Funny customer story

iusedtoberich

iusedtoberich

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One of my customers called me the other day asking if I could remove a "few small dings" from his new shaft. So I tell him I will have to look at it. When I see it, the dings are like none I have seen before. There were about 10 to 15 of them on all sides of the cue. They were very narrow but much deeper than most dings. So I start going off on him that he needs to be more carefull, and not bang balls around with his shaft (even though I knew that was not the casue of these particular dings). I assumed he dropped it on the table edge or some other sharp surface repeatedly. So he tells me "it's not what you think". I then take another look at the shaft and notice a bunch of scratches on the ferrule. Then it hits me. I say "you're dog ate it!" That was what happened.

I was surprised that I able to get all the dings out quite easily. In fact, they came out easier than most normal dings from pool table edges.

Does anyone have any other funny/strange customer stories?
 
Strange Customers

I had a guy that owns a bunch of high end cues. $4,000 to $7,500. He had 11mm shafts made for all of them, matching rings and all. Told me layered tips were no good. Every time he tried to juice the ball, miscue. Couldn't tell em anything. Like taking layered tips down to 11mm removed about half of what held them together. I talked to a couple of cuemakers and they told me they would make an 11mm shaft and guaranty it from the lathe to the front door. As soon as it got a little humid, the shaft would go south. Well, now he is back playing with 12.5 and 13mm shafts again. Does anybody agree with this?
Don P. :D
 
One room I do repairs in has one B player and everyone else is a C or D player. The new guys always want there shafts super thin for some reason, like your guy at 10mm or 11mm. I eventually talk them out of it, but I have no idea why so many beginners think such a thin shaft is better, especially when no one else has such a thin shaft.

Another room I do repairs in has about 7 A or open class players and a ton of B's and C's. No one from that room has ever asked me for anything less than a 12mm.
 
I have to tell a stupid story on myself....

I had a decent Meucci as one of my first cues. The shaft started getting little dings toward the joint, and I be damned if I could figure out why...then it dawned on me...My wedding ring was digging into the shaft, creating dents.

I know better now!!!

Live and learn I reckon...

Jim
 
jhendri2 said:
I have to tell a stupid story on myself....

I had a decent Meucci as one of my first cues. The shaft started getting little dings toward the joint, and I be damned if I could figure out why...then it dawned on me...My wedding ring was digging into the shaft, creating dents.

I know better now!!!

Live and learn I reckon...

Jim
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Man... That must have been some REALLY soft maple... Oh well, Live and Learn indeed...

Thanks,

Jon
 
I used to work a lot of pro tournaments with my mobile pro shop many years ago and I used to put my shaft cleaner in a empty hair spray pump bottle. Often people would ask me why I was spraying hairspray on the shafts, I usually jokingly answered, "because it makes the shaft stiffer." I finally decided to change bottles and quit telling them that because I knew someone would take me serious and go home and try it.

Blud used to tell people at tournaments that his secret sealer was linseed oil, knowing full well some idiot like myself would go home and try it. Yep, I tried it and believe me he was just kidding. :)

Another funny Blud story is:
I bought my first Willards shaper from Blud at a tournament. Months later I saw him set up at another tournament. Someone asked him if the Willards shaper was any good and he said, "NO!" I jumped in and said, "You can't say they are no good, because you sold me one at the last tournament." He just smiled and answered, "There's a sucker born every minute."
 
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