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breakandrunrob

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I have been around poolhalls for a long time and I love the people with all the ideas. get diamonds, use simonis use super aramith balls! while drinking his coffee he bought at dunkin donuts. him carrying his poolbag which he bought online. in that bag is a mezz or predator break cue which was probally $300+ and of course a playing cue prob a predator with two shafts $1k+ (oh sorry its all about o.b. now so predator sucks). all bought from somewhere other than this guys place. but this player wants all this stuff done! spend some f'n money you cheapskates!!!!!!:mad:
 
breakandrunrob said:
I have been around poolhalls for a long time and I love the people with all the ideas. get diamonds, use simonis use super aramith balls! while drinking his coffee he bought at dunkin donuts. him carrying his poolbag which he bought online. in that bag is a mezz or predator break cue which was probally $300+ and of course a playing cue prob a predator with two shafts $1k+ (oh sorry its all about o.b. now so predator sucks). all bought from somewhere other than this guys place. but this player wants all this stuff done! spend some f'n money you cheapskates!!!!!!:mad:
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Get off my lawn.
 
That is the way most pool players are. Some people just don't get it and when the place goes out of business they are the first ones to say what the business should have done. It happens everyday around here. Around here we have a place that offers free pool from 4 to 7 Monday through Friday. LOTS of people go in there and play for free and never buy anything or just ask for free water. At 7 or when they lock the tables they leave. Its sad but thats the way it is. Most pool players are just cheep and are always looking for something for nothing. JMO
 
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breakandrunrob said:
I have been around poolhalls for a long time and I love the people with all the ideas. get diamonds, use simonis use super aramith balls! while drinking his coffee he bought at dunkin donuts. him carrying his poolbag which he bought online. in that bag is a mezz or predator break cue which was probally $300+ and of course a playing cue prob a predator with two shafts $1k+ (oh sorry its all about o.b. now so predator sucks). all bought from somewhere other than this guys place. but this player wants all this stuff done! spend some f'n money you cheapskates!!!!!!:mad:
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Every person in the place has value as long as they are not starting trouble. If someone come in on a regular basis it is almost impossible for them to not spend money. They may have someone who come there just because they are there and that guy may be a big spender.

You need people in a place of all types. There is nothing worse then an empty room. Even if some there are not really spending much they create the atmosphere of something is happening here and it must be the place to be. Did you ever eat in a restaurant and you were the only one there? Did you ever go back?

People are followers and you want a pool room to be active. You don't keep books on a daily basis or even a weekly basis. You do it monthly and quarterly. Trust me, that guy who looks like is isn't worth anything to you, actually is.
 
mr8ball said:
That is the way most pool players are. Some people just don't get it and when the place goes out of business they are the first ones to say what the business should have done. It happens everyday around here. Around here we have a place that offers free pool from 4 to 7 Monday through Friday. LOTS of people go in there and play for free and never buy anything or just ask for free water. At 7 or when they lock the tables they leave. Its sad but thats the way it is. Most pool players are just cheep and are always looking for something for nothing. JMO
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Well said. Worst is some of these freebie kings will challenge and hustle other players to play. When they lose they do not pay LOL
When I saw top players playing in tourneys that pay top prize of few hundred, I fell off my chair. Just shows how cheap pool is. And not uncommon for hustlers to play for tens of dollars. How low can pool go. It is stuff like that that gives pool bad rep. Sad state of affairs
 
breakandrunrob said:
I have been around poolhalls for a long time and I love the people with all the ideas. get diamonds, use simonis use super aramith balls! while drinking his coffee he bought at dunkin donuts. him carrying his poolbag which he bought online. in that bag is a mezz or predator break cue which was probally $300+ and of course a playing cue prob a predator with two shafts $1k+ (oh sorry its all about o.b. now so predator sucks). all bought from somewhere other than this guys place. but this player wants all this stuff done! spend some f'n money you cheapskates!!!!!!:mad:
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Whats interesting about life is how different each of us is :eek: Not everything in life has to be......some things just are. Pool Halls are Melting pots of waaaaaaaaaaaay different cultures, enjoy :thumbup: You description can be transposed to an office worker, carrying his coffee, leather satchel, Big belt buckle and $300 leather boots with dbl breasted snap chest pockets. Personally, I've worked directly with the public for over 40 years....and that certain ''ways'' are common....they just carry a different load.
 
