This week a guy put a Scruggs cue one bay for $725 buy it now- he said that PROFICIENT HAD REFINISHED THE CUE. - it was a very nice looking four pointer. The cue sold immediately, I saw it about 3 hours after the listing hit e bay- already gone. I think that the seller just did not do his homework and that the buyer got one of those once every six months cue deals on the internet. I know that someone here bought a nice Searing about six months ago for around $600.
So these things do turn up rarely, but you have to be looking every day at a minimum to get lucky. I have sold a few cues for way less than actual full market price- sometimes I just feel generous as long as I am not losing money - sometimes I just want someone else to enjoy a cue that I enjoyed, who maybe could not afford it- my way of giving back . I have been on the winning end of many a cue deal- so I never feel cheated in the long run.