So about 4-5 months ago, I did a cue trade with one of the guy on azbilliard. He sent me an older Tascarella and I sent him a newer version of Tascarella. In my description, my cue was clean and good condition. Of which is true, the cue was good condition. I even had my refinished guy rebuffed it to make sure it’s nice. Apparently the buff compound residue on the cue at the leather n the finish coat. I have pictures below. After the cue traded, the guy complained about the cue, of which I was ok with it, as we traded things n we wanted something nice to have. I did offered to have the cue back for repair by my guy, but it was refused by the trader. I offered to send to proficient or Pete jr to repair, and I even printed out the shipping n return label for him. After careful inspection, he said Pete might charge for repair the wrap n such. But I wasn’t gonna pay for all of that, especially on a trade, and also the cue I got was no where near perfect but his excuse was the cue is an older made by Pete sr. Whatever , I didn’t care cause I love the older Tascarella cue.
So while we talk back and forth, he tried to mess with the cue to repair it himself and I quote from his chat“ I tried to make it look halfway presentable by rolling a razor between the overlapping finish on the leather in order to clean the 1/8 clear coat on the leather. I did a fantastic job. While cleaning the leather up, the cleare coat on the sleeve started flaking off, like a glazed donut does. This tells me the clear coat on the leather was holding everything together. I have never seen anything like this for a repair.” and he made it worse than before. Hence the pictures #4.
So my question is, do I take it back and pay him the price he asked for which “3300$”??
My solution was to pay him 3100$, have the cue back then ship to Scott At proficient or Pete jr to do refinish. I will sell the cue, and then take the profit difference divide that in half to him. To be honest, I would pay 3300$ to clear This whole mess, but i dont know what or how bad the condition of This cue now.
What would yall do? Any advice?
So while we talk back and forth, he tried to mess with the cue to repair it himself and I quote from his chat“ I tried to make it look halfway presentable by rolling a razor between the overlapping finish on the leather in order to clean the 1/8 clear coat on the leather. I did a fantastic job. While cleaning the leather up, the cleare coat on the sleeve started flaking off, like a glazed donut does. This tells me the clear coat on the leather was holding everything together. I have never seen anything like this for a repair.” and he made it worse than before. Hence the pictures #4.
So my question is, do I take it back and pay him the price he asked for which “3300$”??
My solution was to pay him 3100$, have the cue back then ship to Scott At proficient or Pete jr to do refinish. I will sell the cue, and then take the profit difference divide that in half to him. To be honest, I would pay 3300$ to clear This whole mess, but i dont know what or how bad the condition of This cue now.
What would yall do? Any advice?
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