best player i ever had BS

Grantstew

Grantstew

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I have seen a lot of for sale threads with:

This is the best playing cue I have ever had in my hands

And the likes...

Most of these threads are from people who buy and sell a bunch of cues...

Why on gods green earth would you sell the best player you ever had? Smells like shyte to me :)

Incidentally I have bought and sold around 100 cues over the past 5 years... I kept the one I felt played best ;)
 
All Honest Sellers

:D


It's the best cue they ever used until the next one they sell.

If you are not a dealer of cues, all the smoke and mirrors are believable.


Funny how everyone puts in the retail price when in reality, no one ever pays retail.:eek:

Facebook sites are the same. Then the same circle of sellers are always

bumping each others stuff up and making comments like...

"can't believe this cue didn't sell yet.":cool:
 
Grantstew said:
I have seen a lot of for sale threads with:

This is the best playing cue I have ever had in my hands

And the likes...

Most of these threads are from people who buy and sell a bunch of cues...

Why on gods green earth would you sell the best player you ever had? Smells like shyte to me :)

Incidentally I have bought and sold around 100 cues over the past 5 years... I kept the one I felt played best ;)
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Ginecue I had I got new around 1971 or 72. It was not just me, everyone who picked up the cue loved it. Of course at that time there was not a lot to pick from and Ginacue may have been head and shoulders above the rest. They set the bar in quality and design.

Before Ginacue, a cue was just a cue they invented the high-end market when no one else was doing it. By the way, in 1972 that cue cost more then the Ford I was driving at the time.
 
Truth in advertisment wend out the widow long ago. If you see fine print or fast talking...run. Johnnyt
 
Last year, I offered a Bill Schick cue for sale that I said was “the best cue I ever played with”. There are two other cues that could be contenders for that personal distinction; CMD’s BEM Merry Widow Searing and Barry Bettencourt’s 8-point Gus. But I haven’t played enough with either of those cues to be able to say they are as good or better than my Schick which I used extensively for 17 years. If Chris would lend me his Searing for a month or so, I would be pleased to reconsider my original claim. I put the Schick up for sale for several reasons.

First, the cue needed to be refinished because I had worn off the original. The time of refinish is a logical time to sell. If I play with it again as my main player, it will likely need another refinish before selling. IMO, this particular cue is a player and not so much a collectible show piece. Perhaps my fears are misplaced, but I am afraid of screwing up the magic every time someone goes at it with sand paper. Fortunately, it still plays great after its first refinish.

Second, I am in my early 60’s. I doubt that my best years as a player are ahead of me. Most likely, I will be downsizing my cues that have resale value in the next 10 years. Someday, either my heirs or I will need to sell the cue. This year seemed like a good time for the Schick.

Third, from my perspective, Bill’s cues don’t seem to be held in the same high regard by younger players as they once were. I think they should sell very quickly for higher prices than they do. So its best resale value would seem to be now rather than in 10 years.

Fourth, I recently landed a couple of unused Schick shafts that I can use with other cue butts I already own. Not as magical as the cue I offered, but pretty darned good by anybody’s standard.

In the end, I couldn’t sell the cue for what I have in it, even though almost all of my investment was 17 years ago. Each interested party asked for my bottom line and then offered $200-400 less than that. So while I was willing to sell “the best cue I ever played with”, I was not willing to take a loss on it. I am playing with the cue again. I stand by my claim. You can call it what you wish.
 
Sometimes people just need to sell cues and even though they don't want to sell their best players it happens. I did it when I sold my 90's Schon and my pristine Scruggs to finance a honeymoon.

I just escrowed a deal where a man was selling his Tim Scruggs. He was obviously very distraught to be selling the best playing cue he owned. But medical bills demanded it. The cue really had a sweet hit to it.

