Did the cue market fall apart?

Hungarian said:
I bought a bunch of cues during COVID. Prices seemed to be very low then. For example, I bought a really nice Runde for $1,000 and now I see them listed for over $3k. I also bought a really nice Wes Hunter for $775, now roughly the same cue is $1,800. I also bought a plain jane Cog for $700.
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yes, lots of people are listing shit for what they think it's worth and no one is buying at that price point. That is literally the point of the thread.

Also comparing to what was happening during COVID is not a realistic situation, lots of folks were out of work and lots of folks were dead so cues were coming onto the market at very low prices from motivated sellers.

Perhaps now, as the economy continues to worsen and cash tightens at the same time, the pricing model should be moderately higher than COVID prices.
 
Last week I drove over 1200 miles round trip to sell a high end cue. I wanted no problems after the fact as well as no problems in shipping.

The buyer has a large collection of cues and was as honest as can be. We met he looked the cue over handed me the cash, (no PayPal no Venmo= no tax issues).

The entire process was flawless, he was great to do business with and was happy as was I.


He did comment that it feels like a buyers market because he got a lot of cue. From my end I was happy it was gone because the market may or may not recover.

Now I only own one high end cue and have no desire to move it anytime soon.

The combination of dumb government decisions and credit debt are taking their toll. It could get uglier soon in a lot of ways which I fully expect.

I feel great about the transaction and my decision to sell!
 
I've got a few higher-end ones that I'd like to sell but threads like this tell me that perhaps now is not the right time.
 
realkingcobra said:
Everyday there are 1,000's of cues for sale somewhere, but Diamond tables are in short supply new, and almost as hard to get your hands on one used, and not really much cheaper than new at that. And yet, there's a ton of used GC's on the market if you know where to look, and they're cheap as hell compared to a new GC. Cues and pool tables can't be compared in sales.
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Cue market has to fall...
Overpriced...
The pool of players who is interested will shrink rapidly as they go to the great pool hall in the sky....
There's so many high end cues and vintage cues...eventually the market will be flooded as the pool widows and kids sell them off.
Young players want carbon fiber and plastic cues....very few look to customs
 
Is shipping cues to the Middle East cost effective? Or would having local distributor be better?
 
carbon fiber marketing has done one heck of an effective job so now when I go to pool rooms I see an awful lot of those being used by all age groups. If you're selling Revos or Cynergys or Blaks that sort of thing, if the price is good they should sell okay.

Big Holy Grail customs like Gina's, BB, SW, etc will always have a robust market but the lower to mid range customs and especially the wood ones, thos are having a tougher time.

The merry go round is always running but supply vs demand will always be The Determiner.

And yes, discretionary spending has a big influence on demand.
 
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its a newer market of younger players.

just like homemade food restaurants were the thing in the past, like custom cues
now its more fast food chains, like mass produced imported cues.

in all markets the high end high quality products hold value and rise overall.
 
I have either been party to or personally watched a trainload of custom cues get sold this year.
Many, many cues by well known cuemakers. The ICCS was active this year (September 7-9) with cues selling for up to $77k. Lots of custom orders were contracted for as well at the show. People were in attendance from about half of the USA states and also Germany, Japan (several), Alaska, and more. Coming to buy or sell custom cues.

I get it that your market may have changed since early this year. It probably has.
That’s when you do things a little differently.
Stay at it.

Will Prout
 
I'm in sell mode having just paid off the remainder of my student loans in one lump sum. But if the right cue at the right price comes along I'm always interested.

Kids, mortgage, car payments, etc. It piles up and gets hard to justify more cues.
 
OldOrvis said:
It seems that earlier in the year I had 0 problems selling cues, but now it seems like its pulling teeth to get any kind of deals done. I know something has changed due to me getting a cue back I sold earlier this year in less than a day and had 8 PMs and legit offers about it and now I posted it again and haven't even got a "hello how are ya" lol Are others having the same experience? I have several cues I posted across different platforms and I don't try to Highball with my prices and even at low prices things don't seem to be moving.

Thanks :)
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Prices for everything is sky high now and the economy is really bad. Discretionary income is tight and cue prices will probably have to drop to get rid of them.
 
iusedtoberich said:
I don't see many custom sales anymore. It all seems to be Predator Revo shafts and accompanying Predator butts.
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iusedtoberich said:
I don't see many custom sales anymore. It all seems to be Predator Revo shafts and accompanying Predator butts.
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I think this is a good part of it. Cues that would have sold a few years back are not moving due to not having carbon shafts. And to add to it, if a player has $400+ invested in a shaft, he/she has less to spend on a custom with maple shafts.
 
David in FL said:
What, you haven't been to the grocery store lately? Or fill your tank up with gas
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A big part of it I think.
axejunkie said:
Cues that would have sold a few years back are not moving due to not having carbon shafts. And to add to it, if a player has $400+ invested in a shaft, he/she has less to spend on a custom with maple shafts.
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And another big part, though I suspect this depends on whether it's a player cue or a collectible.
 
Hungarian said:
I bought a bunch of cues during COVID. Prices seemed to be very low then. For example, I bought a really nice Runde for $1,000 and now I see them listed for over $3k. I also bought a really nice Wes Hunter for $775, now roughly the same cue is $1,800. I also bought a plain jane Cog for $700.
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They can be listed for whatever, selling for the same price is a big difference.
 
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