Am I going to Hell for this?

ScottR said:
Change the situation to a yard sale or estate sale and you run across a cue that you are sure is a Balabushka, Gus Szamboti or has the early Ginacue marking and they want $250 for it?

"Grandpa used to play a lot of pool and bought the 'stick' in 60's or 70's for $250. I know what he paid because I have the receipt and box it was shipped in." :eek:

Do you pay the $250 and run or . . . . . . . ?

Scott
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I'd pay the $250, run, and never ask or tell anybody on this board about it unless it was in private.

Fred
 
Picture of Hell attached and a link too!
I'm not sure why you would want to go there after purchasing the cue, but if there is a tournament that hasn't been posted, please tell us!

http://www.hell2u.com/

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MilwShooter said:
I found a guy who posted a pool cue on a website (not saying where...you scavengers, I haven't picked it up yet). The post reads:

"
Beautiful cue, heritage cherry forearm with Irish linen wrap and decorative inlays.

Solid shaft with new tip.

MUST SELL!!!! "


I saw the pictures and thought it looked familiar, so I asked him the brand name and he replied with.
"I'm not sure. It has a little 4 leaf clover with an "M" in the middle. Not sure the weight, or what kind of tip, just that it's a new tip worth around $15".

He wants $20 for this beautiful McDermott. Am I going to hell if I agree to buy it from him without telling him what he COULD get for it??
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I'm sorry, but why is this not passing the smell test?

How on earth would someone who can at least type, "...heritage cherry forearm with Irish linen wrap and decorative inlays. Solid shaft with new tip." be that naive about the true value?

$20?

Maybe $200?
 
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Maybe he is selling it so cheap because it has a curse on it. He may have cheated someone out of it and is trying to get his money back and pass the curse onto someone else. So If you buy the cue and start losing more than you normally do you know why he sold it so cheap. If nothing changes than there was no curse or else it stayed with him and you got a "deal".

May the Schwartz be with you.
 
Well I'd buy the cue and whatever else he is selling that you would like and the price is right. Sounds like he is selling plasma tvs for $250
 
You wouldn't be going to hell if you bought it.

Now, if you bought it. Then told him the value of it and started skipping away like a little school girl giggling.....Then you would go to hell. :)
 
TheBook said:
Maybe he is selling it so cheap because it has a curse on it. He may have cheated someone out of it and is trying to get his money back and pass the curse onto someone else. So If you buy the cue and start losing more than you normally do you know why he sold it so cheap. If nothing changes than there was no curse or else it stayed with him and you got a "deal".

May the Schwartz be with you.
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I JUST finished watching Spaceballs....That's kinda creepy. Are you watching me?
 
MilwShooter said:
I found a guy who posted a pool cue on a website (not saying where...you scavengers, I haven't picked it up yet). The post reads:

"
Beautiful cue, heritage cherry forearm with Irish linen wrap and decorative inlays.

Solid shaft with new tip.

MUST SELL!!!! "


I saw the pictures and thought it looked familiar, so I asked him the brand name and he replied with.
"I'm not sure. It has a little 4 leaf clover with an "M" in the middle. Not sure the weight, or what kind of tip, just that it's a new tip worth around $15".

He wants $20 for this beautiful McDermott. Am I going to hell if I agree to buy it from him without telling him what he COULD get for it??
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If someone is offering it for sale then they should do their homework. We had this discussion a while ago under the "Unscrupulous Cue Dealer - Hypothetical Thread" where if someone is ASKING for advice on the market value of an item then the right thing to do is give an honest answer, but if someone is OFFERING the item at a ridiculously low price then it's ok to take the deal.

My friend bought a McDermott D-23 at a pawn shop for $25. He didn't see any need to tell the pawn shop owner that the cue's retail price was around $400.

Due diligence is the responsibility of the seller as well as the buyer. Neither has the right to dupe others with false claims nor do the have the obligation to protect themselves against asking too much or paying too little.

Besides, everyone knows that people who use "must sell" in their sales pitch are setting themselves up to get the lowest price for their goods.
 
if he doesnt know what it is that means he didnt buy it right? so who knows what he paid for it. he may have paid $15 and trying to make $5 off of ya :o)

everyone has a price. are u gonna feel bad for paying $20 for a $150 cue...maybe but if it was a szamboti or something for $20 from a old widows garage sale yould have high res pics posted already wouldnt ya :op
 
If something of value is being sold for little-or-nothing, then someone came by it dishonestly. End of story. (It may not have been the person who offered the cue to you).

There is someone on the other end of this line who has had a McDermott stolen from him. Whether it was a kid who can't afford another nice cue or some collector who has plenty of money has very little to do with it.

Any time that you get something for nothing, it is "ALWAYS" at someone else's expense.
 
MilwShooter said:
I JUST finished watching Spaceballs....That's kinda creepy. Are you watching me?
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Do you have that weird feeling that someone is watching you. :shocked2:

Only the spirits know.

The curse is working. :help:

Sell the cue immediately to someone that you feel deserves it before your pool game is ruined forever. :outtahere:
 
Maybe you'll get there and he'll say "It was a misprint, it was supposed to say $200".
 
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