Other than that, sure sales hype, no one is going to say it's the second best playing cue they owned. :-)

Although this reminds me that there was a pizza joint around the corner that advertised that they were the "Second Best Pizza in Xiamen". I always got a kick out of that and the two times that we ate there I couldn't get any of the staff to tell me who was the best.
 
rtbbf said:
49.00 National, or is it just me....
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Quick question for you ( or anyone that may know ). Earlier this year I won a brand new never been chalked National from a pool room. They told me it was circa 1970's. Before seeing this cue I had never heard of National. I've showed it to two diff people and got two totally diff responses. One person told me it had collector value of about $400-$500. The other person told me it was a POS and had no value ( maybe $50 ) . Now I know no one would be able to put a value on it without seeing but my question is this - Do any Nationals potentially have any collector value at all or are they all just low end POS's? Thanks in advance for any help!
 
9 out of ten its bs. the other 1 time is when money is needed or something similar. I have sold a few cues when money was tight. Sheit, im selling a couple now bc my damn blazer broke down. it went from a $1400 job to a $2200 job. the cue im selling really is a nice hit, but I have another, so ill pick which one I could do without. so now ill sell a cue or two to help if i can. for the most part though I have to agree, its total bs. The frquent sellers need to tell you something, otherwise why would you buy it. and others are just trying to find the magic cue and get rid of their "not the one".
 
trinacria said:
9 out of ten its bs. the other 1 time is when money is needed or something similar. I have sold a few cues when money was tight. Sheit, im selling a couple now bc my damn blazer broke down. it went from a $1400 job to a $2200 job. the cue im selling really is a nice hit, but I have another, so ill pick which one I could do without. so now ill sell a cue or two to help if i can. for the most part though I have to agree, its total bs. The frquent sellers need to tell you something, otherwise why would you buy it. and others are just trying to find the magic cue and get rid of their "not the one".
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Why does it have to be BS? You don't think people can hit with a cue and want to sell it even though it's a great hitting cue?

Very cynical take on humanity. Also it doesn't even matter.

So what if a seller says the cue they are selling is the best they every hit with? Who cares because that doesn't mean the next guy will feel the same. So to act like it's a "lie" is just silly imo. It's an opinion based on the seller's own sense of what makes up a good hitting cue. No different than saying this is the best shade of blue I have ever seen.

And no one is going to say that they are selling a crappy hitting cue, would you?
 
JB Cases said:
Why does it have to be BS? You don't think people can hit with a cue and want to sell it even though it's a great hitting cue?

Very cynical take on humanity. Also it doesn't even matter.

So what if a seller says the cue they are selling is the best they every hit with? Who cares because that doesn't mean the next guy will feel the same. So to act like it's a "lie" is just silly imo. It's an opinion based on the seller's own sense of what makes up a good hitting cue. No different than saying this is the best shade of blue I have ever seen.

And no one is going to say that they are selling a crappy hitting cue, would you?
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Yes...an honest seller would say something is crappy.
Just read this description on this Ebay ad. This is an honest seller!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221543206210?ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1559.l2649
 
poolguy4u said:
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Yes...an honest seller would say something is crappy.
Just read this description on this Ebay ad. This is an honest seller!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221543206210?ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1559.l2649
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That is hilarious.

I once ran a "Crappy Cue" sale on Ebay. I had a bunch of cues from Taiwan and they were crappy. So I listed them at $1 no reserve and $10 shipping.

I listed all the things wrong with them and the severity of the defects. The first ones sold for between $5-$10 then the feedbacks started coming in.

"This is cue is not crappy, best buy on Ebay"

"You are way to harsh, this cue is fine"

"Not so crappy, very happy"

And so on....suddenly the auctions were going off for $17-$25 a cue and the positive feedbacks kept coming.

Ended up selling around 50 cues that way and not one bad feedback, no one asked for their money back.

Was some of the sweetest money I ever made. :-)

And I don't think I mentioned the "hit" even once.
 
JB Cases said:
Why does it have to be BS? You don't think people can hit with a cue and want to sell it even though it's a great hitting cue?

Very cynical take on humanity. Also it doesn't even matter.

So what if a seller says the cue they are selling is the best they every hit with? Who cares because that doesn't mean the next guy will feel the same. So to act like it's a "lie" is just silly imo. It's an opinion based on the seller's own sense of what makes up a good hitting cue. No different than saying this is the best shade of blue I have ever seen.

And no one is going to say that they are selling a crappy hitting cue, would you?
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I just read your other post and you said the same thing I did you idiot.
 
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