How many AZ members would jump on a deal like that? Well, let me tell you all a little story about a deal like this one. A few months back a customer who bought that so called Diamond Professional called me to see if I could fit him in my schedule seeing how I was up in Washington state already, he wanted the red label designed rails turned into the blue label rails and the pockets tightened up as well, so okay, I'm thinking this is a simple walk in the park, so I set up a day to drive up to Monroe to his house and pick his rails up so I could take.them back to my shop to work on them.
When I got to his house I met Damian, the owner of the table, I had Gordon Graham with me as well, so we followed Damian through the house to where the pool table was. When I saw the table I was a little stunned at first, Gordon didn't catch it right away, but I asked Damian where he bought his table, to which he replied, Phoenix, AZ. That's when I told him, that's not a Diamond, the rails are Diamond but the rest of the table....I don't know what it is at the moment, I'll have to take a look at it, so....I did! This is what I discovered, the rails, skirts, and pockets were Diamond all the way, and in great condition at that, but the rest of the table, well let's explain that, starting with the slates, we're Connelly, 1 1/4" thick, particleboard backing, crumbling at the pockets, Gandy frame, I still haven't figured out who the leg pedestals belong to, all I know is they don't fit the frame, which is why they were lag bolted to the frame....and to close to the middle of the frame of the table, then the leg levelers were from a Valley coin op pool table, which is why the playing surface was at 31 1/2" high from the floor up! All I can say is WOW, this is the worst Frankenstein pool table I've come across.....and Damian says to me...."you can fix it....right"....:rotflmao1::rotflmao1:
Buyers....beware of all the great deals out here on used pool tables is all I can say!
When I got to his house I met Damian, the owner of the table, I had Gordon Graham with me as well, so we followed Damian through the house to where the pool table was. When I saw the table I was a little stunned at first, Gordon didn't catch it right away, but I asked Damian where he bought his table, to which he replied, Phoenix, AZ. That's when I told him, that's not a Diamond, the rails are Diamond but the rest of the table....I don't know what it is at the moment, I'll have to take a look at it, so....I did! This is what I discovered, the rails, skirts, and pockets were Diamond all the way, and in great condition at that, but the rest of the table, well let's explain that, starting with the slates, we're Connelly, 1 1/4" thick, particleboard backing, crumbling at the pockets, Gandy frame, I still haven't figured out who the leg pedestals belong to, all I know is they don't fit the frame, which is why they were lag bolted to the frame....and to close to the middle of the frame of the table, then the leg levelers were from a Valley coin op pool table, which is why the playing surface was at 31 1/2" high from the floor up! All I can say is WOW, this is the worst Frankenstein pool table I've come across.....and Damian says to me...."you can fix it....right"....:rotflmao1::rotflmao1:
Buyers....beware of all the great deals out here on used pool tables is all I can say!
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