Counterfeit Cues by Rackattach

I looked on Facebook, EBay and AZ and can’t find one negative bit of feedback other than what you have posted here on McCormick. Seems maybe ideologist or someone has it out for him???

I mean if this guy was selling fakes don’t you think there would be at least ONE guy who would’ve said he got a fake Scruggs from him? There’s not a single person or comment or post from a buyer who’s had ANYTHING bad to say about this guy.
 
hamburgerz said:
I looked on Facebook, EBay and AZ and can’t find one negative bit of feedback other than what you have posted here on McCormick. Seems maybe ideologist or someone has it out for him???

I mean if this guy was selling fakes don’t you think there would be at least ONE guy who would’ve said he got a fake Scruggs from him? There’s not a single person or comment or post from a buyer who’s had ANYTHING bad to say about this guy.
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this is incorrect.

in fact, it's so far off that when I read it I thought, could this be a new McCormack account?

there were 2 threads right here on azb. with reports by more than a few az members pointing to his shady dealings, so much so the mods felt there was enough evidence to ban him and so they did.

It appears that similar behavior on the fb billiard forums have earned him the same fate.

I know for a stone cold fact that he was selling a Scruggs on eBay that had damage repair that he knew about and wasn't disclosing. Also, he bought the cue from one of my customers from out of country and when he rec'd the cue he was insisting the cue was a counterfeit in an effort to do a money grab.

You read Eric Crisp's comments about the guy who got sold a shaft that McCormack told him was a ST but wasn't, right?

There has been way too much smoke, and even some fire, to say there's no fire.

Michael McCormack is now banned from a lot of places and with good reason.

best,
brian kc
 
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Brian KC
I read back through these threads and it looks like he had shown off a rambow cue (never listing or selling it and someone had challenged the authenticity of this cue but it was never bought or sold, just being shown by him the owner) and one thread about someone named Royce and you seem to be all over these threads with ideaologist bashing the same guy with no actual facts or proof. If he’s shady, he’s shady but I can’t find anything saying he’s done ANYONE wrong unless it’s stated by you or your pals- If you ask me it looks like maybe you’re just butthurt that he made a lowball offer on a cue you had for sale because you seem to mention that . Ever since then you claim to be “warning people” about him but with no reason.... OMG he made you a low ball offer. Big deal, everyone like to buy with meat on the bone or get a good deal, you can always say no to any offer you get right?

Ill repeat what I stated earlier - I cannot find a single person who has ever posted anywhere in the visible public about purchasing a bad scruggs cue, a counterfeit Scruggs cue/shaft or even questioning the authenticity of a cue they bought from McCormick or calling him out. The babble seems to just come from you and ideaologist and it seems like BS because there’s no facts behind it - that’s all I’m saying.

Do a search yourself, it’s easy:

Facebook - not a single piece of bad feedback- lots of excellent actually
AZ- his itrader was 100% and he did a lot of transactions
eBay -100% feedback

Don’t you think maybe you ought to look in the mirror- being the “tough guy” on a pool forum isn’t what your parents had in mind when raising you I’m sure.
 
You got somebody that bought a "Sugartree" shaft from him with no collar and Eric confirmed it wasn't made by him. And there were counterfeit ST cues being sold. I almost bought one a few years ago. Not saying it was this guy who made them, but just that there are counterfeit cues out there. Good thing is word is spread quickly and fake cues are labeled quickly and don't come up again publicly.
 
hamburgerz said:
Brian KC
I read back through these threads and it looks like he had shown off a rambow cue (never listing or selling it and someone had challenged the authenticity of this cue but it was never bought or sold, just being shown by him the owner) and one thread about someone named Royce and you seem to be all over these threads with ideaologist bashing the same guy with no actual facts or proof. If he’s shady, he’s shady but I can’t find anything saying he’s done ANYONE wrong unless it’s stated by you or your pals- If you ask me it looks like maybe you’re just butthurt that he made a lowball offer on a cue you had for sale because you seem to mention that . Ever since then you claim to be “warning people” about him but with no reason.... OMG he made you a low ball offer. Big deal, everyone like to buy with meat on the bone or get a good deal, you can always say no to any offer you get right?

