Buying and selling cues

[SCCues]

I’ve wondered about this and I’m hoping to hear some good opinions from the forum.

What is it about a pool cue that makes a lot of us want to buy and sell cues? I know some people do it to make a profit, but a lot of us do it to get a different looking cue or to try something different thinking it may make us a better player.

Is walking into a pool room with a Szamboti cue a status symbol or do people think they will play better with a Szamboti or a Searing or a Showman or a (you get the idea) cue?

I’ve owned a ton of cues and I can tell you from my experience cue cost and cue maker name doesn’t equal a top playing cue. I don’t have a large cue collection, but I own a couple of nice cues and I play regularly with the cheapest cue I own with a predator shaft. It feels good and I play well with it. My other cues cost more and they look better, but I just like the feel and the way it plays of the cheaper less expensive cue.

I’d like to hear some opinions on why people buy and sell cues?

James

 

[hunger strike]

less expensive cue...

People use the term cheap or cheaper cue and it makes my cue seem cheap when I hear that. Nothing wrong with saying that at all, but..... if I say less expensive cue then I feel better about my $300 old Joss. I like not having the extra distraction of worrying about dinging an expensive cue, or the worry that it will get stolen.
I was finally going to have a cue made by Fanelli; he agreed to $1500 for my design and two weeks later he passed away. I never had a cue made before because I cannot know ahead of time how it will hit.

 

[larrynj1]

lots of people have a collecting instinct. most of us can't afford to collect things without selling other things. we buy some stuff, sell some stuff, trade some stuff to allow ourselves the freedom to buy more stuff.
of course, the deeper your pockets, the better stuff you can collect.

dealers are all just collectors in the end.

 

[cornerstone]

this is why we give th 100% trade up policy so if you get a cue from us and want to trade it up to a bigger cue we give you 100% less shipping twards your next bigger purchase, there are som catches
you can not have sold the cue to some one else,and bought back
you must not alter the cue shafts wrap ect.
you can play the cue , but not damage it butcap chips warp damage!
but other than that you can keep changing cues and moving up all the time without a huge out of pocket chunk!
check our policy at www.customcues.com