Yep. Read the title before I looked at the author's name. Knew it before I read it.
Has anyone tried out any of the fake cheap copycat cues from China?
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Yep. Read the title before I looked at the author's name. Knew it before I read it.
What is your obsession with buying shit cues? Why does it have to be our problem as well. You want the garbage, buy the garbage.
This idiot's been asking the same inane questions for MONTHS. He sits in his mom's basement just thinking of these stupid threads. He's not trying to actually learn anything. He just gets off on seeing people reply to his useless posts. I've got him on my ignore list(BEAUTIFUL thing,btw) and its amazing that without even seeing his posts i can tell that he's asking another off-the-air question.
I do not see the need to belittle Justin or any members for that matter. His questions are what they are if you don't like them then don't reply. To insult and bully him is wrong plain and simple. As a member he can ask any questions he likes that is the premise of a forum after all..
Justin to answer your OP, I did buy an inexpensive import from China once and only once. The butt warped and no cue maker in the Chicago area would touch it. They refused to work on it period. While I may never buy one again for the reasons stated you or anyone else can do what you like.. JMO!
Justin to answer your OP, I did buy an inexpensive import from China once and only once. The butt warped and no cue maker in the Chicago area would touch it. They refused to work on it period. While I may never buy one again for the reasons stated you or anyone else can do what you like.. JMO!
Poor Jason,
You guys see his name and you're all over him.
I myself like playing pool with Jason.
The Crystal Lake Billiards Room is really nice.
You guys see his name and you're all over him.
I myself like playing pool with Jason.
The Crystal Lake Billiards Room is really nice.
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A word on China, and their manufacturing.
Any company who contracts with a manufacturing factory in China (or several) is offered a cost driven menu on "tolerences" (menaing to what percentage of perfection should manufacturing quality specs be kept) as well as a choice of raw materials (assuming the contracting compnay isn't supplying the raw materials). Here too there's a myriad of quality options. The contracting company knows perfectly well the level of quality to expect in their product(s) because they're the ones making those choices, options & selections.
There is nothing inherently "cheap" or "subpar" with products made in China. As it is anywhere else, you need to be an astute and present business person to make sure you, and by default, your consumers, are getting what you both are paying for, but that's the way it is all over the globe last I checked.
I've got quite a bit of experience in this area from when I was DJing.
Any company who contracts with a manufacturing factory in China (or several) is offered a cost driven menu on "tolerences" (menaing to what percentage of perfection should manufacturing quality specs be kept) as well as a choice of raw materials (assuming the contracting compnay isn't supplying the raw materials). Here too there's a myriad of quality options. The contracting company knows perfectly well the level of quality to expect in their product(s) because they're the ones making those choices, options & selections.
There is nothing inherently "cheap" or "subpar" with products made in China. As it is anywhere else, you need to be an astute and present business person to make sure you, and by default, your consumers, are getting what you both are paying for, but that's the way it is all over the globe last I checked.
I've got quite a bit of experience in this area from when I was DJing.
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And other forum members are free to respond as we see fit, within guidelines established. "Bullying" and "insulting"?
No, they are neither. They are comments on the quality of the thread and the repetitive nature of similar threads by that poster. [G]arczar is right. This guy doesn't learn from any previous answers to similar threads, well-considered answers offered sincerely and that should have provided a basic level of understanding that made future similar threads unneeded.
He'd get a wider and better range of answers if he limited himself to questions that hadn't been asked before. Just as you are attempting to use social pressure on people who respond to him in a certain way, people who are responding to justin in this manner are using social pressure to suggest modifications to his posting habits.
Thanks SAR. Its pretty obvious that that guy hasn't seen that many of you-know-who's posts. He's asked the exact same questions about this-n-that cheap-ass cues for a while now. All he wants is to see responses to his posts. Its almost as sad as someone who lights fires just to watch the big red trucks show up. BTW, i'm FAR from being the only AZ'r who has hammered him for his crazy posts.
Please just buy a new Cue with warranty, whatever you can afford and within budget, if you really have one There are many good new choices for $150 and go play. Personally I would recommend nothing because members here have already offered you so many.
