Cracked Cue from Phinmole

runscott · 2008-05-21T22:06:04+00:00

I'm not hoping for any resolution, and I'm only out $27.50, but I thought I would mention this in case anyone else deals with Phinmole. I won a Hoppe Pro on ebay from Phinmole, that had cracks running up the butt from the ivory ring all the way to the wrap, on both sides. From the picture he posted on ebay, it looked like a surface finish problem. As soon as I received the cue it was obvious that one of the finish lines was definitely a crack - very visible just looking at it (and my eyes are bad). Since Phinmole types in font 6, I'm sure he could see this as well, but he insists he could not. The buttcap was spinning and the screw was loose, so I took it off to examine further, hoping I could fix it myself and only be out a little; however, the crack ran all the way across the butt of the cue. Phinmole refunded me the price of the cue, plus $7.50 for his half of the shipping, so I'm out the other $7.50, plus $20 it cost me to ship back to him (he used UPS ground of all things). What pisses me off is that, after many email exchanges, it's obvious to me that he got screwed when he bought the cue - he mentioned to me that the seller told HIM that it was not a crack. So apparently he complained when he bought it and was quite aware that it was cracked. Yet he doesn't mention that in the ebay description or show pictures that would have made it obvious. He simply hoped he could dump it off for the highest price possible by not mentioning the cracks. Yeah, lots of people do it. That might be why he thought he could get away with it as well. A $27.50 lesson to me not to deal with Phinmole.

Thread starter runscott
Start date May 21, 2008

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May 23, 2008

Upon reading this thread and many other posts by the BUYER and SELLER I wouldn't hesitate doing business with them.

One of the assets of the net is getting to know potential trading partners.

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