Are the new Tariffs on Goods from China going to affect prices on Pool cues?

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Biloxi Boy said:
Take this "garbage" outside.
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Nonsense. This is about tariffs and pool cues. Nothing wrong with a discussion. NPR is for non-pool related topics. There's enough muck in there already.
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if every post had to be spot on the topic with no deviation then the forum and all forums everywhere would go out of business.

keeping things within the realm of it and civil keeps everyone interested
 
j2pac said:
Nonsense. This is about tariffs and pool cues. Nothing wrong with a discussion. NPR is for non-pool related topics. There's enough muck in there already.
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I am complaining about the muck, as are others -- not "what you say" but "how you say it". Different standards exist for different places, at least in my mind. Note my word choice.
 
Biloxi Boy said:
I am complaining about the muck, as are others -- not "what you say" but "how you say it". Different standards exist for different places, at least in my mind. Note my word choice.
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Unless it becomes egregious, if I banned everyone who used occasionally questionable phrases, this place would be empty, and I would have a personal life.
Wait a minute...Now that you mention it.
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Biloxi Boy said:
I am complaining about the muck, as are others -- not "what you say" but "how you say it". Different standards exist for different places, at least in my mind. Note my word choice.
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This thread doesn't really seem that bad. Just folks wondering about tariffs and pool cues. Carry on.
 
DaveK said:
I am curious where his watch was made.

Dave
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Suwanee, Georgia.

Handmade by a guy and his wife. All hand painted. They even got the 8b positioned correctly. I wish the chalk was green like my V10 though.

I'm not into micky mouse watches but had to get this one.
 
billiards_watch said:
Suwanee, Georgia.

Handmade by a guy and his wife. All hand painted. They even got the 8b positioned correctly. I wish the chalk was green like my V10 though.

I'm not into micky mouse watches but had to get this one.
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Cool. Thanks for answering. This maybe refers to the the maker ? https://barnyardworld.com/product/begging-dog-3d-watch-by-whimsical-gifts-fun-functional/

You can get billiard watches for about $45 made in China. Of course I recall having a $25 'Rolex' with a second hand that would occasionally move backwards, but that's another story. Likely the Japanese movements of today are much better.

Dave
 
DaveK said:
Cool. Thanks for answering. This maybe refers to the the maker ? https://barnyardworld.com/product/begging-dog-3d-watch-by-whimsical-gifts-fun-functional/

You can get billiard watches for about $45 made in China. Of course I recall having a $25 'Rolex' with a second hand that would occasionally move backwards, but that's another story. Likely the Japanese movements of today are much better.

Dave
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Normally I don't care for this junk but this is as gimmicky as I will get. LOL

It's still junk and probably shouldn't have bought it. I'm a minimalist.
 
billiards_watch said:
Normally I don't care for this junk but this is as gimmicky as I will get. LOL

It's still junk and probably shouldn't have bought it. I'm a minimalist.
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I hear ya. Thanks again.

Dave <-- doesn't wear a watch but does have a pristine Russian marine chronometer in a lovely double box with red velvet cover bag
 
billiards_watch said:
Doesn't affect me. I buy American and already having something being built.

Perhaps the moral of this whole entire tariff thing is for you guys to stop buying those rebranded Chinese cues and perhaps support the domestic cue makers. Word has it the cue builders here are the best in the world. It's actually a known fact.

Plenty of nice stuff on the used market too even though I suggest buying from the cue builder. Lets say because of the tariffs you are force to buy an American cue then its not bad at all.

Then some of you guys can appreciate what Made in USA is all about when you see these cues.
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Which cues are the best is completely subjective, so any time anyone uses the term "known fact" that's generally not true.
 
billiards_watch said:
I'm not really familiar with production cues except for Mezz because it's my daily player and I don't care for Predator. I was in the market for a break cue and someone actually convinced me to get a Chinese made carbon or wherever they are from. A break cue is something I can live without.

Are there any actual American brand production cues actually made in the USA?

I'm assuming McDermott, Schon, Viking, Meucci, and Jacoby. Which are all great shooters.
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Joss and Pechauer are also made in the USA. Pechauer in particular bought their own timberland, harvests their own trees, processes the lumber in their own sawmill, and makes all metal parts in their own machine shop. How are you going to beat that?
 
I’m not hearing anything about cues out Here but a vendor told me gloves are already getting hard to get and cuetec has stopped making there’s

Edit to say I’m at apa nationals
 
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