Charlie Edwards said:
For the record, I would prefer my money back. That's not going to happen. My second choice would be to get the cue. After all, I paid for it. Now you're starting to make excuses why I won't get that either.
You can come on here and talk and blabber away, try to change the subject and talk as much trash as you can think of. It doesn't matter. On this forum you've pulled down your pants and showed your ass so many times no one even remotely takes you seriously.
And the part about you not wanting all the money up front; I was buying a cue that was to be ready to ship in a couple of weeks. Why would I not want to pay for it all at once? You are a piece of work, Eddie, and you're grasping at straws.
Four times now you've claimed this cue was ready to ship. What are you waiting for? If you don't ship it now it will prove what I actually believe has happened here, and that's that you don't have the cue to ship. Prove me wrong or prove me right, it's your choice.
Talk all you want but here are the FACTS; over 7 months ago I paid $700 for a cue that was to be delivered in a few weeks. I've not received it. Simple, end of story.
Those are the facts Eddie. Now stay on the topic, and stop side stepping the real issues here.
The truth all along would have worked in this deal. I never got that from you. Instead you pulled out all the stoppers and gave me one story after another. I'm no fool, Eddie. It's sad for that you can't see that YOU are the one here that's wrong, 100% wrong. But that's your problem.
Let's forget about the cue or money for a moment. I can live without them. The most important thing is for you, Eddie Wheat, to decide which direction you want your life to go. If you keep doing things the way I've seen you do them you are going to have a bleak future. The very first thing you have to do is STOP blaming other people when things don't go right for you.
I have NOT blamed anyone else for my delays I have accepted 100% responsibility for ALL of them especially since it's all MY fault one way or the other... but I could have chose to lie and make up other technical excuses that would have sufficed and not be deplicted but I chose to be honest about the exact reason of the delays and I was riduculed for it !
Well all I can say is about that is how many other cuemakers would have fessed up about making dumb errors like that in fear that it might "tarnish" thier delicate image and fragile ego ???
As you can see I have thick skin and will be the first one to admit to my customers and the general public when and how I screw up !!!
I like the honest approach regarding the cause of delays and whether or not you accept it... I'm sure you can appreciate it to a degree !
I think you coming on here and overreacting about my past record was uncalled for becasue you ARE my customer and I value that and would never ever rip off or scam you in anyway....
Once again, I do have your cue... I am making damn sure the clearcoat is NOT going to peel again and especially after you recieve it and "before you smash it into a million" peices :grin: and that is my primary concern at this moment !
I do NOT produce shoddy or half-assed work and do not expect you to accept that either... now mabey YOU do NOT approve of my ethics, but you can be damn sure the rest of my past/pending customers DO !
I cannot change your opinion of me and the ARNOT stunt really went over well.. but I'm sure KARMA will find a suitable reward for his unwarranted actions against me.... so with that being said I'm once again truly sorry that I made you feel like I was taking advantage of your generosity and upfront payment... I can assure you that was not the case but I don't expect you to understand or believe me becasue according to you I'm more or less "scum" !
As for the rest of the thrill-seekers on here... all they are interested in reading is negative comments about me... this has been proven in the past becasue everytime some has posted anything positive, about me or my work thier efforts were exploited... so this should give a good example of the mentality of the few "key" troublemakers that want to see people fail namely me because I CAN and DO build quality custom cues at alot lower prices and less time then the majority out there and whether these clowns are cuemakers themselves or loyal supporters of their idols "in hopes that thier protective retorts will get them a huge discount on thier next cue " chime in and bash me with hopes to try to crash my business and run me off of AZB...
I see right through all of this tactical approach and play my hand accordingly with them but you are of value to me becasue you ARE my customer and I do NOT like dissapointing them.. but sh*t happened and I'm sorry for the delays, I AM human and make mistakes and errors.. I don't mind publicizing them becasue my life is an open book and I have pretty much always lived in the spotlight... so I have nothing to hide !
I jumped the gun for telling you your cue was fininshed and assumed nothing could go wrong as I have successfuly done numerous times but it took one cue to ruin that and everytime I began working on it I was a little more wary and was so damn worried about screwing it up that I did !!!
So with that being said... I learned a very valuable lesson here and will NOT make the same mistake again....
UNless there is anyone else out there who is above making a mistake and think they are perfect.. and can prove it... don't bother retorting with some smart-ass response regarding my errors/mistakes becasue atleast I AM man enough to admit them publically instead of hiding behind a fictious name and no pic of themselves and act like they can do NO wrong !
Of course there is Dave38 "an inspiring cuemaker" who uses me as a tool and opportunity to get in good with every cuemaker that he can on here who's toes im stepping on by constantly bashing me in hopes of gaining gold stars with these cuemakers and get FREE advice and pointers on cuemaking so his motives are ulterior and very transparant but that's ok with me becasue he's just a bottom feeder and I accept that about him and have no hard feelings or personal problems and cannot blame him for his logic and tactics....
Myself on the other hand are very fortunate to have Pete Ohman as my mentor/friend and Pete is also greatful to have Dennis Searing as his mentor/friend so the trickle down effect is quite awesome and mabey one of these days when I get my sh*t together and get organized and properly inventoried I may be just as successful and as respected as they are but that remains to be seen....
Take care Charlie, and your cue will be in your hands shortly with partial compenstaion as I insisted on several times !
- Eddie Wheat