Some people like to handle their emotions differently, and if whoever taught you to grow a pair is the person who constantly yelled at you, maybe your way isn't best after all.
To the OP:
I read your posts as carefully as I could, and honestly I don't see the big deal. So, yeah, you are probably overreacting somewhere.
But also it seems that, if you are ordering many cues over the years and you have to balance the budget carefully to do so, taking the time to get things the way you are excited about, then your investment in doing so is personal and not merely business.
On the other side of things, anyone who gets into cue making thinking it is the best way they have to make loads of cash with the least personal risks and highest safety is a damn fool. If they are doing this, the craft means a lot more to them than selling a product.
So, regardless of what happened and who was being reasonable and not, the emotional experience matters to buyer and builder, and that has soured. Move on.
To the OP:
I read your posts as carefully as I could, and honestly I don't see the big deal. So, yeah, you are probably overreacting somewhere.
But also it seems that, if you are ordering many cues over the years and you have to balance the budget carefully to do so, taking the time to get things the way you are excited about, then your investment in doing so is personal and not merely business.
On the other side of things, anyone who gets into cue making thinking it is the best way they have to make loads of cash with the least personal risks and highest safety is a damn fool. If they are doing this, the craft means a lot more to them than selling a product.
So, regardless of what happened and who was being reasonable and not, the emotional experience matters to buyer and builder, and that has soured. Move on.