Birdseye...believe it or not!
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that's pritty funny...alot of e-bay sellers are scamming like this finish here..
I get a little irritated when a product gets advertised as one thing but is actually something different. I just want everyone to know the practices of "cue manufacturers."
I left the logo out of the pic. It is not my place to blow the whistle on anybody specific. I want the cue buyer to think when making a purchase.
I left the logo out of the pic. It is not my place to blow the whistle on anybody specific. I want the cue buyer to think when making a purchase.
or re-used casing...
This is not a new practice. It's wrong of sellers to advertise this type of decal job as real bridseye. However it's nearly impossible for a neophyte cue buyer to tell the difference.
I could send you a book with all the "exotic" woods you want. Just paste the decal over a blank piece of pine or maple and there you go.
Disguising wood to pass it off as something else is as old as making things. Ebonizing is the practice of staining wood black and selling it as ebony.
Why are you blaming the cue manufacturer for this? Big deal. It's a low end cue with a decal job. Do you think that the faux wood in your car is because the car manufacturers are "ripping you off".
The cue manufacturers aren't out there selling low end cues by falsely claiming that the decaled wood grain is the real thing. I am sure that there are some sleazy/clueless sellers out there who are passing it off as the real thing but it's highly doubtful that they are getting the same prices as the real thing.
Plus that decal sucks. I could show you some really nice "birdseye" cues and other wood decals that would blow your mind with the detail.
Stop blaming the manufacturers. They are only doing what the market wants and what the market (meaning majority of newbie pool players) wants are pretty cues at a low price.
All cues like this do is serve as an entry level buy in for new players. They will upgrade to better and "real" wood as they progress.
http://woodworker.com/cgi-bin/FULLPRES.exe?PARTNUM=138-113&search=Overlays
Here is the upgraded version, at least you get a thin strip of the real thing.
I could send you a book with all the "exotic" woods you want. Just paste the decal over a blank piece of pine or maple and there you go.
Disguising wood to pass it off as something else is as old as making things. Ebonizing is the practice of staining wood black and selling it as ebony.
Why are you blaming the cue manufacturer for this? Big deal. It's a low end cue with a decal job. Do you think that the faux wood in your car is because the car manufacturers are "ripping you off".
The cue manufacturers aren't out there selling low end cues by falsely claiming that the decaled wood grain is the real thing. I am sure that there are some sleazy/clueless sellers out there who are passing it off as the real thing but it's highly doubtful that they are getting the same prices as the real thing.
Plus that decal sucks. I could show you some really nice "birdseye" cues and other wood decals that would blow your mind with the detail.
Stop blaming the manufacturers. They are only doing what the market wants and what the market (meaning majority of newbie pool players) wants are pretty cues at a low price.
All cues like this do is serve as an entry level buy in for new players. They will upgrade to better and "real" wood as they progress.
http://woodworker.com/cgi-bin/FULLPRES.exe?PARTNUM=138-113&search=Overlays
Here is the upgraded version, at least you get a thin strip of the real thing.
Interesting take...from anindustry playa!
JB Cases said:This is not a new practice. It's wrong of sellers to advertise this type of decal job as real bridseye. However it's nearly impossible for a neophyte cue buyer to tell the difference.
I could send you a book with all the "exotic" woods you want. Just paste the decal over a blank piece of pine or maple and there you go.
Disguising wood to pass it off as something else is as old as making things. Ebonizing is the practice of staining wood black and selling it as ebony.
Why are you blaming the cue manufacturer for this? Big deal. It's a low end cue with a decal job. Do you think that the faux wood in your car is because the car manufacturers are "ripping you off".
The cue manufacturers aren't out there selling low end cues by falsely claiming that the decaled wood grain is the real thing. I am sure that there are some sleazy/clueless sellers out there who are passing it off as the real thing but it's highly doubtful that they are getting the same prices as the real thing.
Plus that decal sucks. I could show you some really nice "birdseye" cues and other wood decals that would blow your mind with the detail.
Stop blaming the manufacturers. They are only doing what the market wants and what the market (meaning majority of newbie pool players) wants are pretty cues at a low price.
All cues like this do is serve as an entry level buy in for new players. They will upgrade to better and "real" wood as they progress.
http://woodworker.com/cgi-bin/FULLPRES.exe?PARTNUM=138-113&search=Overlays
Here is the upgraded version, at least you get a thin strip of the real thing.
JB Cases said:Plus that decal sucks. I could show you some really nice "birdseye" cues and other wood decals that would blow your mind with the detail.
I guess you are right in a way. If people are going to buy it, why not build it. That's good business but I would not want the product, like this cue, in someone's hand once the decals start falling off. If you are going to do it, do it right.
All that aside, if you find a decal that blows my mind, I'll eat it.
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You buy a blue cue, you deserve everything you get.
I wouldn't have a problem with fake finish on a cue as long as it was advertised as such. Once you start lying about what you're selling, then I have a problem with you.
Bottom line: Tell me what it is. If you do that and I buy it, then the honus is on me.
Bottom line: Tell me what it is. If you do that and I buy it, then the honus is on me.
hangemhigh said:
LMAO thats some funny stuff
:grin: :thumbup:
For what it's worth, a lot of guitar manufacturers do this too. The photo below shows 2 OLP guitars. OLP is a licensed copy of the EVH Music Man/Axis. The tops on these guitars are either a very thin veneer of maple or a maple looking sticker. For all intents and purposes you can't tell by just looking at it. I've seen guitars with the sticker laminated tops that are awesome but cost just a fraction of the price of the real deal. Now, you'd be missing out on the sound of the maple cap like this but for a low end starter guitar a kid could really impress his friends with a AAA looking top on it.
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