I'm glad WalMart is selling Schon cues!!!!!! READ B4 You Vote

Walmart selling Schon, McDermott is......

  • Good for pool.

    Votes: 139 44.8%

  • Bad for pool.

    Votes: 27 8.7%

  • Wont make a difference.

    Votes: 132 42.6%

  • Whats Walmart???

    Votes: 12 3.9%
  • Total voters
    310
Fatboy

Fatboy

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READ THIS BEFORE YOU VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thats the best news I have seen in a long time. Its going to put good quality cues in peoples hands that might not otherwise known where to buy a cue, or that there is a difference in cues, most people think they are all the same. So I dont think that is bad for pool?


this is great for pool,


Whats bad for pool is Ramin wooD cues with screw on tips. Then people think thats the standard for cues, with walmart selling quality cues it will raise the bar on the worst cues that Sears sells.

Now with Schons tip men will have more good cues to re-tip when the time comes
 
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Fatboy said:
Thread title: "I'm glad WalMart is selling Schon cues!!!!!! READ B4 You Vote"
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Vote?? Was there supposed to be a poll attached to this?

EDIT: Ah, Fatboy was still editing -- poll appeared seconds later
 
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Fatboy said:
READ THIS BEFORE YOU VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thats the best news I have seen in a long time. Its going to put good quality cues in peoples hands that might not otherwise known here to buy a cue, how is that bad for pool?


this is great for pool,


Whats bad for pool is Ramin wooD cues with screw on tips. Then people think thats the standard for cues, with walmart selling quality cues it will raise the bar on the worst cues that Sears sells.

Now with Schons tip men will have more good cues to re-tip when the time comes
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Also good news for husbands who wives as asked "Why cant you just buy a Wal-Mart cue and play with it instead of those high dollar cues?" Gives us husbands now a chance to buy Wal-Mart cues!:grin:
 
tho i likened it to schwinn going to crap when they went to walmart....regardless i agree with you that at least they will have a descent cue there instead of screw on tip models. Wether its going to help pool I don't know, but it sure isn't going to hurt it by any means.
 
Lets see i have my Wal Mart shopping list here:
Shoes $12.00
Jeans $8.00
Shirt $6.00
Oh gimme one of those $700 Schon things.
Just a little humor but your average Wallyworld shopper is not going to buy a Schon.
What ! A Schon does not have a screw on tip ! What crap are they selling!
 
are they selling them in stores or, are they just offering them online? Thats a BIG difference. As i know walmart sells tons of items online that they do not carry in store. All they have to do is just contact a company and become a whole saler. They are so big they could whole sale a whole sale.
 
it's ONLINE only!!! Now if Wally World wanted a LOWER PRICED Schon in stores, and Schon were to contract out a lower line to meet that need - THEN Schon would officailly be CRAP.

and Ghost - Schwinn went to crap (I shouldn't say went to crap - decided to build overseas at a LOWER cost, let quality slip), and then ending up HAVING to sellout to the big box stores (I believe Target has them as well). I'd blame that more on Schwinn's idea that manufacturing overseas would give them a much bigger profit margin - sell bike made in US (build cost $100) for $500, or sell bike made in Taiwan (build cost $20) for $500. Just didn't work out like they thought - HELLO BIGBOXES!

I see online sales as online sales - Walmart ONLINE, Amazon, ANY billiards retailer - all the same product. voted - won't make any difference
 
measureman said:
Lets see i have my Wal Mart shopping list here:
Shoes $12.00
Jeans $8.00
Shirt $6.00
Oh gimme one of those $700 Schon things.
Just a little humor but your average Wallyworld shopper is not going to buy a Schon.
What ! A Schon does not have a screw on tip ! What crap are they selling!
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This is the funniest post I have seen on AZ in a very very long time "Schon things"<--------------------thats too funny LOLOL, i needed a good laugh, thanks

eric:)
 
Fatboy said:
This is the funniest post I have seen on AZ in a very very long time "Schon things"<--------------------thats too funny LOLOL, i needed a good laugh, thanks

eric:)
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Most of you might not realize that 80%(maybe more) of on-line business is something called "drop shipping". Its basically what you see all of those ads on TV all the time promising you that their DVD will tell you how to get rich.

