Have you ever caught someone walking off with your cue?

Only happened to me when I lay my stick on an open table, dummies grab it to use. Now I keep it on my table claw which is decorated with vinyl with our team name. Stands out so even an idiot doesn't think it's a rack of pretty house cues.

I also placed vinyl graphic decorations on all our cases so they can be identified from 30ft away. No way to grab one and blend in. Identity is the key.
 
My family is in law enforcement, and my Dad was an NYPD cop.
My home is very protected, but from knowing a bit about the law and having it drilled into my head by my Dad, I can not shoot someone that is breaking into my house! My life, or the life of my loved ones has to be threatened directly, not just by the presence of a burglar.

It stinks but it is true.
 
Not true in NC, thankfully.. I can shoot em on their way in, 'to prevent unlawful entry', but once they are inside I must have no choice but to shoot to save life or avoid sexual assault.
 
I carved my name right on the cue next to some Gus Szamboti character. He must had the same idea to mark his cue to it does not get stolen. I also branded the points with my initials and a couple on the shaft just to make sure.

Let them try to sell that cue as their own if it gets stolen!
 
Bastian said:
Not true in NC, thankfully.. I can shoot em on their way in, 'to prevent unlawful entry', but once they are inside I must have no choice but to shoot to save life or avoid sexual assault.
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We live in CA now but are looking to move. One of the places we have talked about is NC. You have given me another check for the 'pros' column. :D
 
Bastian said:
Not true in NC, thankfully.. I can shoot em on their way in, 'to prevent unlawful entry', but once they are inside I must have no choice but to shoot to save life or avoid sexual assault.
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That sounds like fun, I'm going to sit at my window pegging people that walk by the house just in case they want to enter unlawfuly. Beats shooting rats. Odd law there.
 
Runnin8 said:
Thanks for the feedback! So, are you going to test it in the poolhall? Maybe ask a friend of yours to remove your case at some point in the night and see if the alert works? If so, I'd love to hear the result.
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I have tried different sensitivities. I had my daughters try moving my case sneakily into another room. It works as advertised. You do need to adjust the sensitivity for the desired separation. If I put it on the lowest distance it is almost instantaneous.......
 
I have great cues, and one time a guy wanted one of my cues. He called the cops in a bar and told them that I ripped off his cue, and he didn't want to fight me for it. I didn't even know the guy or even talk to him. The cops ask me where I got my cue stick. I told them I bought it 15 years ago. They ask if I could prove it. At this time one of the cops had my cue in his hands. If we take the rubber bumper off, my name and the date I bought the cue is on a folded piece of paper inside. They let me show them the piece of paper and arrested the clown for other charges he already had.poolrod.
 
I've had a few people try to walk off with my sneakies, but the time that burned my ass was at a charity benefit. It was for a Columbus police officer that was killed directing traffic during July 4th fireworks, it was to benefit his family. I had a pool tournament later that night and had my cues with me and left them in my trunk (I know, i was young and stupid). My car was parked 20 ft from the door to the place and there were over 500 cops there and some douche bags broke into my car and stole everything. I never thought i'd be robbed at a police charity event, sweet irony.
 
About 15 years ago in a room called Big John's in Omaha I turned around for a second and when I turned back my cue case was gone.

My 80's Joss and Huebler sneaky were gone and I freaked out!

I went to the front desk and was in the process of telling an employee what happened when I see the guy heading towards the door with my case in hand, so I ran over and snatched it away with the employee right behind me.

The thief claimed it was his but I described all the contents, even what was in the accessory pocket and the employee knew I was telling the truth, the thief stammered around claiming that he had a case just like mine and it was an honest mistake, then he bolted out the door and that was the end of it.

I was thrilled to have my equipment back.
 
Bastian said:
Not true in NC, thankfully.. I can shoot em on their way in, 'to prevent unlawful entry', but once they are inside I must have no choice but to shoot to save life or avoid sexual assault.
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So does unlawful entry give the wife or gf the option to shot you if you end up in the wrong spot:nono: :grin:
 
Whitey Had A Close Call

Balabushka said:
My family is in law enforcement, and my Dad was an NYPD cop.
My home is very protected, but from knowing a bit about the law and having it drilled into my head by my Dad, I can not shoot someone that is breaking into my house! My life, or the life of my loved ones has to be threatened directly, not just by the presence of a burglar.

