Searing Cue

@mr magoo
i feel your pain
unfortunately there are so many more with similar stories
@Bishop said
"Upon reading this I located your cue. I immediately shipped it back to you. Here is the tracking info”.
this is what should happen for everyone he is holding their cues
dennis has promised people for years they were getting their cue back in a timely manner and did not deliver
why should anyone believe him now?
i hope he proves me wrong and does be a man of his word
not returning people's property is probably against some law
dennis never building a cue he promised he would build is not at that level
but it still is really bad
for the mental anguish as the person is hoping to get a cue and then never gets it
but no money passed hands
whats most frustrating speaking from experience is he goes over a design with you
for several weeks he answers texts and phone calls and then there is no more communication
personally i think dennis needs counseling
jmho
icbw
 
Years ago I attended some management seminars on construction. During that event they put out some parameters for a renovation and asked us all to prepare a quote for the project.

Later in the day the presenter told us all he had the results. The low end bid was $1250.00 and the high end bid was $37,500.00. After announcing those drastically different numbers he said only 30% of the guys were in an acceptable range for the project.

This he said is unacceptable business practice and created great confusion for the prospective customers. Then we went onto how to bid projects.

What this has to do with Dennis is he builds an outstanding cue but has little or no knowledge in running his business. His issues in this area are not new as pointed out by those that have come forward in this thread. Therefore he has not learned from his past mistakes which is a bad omen for him. It’s likely he is not capable of correcting his behavior.

He would have been better off being an artist, they wake up at noon work for a few hours, then quit for the day!
 
Hell, this tool Searing and Archer need to go on the road. Dennis could stake JA with a new cue as the bet. That way they'd never have to pay off. Call it the 'Phantom Cue Air-Barrel'.
 
Quesports said:
Years ago I attended some management seminars on construction. During that event they put out some parameters for a renovation and asked us all to prepare a quote for the project.

Later in the day the presenter told us all he had the results. The low end bid was $1250.00 and the high end bid was $37,500.00. After announcing those drastically different numbers he said only 30% of the guys were in an acceptable range for the project.

This he said is unacceptable business practice and created great confusion for the prospective customers. Then we went onto how to bid projects.

What this has to do with Dennis is he builds an outstanding cue but has little or no knowledge in running his business. His issues in this area are not new as pointed out by those that have come forward in this thread. Therefore he has not learned from his past mistakes which is a bad omen for him. It’s likely he is not capable of correcting his behavior.

He would have been better off being an artist, they wake up at noon work for a few hours, then quit for the day!
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Yep. Good craftsman/poor manager.
I think his best bet now is to settle up as quickly as possible. He should design/ produce a line of cues and sell them after completed.
 
GoldCrown said:
Yep. Good craftsman/poor manager.
I think his best bet now is to settle up as quickly as possible. He should design/ produce a line of cues and sell them after completed.
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Before AZ builder Bryan Mordt retired that's what he did. He'd build a few and post for sale. Way less headaches for both sides.
 
mr magoo said:
OH HELL NO. The only thing he did was remove the wrap.
I also forgot to mention the forearm repair. Cost me 350 from one great and honest cuemaker.
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This is wild.

The guy who returned your cue for $2k, does he post here?
 
there are many legal ways to get your cue back promptly or make him miserable so he returns it. give a call and let him know the war is starting and you will win with a one week time frame.. best though is just take a trip there and bang on his door and get the cue back.
or have someone do it for you that lives nearby.
dont keep trying to get him to finish it. that is not the way to go.
 
Had a similar situation as the OP. Dennis had my cues for a couple years, never seemed to be reachable except for when I posted on AZ about the situation.

Still didn't return my cues.

I flew over and visited his shop unannounced, got my cues back.

Sadly that is probably the only way you're going to get your cue back.
 
Mr magoo. Sorry to hear about all that happened. But we need to know the whole story. Please release the name of the scumbag that would take money to get your cues back. I can possibly see if he wanted to recupe what he spent,e g. Shipping costs. But personally I would have ate that cost myself to help somebody out.
 
DeadStick said:
And now we have a clue how he got some of his wealth
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If any of that money made it back to Dennis, in any form, that’s a very different story from “ sorry I’m a little slow guys.”

Or if Dennis even knew customers were being charged to get their cues back from him.

Jeez.
 
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shooter_Hans said:
I have a feeling I may know who this Dog the cue hunter is.

He tried to insult me and said he knows more about cues than I do because he’s hangs out at cue maker’s shop. LOL

The man was probably playing with Searing’s vast cue collection. If that is the case then he knows more than me.
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Not him.
 
shooter_Hans said:
I have a feeling I may know who this Dog the cue hunter is.

He tried to insult me and said he knows more about cues than I do because he’s hangs out at cue maker’s shop. LOL

The man was probably playing with Searing’s vast cue collection. If that is the case then he knows more than me.
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Wrong again!
 
GoldCrown said:
Yep. Good craftsman/poor manager.
I think his best bet now is to settle up as quickly as possible. He should design/ produce a line of cues and sell them after completed.
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He needs a business manager and an accountant. Also he should stop accepting any repairs until he completes his back log. No new cue building nothing until he clears up the mess his mismanagement has created…
 
shooter_Hans said:
Wonderful and excellent response.

I hope you make right.

We all believe in you.
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You will wait another 12 months? Demand it back from him at this point, anything else is you being suckered

I am a huge admirer of his work, but there are limits
 
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