What are friends for?
- Thread starter Neil
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All i can say is "wow". Some people are just stupid as bricks. Where is Darwin when you need him.
Wow. "Friend" B sounds like a class A loser.
I knew a guy that had a nice Carolina Custom. He was shooting with a guy and they were both using the CC. The other guy got pissed about missing a shot and broke the Carolina across his knee.
For me, both of these instances would be worth a night in jail to satisfy my need to beat the snot out of such disrespectful a$$holes.
I knew a guy that had a nice Carolina Custom. He was shooting with a guy and they were both using the CC. The other guy got pissed about missing a shot and broke the Carolina across his knee.
For me, both of these instances would be worth a night in jail to satisfy my need to beat the snot out of such disrespectful a$$holes.
lol @ Dom........<--- is a good friend. let me borrow his extra pre cat shaft for like a month and i bekive i returend it in same shape i got it in...now thats what friends are for!
I actually think that's a funny story. At least it happened with a cheap cue.
Maybe the guy can run a bake sale to help get the $50 back.
Dave
Maybe the guy can run a bake sale to help get the $50 back.
Dave
He IS a true friend, because he sold it to a local. Only a bad friend would sell it to someone that you couldn't get it back from. 
"But but but Neil, you just don't get it. Friend 'B' sold the cue *because* he lost with it, and knew that Friend 'A' wouldn't want this 'bad luck / losing' cue anymore. Friend 'B' was doing Friend 'A' a favor by getting rid of this bad cue -- don't you get it?"
-Sean
I actually saw someone try to do that before and get called out on it. The guy who tried to sell the cue(no debt involved) was making a deal with a guy who recognized the cue. Small town stuff so the potential buyer called who he believed owned that cue. His hunch was right and turns out it was just a loaner cue but the buyer called the guy out for trying to sell a cue that was being loaned to him.
The cue was not sold to my knowledge. A bad friend sells your cue but the worst friend sells your cue to someone that you have no shot of seeing that cue again!
The cue was not sold to my knowledge. A bad friend sells your cue but the worst friend sells your cue to someone that you have no shot of seeing that cue again!
He actually did him a favor. Got rid of his cue for $50. Probably more than it is worth. Now he has a down payment for the new cue he was planning on getting.
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I think maybe friend A should wait till friend B goes to sleep, then friend A could super glue a house cue with a bad tip and a sticky shaft to the side of friend B's face....that way no one will have to lend friend B a cue. Tell friend B the answere is as plain as the nose or cue on your face, use a house stick, or buy your own.
I would tell the guy he has 24 hours to get the cue, or $300. After the time goes off I would call the cops. Not sure if he could file a stolen property claim since he loaned it to him, but he did sell something that didn't belong to him.
Maybe he could make it a fun deal. The cue, $300 or $100 and he gets to kick him in the nuts in the pool room. My mind is racing with ideas now. How about $100 and shave off the eyebrows?
Maybe he could make it a fun deal. The cue, $300 or $100 and he gets to kick him in the nuts in the pool room. My mind is racing with ideas now. How about $100 and shave off the eyebrows?
If someone did that to me, I'd demand that they return my cue (within a short time frame) or else (they are not going to like what happens).
Assuming no positive resolution by now ex-friend A, I'd contact the person who bought the cue and politely explain the situation and offer them $50 for it. If they refused, I'd thank them for their time and let them know that I gave them a chance to resolve the situation amicably, my offer is now off the table, they received stolen property and to expect a visit from the police.
Assuming no positive resolution by now ex-friend A, I'd contact the person who bought the cue and politely explain the situation and offer them $50 for it. If they refused, I'd thank them for their time and let them know that I gave them a chance to resolve the situation amicably, my offer is now off the table, they received stolen property and to expect a visit from the police.
There a plenty of folks who don't consider a $300 cue "cheap".
I like the first thing to do first Beat hell out of him or get someone to do it) but the second is a very good choice. Johnnyt
How can you prove that a production cue (or any cue) was yours?
Years ago a friend took off from work early. As he pulled into the alley he seen some migrant Mexicans walking out of his backyard carrying tools and putting them into their van. He blocked the vehicle with his and went into the house and called the police. The Mexicans said the tools belonged to them and were looking for work. They claimed that they thought they heard someone in the garage and took the tools with them to show what they had and kind of work they could do. The police asked my friend if he had any proof that the tools were his and he said yeah they are my tools and they were taking them out of the garage. The police said that is not good enough. He needed to show receipts and SN. Couldn't do it and the thieves got off.
Wow. That is really messed-up.