It stinks but it is true.
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When I was a baby in Detroit, I got broke and sold my Rambow and the cue case to a fellow named Jimmy Cox. Cox showed me some of the action joints and he was busy with a $20 game using his new Rambow. The cue case was under the table.

Before long I saw a guy who turned out to be Detroit Whitey (Ed Beuchene) crawling under the table stretched out to snatch the cue case. About that time Cox looked down that way and Whitey beat a hasty retreat.

Just for the record, the niceties of law and order meant little to Cox. He had been a welterweight contender and could knock ordinary men out with one or two punches. Cox didn't mind busting someone into kindling wood if they messed with him.

Whitey was lucky he wasn't caught departing with the cue case or it might have been a long time before he played pool again.
 
Runnin8 said:
Close call tonight.... I was playing tonight with the owner of my local pool hall at one of the back tables next to a couple of guys and a girl that were banging the balls around and the young guy was really being a jerk to his girlfriend. Anyhow, he and his friends were sharing a cue and I watched his friend put it in his case as they were gathering the balls.

My South West is against the rail as I'm breaking with my JB. I turn around to grab it and keep shooting and see this guy walking off, breaking it down. He gave a lame excuse about how he thought it was his cousin's cue but I have no doubt that he did it on purpose. Another 5 seconds and he would have been out of sight.

Is anyone else interested in an rf proximity device that sounds an alarm if your cue gets more than 15 feet away from a paired device you keep on your belt?

Peace,
Steve
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hi steve. you were too nice to this lowlife. I would had shouted out and told everyone in the poolroom to be careful to this fruit coz he mistook everyone's cue for his cousin's cue. calling him a thief would had been much better and tell his friends that they have a thief for a friend.
 
9 months out of the year I play in a pool hall with cuetec house cues, the ones that are all blue or black and are made of fiberglass. It never fails to perplex me how people always take my cues when they are the ONLY cues in the building to have wooden shafts. O_o
 
kingwang said:
9 months out of the year I play in a pool hall with cuetec house cues, the ones that are all blue or black and are made of fiberglass. It never fails to perplex me how people always take my cues when they are the ONLY cues in the building to have wooden shafts. O_o
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a high percentage of those who pick-up other cues are not regular players but rather walk-ins. the reason for picking-up is because the cue is nice compared to the common house cues. why would I tend to play/use a mere housecue while there is something here that's nice? in fact I dont blame 'em if your cue is just lying around in a corner. but picking up your cue out of your case, your rack/table near to you where it is sitting, is just plain disregard. call it stupid but they ain't the type that pool is in their mind seriously. just there to shoot and enjoy the moment.

a small number of those who walk away with your cue are scumbags or thieves. only .01 percent are walked out by accident by having a similar looking cue. hey, I mistook someone else's groceries for mine last week. damn tuna fish, lol.


of course, for someone who has spent much of their time in poolhalls, knows that when they see a nice cue, that cue belongs to someone exclusively. only a small number of pool enthusiasts know this and belong to this category.
 
poolrod said:
They ask if I could prove it. At this time one of the cops had my cue in his hands. If we take the rubber bumper off, my name and the date I bought the cue is on a folded piece of paper inside. They let me show them the piece of paper and arrested the clown for other charges he already had.poolrod.
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Wow- great idea!!!! Guess what I'm on my way to do... It sounds a whole lot easier than calling Laurie and having her verify that I'm the original owner.

All the cues will get the same treatment.

Thanks for the idea!

Steve
 
One time i was sure someone had walked off with my cue .
I was playing some 9 ball with a friend and about 10 people
went walking by on they way out the door . Soon after that I
started looking around for my cue and it was not where i left it .
So Kenny and I started looking around for it . I went outside to see
if they had walked out with it and by the time i got back inside the poolhall
Kenny was yelling at me to come here . Turned out Kenny had it in his hand
walking around looking for it . :lmao: :rotflmao: :yeah: :rotflmao1:
 
Anybody with a Predator Sneaky Pete notice that there is some kind of number on the shaft joint and butt joint? Is it a model number or individual serial number?
 
Balabushka said:
We live in CA now but are looking to move. One of the places we have talked about is NC. You have given me another check for the 'pros' column. :D
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NC has some annoying tax habits. I'm looking hard at Tennesee. I'd go back to Wyoming striaght off, but, if I did I would be without the wife.... she doesn't like it there.
 
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