mikemosconi said:

I had an eBay era DP that played great and was well constructed - many others also say the same about eBay era DP cues - and some, like you, did not like the cues.
Obviously the positives far outweigh the negatives on Dale’s eBay cues as they have gone from $99 original eBay selling point to now 3 to 6 times that number as selling mostly in 350 to 550+ range.
Dale’s pre 2008 cues even more highly undervalued as they suffered from the lower price points on his ebay cues.
I wish that I never sold my DP ebay era cue OR my DP pre ebay era cue- they were both fine looking and playing cues.

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rexus31 said:

Not so sure you can compare the European and Asian juniors to American juniors. If I'm not mistaken, most European (Germany included) and Asian countries have government funded federations and development programs because they view it as a legitimate sport. From what I've read, gambling is frowned upon by the Euros so their juniors aren't going out and matching up for decent/big money. Maybe not so much by the Asians? I'd be real curious what became of the juniors that were part of Filler's "class" who weren't skilled enough to compete at the highest level. At the end of the day and as someone else pointed out, this is no different than the 70's and 80's when kids were being taken on the road. The only difference is we have social media now so it's more publicized/scrutinized. IMO, I think it's a bad idea for kids to be heading down the road player/gambling path.

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