Kris_b1104 said:

I understand that reference. A man of culture.


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This is one of those things that I'll never understand why it became a thing.

Chopdoc said:

Round tube in triangle box, I agree.

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I Glue & Tape the tube to the box. I tape the ends of the tube. The tube should bullet proof. If a strong tube cannot be found consider using PVC. Maybe drill a few holes onto the tube so it can breath.
If you ever bought a cue from Seyberts their tubes can handle a truck driving over them.

maha said:

vett your customer. get his real full name and living address and send to that. google it and see if you want to take the risk to send it there. google him and his phone number and see what you can find out.
anything that smells dont send it.
pay pal will not give you the money and he will have the cue if a disagreement happens.
i would get a better way of getting funds that cant be held.
postal money order. wired funds etc, unless sure he is sound. and a regular poster on here.

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Absolutely. Get a feel for the buyer. I proposed a few cues for sale...they are in 99%... stated no returns if you do not like it. If the disclosure checks out I do not want it back.

A sales ticket for the SW is from May 1989, it list Jerry Franklin (Lori) (Dave Kershembrock)

I’ll look into the LOA. Thanks

vett your customer. get his real full name and living address and send to that. google it and see if you want to take the risk to send it there. google him and his phone number and see what you can find out.
anything that smells dont send it.
pay pal will not give you the money and he will have the cue if a disagreement happens.
i would get a better way of getting funds that cant be held.
postal money order. wired funds etc, unless sure he is sound. and a regular poster on here.

iusedtoberich said:

Cool hearing different formats of "buy back". I have never heard of buy-back = replaying the match just lost. Wouldn't that hold up the entire event one round? And why should the winner be penalized?

Not judging the format, just seems strange to me

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Yes, it does hold up the tournament (or at least part of the draw). The tournament has good money added and place over a weekend, so people are more forgiving. There are usually several pros and many semi pros playing.

The winner is “penalized”, but then the fact is all players have a buy back so the winner might need it at some point too.

The tournament also has an interesting twist on the Calcutta. 15% of the Calcutta is paid out to the top finishers below a certain Fargo threshold. So even the usual dead money players have a chance to hit that Calcutta with a favourable draw.

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DieselPete said:

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Ditto.

Cool hearing different formats of "buy back". I have never heard of buy-back = replaying the match just lost. Wouldn't that hold up the entire event one round? And why should the winner be penalized?

Not judging the format, just seems strange to me

That reminds me years ago on here one of the members (I forget who) wrote about being a TD. He said (me paraphrasing from 10 plus year old memory): "I went to check on a match that was going slow and holding up the bracket. I asked the players what is going on, what the score was. They said it was 2-2 (on a race to 7). I said how can it be taking that long? They said they went hill-hill, and rather than playing 1 game for it, they decided to replay the whole set. I threw them both out of the tournament!"

straightline said:

That__ sounds unfair. Be like playing the undead.

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Often you get this happening fairly early, when both players have a BB. So both players will have their BB. If I play someone I can’t beat (like the time I drew John Morra in the first round), I’m not buying back after he spanks me. If the two players are closely matched, the loser will often buy back, and if he wins then the other player will often buy back. So it becomes best 2 out of 3 sets in the end.

The one time it sucks is if you happen to upset a much better player. At that point the better player buys back and is highly likely to win the second set. And I’m probably NOT wasting my BB trying to beat them again.

It’s a neat option overall for a once a year tournament, but I wouldn’t want it be standard.

BarenbruggeCues said:

Call me old school but I don't see one.

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Hard for me to imagine as well, but I don't make cues.

A stretch of the imagination might be in coring or attaching a butt cap or joint collar.

GideonF said:

Historically DCC used a special software that allowed them to do a re-draw every round and thus allow the buy back at any time. But they recently switched to Digital Pool - I haven’t checked to see if that is available generally.

There is only one tournament in my area that does any type of buy back (the right to replay your match). This can be done with any normal tournament software - you just don’t enter the result until the “final” result.

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That__ sounds unfair. Be like playing the undead.