Go to playing cue.

pre-cat pred, 12 years as my player, done lots work on it myself with my lathe. maybe would want ~8k.

it seems that with CF people have become less attached to their cues/shafts, they are interchangeable more than before. which probably is a good thing
 
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Would you trade your go to playing cue for a unknown cue worth $xxx.xx dollars. How much would it take?
Nope / Not enuff!
I paid < $500 for my sneaky and I wouldn't part with it for twice the price! It takes a long time to find "what you want," IF you ever find it. Not worth the money for my sneaky, or my favorite custom players.
 
I currently play with a Dale Perry (eBay variety) that I bought for $140 + $20 shipping. I initially bought it a few years ago as a cue to raffle off, but I test hit it when it arrived, and wound up liking how it plays so much that it became my go-to cue. I'm not looking to sell it, but if someone offered me say $1K I'd send it down the road and go back to using my Sailor.
 
I currently play with a Dale Perry (eBay variety) that I bought for $140 + $20 shipping. I initially bought it a few years ago as a cue to raffle off, but I test hit it when it arrived, and wound up liking how it plays so much that it became my go-to cue. I'm not looking to sell it, but if someone offered me say $1K I'd send it down the road and go back to using my Sailor.
That is how I feel about my 1st Mezz cue. :)
 
Maybe I can make a better example. Let’s say your sitting with your cue laying on the table and someone walks by and says “wow, I gotta have that cue, is it for sale.” You obviously respond everything has a price or say no. if Everything has a price you say “whats it worth to ya.” Said response is ”what you looking to get?”. the obligatory make me a offer pursues. you determine in your head your cue is probably worth 1k but you once beat your idle in a game playing with it and they signed it. This is for dramatic purposes only. Said buyer offers a mystery cue appraised for 3k, actual value, do you trade? If no, what if next offer was 5k in hundreds?

For a cue I really did not want to part with but someone kept upping the offer? I have done that before on a few cheaper cues I paid $100 for that I wanted to keep, but sold for double that, $200. For my main playing cue, I'd want 2x -3x the value, part to keep, part to give to the cuemaker to build a replacement and a bit extra in way of apology that I sold the other one he built for me LOL.
 
A cue collector friend I know ended up selling most of his collection several years back, mostly for personal reasons,
but swore he would never part with his Hercek. And as can happen he got the question, "Would you consider selling?"
His obligatory answer was an absurd (for then) number, but was met with "Done." and a large stack of C-notes. Oh well.
 
Nope. I like my cue and wouldn't be interested in trading it for any unknown cue.

Now, if we're talking cash sale....I'd probably have to start thinking about it at $3k (paid $1500 for my main player these days). And only then because I have 2 Rundes I like a lot and I could play happily with either. Even then, $3k it would be a tough call as I really like that cue. But somewhere at or north of that number would probably get it done. If I didn't have my other Runde to fall back on then you could add another $1k before I'd think about it probably.
 
A cue collector friend I know ended up selling most of his collection several years back, mostly for personal reasons,
but swore he would never part with his Hercek. And as can happen he got the question, "Would you consider selling?"
His obligatory answer was an absurd (for then) number, but was met with "Done." and a large stack of C-notes. Oh well.
Lol, makes you wonder how much more he could of got if he said “Make me a offer I cant refuse!”.
 
Maybe I can make a better example. Let’s say your sitting with your cue laying on the table and someone walks by and says “wow, I gotta have that cue, is it for sale.” You obviously respond everything has a price or say no. if Everything has a price you say “whats it worth to ya.” Said response is ”what you looking to get?”. the obligatory make me a offer pursues. you determine in your head your cue is probably worth 1k but you once beat your idle in a game playing with it and they signed it. This is for dramatic purposes only. Said buyer offers a mystery cue appraised for 3k, actual value, do you trade? If no, what if next offer was 5k in hundreds?
My playing cue is probably worth more than $3K. No, I wouldn’t trade. Offer me $5K and you’ll go home with a great cue.
 
My current player cost around 700, but theres not really anything I would want to replace it with for under 1k
 
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