While I'll agree the Searing is always going to be worth at least 3000 more, I am sure there are other differences....
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Who is the #1 most in demand cue maker in the world today?
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While I'll agree the Searing is always going to be worth at least 3000 more, I am sure there are other differences....
See what I did there?
While I'll agree the Searing is always going to be worth at least 3000 more, I am sure there are other differences....
See what I did there?
Hahah.
I think that Searings tolerances are pretty hard to surpass...
While I'll agree the Searing is always going to be worth at least 3000 more, I am sure there are other differences....
See what I did there?
The difference is the owner wants to pay more for the same thing just to say look what I have. And that's OK. He has to think his cue is better for that much more, otherwise he would feel foolish.
Hard to argue with that.
While I'll agree the Searing is always going to be worth at least 3000 more, I am sure there are other differences....
See what I did there?
I'll buy any searing you have for 3k....
Actually, it is very easy to argue with that. The OP was clearly referring to custom cue makers, otherwise he would have asked "Who is the #1 most in demand cue company in the world today?".
Good point.
IMO if you think those cue makers make "the same thing", then there is no point in debating this. I'm not knocking anyone's work, but they are not the same cues.
You are right. They are not the same cues. One costs more.
-R- for a lot of bang for the buck IMO... Jerry Rauenzahn
The most in-demand cue in this market is one that the buyer expects payment to take it off the seller.......otherwise, I think a few of these posts have about covered it. 
Just like a Bentley, Ferrari, Porsche, etc. cost more than a Ford, Pontiac, etc. but I'm sure they are the same...?
Actually cheap production cues are purchased because they are affordable. That doesn't make them high in the demand category. That list would be quite different if you could buy a cue from anyone for $80.
Demand should be based on how difficult it is to get the cue either from the maker or from another party, playability and the price. Do you have to be on a waiting list? If so, for how long? Do you see their cues for sale often? What kind of price is that cue actually being sold for?
Maybe a better way of phrasing this is who's cues are the most sought after?
You are calling a -R- a Pontiac?
In that case Scientists couldn't measure how little you know about cues.
I won't waste time pointing it out to you because the facts would get lost in your empty head.
Now there you go getting all sensitive.
1. I did not compare R to a Pontiac. I'm not knocking anyone and have never owned one his cues. I specifically said I would not knock a cue maker.
2. And speaking about my head in such a manner... It takes many hours of speaking with me to come to that conclusion. You are so ahead of the curve.
3. It's ashamed you won't take the time to point out these facts that you speak of. I'm intrigued to know more.
My mistake, you compared a -R- to a ford and a Searing to a Ferrari.
I don't have all the facts, but a few are, 1. The HOF is for the best, he's there. 2.There is no one better reproducing/restoring/customizing Brunswick cues. 3. No one gives you more cue for the money. And 4.you you don't have to wait YEARS for your cue. Unless your like me and keep changing your mind.
I don't know if I would look at it that way exactly, although true from a pure numbers point of view. If you look at it that way, McD fries sell by the millions, a corner store that local foodies know about may sell 100 a day but they may have a line of people waiting to order that come from all around. No-one drives 20 miles out of their way to get some McD fries. Therefore there is not much real demand for them, at least from those that know quality vs those that just accept what's closest.
If a cuemaker has 10 cues made and there are 100 people wanting to buy them, that's is demand. If Cuetec made 50 cues then stopped, they would sell 50 cues, but no-one else that was going to buy one will really miss having one, they'd just buy an Action cue or something. While those 90 people waiting for the other cuemaker would keep waiting.
Again, I never knocked R. I wouldn't do that even if thought it. And the rest of your facts are just opinions, in which ours differ. I can say Searings do not cost 3000 more unless the other guy is giving his away for literally nothing. His basic pointed cue is 3000 And the wait is just the nature of the beast, which reaffirms my opinion of his work. The more for your money is again an opinion. Knowing I paid 3000 for a cue I could never lose money on verses the product I pay even as little as 100 for and can't sell for 50 when I need too... I mean IMO, that's bang for the buck.
So I do believe he is compared to a Ferrari and there are others in the same league. I appreciated this thought provoking chat.
HOF-fact.
Not waiting years-fact.
A Searing is not a Ferrari-fact.
The best at Old Brunswicks-fact/opinion.
The most cue for the money-opinion.
Three out of five, close enough.