Ill repeat what I stated earlier - I cannot find a single person who has ever posted anywhere in the visible public about purchasing a bad scruggs cue, a counterfeit Scruggs cue/shaft or even questioning the authenticity of a cue they bought from McCormick or calling him out. The babble seems to just come from you and ideaologist and it seems like BS because there’s no facts behind it - that’s all I’m saying.

Do a search yourself, it’s easy:

Facebook - not a single piece of bad feedback- lots of excellent actually
AZ- his itrader was 100% and he did a lot of transactions
eBay -100% feedback

Don’t you think maybe you ought to look in the mirror- being the “tough guy” on a pool forum isn’t what your parents had in mind when raising you I’m sure.
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You can not find anything wrong???
Ask Eric Crisp. He will tell you plenty.
And by the way, you find no complains because of few reasons. One of them is people can not tell if it is original Scruggs shaft or not. Another reason, they are happy they got a good deal and shafts play ok. They figure - I got a great deal, shafts play good, so screw it. After all he was trying to build cues for over 10 years. So he must know a thing or two about at least shaft building.
There is plenty of proof to say that at the very least people should stay away from him. Why? because all his shit is in grey area - it is not really wrong but for sure not right.
And after reading your 2 posts on here I tend to agree with Brian that you may be him under new screen name.
 
hamburgerz said:
Brian KC
I read back through these threads and it looks like he had shown off a rambow cue (never listing or selling it and someone had challenged the authenticity of this cue but it was never bought or sold, just being shown by him the owner) and one thread about someone named Royce and you seem to be all over these threads with ideaologist bashing the same guy with no actual facts or proof. If he’s shady, he’s shady but I can’t find anything saying he’s done ANYONE wrong unless it’s stated by you or your pals- If you ask me it looks like maybe you’re just butthurt that he made a lowball offer on a cue you had for sale because you seem to mention that . Ever since then you claim to be “warning people” about him but with no reason.... OMG he made you a low ball offer. Big deal, everyone like to buy with meat on the bone or get a good deal, you can always say no to any offer you get right?

Ill repeat what I stated earlier - I cannot find a single person who has ever posted anywhere in the visible public about purchasing a bad scruggs cue, a counterfeit Scruggs cue/shaft or even questioning the authenticity of a cue they bought from McCormick or calling him out. The babble seems to just come from you and ideaologist and it seems like BS because there’s no facts behind it - that’s all I’m saying.

Do a search yourself, it’s easy:

Facebook - not a single piece of bad feedback- lots of excellent actually
AZ- his itrader was 100% and he did a lot of transactions
eBay -100% feedback

Don’t you think maybe you ought to look in the mirror- being the “tough guy” on a pool forum isn’t what your parents had in mind when raising you I’m sure.
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just as I went to red rep you I couldnt because you were just banned.

yes, I think this may have been McCormack
 
hamburgerz said:
I looked on Facebook, EBay and AZ and can’t find one negative bit of feedback other than what you have posted here on McCormick. Seems maybe ideologist or someone has it out for him???

I mean if this guy was selling fakes don’t you think there would be at least ONE guy who would’ve said he got a fake Scruggs from him? There’s not a single person or comment or post from a buyer who’s had ANYTHING bad to say about this guy.
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Seeing as you are him......


Fraud. Stay banned.
 
Edit: or in the immortal word of Mr wilson: fraud.

Gtfo!!!
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Humbeggerz is pretty much definitely the same scammer.

People might not admit to being scammed and purchasing fakes, for a variety of reasons.

Michael clearly wanted to be a player in the cue world, but failed to establish himself in a positive light.

As randy said:
You can tell the same lie a thousand times
But it never gets any more true.
So close your eyes once more
And once more believe that they all still believe in you.
 
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qbilder said:
Mr. Jackson is a good dude, just another victim of a scam. He got the shaft directly from McCormack under the the impression that it was one of my shafts. McCormack told him it was a Sugartree shaft. Mr. Jackson asked me if it was, and I had to tell him it wasn't, that he got duped. That was yesterday as all of this was unfolding.
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Thanks for clearing that up for me. I suppose I’ll reply to the thread since my name is now in it. I did in fact post the shaft in question for sale. I believe I asked Mr.McCormack three times that he was sure it was a SugarTree shaft. I was told it was from an older SugarTree Sneaky Pete cue. It wasn’t until I spoke with Eric directly, and a few good dudes on FB that assured me it wasn’t. I am of the opinion this wasn’t the first time McCormack sold this lie. The absolute last thing I want to do is get over on someone. That’s not my style at all. I’m glad this has been brought to light. Thank you Mr. Crisp.
 
