What is the most important thing in your shop?

JC said:
Insurance reasons are just what we say to keep the ones we don't want out in the shop in the waiting room. In my 30 years in business in auto repair I have never had an insurance company tell me to keep customers out of the shop. Funny.
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I was not even referring to myself John, just business in general. I told you straight up that I didn't want you in my shop, you know this to be true and it was not personal at all, I am sure I would enjoy playing pool with you so please don't misunderstand.

The question was what's the most important thing in your shop?
 
CuesDirectly said:
I was not even referring to myself John, just business in general. I told you straight up that I didn't want you in my shop, you know this to be true and it was not personal at all, I am sure I would enjoy playing pool with you so please don't misunderstand.

The question was what's the most important thing in your shop?
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Well at least you didn't bullshit me :)

So I guess the answer to the question is keeping other cue builders the hell out of it?
 
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CuesDirectly said:
Your question very clearly asked about "in the shop." In many businesses, they are not allowed in the shop due to insurance companies and their policies.
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GREAT! We not have trick questions in the Ask The Cuemaker section from Bruce.
Customer visit to my shop is not very often.
The most important thing in my shop is the shop.
 
JoeyInCali said:
GREAT! We not have trick questions in the Ask The Cuemaker section from Bruce.
Customer visit to my shop is not very often.
The most important thing in my shop is the shop.
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The the only trick was asking people to think, as you have a real job Joey as I recall you have the luxury of an outside income, to support your hobby.

So you do not have to depend upon your hobby business to pay your bills.

That is a good thing. Having a regular income to pay your bills.

Your lucky.
 
JC said:
A working man creates his own "luck"
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Luck is wonderful thing, but work toward goal some time take time.

The KFC Colonel was old guy before he finally made it. His story is one of working, failing, working, and finally making it.

Great story to motivate people.
 
JC said:
Well at least you didn't bullshit me :)

So I guess the answer to the question is keeping other cue builders the hell out of it?
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No way, before you go the wrong way, perhaps you would agree with me.

When you asked, I don't believe you had any tools for the most part, since, you have come a long ways.

I answered right off the bat by agreeing with another guy, it's all good and we should all smile.
 
CuesDirectly said:
No way, before you go the wrong way, perhaps you would agree with me.

When you asked, I don't believe you had any tools for the most part, since, you have come a long ways.

I answered right off the bat by agreeing with another guy, it's all good and we should all smile.
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That was in the spring of 2018 and by then I had already made over a hundred cues and two cnc machines.

I was going to be in Salem and thought it might be interesting to stop by and BS a while and check out your operation.

I thought wrong. I was actually a little surprised by your reaction to the idea.

As far as agreeing with you probably not. Any cue builder old or aspiring is welcome to come by here any time.

Now the smiling thing yes, we are in complete agreement.
 
JC said:
That was in the spring of 2018 and by then I had already made over a hundred cues and two cnc machines.

I was going to be in Salem and thought it might be interesting to stop by and BS a while and check out your operation.

I thought wrong. I was actually a little surprised by your reaction to the idea.

As far as agreeing with you probably not. Any cue builder old or aspiring is welcome to come by here any time.

Now the smiling thing yes, we are in complete agreement.
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Step away from the drama and anger John, you have been kicked out of here enough times, I was nice, no need to get upset.

Back on point, what's the most important thing in your shop?
 
CuesDirectly said:
Step away from the drama and anger John, you have been kicked out of here enough times, I was nice, no need to get upset.

Back on point, what's the most important thing in your shop?
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Dave my friend I already answered that question way back at the start of this thread and I wasn't kidding.

It's Math.

I actually had no idea it was your secret sauce recipe you didn't want me to get a glimpse of back then. Oh well.

As far as drama and anger I would ask you to go back to the start of this thread and read your own contributions before you point out the splinter in anyone's eye.
 
I guess the answer would have more to do with the purpose of your shop. If selling a lot of cues is the goal then customers are number one. You would be surprised how many people do this for a hobby and really don't worry about selling cues. For example an elderly gentleman built cues for all his grandchildren just to have something to do. There are doctors and lawyers that do this as a hobby.
 
BarenbruggeCues said:
You can argue a plethora of things that are most important in anyone's shop, but plain and simple, it is me.
Without me there would be no shop, no wood, no machines, no ideas, no skill, no nothing.
Me is the most important thing! Everything else is a byproduct of me.
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Well Dave you still live off sales, from Customers, who is going to buy your Cues. Every business is nothing without Customers, they are hard to get, easy too loose.

Unless your independently weathy, and you do not need the income from you efforts. Then you do not need Customers, you can be independent, if you sell product, or not. It's not a big deal because you are someone very lucky.

I had a friend with a Barbeque place in Glendale, CA. He would start work in early am, getting ready for opening at 11am, he would normally sell out of pulled pork sandwiches about 2-3pm.

If he decided to close for a few day he would post sign, Okie Holiday Going Fishing with Close Date, then sign said Back Open with Day. He was very Indepentent, but his customer love his product.

He did not do this over night, took years of 7 days a week to build following, plus work wehen he chose too.
 
EARLY RETIREMENT ADVICE.

Find some customers who are mathematicians then sit back and enjoy, case closed.
 
CocoboloCowboy said:
Well Dave you still live off sales, from Customers, who is going to buy your Cues. Every business is nothing without Customers, they are hard to get, easy too loose.

Unless your independently weathy, and you do not need the income from you efforts. Then you do not need Customers, you can be independent, if you sell product, or not. It's not a big deal because you are someone very lucky.

I had a friend with a Barbeque place in Glendale, CA. He would start work in early am, getting ready for opening at 11am, he would normally sell out of pulled pork sandwiches about 2-3pm.

If he decided to close for a few day he would post sign, Okie Holiday Going Fishing with Close Date, then sign said Back Open with Day. He was very Indepentent, but his customer love his product.

He did not do this over night, took years of 7 days a week to build following, plus work wehen he chose too.
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Customers are a byproduct of me/my product. Without me I would have no need for a customer. Not degrading the need for a customer but if I don't do everything right before the customer showed up is there going to be a need to have a customer? So we can sit here and argue all day long. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Which came first, the product/service or the customer?
 
Well each of us have opinions, and ideas. So people agree with me, other think not. Who is right maybe both parties.

As for Joey statement he is a hobby builder, real job in government service. Nice parachute to have.
 
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