I'm going to have to disagree with most of you and let me explain why before all of you start attacking me. Dale Perry's cues do play well but in my opinion, they are nothing remarkable. They play like so many other cues out there. As far as the work goes, well, thats my reason for disliking Dale's cues.
I read in an article once that once all point are cue and a cue is ready to be inlaid Paul Drexler used to rush through the inlaying process and that would compromise the integrity of the cue. Dale, on the other hand, seems intent on pumping out hundreds of cues a year and using ebay to act as a retail store. To me, I see nothing spectacular about his inaly work and I could name doens of cuemakers who a) cut better point and b) make a generally more attractive cue.
Maybe I'm old fashioned but I like a cue maker that doesn't pimp himself out on ebay and crank out hundreds of cues a year. When you make that many, you can be doing your best work on everything. Obviously something must be suffering.