Cuetec
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cutec...
I've been reading all this Cutec debate for several days now....Here's my take...I think Cutec has a great market plan...they catch people just getting into pool ,or back into the game again...they get their name out there with Allison and Earl...I mean when i first got back into the game after years away, i didn't know you could buy a entry level Viking or McDermott for about the same price as a Cutec...I think alot of people figure that out to late...i have nothing against Cutec but id, take a McD..or a Viking any day ..with the McD warranty now.. i can say that's the way most would go if they had the info or the chance to hit both...
that's just my opinion for what little that's worth...
Hardy
I've been reading all this Cutec debate for several days now....Here's my take...I think Cutec has a great market plan...they catch people just getting into pool ,or back into the game again...they get their name out there with Allison and Earl...I mean when i first got back into the game after years away, i didn't know you could buy a entry level Viking or McDermott for about the same price as a Cutec...I think alot of people figure that out to late...i have nothing against Cutec but id, take a McD..or a Viking any day ..with the McD warranty now.. i can say that's the way most would go if they had the info or the chance to hit both...
that's just my opinion for what little that's worth...
Hardy
oceanweb said:
At Cue-Phoria in River Grove, IL http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=83906166 (Check it out...) the house cues that are rented out are Cuetecs. Not my cup of tea, but they play alright, I suppose.
None of the bangers there seem to know anything about cues, and just bang away.
Cue-Phoria has a slew of really nice custom Bill McDaniels cues for sale, plenty of production cues too. How often folks buy those cues is anyone's guess, but they are there in readily accessible glass cases for those interested.
Maybe price scares people off, but I don't think so, especially when simple Pechauers are available, with a hard case, for something like $125.
I bet they make a killing renting those Cuetecs out for $1 apiece. Just figure what they probably cost them, and notice that probably 30 to 45 of them are being used every night.
If someone doesn't like the Cuetec house cues there, so what? To each his own.
Flex
John Barton
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I don't see how Cuetec is marketing to people who don't know any better. Cuetec is marketing to whoever is listening. If the other cuemakers want to outmarket Cuetec then they had better address what Cuetec is saying.
Cuetec makes performance, durablity, and hit claims. It's hard to argue against performance when the brand has so many world championships aand other victories to it's credit. It's hard to argue durability when a wood cues would probably be adversely affected in situations where the Cuetec comes out unscathed. It's hard to argue hit since that is so subjective.
How about thinking outside the box for a second? We have heard from a lot of players who aquired Cuetecs early in their affair with pool and have since "graduated" to other brands. Why isn't it just as easy to allow that Cuetec is a good starter cue and that most will purchase another cue anyway? Thus it's win/win. Cuetec gets revenue and continues to sponsor pool in the USA and pool gets another player who is very likely to purchase another cue when he/she outgrows the Cuetec.
Cuetec makes performance, durablity, and hit claims. It's hard to argue against performance when the brand has so many world championships aand other victories to it's credit. It's hard to argue durability when a wood cues would probably be adversely affected in situations where the Cuetec comes out unscathed. It's hard to argue hit since that is so subjective.
How about thinking outside the box for a second? We have heard from a lot of players who aquired Cuetecs early in their affair with pool and have since "graduated" to other brands. Why isn't it just as easy to allow that Cuetec is a good starter cue and that most will purchase another cue anyway? Thus it's win/win. Cuetec gets revenue and continues to sponsor pool in the USA and pool gets another player who is very likely to purchase another cue when he/she outgrows the Cuetec.
oceanweb said:
That's a very interesting idea, OW, about the research, that is.
When I first started playing seriously, a little less than 4 years ago, I was in a pool hall that had regular Dufferin house cues on the wall, for free. They also had a sign listing Meuccis as available for rental for $2.
