Good Bye Old Friend

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cueman

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I did something this past weekend I never thought I would do. I sold my playing cue. I have played with that cue since 1989 or 1990. I was asked if it was for sale and I answered "not really, but most everything has a price I guess." I threw out a price and the guy laid out a stack of hundred dollar bills and let me finish the tournament with it. My last words while walking over to hand it to him were, "Good Bye Old Friend."
 
That's a lot of history. I'm guessing you made that cue yourself, making it even harder to part with it.
 
I did that once, a one of a kind Schon made in 82. Sold it too cheap to a collector and didn't even need the money.
For me it was one of the dumbest things I have done.
Now if I was a cue maker, I don't know. Sort of like guys that build hot rods. Build them, run them for awhile, then sell them and build something else to run around in for awhile.
 
cueman said:
I did something this past weekend I never thought I would do. I sold my playing cue. I have played with that cue since 1989 or 1990. I was asked if it was for sale and I answered "not really, but most everything has a price I guess." I threw out a price and the guy laid out a stack of hundred dollar bills and let me finish the tournament with it. My last words while walking over to hand it to him were, "Good Bye Old Friend."
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Reported. Shame on you.
 
muskyed said:
I did that once, a one of a kind Schon made in 82. Sold it too cheap to a collector and didn't even need the money.
For me it was one of the dumbest things I have done.
Now if I was a cue maker, I don't know. Sort of like guys that build hot rods. Build them, run them for awhile, then sell them and build something else to run around in for awhile.
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I have a good amount of cues I should part with..they would be gone in a day. However the hoarder/collector in me says don't part with anything....other than the desire to downsize. My Doc Frye never gets used for a few reasons. Not my player. It's a queen. But it's staying until.
 
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Same here. I have a DZ that is just fantastic, what do I shoot with, my Schons. Our extensions fit my wifes and my Schons, also my Schon is a no wrap and I like that although the DZ has a really nice leather wrap. So the DZ just sits in the cue rack to see a little play once a week or so. I'm just afraid that if I sell it, I'll have the same feelings as I do now as to my first Schon.
 
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GoldCrown said:
I have a good amount of cues I should part with..they would be gone in a day. However the hoarder/collector in me says don't part with anything....other than the desire to downsize. My Doc Frye never gets used for a few reasons. Not my player. It's a queen. But it's staying until.
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If your Doc Fry needs company I have one for sale. Comes with Docs Hall of Fame plaque. Never could find a family member to send the plaque to. $1600 firm.
 
cueman said:
If your Doc Fry needs company I have one for sale. Comes with Docs Hall of Fame plaque. Never could find a family member to send the plaque to. $1600 firm.
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Thanks for offering. At my stage of life I’m finished buying.
 
GoldCrown said:
Thanks for offering. At my stage of life I’m finished buying.
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I thought I was pretty much done buying, but I bought that Texas cue from Bludworth and sold my own player. Go figure. I guess at this point I am only going to buy what I think I can flip instead of buying to keep forever. I would roll over in my grave if I saw my family selling my collection for pennies on the dollar after I am gone. So I am going to start selling now.
 
cueman said:
I thought I was pretty much done buying, but I bought that Texas cue from Bludworth and sold my own player. Go figure. I guess at this point I am only going to buy what I think I can flip instead of buying to keep forever. I would roll over in my grave if I saw my family selling my collection for pennies on the dollar after I am gone. So I am going to start selling now.
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Thru the years i have given awauy good players and hoping that the person on the recieving end had no excuses l I did return to a beaten path, after 4 yeaRS WENT BY and this kid pla;aying me, choked because he reminded me i gave him that stick 5 years ago He played well
 
I got into the game in the mid-80's and stretched really hard to buy a Meucci. I played with it, and was able to make some money with it when I was in college to help me eat and pay bills.

That cue stayed in a case, unused, for nearly 30 years. I retired recently and decided to start playing again. i sent the cue out to Meucci to be refinished. It came back looking awesome.

I almost immediately got an offer on it, which would allow me to buy a modern state of the art Meucii with a CF shaft, for no out of pocket. I took the deal and have never looked back.

I now have seven Meucci's , all of which I am proud of.
 
tg_vegas said:
I got into the game in the mid-80's and stretched really hard to buy a Meucci. I played with it, and was able to make some money with it when I was in college to help me eat and pay bills.

That cue stayed in a case, unused, for nearly 30 years. I retired recently and decided to start playing again. i sent the cue out to Meucci to be refinished. It came back looking awesome.

I almost immediately got an offer on it, which would allow me to buy a modern state of the art Meucii with a CF shaft, for no out of pocket. I took the deal and have never looked back.

I now have seven Meucci's , all of which I am proud of.
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I received my 1980's Meucci Original from my parents as a graduation present, and it has been a great performer all of these years. I did receive a few offers for it, but just couldn't part with it given all the memories. Does anyone know if the the older 1980's or 90's Meucci's play any different from the current models?
 
lord_shar said:
I received my 1980's Meucci Original from my parents as a graduation present, and it has been a great performer all of these years. I did receive a few offers for it, but just couldn't part with it given all the memories. Does anyone know if the the older 1980's or 90's Meucci's play any different from the current models?
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They certainly do. Over those years, Meucci shafts have gone through a great deal of change as they went from no-dot, to black-dot, and red-dot and finally to CF, and now to Kielwood. The basic evolution is taper and deflection. The 1980's shafts, which I had several of, had a ton of deflection, which at the time was considered normal. Today, we have other options. If you love the cue you got from your parents, and like to play with it but would like to upgrade a bit, consider ordering a low-deflection shaft from Meucci, which they will fit with matching ferulle and rings to your original. I did it and am very happy with the outcome.
 
tg_vegas said:
They certainly do. Over those years, Meucci shafts have gone through a great deal of change as they went from no-dot, to black-dot, and red-dot and finally to CF, and now to Kielwood. The basic evolution is taper and deflection. The 1980's shafts, which I had several of, had a ton of deflection, which at the time was considered normal. Today, we have other options. If you love the cue you got from your parents, and like to play with it but would like to upgrade a bit, consider ordering a low-deflection shaft from Meucci, which they will fit with matching ferulle and rings to your original. I did it and am very happy with the outcome.
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TY for that info. Have any other changes been made to the back end besides the logo?
 
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