Question to the folks that know the value of cues:
How much more is the "Gus" worth compared to the price paid?
If it's worth more than the value of the shafts in question, shouldn't the buyer be happy?
Perhaps, but where do you draw the line?
My feeling is that if someone said they'd replace the shafts, they should do what they originally promised, if for no other reason than I believe a person should do what they say they are going to do.
If people would just do what they promised more often, there would be a lot less of these threads, wouldn't there?
Food for thought... If the shafts had been paid for/replaced as promised, and then 1 year down the road it was discovered the cue was a Gus and not a Barry, would anyone think "Oh in that case you should send back the money for the shafts"? Of course not. Finding out that the cue is a Gus now gives the seller perhaps an excuse to back out on his word (to replace the shafts) and I see how the seller would regret accidentally selling it for the price of a Barry, but to me it just seems like a way to pressure the buyer into letting the seller get away with breaking their word (by calling them "greedy").
It's the seller's fault if they sold a cue with the wrong shafts.
It's the seller's fault if they sold a cue represented as a Barry that was a Gus. They might regret it, but that's not the buyer's fault.
Of course I can see how the seller might feel he is justified in backing out on his word, and that's debatable. Some people agree, some disagree. But if the seller had just done what he promised (replacing the shafts) whether the cue was a Gus or not, 100% of people would respect that and feel safe in dealing with the seller in the future.
This is of course assuming that it was in fact promised to the buyer that the shafts would be replaced, which it sounds like, but I haven't seen the PMs so I wouldn't bet my life on it :grin-square:
