Bill i can promise you mike is a great guy to deal with and I KNOW he will give you a great,no haggling,cash price...( i bought 2 carmellis from him myself) and he is very fair in his pricing...he knows we are all looking for a deal and he will probably give you a price ( if you aren,t a tire kicker or trying to steal) that will be acceptable and leave you room if you decide to trade or sell it later.i personally had not hit with ariels cues before,but knowing that pagulayan and a couple other top pinoy players use his cues,I wanted to try them...they hit so SOLID and stiff(in a good way lol) not trying to use the overused “ hits like a southwest” but the one i bought with burl and ebony,certainly does...thats pretty high praise in my book