You basically advertise a certain product for a certain price. Once you get the sale, you call your distributor, pay your distributor his cost, and you then tell them to ship the product to your customer.

For example: You advertise in a billiard magazine that you are selling Predator Fat shafts for $175 + $10 shipping a piece. You get 3 buyers that send you money via Paypal. You call up your distributor who is selling you those shafts for $100 a piece. You pay your distributor $300 and maybe a little extra for shipping. You pocket approx. $225 with almost zero costs to you.

This whole idea is called drop shipping. The seller never has to have the merchandise himself in stock as long as he can get it from his distributor. No need to spend a ton of money on inventory.

The Schon distributors figure that a hellofalot of people shop on line at Walmart. Why not put his cues out there. No sweat off his back besides maybe a little kickback to Walmart for letting him put his cues on his site.

As for what I vote, umm why not, I guess. Seems weird tho.
 
ykndoit said:
Most of you might not realize that 80%(maybe more) of on-line business is something called "drop shipping". Its basically what you see all of those ads on TV all the time promising you that their DVD will tell you how to get rich.

You basically advertise a certain product for a certain price. Once you get the sale, you call your distributor, pay your distributor his cost, and you then tell them to ship the product to your customer.

For example: You advertise in a billiard magazine that you are selling Predator Fat shafts for $175 + $10 shipping a piece. You get 3 buyers that send you money via Paypal. You call up your distributor who is selling you those shafts for $100 a piece. You pay your distributor $300 and maybe a little extra for shipping. You pocket approx. $225.

This whole idea is called drop shipping. The seller never has to have the merchandise himself in stock as long as he can get it from his distributor. No need to spend a ton of money on inventory.

The Schon distributors figure that a hellofalot of people shop on line at Walmart. Why not put his cues out there. No sweat off his back besides maybe a little kickback to Walmart for letting him put his cues on his site.

As for what I vote, umm why not, I guess. Seems weird tho.
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I been doing that for years, since 96. before the internet we published catalogs and had drop ship relationships with lots of venders, its alot better than owning a inventory.
 
It's not like they are selling Schons for $40 dollars. I don't see what the big deal is.
 
I dont think it will make a difference. I have never thought of going to wal mart online to look at cues. And I suspect that a person that is searching to go to wal-mart to buy a cue is not going to be interested in a $500 cue. They will sell a few here and there, I mean it is wal mart, but not anything significant.
 
Wont make a difference. The price range is too far apart.

"Why buy a $500+ cue when there are lots of them for less than $100."
 
nail on the head

measureman said:
Lets see i have my Wal Mart shopping list here:
Shoes $12.00
Jeans $8.00
Shirt $6.00
Oh gimme one of those $700 Schon things.
Just a little humor but your average Wallyworld shopper is not going to buy a Schon.
What ! A Schon does not have a screw on tip ! What crap are they selling!
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thank you measureman : had the same thought could not have said it any
better. most people in walmart looking for pool playing equipment would
be looking for a pool stick you and i would be looking for a POOL CUE.
look at the price of this stick , have they gone crazy just like the one here
for 12.97 and it comes with a case.
 
I don't think it will make a difference.

The only thing I can say on this topic is that I do not see how some people think that this is a bad thing. Selling Schons through Wal-Mart online is the same as Schons through pooldawg, ozone billiards, seyberts, etc... just that Wal-Mart is a bigger company.

The Schons they are selling online at the Wal-Mart marketplace are the exact same Schons that are being sold on pooldawg and seyberts (same or near same price as well)... it's nothing more than a different platform.
 
McDermott has the Black Widow line of cues... selling at Sears stores... for 79, 89 and 99 dollars.
3/8-10 pin, maple shaft, pressed linen wrap, LePro tip. Very nice looking and of decent quality.

The same cues have been hanging in the local Sears store since well before last Christmas.
Sears also sells Brunswick tables... If they are selling.
 
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