We keep saying $500. Weren’t they sold for $600? $100 deposit, $500 at time of delivery?
The story behind the Jackot cues
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We keep saying $500. Weren’t they sold for $600? $100 deposit, $500 at time of delivery?
Yup. I forgot the $500 was the balance after the initial $100.
I believe first batch was $500, second was $600 and if this hadn't been discovered there was probably some here queuing (cueing?) up for a $700 round 3.
Sent from the future.
Even the rewrite is full of delusions. I think you mean bought, misrepresented and sold.
Sent from the future.
Never seen so many children whine about spending $600.
Its not like you set it on fire, you have a cue and probably worth about $200.
Geez.
Ken
I remember you doing some world-class whining of your own a while back when Showman wronged you.
I guess the dollar amount dictates whether a fraud is a whine-able offense.
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brian kc
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Never seen so many children whine about spending $600.
Its not like you set it on fire, you have a cue and probably worth about $200.
Geez.
Ken
I have no skin in this game, merely an amused bystander. That having been said, $600 is an awful lot of money for some people. (Like me.) Of course, if you can't afford to lose $600, you shouldn't be spending it on a cue. Which is why I don't. That still doesn't excuse people for misrepresenting the product in the first place...
Good for you that you can throw $600 away (in essence, not in reality, I realize) and not have it hurt. Sorry for anyone that is on the bad end of a deal, be it a cue or anything else.
Never seen so many children whine about spending $600.
Its not like you set it on fire, you have a cue and probably worth about $200.
Geez.
Ken
So, it's totally cool if folks completely misrepresent their cues in the "for sale" section. I can sell Jacoby Schulers but claim I had it personally signed by Ray. I can sell a Players Sneaky Pete but allege it was made by Tim Scruggs? You would have no problem with that.
If he never insinuated they cues were being built by someone else, using someone else's equipment, or that someone else was going to "assist" there would be no problem. What he did was fraud, and it should be called out. And, I'm actually quite qualified in identifying fraud as it just happens to be my career path.
He got caught, it's as simple as that. If folks are this hard up for money, tell Dean I'll send him a hundo. Geez.
I remember you doing some world-class whining of your own a while back when Showman wronged you.
I guess the dollar amount dictates whether a fraud is a whine-able offense.
best,
brian kc
:grin-square: lmao
Does look that way
I hate when people are quick to call something a crime. However, it does look like Dean lost track of the fact he was typing instead of talking. He doesn't have the deniability that he has talking, especially talking one on one! Afraid Dean really did commit fraud. Big enough and on a wide enough scale that if a prosecutor was bored he could be in a world of hurt. Not likely to happen and I'm not advocating that. Dean's pride and loss of reputation is going to make his little sting sting him a lot worse than anyone else I suspect!
Hu
I hate when people are quick to call something a crime. However, it does look like Dean lost track of the fact he was typing instead of talking. He doesn't have the deniability that he has talking, especially talking one on one! Afraid Dean really did commit fraud. Big enough and on a wide enough scale that if a prosecutor was bored he could be in a world of hurt. Not likely to happen and I'm not advocating that. Dean's pride and loss of reputation is going to make his little sting sting him a lot worse than anyone else I suspect!
Hu
I can't stop laughing. You cannot write a better script.
Some guy buys some cheap ass cues and named them JackPot cues because a friend, Jack Potter, makes them. Hahaha
In past threads he deanoc was talking about how he was going to post pictures of Jack holding these JackPot cues next to his lathe. No pictures were ever posted. This was one big scam for 2 months.
Some guy buys some cheap ass cues and named them JackPot cues because a friend, Jack Potter, makes them. Hahaha
In past threads he deanoc was talking about how he was going to post pictures of Jack holding these JackPot cues next to his lathe.
No pictures were ever posted. This was one big scam for 2 months.
I dont know Ken at all either from here or anywhere but i just assumed that post was facetious. If it wasn't well then he is a ....!
animatedvmaker
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Okay, I understand now. It may have been a life or death situation to come up with a great idea on how to make some fast cash for a desperately needed cause.
I understand now why none of the Jackpot cue buyers would be complaining, if they thought their purchase helped to fund a desperately needed cause.
It still does not seem right though. Maybe some of those buyers always dreamed of having a Libra cue, and finally thought that they were being offered one.
The money should have been made in a different way, other then a deceitful way.
Like a different poster said, a Gofundme account would have been much better.
You’re getting advice from the forum’s biggest KIA. Take it with a grain of wtf.
The supposed urgent need developed long after this scheme was conceived and hatched. I'm not going to go onto Jack's private family business but no, this was not dean raising money for a good cause. Did he give Jack or a kid in some faraway country money as an afterthought like he claimed in his short lived edited post...maybe, who knows but let's not confuse the timeline.
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animatedvmaker
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You're brutal.
People who got those TS for $250 or less new and could not resist the temptation of a few dollar profit are kicking themselves now.
Then again I sold my Judd ebony cue and sneaky pete too when I went back to school.
I sold my Scruggs sneaky pete after only a few days, and maybe 30 minutes of play, because I did not like the taper of the shaft.
Sold it to a player for a $110, who really loved the way it played.
I purchased it directly from Scruggs, for around $175, in the late 90's.
animatedvmaker
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I disagree. Any solid player would know and feel the difference (in playability) between a high quality custom and a Schmelke.
What are you playing with now?
Yeah, just silly to throw all your good will out the window on something so obviously unethical. And Dean can say what he wants about his distractors here, but I've never said a bad word about Dean until this happened. Not once.
Heck, I almost bought one of them cues. I was in the For Sale forum hunting for a bargain and thought, it's only $500, If I don't like it I could sell it for $400 or use it as a house cue in my basement
I think he plays pool with the keyboard and maybe a mouse.
I haven't played one of those video games in years.
He even has a nickname "animated". Fits.
Maybe quite the player in virtual reality games.
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