What Is Up With Master Chalk?
- Thread starter lfigueroa
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The way I hear Amazon works is a vendor ships to Amazon stuff they say is asin whatever. It gets thrown is a bin for that asin (not really, but logically). There's no record of what supplier provided which of the supposedly identical items in that bin. When counterfeit stuff goes in the bin, there's a chance you get it no matter which seller you buy from.
My bet is still on this being fake and lots of people buying from Amazon. Ill correct that if tweeten says they changed formulas.
Only other option is just a quality issue.
My bet is still on this being fake and lots of people buying from Amazon. Ill correct that if tweeten says they changed formulas.
Only other option is just a quality issue.
Expense? It's like 3 ingredients and inexpensive to make. The profit margin is huge.
Considering what other people charge for chalk, I'd say their profit margin is comparatively small.
profit is profit. especially to someone who isnt making money off the legit product.
and counterfeiting quarters does pay as can be seen by a few of our semi famous pool players that made a fair amount of money from similar tactics till they got caught. but those in china dont have to worry about legal problems from it all they have to do is change to another product.
and counterfeiting quarters does pay as can be seen by a few of our semi famous pool players that made a fair amount of money from similar tactics till they got caught. but those in china dont have to worry about legal problems from it all they have to do is change to another product.
companies that make products for the u.s. have their machines set up for the production run.. and all they have to do is over run or change the composition of the materials to make it more cheaply and their cost is minimal for their goods to sell to the unsuspecting.
it is big business.
that is why you buy from the legitimate distributor of the product. that gives you by far the best chance of having a superior product.
especially from things made in china.
it is big business.
that is why you buy from the legitimate distributor of the product. that gives you by far the best chance of having a superior product.
especially from things made in china.
dendweller
Well-known member
The up side to Amazon, if you're not happy, most items are returnable for 30 days.
nada. i've msg'd them on FB before with no reply. Someone said you have to email to get anything. I just emailed them. See what happens.
So, I did an experiment. I have a piece of Taom and it's all I used yesterday. My bridge hand came out dark blue going on black after 2-3 hours. The cloth doesn't look that dirty -- it's almost new -- but evidently the new chalk dust is there. I'm guessing there is a new pigment in the chalk that is either stickier or more intense than the previous version.
stewie
Active member
Taom or Masters? I am confused. Taom did this to you? To me, Taom is super clean. Masters gets on my hand.
dquarasr
Registered
Taom V10 is light green. I don't understand how your hand came out dark blue. Perhaps the table had an accumulation of other brand's dark blue chalk, and the table isn't as clean and free of latent chalk as you may have thought?
stewie
Active member
Taom Pyro would be blue
I didn't speak clearly. The chalk provided in the room is Masters blue chalk. That is what I normally use. Nearly everyone in the room uses the chalk the room provides. For my experiment, I used Taom that is a light blue-green. My bridge hand ended up nearly black at the end of three hours of play.
How can this happen?
It is not the Taom.
The only explanation that I can think of is that the color came from the cloth. The cloth is relatively new and looks relatively clean. It seems that it has chalk dust in it and that chalk dust turned my hand dark. This is quite different from my previous experience in that room, which was a somewhat bluish hand at the end of a few hours play.
stewie
Active member
Gotcha. I went out yesterday and used Taom. It was the better experience. My hand also still got dirty from the cloth, just not too much. I thought you meant Taom made your hands dirty.