FWIW. I take high-resolution pictures of all my cues with my drivers license in the image. It may or may not prove ownership but it can't hurt. My cues may not have serial numbers but each cue has a distinct an unique wood patterns, so the high resolution images can help in that regard.
Now that I've read this, I think I'll take pics of everything of value I own.
In 1997, I lent a break/jump cue to a local player here in El Paso. We'll call him Mr. X.
Mr. X was playing in a tournament - I wasn't - he needed it - I could afford to do without for a night, so out of the goodness of my heart and against my better judgment, I let Mr. X use my break/jump cue.
I left mid-tournament - Mr. X was still playing - I told him not to worry about it, just get the cue back to me the following day. What a mistake that was!
I don't see Mr. X for 3 months. When I do see him, he tries to pretend as if I had never lent him the cue. Selective amnesia. Nice trick, but I was determined to get my cue back.
I see him again a few months later, and he tells me another wild-ass tale about how he left it over his mother's house - she moved - it may be in a box somewhere. He had a million different stories. It was all bullshitt.
This goes on for about 9 months... maybe a year. Eventually I just said the hell with it.
I accepted the fact that I had learned another lesson the hard way...
Then the Pool Gods stepped in.
While in the midst of my remorse over the loss of my cue, aimlessly I glance around the pool room... and there it is ... I see someone using my jump/break cue.
Mr. X wasn't playing with it, somebody else was.
I knew it was mine because it was a very uniquely designed purple heart jump break cue made by Jerry Powers.
I asked them where they got the cue and they said that they had bought it from Mr. X about 3 months ago. Mr. X told the guy he had gotten the cue as collateral for a gambling debt.
Yeah... that's the ticket.
The guy paid Mr. X $150 for the cue.
I was able to get it back for $125.
Mr. X eventually told me he had lost track of the cue. He never offered to replace it - just said he lost it and that was that.
I bet he still thinks he got one over on me.
It's been 11 years, and Mr. X still has no idea that every single time he has lied to me about what happened to my cue, that it was sitting in a case about 5 feet away from where he was standing.
I bring it up every time I see him. On a few occasions I have been tempted to just screw it together while he was BS-ing me about it, but I'm waiting for that "perfect moment".
Mr. X was playing in a tournament - I wasn't - he needed it - I could afford to do without for a night, so out of the goodness of my heart and against my better judgment, I let Mr. X use my break/jump cue.
I left mid-tournament - Mr. X was still playing - I told him not to worry about it, just get the cue back to me the following day. What a mistake that was!
I don't see Mr. X for 3 months. When I do see him, he tries to pretend as if I had never lent him the cue. Selective amnesia. Nice trick, but I was determined to get my cue back.
I see him again a few months later, and he tells me another wild-ass tale about how he left it over his mother's house - she moved - it may be in a box somewhere. He had a million different stories. It was all bullshitt.
This goes on for about 9 months... maybe a year. Eventually I just said the hell with it.
I accepted the fact that I had learned another lesson the hard way...
Then the Pool Gods stepped in.
While in the midst of my remorse over the loss of my cue, aimlessly I glance around the pool room... and there it is ... I see someone using my jump/break cue.
Mr. X wasn't playing with it, somebody else was.
I knew it was mine because it was a very uniquely designed purple heart jump break cue made by Jerry Powers.
I asked them where they got the cue and they said that they had bought it from Mr. X about 3 months ago. Mr. X told the guy he had gotten the cue as collateral for a gambling debt.
Yeah... that's the ticket.
The guy paid Mr. X $150 for the cue.
I was able to get it back for $125.
Mr. X eventually told me he had lost track of the cue. He never offered to replace it - just said he lost it and that was that.
I bet he still thinks he got one over on me.
It's been 11 years, and Mr. X still has no idea that every single time he has lied to me about what happened to my cue, that it was sitting in a case about 5 feet away from where he was standing.
I bring it up every time I see him. On a few occasions I have been tempted to just screw it together while he was BS-ing me about it, but I'm waiting for that "perfect moment".
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"What are friends for" ????
They are for putting a big ding in your "brand-new", "just delivered", first time out of the house, OB Classic playing shaft. Yep, my league teammate and friend not only knocked my cue (with the new shaft on it) over once, he did it TWICE in a 30 minute span. Didn't notice the ding until I got it home. Thank goodness it's down closer to the joint so I can't feel it when stroking, but GEEZ!!!
Maniac
They are for putting a big ding in your "brand-new", "just delivered", first time out of the house, OB Classic playing shaft. Yep, my league teammate and friend not only knocked my cue (with the new shaft on it) over once, he did it TWICE in a 30 minute span. Didn't notice the ding until I got it home. Thank goodness it's down closer to the joint so I can't feel it when stroking, but GEEZ!!!
Maniac