pharaoh68 said:
Here's the link to page 4 where, in his post (#9th from top) he says "He never said, 'Hey asshole, what's going on?' If he did, we could hash it out. Otherwise, i'll play peek-a-boo as much as he thinks is neccesary."
I wasn't the only member of that forum who thought that to be a strange response.
http://www.jimboarmy.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=127&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=45
Brian
"Sorry, been away a couple days, had a tourney to play this weekend.
I don't dislike anybody that doesn't hear it directly from me first. That's not my style. I wish I could please everybody but it's just not so easy to do. The cue & person in question never got addressed directly because he never addressed me directly, but instead went to a world viewed forum to discuss his dismay in me & to search for support or justification for his feelings. If he had directly contacted me, which he has at minimum two ways of doing so, we could have discussed things & I could have tried to answer his questions. When he did last reach me, it was questions about "how its coming along, can I get pics, etc". He never said, "Hey asshole, what's going on?" If he did, we could hash it out. Otherwise, i'll play peek-a-boo as much as he thinks is neccesary.
I accept full responsibility for the delay. I'm a human, and i'm not building cues to pay bills, so i'm not going to stress it. The guessing game can go both ways. The truth is, I built two cues to spec & they both warped before completion, so I have been cutting little by little on the next peice of wood, and it's NOWHERE near size yet.
If & when the cue is completed & he wants it, it's his at original agreed price. If not, somebody else will buy it. If somebody else won't buy it, then I have a new cue for myself. It's not rocket science. I have no intentions or see no reason in further discussion until there's a cue worth taking pictures of and/or talking about. Unless he's telling me to releive him of the deal, which no harm/no foul/no worries/no questions, then I see othing to discuss.
I'm not perfect. I'm not arrogant. I'm not even proud. Quite honestly this cuemaking stuff is only to keep me from going insane. I'm a full time dad with a 13yr girl & 2yr. boy, enough to drive any man insane. I have a tiny shop with limited equipment, and i'm slow. I get at max 2hrs. in the evenings to work & a few hours on weekends if i'm lucky.
I work on what I want to work on, when I want to work on it, as much as I want to work. Nobody is going to control my time. It's my "me" time. It's no way to run a business, & i'm no good at handling customers. And honestly I could care less about either. Most people who buy cues from me become freinds & it's fun. Other times it's boring & I wish I hadn't done it. I don't make anything near on my cues what the secondary market does. Just because a sneaky goes for a grand doesn't mean i'm getting anywhere near that much. I make enough to maintain my shitty equipment, and usually go in the hole buying my expensive materials. But again, it's for me, not the guy buying the cue. So any time somebody doesn't want to be on the list, it's fine by me & I don't stress it a bit or make them feel bad for it. In fact, I often times refer them to somebody who can work faster for them & treat them well. But in the end, there's always one who gets sour.
I accept full responsibility for myself, and offer my most sincere apology to anybody who feels fouled. But don't ask me to change who I am or change my reasons for buildings cues in the first place. Tke the fun out of it for me & i'll just quit. No big deal to me."
Really...I don't see the problem. All I know is I enjoy the man's work...and personally...I'm going to be one pissed off mf'er if the *****ing, whining, moaning, and complaining of a few people...pushes this guy over the edge.
