Southwest update
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Thanks but ......... NO THANKS!!!!!!
Over 10 years wait for an average custom cue???
I don't understand......
Over 10 years wait for an average custom cue???
I don't understand......
I ordered one for my daughter's 18th birthday. She is 3 now.
JUST KIDDING!!!!
But for all those who don't want to wait www.indyq.com always has some in stock. And he has MORE than what is listed, he just doesn't have any help right now to get the images posted.
JUST KIDDING!!!!
But for all those who don't want to wait www.indyq.com always has some in stock. And he has MORE than what is listed, he just doesn't have any help right now to get the images posted.
NEVER !! ......I just cant see it and I played with a number of them and I wont say anything other then they are not my cup of tea,, especially a 10 year and more cup of tea....<<:boring2: ED
You know folks it's not about the wait. Some restaurants have a two year waiting list as well to get in. It's not a big deal, if you want to get on the list then you do, and you wait. No one on the list is cue-less and the cue they ordered can be sold the same day for the price they paid if they want to sell it. No, it can EASILY be sold for a little mark up even before they get it.
In fact this is probably the major reason there is an 11 year wait. If Laurie would require a deposit on order or even payment in full the "list" would shrink considerably. Why wouldn't anyone place orders if they knew they didn't have to get the money up now and that if they are still around when their number comes up they can decide then if they still want it? For the buyer this is a ZERO risk proposition. If they don't have the money or don't want the cue then there are always people willing to buy the spot at a profit to the person who holds it.
Put an ad out there that you are willing to spend x% over the new price for a spot this year and see what happens. This is not a new thing and no one has to wait 11 years. But cutting in line will cost you just like cutting in line for anything else costs you.
As to whether they are "worth" it or not that's certainly a personal preference thing. I happen to feel that SouthWest cues play very well. Would I pay $2000+ for a plain cue though? No, I won't. Sorry but I don't feel that the cue is worth it. I respect the right of anyone and everyone charging whatever the market will bear for the cue and to some people SouthWest cues are a bargain at twice the price. Technically there is nothing wrong with them and I think that the hit is very sweet.
But again being on the list is just a thing. I was on the list, I got my cue ten years later, it was awesome, I sold it the same day. I wish I hadn't because it would be nice to own one that I got direct from Laurie but I told Joe Salazar about it and he bugged me and money was tight and I caved. But it certainly wasn't the nicest cue I owned and it wasn't the best hitting one either, based on my own personal feeling.
They are great cues. They have a mystique. The "list" and ten year wait is kind of silly though due to the market dynamics. It doesn't exist because of people standing in line ready to spend money right now for a cue. It exists because people can get on it with zero risk and the cues are easy to flip.
IMO.
In fact this is probably the major reason there is an 11 year wait. If Laurie would require a deposit on order or even payment in full the "list" would shrink considerably. Why wouldn't anyone place orders if they knew they didn't have to get the money up now and that if they are still around when their number comes up they can decide then if they still want it? For the buyer this is a ZERO risk proposition. If they don't have the money or don't want the cue then there are always people willing to buy the spot at a profit to the person who holds it.
Put an ad out there that you are willing to spend x% over the new price for a spot this year and see what happens. This is not a new thing and no one has to wait 11 years. But cutting in line will cost you just like cutting in line for anything else costs you.
As to whether they are "worth" it or not that's certainly a personal preference thing. I happen to feel that SouthWest cues play very well. Would I pay $2000+ for a plain cue though? No, I won't. Sorry but I don't feel that the cue is worth it. I respect the right of anyone and everyone charging whatever the market will bear for the cue and to some people SouthWest cues are a bargain at twice the price. Technically there is nothing wrong with them and I think that the hit is very sweet.
But again being on the list is just a thing. I was on the list, I got my cue ten years later, it was awesome, I sold it the same day. I wish I hadn't because it would be nice to own one that I got direct from Laurie but I told Joe Salazar about it and he bugged me and money was tight and I caved. But it certainly wasn't the nicest cue I owned and it wasn't the best hitting one either, based on my own personal feeling.
They are great cues. They have a mystique. The "list" and ten year wait is kind of silly though due to the market dynamics. It doesn't exist because of people standing in line ready to spend money right now for a cue. It exists because people can get on it with zero risk and the cues are easy to flip.
IMO.
I have to agree, the list has many flippers on it selling the cues right before they arrive. It's not a bad investment because your only investing a phone call, waiting and making a few hundred, perhaps I will call tomorrow.
As for SW, they are nice cues and I like the style of them. I have hit with a couple and to be honest was not blown away and have hit with many other cues that were more to MY liking. I did have the pleasure of messing about with these bad boys a little bit. :thumbup:
I have to agree, the list has many flippers on it selling the cues right before they arrive. It's not a bad investment because your only investing a phone call, waiting and making a few hundred, perhaps I will call tomorrow.
As for SW, they are nice cues and I like the style of them. I have hit with a couple and to be honest was not blown away and have hit with many other cues that were more to MY liking. I did have the pleasure of messing about with these bad boys a little bit. :thumbup:
Those are sweet!!! I got the same feeling when I was at Roy's place and was able to hit with some of his.
Yeah, its pretty cool to hit with a cherry Franklin era SW. :smile:
I agree. You can get a Lucasi in under a week from the internet sellers or under an hour from a local billiards store.
Ok how does one get in the list? They don't have a website so what is the number? I might as well make the list a little longer....hopefully I'm still playing pool in the next 11 years
They are in the phone book. Easy to find the number with five minutes of searching on the net. You can even find an image of their business card.
Laurie has a second list of people who will buy anything that comes up that is not committed to someone else.
You don't even get to pick woods and stuff until your cue is a year or so out.
Someday!!!!
I put an order in to be on the Southwest list years ago, and joked about would I get my Southwest, or Medicare Card First.
The Medicare Card showed up a few moths ago, and will be valid in about 30 days.
No Ringe Ringe Ringe Ringe, or e-mail yet from Laurie. But I am not loosing SLEEP over the Southwest, as I have a good chance of my turn coming up before ending up here.
I put an order in to be on the Southwest list years ago, and joked about would I get my Southwest, or Medicare Card First.
The Medicare Card showed up a few moths ago, and will be valid in about 30 days.
No Ringe Ringe Ringe Ringe, or e-mail yet from Laurie. But I am not loosing SLEEP over the Southwest, as I have a good chance of my turn coming up before ending up here.
growing list
so i was thinking the other day, daydreaming about when my turn would come up.
if cues from 2001 are just being made now, since then, there has been many advances in technology and the ways in which we communicate and market ourselves (not that southwest does any active marketing)
i suspect that since 2001, things like azb probably has increased exposure to how to get in contact w/ southwest and their no deposit policy.
as a result, i can only imagine that their lists have only increased since then and have not stabilized, meaning that the wait time will only increase.
if they only make ~200 cues/year, i can guarantee that since laurie's number has been posted numerous times, that last year alone, there were probably more than 100 people that put their name on the list.
just food for thought.
so i was thinking the other day, daydreaming about when my turn would come up.
if cues from 2001 are just being made now, since then, there has been many advances in technology and the ways in which we communicate and market ourselves (not that southwest does any active marketing)
i suspect that since 2001, things like azb probably has increased exposure to how to get in contact w/ southwest and their no deposit policy.
as a result, i can only imagine that their lists have only increased since then and have not stabilized, meaning that the wait time will only increase.
if they only make ~200 cues/year, i can guarantee that since laurie's number has been posted numerous times, that last year alone, there were probably more than 100 people that put their name on the list.
just food for thought.