Bought a Sly. Was told 4 weeks. Took 4plus months. Was not 100% what I ordered. Has a minor area not 100% sanded. Never got a return call.
Nice cue yes. Worth waiting for? .....would not have ordered it.
Some Frey cues are done and ready to ship. That's the way to buy.
That i definately have to completely disagree with. Dont get me wrong Its not good business to be late on a product.
But there is not one dam thing wrong with having to wait for an order if its within the time line that was told. Some times things do happen.
I'm not taking Slys side however. Just making a point because I've been building cues for 10 years, 6 of which i was in a custom shop apprenticing. I have all my own equipment lathes, saws, panto's etc etc.....BUT I work on call in the gulf of mexico....I've stayed out for 10 weeks before on the water.
Cue making is just a side hobby of mine because it doesn't make me a 100k a year lol (i wish it did lol....oneday maybe )
So when people ask me how long I tell them its about a month as well depending (most want sneaky or something just a little jazzed up) as if work is busy it could take me 6 months....it has before
I do stay in constant contact with my friends and customers and let them know and they are of course always eager to get what they want (I make the fanciest duck calls on the planet as well...dead truth) but they all understand my schedule up front.
I'm an extremely busy guy. I have my safety system design, troubleshooting and repair offshore. I teach and build cues here in lafayette, LA. I just started a pool program at one of the nations top 10 public high schools 3 hours from my home......
so if some one ordered a cue and it takes longer, they just already know the chances of that are high.....but not a dam one of my customers have been up in arms complaining about wait times. Like i said though I'm extremely clear as to what can or cant happen.
If they did give me a bunch of chit, I would promptly refund their money and tell them to piss off and I would never do any work for them again.
I am in the right on these things though. When you tell someone something, thats the way it should be....not a bunch of bullcorn excuses.
Basically when someone that knows me especially makes an order and I get it to them in less than 2 months they are always like DAYYYYYUUUUMMMM thanks so much man...because they know it could have taken wayyyyy longer with how busy my schedule always is.
just wanted to make a good example of the other side of "waiting"......and I'm not even bringing up say Southwest or Searing of which the wait list is long long long.....but you wont hear no one *****ing about that, because thats just how it is unless your buying second hand new.
regards,
Grey Ghost
. What I ended up getting an Ebony into Birdseye ( with black joint collars ) shaft taken down to 12 and a quarter and 21ozs, and he even threw in a set of JP's! I'm happy.