I spent so much money in my home room in Tampa the owner let me play any time day or night for nothing. I played 6-10 hours a day. My bar bill on an average night was $75-$150, and yes I bought a big case, cue, T-shirts and what not from him. Johnnyt
 
Why I try to be frugal

I'm 28 and I love to play pool. I'm married, so it's my "guy thing" I do most often without the wife, along with golf. Between taking the wife out, socializing with non pool playing friends, and a weekly round of golf...you're talking about a lot of cash! I force myself to be frugal at the pool hall because it can add up fast.. Especially when you spend 6 hours doing it. That being said, I'm still having a few beers, paying for the table time, and occasionally ordering food.
 
If a room provides good value on the things customers want they will buy them. If you offer second quality merchandise at premium prices they will not. Most room owners don't seem to have the first clue on how to be brick and mortar retailers.

Displays are often not attractive or enticing and selection is often very limited. Seeing a bunch of dusty vinyl cases hung along a wall or a small selection of cheap chinese cues is not likely to make a pool player to make an impulse buy.

The internet has created a marketplace that allows the customer to educate themselves, they are not forced to buy from a single vendor with limited choices. As with any other retailer you must create an environment that triggers a customer's desires.

In other words don't whine if you put no effort into selling stuff and complain when people buy better quality merchandise at lower prices.
 
Johnnyt said:
I spent so much money in my home room in Tampa the owner let me play any time day or night for nothing. I played 6-10 hours a day. My bar bill on an average night was $75-$150, and yes I bought a big case, cue, T-shirts and what not from him. Johnnyt
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What place was that? I used to play around there before I moved away in 2006.
 
I've never seen a room owner upset because somebody bought a cue from someone else.
I have seen room owners get a little miffed when people use their pool hall to conduct cue business, without talking to them about it.
They don't care what I do, but I get a table, buy a drink, and over tip, right when I walk in, unless I want to order food first, then I wait to get a table.
Poolplayers & railbirds need to spend more, just to make the business a little more lucrative for the room owner.
Pool rooms seem to struggle way more than they should, and then people complain about tournaments with green fee's the amount of added money.

On the other hand, every pool room past or present along the front range of Denver, would get ripped by that bar rescue guy.
Most of them are run as if if they don't want to make money.
 
Same every where. At our Old Pool Hall, (no longer running), the owner used to open at 9 am. The same time that his wife's business, next door opened.

He would get the regular Golf Players who all chip in for the price of one table.

Drink pots of coffee, (free refills), and not have anything else.

He started opening at 11 am. Got rid of the Free Loaders. Shouldn't really call them Free Loaders but from what the other staff members said, thats kind of what he considered them to be.

The only thing he lost was the price of a few cups of coffee and table time for 2 hours.

They now expanded his wife's shop into the old pool hall and are doing well. He kept the pool hall staff on to work the store so they didn't lose their jobs.
Win for them.
Fail for us.

I was a regular BTW. Table time for practice and games, at least 2 to 3 times per week, plus I never missed the Sat 9 Ball Tourney. Always made sure I ordered from the kitchen and lots of beer, of course. Many players did the same. Unfortunately, most did not.
 
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Local sports bar where I frequented 3-4 times a week. They only have 4 tables, but a weekly tournament, and free pool on Wednesdays. I got 4-5 of my friends to start coming to the tournament, as well as meeting me there a few times a week. Always spent $ on drinks, took home food a couple times a week, and tipped well. Easily spent $200 plus a week there, not to mention what my friends I brought in spend.

Wednesday I stopped in after work, ordered a bucket (5 beers, in an iced bucket always $12). Couple friends came in so bought 4 more beers when bucket was gone.

Cash out, and bartender tells me $36. $12, bucket, 4 $3.00 beers....WTF?

Tells me since "EVERYONE" just takes advantage of the free pool, no more bucket specials, and beers $4.00 on "free pool" night per the owner.

This change was not communicated, or posted anyplace. I tossed $50, and let her know I would not be back.

Good plan, make up for the deadbeats by taxing the regular, paying customers.

Bar owner called me twice Thursday wondering if I, or any of my buddies were showing up for the tournament. Let him know why I would not be back, and wished him luck.

EDIT: Wanted to add, it's not the $. I have no problem paying $4-$5 a beer in nicer bars, or on the beach. But don't appreciate being blindsided in a dive that smells like urine. Clean your bathrooms if you want to charge premium prices.
 
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breakandrunrob said:
I have been around poolhalls for a long time and I love the people with all the ideas. get diamonds, use simonis use super aramith balls! while drinking his coffee he bought at dunkin donuts. him carrying his poolbag which he bought online. in that bag is a mezz or predator break cue which was probally $300+ and of course a playing cue prob a predator with two shafts $1k+ (oh sorry its all about o.b. now so predator sucks). all bought from somewhere other than this guys place. but this player wants all this stuff done! spend some f'n money you cheapskates!!!!!!:mad:
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Yes that is a lot of people who play pool.
 
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