Mr. Wilson said:
Seeing as you are him......


Fraud. Stay banned.
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Surprise surprise.......

I picked up on this dudes shady acts a long time ago and would look at his listings...... here and elsewhere. Sometimes I thought...... nice cue, too bad he's got it because I wouldn't send a quarter his way if it was the last cue on the planet. Straight up shyster and I'm glad he's gone from here. Sometimes you just gotta wait them out and they will get greedy and bury themselves. Just like he did..... he's due to open a new eBay account any day now that you exposed his username there. ..... he's running out of options to scam people.
 
Billiardbills said:
WHOA WHOA WHOA, lets back the "BUS" up. As I stated very clearly, I have sold and swapped a few things with him including a Searing he paid very good cash for.

Lets not drag mud across the carpet or near my property whatsoever... That is literally all the business we have done and I simply stated what I had experienced.

As I said I know Eric as well as Stephen (OP's of this and the FB post more or less with this issue) and I have known them for far longer than I have known Michael in the first place.
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I know you did not encourage him to commit criminal acts and general scammery. To say anything to the contrary, like the Godwin's Law violation I saw above, is ridiculous.



However, instead of condemning behavior that he perpetrated (and that he was called out on before - as stated by Michael, I clearly must just have it out for him), you toed the line to stay noncommittal, perhaps so you didn't lose a customer? With every ounce of evidence out in the open already, you made a post that added no value, but showed your high school "political savvy". Congratulations, you will win Homecoming King if you keep it up. I certainly hope I am wrong, but you chimed in and defended him via business you did together, calling his repeated transgressions "a misunderstanding". He ripped off numerous members here and elsewhere while running up a reputation as a good buyer and seller, how can one hand wash the other there???

That is what the real fault in this industry is, lack of conviction if a dollar can be made.
 
hamburgerz said:
I looked on Facebook, EBay and AZ and can’t find one negative bit of feedback other than what you have posted here on McCormick. Seems maybe ideologist or someone has it out for him???
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All part of the conspiracy, you figured it out! Because I continued to point out your misdeeds, you were compelled to perform them!
 
This may be useful...I actually bought a book from him on Facebook,
and yes I received it. however for those of you that got screwed, try
this before it is disconnected

Angler Management
781-771-7977

That was the phone number on his PayPal account.
 
Because I successfully cross a wooden bridge with rotting boards doesn't justify me encouraging others to do the same.
 
Billiardbills said:
I'm not really sure what to say here guys.

He bought a number of mid priced customs from me and he's paid and he's bought a BIG cue from me and paid without issue and fast. We have done a couple trade deals and I have had no issues.

I kind of wonder if there is some type of miscommunication here but I also know Eric and Stephen are pretty thorough dudes, if you will. Lol.


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Bill, that's a good cover for him. In the past we have also had sellers who would do 9 out of 10 great legit deals, then screw the 10th person. The first 9 guys would tell the 10th guy he must be wrong. Net result was one tenth of his deals were pure profit and he had the support of the other nine when the tenth complained. I can think of two sellers who used (use) this strategy here.

Rackattach appears to be hiding behind legit deals to cover a fake shaft business, which probably nets him even more than the '9 out of 10' dealers.

My personal experience with him involved a bogus Craig Peterson cue. I talked with him on the phone and got about three different explanations of the cue's history. It was obvious not only that he was wrong about it being a Peterson, but that he had fabricated a story, forgotten it, then fabricated another one.

Sorry to hear you are going through this, Eric.
 
ideologist said:
However, instead of condemning behavior that he perpetrated (and that he was called out on before - as stated by Michael, I clearly must just have it out for him), you toed the line to stay noncommittal, perhaps so you didn't lose a customer? With every ounce of evidence out in the open already, you made a post that added no value, but showed your high school "political savvy". Congratulations, you will win Homecoming King if you keep it up. I certainly hope I am wrong, but you chimed in and defended him via business you did together, calling his repeated transgressions "a misunderstanding". He ripped off numerous members here and elsewhere while running up a reputation as a good buyer and seller, how can one hand wash the other there???

That is what the real fault in this industry is, lack of conviction if a dollar can be made.
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Bill was one of the nine out of ten guys. This is how the scam works.
 
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