Southwest Cue
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What are the specs? If you don't want it, I'll take it for what you paid for it :smile:
Share the news and share the cues. We are all family and we would all like a week with this baby!
Congrats on receiving the cue and your patience. I am hoping to see pictures.
asiasdad
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You ordered in 2004 ?
GREAT NEWS !!
MINE WAS 12 YEARS, 10 MONTHS.
"My avatar.
I don't have a table at my home,
cue still sitting in the case ....
My local pool hall is supposedly going SMOKELESS,
pretty soon.
I received mine in Jan. It was a very long wait and I actually thought that Laurie lost my "application" and just wrote it off figuring that it wasn't meant to be. She said that she keeps good records and will really try to contact the person many times. I was afraid that I wasn't home to answer the phone or the call got blocked.
It will not disappoint you. I can see why the cues are in demand. Everything about the cue is excellent. It weights 19.5 oz but I don't really feel the weight because of the balance. Very solid hitting and feels very natural, like an extension of my arm.
Only complaint is that Laurie didn't remove all the misses before she shipped it.
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Pics or it didn't happen.
justinb386
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How many cues does SW make per year? Is it really that hard to believe that a person from AZ will be receiving their ordered cue (from an order they placed 12 or 13 years ago)? I imagine that they do not cost nearly as much directly from SW (for anyone who is willing to wait 12 or 13 years, or however long it takes), as they cost on the 2nd hand market, but I do not know.
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Yes,October 2004
Southwest Cues
Thanks for all the nice words and info.My cur order was placed in October 2004,I forgot about the order,was surprised when Laurie called me in November for the balance I owed on the cue.I will have the cue in my hands on Tuesday,I will post pictures and specs for the cue.Forearm,butt,points are purple heart,all the rings and custom joint protectors,The veneers are white,blue,white
Thanks for all the nice words and info.My cur order was placed in October 2004,I forgot about the order,was surprised when Laurie called me in November for the balance I owed on the cue.I will have the cue in my hands on Tuesday,I will post pictures and specs for the cue.Forearm,butt,points are purple heart,all the rings and custom joint protectors,The veneers are white,blue,white
I am truly glad for you, but to be honest? No - no way I'm ordering something that takes over 10 years to deliver.
You pay the current price....
It's still about 12 years.
And this isn't that uncommon....just in the pool world maybe. I once waited 10 years for a custom pocket knife. Like Southwest though, you just put your name on the list. There is no money required to get on the list so not like you're out anything during that time. When your name comes up they contact you to finalize the order and discuss pricing (you pay their current price). Then they build it, you pay, and you get your cue or knife or whatever.
I'm on the Southwest list. Why not, took nothing more than a quick email to Laurie. In 10.5 years my name will come up and I can order my cue if I still want one (can't imagine not wanting it).
And this isn't that uncommon....just in the pool world maybe. I once waited 10 years for a custom pocket knife. Like Southwest though, you just put your name on the list. There is no money required to get on the list so not like you're out anything during that time. When your name comes up they contact you to finalize the order and discuss pricing (you pay their current price). Then they build it, you pay, and you get your cue or knife or whatever.
I'm on the Southwest list. Why not, took nothing more than a quick email to Laurie. In 10.5 years my name will come up and I can order my cue if I still want one (can't imagine not wanting it).
When I got in the list, the wait was 7 years, and I got it in 10 years.
The price that they listed in 2003 was changed sometime in the mid to late 2000. It was a long time coming.
So in 2013, I paid $1700 for my SW, and could have got nearly double the day I received it.
Today, they're at a 12-year wait, so suspect that it will be 15 years if you order today.