Get it at 21oz with weight bolt and go down from there if need be. Try a few different tips till you find the one that is 'magic'..... and be done.
-Kat,
Get it at 21oz with weight bolt and go down from there if need be. Try a few different tips till you find the one that is 'magic'..... and be done.
-Kat,
Wouldn't it be better to get it at 18.5oz and 'add' weight if needed?
I have a D-21 McD that was 20.5oz.
Wanted to lighten it to 18.75 but it weighed 19.5oz withoutany weight bolt.
As many of you know you need a weight bolt in a vintage McD to screw the bumper onto the cue.
Had to use a Nylon Allen Head Bold.
I was referring to Players, Lucky Mc D's, Action, China etc. Get new one @ 21oz play it, if you do not like it, remove weigh bolt, weigh it, do math and shorten accordingly to 20oz, 19.5oz 19oz, 18.6oz etc. Those bolts are generally about 4 oz. China Butts without bolt are generally about 12oz. SO plenty of room to lighten cutting bolt without spending $6 for new bolt every time you want to bump up in weight unless hardware store has same diameter and pitch bolts.
I recommend this to everyone who does not know what weight balance they prefer with new cues. Easy and cheap ( Justin) to lower down and 'tweak' to liking.
Have a good day,
-Kat,
I recommend this to everyone who does not know what weight balance they prefer with new cues. Easy and cheap ( Justin) to lower down and 'tweak' to liking.
Have a good day,
-Kat,
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Every time I see a thread from Justin it makes me think of this: https://youtu.be/YCwbfAcZGdc
cool pic - but ... "Jason"?
Jason Voorhees is the main character from the Friday the 13th series. He first appeared in Friday the 13th as the young son of camp cook-turned-murderer Mrs. Voorhees.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Voorhees
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Yea - I got that part ... but thought the discussion was about Justin.
See now, I think of this movie scene when reading a Justin thread...... :thumbup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eJ0iGZ7Ms8
justinb386
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Out of all of the replies I have received so far, not 1 of you have been of any help, with an answer to my question (because not 1 of you have ever tried out one of the cues that I asked about). You just make assumptions, based on what facts? Only your own opinions based on what you think about a cue that you know nothing about (other then that it is from China, which could quite possibly be of decent quality), and have never personally seen or tried out before.
I should have known that it would be pointless to ask that question, that came to mind, after finding a few cues that I found online. I was only curious, but I have received nothing but useless replies. If you have never tried out the cues in question (based on personal experience, about what I asked about), then why reply? You all think you are so smart, and I am so stupid, but the fact is that you really do not know any facts about what you think you are so sure about, because you have never personally tried out either of the cues in question.
I just received an email reply back about this Peri (brand name) cue, that I thought looked really nice, and the price of the cue (direct from China) is $475 plus $35 shipping.
https://www.alibaba.com/product-det...01876.html?spm=a2700.7724838.2017115.1.Wq91Uu
At that price, I can only assume that the quality is not junk.
How can you possibly know that these cues are such junk if you have never tried out out, or seen one in person? All that you can do is reply back, about your personal experiences about other cues that you have tried out (that were from China).
The cues made nowadays from China may be from decent to high quality, for the most part.
You should not judge what you do not know, or have not personally tried out.
I should have known that it would be pointless to ask that question, that came to mind, after finding a few cues that I found online. I was only curious, but I have received nothing but useless replies. If you have never tried out the cues in question (based on personal experience, about what I asked about), then why reply? You all think you are so smart, and I am so stupid, but the fact is that you really do not know any facts about what you think you are so sure about, because you have never personally tried out either of the cues in question.
I just received an email reply back about this Peri (brand name) cue, that I thought looked really nice, and the price of the cue (direct from China) is $475 plus $35 shipping.
https://www.alibaba.com/product-det...01876.html?spm=a2700.7724838.2017115.1.Wq91Uu
At that price, I can only assume that the quality is not junk.
How can you possibly know that these cues are such junk if you have never tried out out, or seen one in person? All that you can do is reply back, about your personal experiences about other cues that you have tried out (that were from China).
The cues made nowadays from China may be from decent to high quality, for the most part.
You should not judge what you do not know, or have not personally tried out.
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