I had already bought a really cheap cue on eBay for $15, and was sold by the use of buzzwords like pro-taper, custom, hard rock maple, yada yada. The sucker came with a nylon wrap, no less. That cue helped hook me. I got better, if for no other reason the cue had a decent tip, and the cue was mine, and played the same day in and day out, helping me develop some consistency. After about a month, the wrap came undone, the shaft warped, you know how those things happen.
So I did a bit of research into my next cue, and I wanted it to be a good one.
I checked out the Meucci website, read the articles on squirt and deflection and all that, and then went over to eBay where I found Meucci cues in abundance, right now there are something like 50 of them available, and the selling prices are usually well over $100. So, I figured if I were to buy one, and didn't like it, I'd be able to unload it reasonably easily. Plus I knew that many top players in the past had played with them.
Guess what? I bought one. New. Not on eBay, but from an online dealer. Paid $350 including shipping for it. Loved it, for a long time. Liked the looks, liked the hit and feel, back then. No longer like the hit and feel. So what, things change in life, and in pool too.
I've never tried to sell it though, although I do lend it to friends if they ask for it. Recently a friend mentioned to me that someone I shot some pool with over one year ago was interested in buying that cue. Said he liked the way it plays. Imagine that, the fellow remembers how it plays, and it's been over a year. It's available for sale, and the next time I see him perhaps we'll make a deal.
Was my "research" up to snuff? Well, based on what I wanted to get out of a cue, I'd say so. Perhaps not to others.
My point is that people will do those things that tend to suit them.
There was a fellow who tried his best to sell me a Southwest cue, telling me the Meucci wasn't the one that someone who was going to shoot a long, thing cut shot would choose. Balderdash... There are so many ways to change the way a cue plays, based on tip choice alone, that his sales pitch to me now says "hustler"...
If someone wants to buy a Cuetec, or some other cue, and likes the looks of it, the way it feels in his hands, the freakin' spin he sometimes gets when he jitterbugs the cue ball, and so on, the more power to him.
Kinda like buying your first car, I guess.
Some people are happy with having their own cue, just because it's theirs. Others want more, they want more beautiful wood, or workmanship, or they want to buy something that's very expensive, or that wows the girls, whatever.
Which is right, which is wrong?
Philosophical questions, I know, but they are pertinent.
Flex
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8BallJunkie
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cuetec tip
didn't want to start a new thread........my wife won a cuetec and I was wondering what kind of tip they come with?? Looks like from the site they have their own brand??
didn't want to start a new thread........my wife won a cuetec and I was wondering what kind of tip they come with?? Looks like from the site they have their own brand??
We have a guy here in Richmond who shot lights out..and he plays with a Cuetec....He doesnt sand the shaft down but he does sand the butt down to the wood...actually looks pretty cool..I told him i dont like the fiberglass feel because it sticks to my fingers..he says a little bit of talc and its as smooth as glass..i have shot with his cue and used the talc and was amazed as to how slick it felt...The damn thing does have a stiff ass hit , just how i like my cue to hit..He swears by them and has the game to back it up..He also loves the fact he can leave it in his car and not have to worry about it...
Hey Mitch you say you read my post you can attest to Rick's playing ability..he shoot lights out with a cuetec...Hell Mike Glenn uses a Cuetec here in Richmond..He went up to Valley Forge last year and was playing well on the table and some one in the crowd yelled "This guy is kicking ass..with a damn Cuetec" I think the pool world doesnt give Cuetec very high regards but it has made its mark in the pool world and some people CAN WHIP YOUR ASS WITH A CUETEC..heheh I know from personal experience!
Hey Mitch you say you read my post you can attest to Rick's playing ability..he shoot lights out with a cuetec...Hell Mike Glenn uses a Cuetec here in Richmond..He went up to Valley Forge last year and was playing well on the table and some one in the crowd yelled "This guy is kicking ass..with a damn Cuetec" I think the pool world doesnt give Cuetec very high regards but it has made its mark in the pool world and some people CAN WHIP YOUR ASS WITH A CUETEC..heheh I know from personal experience!