I recommend Pirate Ship for the best rates. Never use a round tube! You're asking for trouble.

Beware of selling via PayPal and think you have protection. You don't!

The reality today is domestic and international shipping is sketchy today, thanks to the excessive fuel prices. USPS Priority Mail used to be a reliable way to ship anywhere fast, maybe three days max across the country. Alas, no more. Priority Mail means nothing anymore. Packages regularly get delayed by anywhere from five days to weeks! Insurance won't help much either.

Get paid quick with Zelle or Venmo and cut out the middle man.

Is this Jim Buss the cue maker?

Pretty sure I saw him snoozing for awhile…

Scrunge19 said:

Amazon co-mingles inventory so people selling legit inventory and those selling fakes have their products stored in the same pile in the warehouse. So even if you buy a product from a legit seller on Amazon, you could still wind up with fake goods.

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What is your source for this? I thought every seller had a reserved "inventory locker" that they pull specific product from. I heard this specifically from the Amazon Seller / Store Worlds Best Cables in a B2C email conversation after they put together a custom RCA audio cable build from me.

dendweller said:

Seybert's definitely has the best packaging. I wish I knew where you could buy those tubes.

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Yeah, the Seyberts tubes are the best, those things are thick and heavy!! I save every one I get for possible future sales and they're fantastic. My preference is to put a cue in one of those and then into a square or triangle box. Doesn't roll, super strong inside. I've done the PVC thing too for expensive cues and that is another great option.

Bob Jewett said:

Well, most of the reviews are fake, and for most people, Prime is a rip-off. Amazon just was punished for how it runs Prime. From an AI summary:

Amazon reached a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to resolve a lawsuit alleging it trapped consumers into Prime subscriptions without consent and sabotaged cancellation attempts. The agreement includes $1.5 billion for customer refunds and a $1 billion civil penalty.​

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If you already watch prime also getting free shipping for all the stuff my wife and I order in a month is a bargain lol

You do have to be careful. I bought two gloves that were supposed to be kamui and what they sent me looked nothing like the picture or what a kamui glove is supposed to look like.

Scrunge19 said:

Amazon co-mingles inventory so people selling legit inventory and those selling fakes have their products stored in the same pile in the warehouse. So even if you buy a product from a legit seller on Amazon, you could still wind up with fake goods.

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Wow.. I had no idea. That’s some good info.

JohnnyOzone said:

I agree totally. The ugliest, most nonsensical ball set ever made, except maybe for the Aramith Black set.

EDIT: I just saw a set of dynaspheres in Vegas last week where the 6 & 14 were grey. You wouln't even see them on this WNT cloth. The rest of the colors were OK, with the 2 & 10 being a medium blue, and the 7 & 15 being cyclop robin egg blue. Make the 6 & 14 a kelly green, and this would be a nice set, visibility-wise

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fastone371 said:

You gotta wonder where all of these ugly balls come from, is there an "ugliest pool balls known to mankind" contest going on that we are not aware of?? It seems every new set is worse than the last starting with the purple 5.

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Or..and try to stick with me on this.. people have different opinions and like different shit!! I know mind blown that you two aren’t the end all be all. Lol I like the set they are using . Had no problem from the first match seeing what ball was what. I also have a set with the grey balls. That’s the tungsten set because I like to switch things up sometimes and I get them out and play a week or so with them. Do I personally think the cenentenials are still the most classic perfect set. Yup.. but I also get that has a sponser you want it to stick out and pop on tv and that’s what they do .

They make different ball sets for the same reason they make different color cue sticks.. because people like different stuff. Lol if you don’t that’s cool but stop acting like you speak for everyone. Because you don’t.

Seriously to the people pitching a fit.. if this is the worst thing that is happening in your life you live a pretty charmed life.

JasonATX said:

You can use the Salotto app to build Fargo when playing other folks: https://salotto.app/

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Yes, or the OP can possibly go through FargoRate's LMS at https://www.fargorate.com/lms-registration. Possible scenario of registering and requesting what players in his current BCA league that would also like to follow the same route might be the best approach?

Unfortunately, in a nutshell, submitting to FargoRate has always been somewhat of a cryptic challenge (using LMS) and the new Salotto app which doesn't have the best UI and can get spendy...

Kim Bye said:

You won't even be able to see that work has been done. Don't sweat it. Try with wax first and if that fails take it to your local cuemaker.

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Ok yea we tried the wax and it didn’t help.

I just posted an 84 on the Follow Matrix Drill. I think I can do much better, but it will take some work.


The current standings are on the Challenge page.

Lot of good advice here. I agree with a cardboard tube inside a FedEx or USPS triangle, both of which they'll give you for free. FedEx and UPS both sell the tubes for like 3 bucks a pop. The best and sturdiest triangles I've come across were the UPS ones, but they don't sell them at any of the UPS stores near me and they cost actual money, which the FedEx and USPS ones don't. I pack bubble wrap into the top and bottom of the tube, and then stuff newspaper into the sides of the triangle so there's no side to side wiggle for the tube. It's true the absolute sturdiest would be to go get some PVC cut, but that is certainly more work.

I use Pirate Ship, UPS only. I'll never use USPS again, and FedEx is much more expensive.

And I'll echo the above - if anything seems off, just walk. It's not worth the sale and someone else will buy your cue.