely not the type or style shirt I am thinking of. This design has its place but is not what I have in mind.
It coincides with most other manufacturers of pool promotional shirts but I’m thinking of a much higher quality shirt.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with this shirt but it is pretty typical typical whereas I m hoping for something more
upscale and different material. I’m probably whistling Dixie walking down a dusty road but a screen print T-shirt isn’t it.

Another potentially unpopular opinion of mine: I don't really like turquoise in cues, just because of its cracked look.

Joss and Meucci (to my knowledge) completely avoid using it, which is one of a few reasons they're my favorite cue manufacturers from a design perspective.

I do however, like other flashy/pearlescent materials, especially abalone.

I must like green a little bit. Off the top of my head here are a few sitting in cases:

That's not the same cue. The one I'm referencing was released in 2023.

$25 is too low……what if you doubled the price? This isn’t meant to be a revenue stream but to cover all expenses and a small profit. IMO, you can make the shirt $59.99 but offer a high quality material and cotton is not the best material. Heck, I can buy T-shirts at Kohls for $12 that are not all cotton which tends to wrinkle coming out of the dryer. You need a blended fabric and it drapes your body better than cotton and is more breathable material. I think if you offer shirts in the $30 range, the apparel will not be high quality. BTW, Hanes and other comparable brands is not a high quality shirt.

Dr. Dave came up with some clever designs and I have several of his shirts. The same applies to his T-shirt material. Today affordability is the driving theme because things have become so cumulatively expensive for consumers. It does not mean people won’t pay a little bit more for things. It does suggest that buyers are more discerning so offer a higher quality shirt and they will come. I understand there’ll be less buyers but the mission will be get accomplished. So instead of buying 3-4 for $100 you’d only wind up with 2 shirts but they’d look and wash better and you’d wear it more often. If you did a really nice shirt, I’d pay more than $50…..with tax and shipping I’d pay up to $65 for a shirt.

Don’t make the mistake of justifying the price. Things cost more today because of oil prices, tariffs, materials shortages and just stuff beyond everyone’s control. Nonetheless, people will still buy quality over bargain prices when they like and want the item. It is the same with cues, cases and in this case, it’s pool apparel or specifically, Az pool shirts.
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Island Drive said:

OK.... lets move on then.

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Lol.

OK.... lets move on then.

Black-Balled said:

That is one ugly ass cue and thepoints aren't Ebony.

I dig ugly cues.

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Nothing is ugly after 2am

What is the back story on these cases?

phinmole said:

Are you saying there are plenty of ebony dufferin butterfly on BOTH sides around? I am very confused by your comment. If Im reading it correctly you are dead wrong.

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I saw an old one piece Ebony Dufferin with butterfly points on both sides at my local pro shop. I was interested in buying and converting. I then rolled it and it had a big wobble. Maybe all in the shaft don't know. The cue looked like it had sun damage as the ebony looked worn and discolored.
I have an older 1 piece Ebony I bought years ago was going to convert still deciding. Others converted by Mueller. Also have 3 new Ebony Excalibar with Glider joint for sale on here.

garczar said:

just my thought here but how does the tip know if you do/don't put 'muscle' into a shot? all the tip 'knows' is speed not how the speed got there. as for the op's question Dr.Dave covered hard/soft tips and spin pretty well. Login to view embedded media

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Thank you for the help.

Zerksies said:

looser grip and move the arm faster try not to put muscle behind it

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Yeah, what Garzar said. The tip only knows how fast it was moving at time of contact, not how much "muscle" was behind it.