how do you guys cope......

jrt30004

jrt30004

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when you're waiting for a cue to be built? i just sent my deposit and sketches and ideas to dick neighbors and i'm already going nuts with anticipation. i've never bought a custom cue before and i haven't bought a new cue in 20 years. how do you guys who have customs deal with the wait? one of the guys i shoot with sipmly told me "the juice will be worth the sqeeze". i wanted to hit him a cue ball :) at least i have this on my side, dick said once he gets all the dimensions together and starts it will only be a matter of 10 to 12 weeks. i've seen some posts about being on waitng lists for years i.e. southwest. i guess i'll just start rocking and pacing like rain man.:grin:
 
I know exactly what yor are going through; I am waiting on a DZ cue.
Good luck.

Josh
 
probably wont be as bad as when its finally shipped and you make fedex your homepage and hit the track button 400 times a minute to see if it moved anywhere. You will end up like that guy in LOST who hits the button every 104 minutes lol.
 
223tracer said:
probably wont be as bad as when its finally shipped and you make fedex your homepage and hit the track button 400 times a minute to see if it moved anywhere. You will end up like that guy in LOST who hits the button every 104 minutes lol.
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you guys are KILLIN me:D i was hopin somebody, anybody would say it won't be that bad!
 
i just got off the phone from ordering a RAT cue and its only going to be a 4-5 week wait and as soon as i hung up i was thinking about the day ups rings my doorbell! i was the same way when i got my downey!! that one took longer though. its just something you have to deal with! by no means was my wait time comparable to SW but i still called him every other week or so just to check up on stuff.
 
223tracer said:
probably wont be as bad as when its finally shipped and you make fedex your homepage and hit the track button 400 times a minute to see if it moved anywhere. lol
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BTW, this is SSSSOOOOO true!!
 
Just keep yourself busy.. Dicky's cues are worth the wait. He is one of Cincinnati's good people.

12 weeks is not a long wait by the way... I waited 4 month for my Omen custom cue.

Other cue makers can take as long as 6-9 months easily, especially if they have a full time job/wife/kids and play pool.

Fedex... with your tracking number is just as maddening.... why does it sit so long in MEMPHIS? Are those people just that SLOW?.... :mad: :angry: :eek:
 
shinigami said:
it wont' be that bad? :embarrassed2: anyways, who's the maker of your cue?
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dick neighbors out of ohio. i saw a few cues he made for chris bartram (in my sleep i play like him and have giant balls to bet big cash - then i wake up and realize i'm terrible and haven't had the nads to bet 10 bucks that water is wet) and loved the work. then i asked around on here and found out that dick's rep is solid, he makes good cues and the price and manufacture time would be more than fair. so i made the leap from 20 year old meucci to brand new custom.
 
Tom In Cincy said:
Just keep yourself busy.. Dicky's cues are worth the wait. He is one of Cincinnati's good people.

12 weeks is not a long wait by the way... I waited 4 month for my Omen custom cue.

Other cue makers can take as long as 6-9 months easily, especially if they have a full time job/wife/kids and play pool.

Fedex... with your tracking number is just as maddening.... why does it sit so long in MEMPHIS? Are those people just that SLOW?.... :mad: :angry: :eek:
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right off the bat you're the one millionth person who says good things about dick. that's a big reason i chose him. people can't say enough about him and his work being first class. second i have heard the long wait times for other guys and that just wasn't something i was wanting to have. i don't mind 12 weeks but up to a few years just isn't my cards. lastly, have you been to memphis???!!!??? i've got good friends there and every time i go i can't believe h o w mu ch ti m e s l o w s d o w n.:eek:
 
12 weeks ?

I thought this had something to do with waiting on a custom cue.

12 weeks , I've played ahead sets longer than that. :)

Last custom cue cost me about 18 months and that was less than the one before that.
 
My second South West: three and a half years:) I hate to even think of ordering one now. You just have to make do the best way you can. I played a lot, and I mean a lot of pool the last six months and tried not to think about it. The day I got the cue was like Christmas morning. Hell, any cue I ordered was like that;)
 
Dick is a solid builder. You'll get exactly what you ordered & no doubt you'll love it. You won't pay to much & you'll get it on time. Cues are his job & he takes his work seriously. Sit back & relax, forget about your deposit. Every penny spent is worth it.
 
Lived in Memphis from 1957 thru 1987 then Cincinnati until 2003 until I moved to Sacramento....

I still have family in Memphis and visit ever so often.

Use to have locker #12 at High Pockets.

jrt30004 said:
lastly, have you been to memphis???!!!??? i've got good friends there and every time i go i can't believe h o w mu ch ti m e s l o w s d o w n.:eek:
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jrt30004 said:
dick neighbors out of ohio. i saw a few cues he made for chris bartram (in my sleep i play like him and have giant balls to bet big cash - then i wake up and realize i'm terrible and haven't had the nads to bet 10 bucks that water is wet) and loved the work. then i asked around on here and found out that dick's rep is solid, he makes good cues and the price and manufacture time would be more than fair. so i made the leap from 20 year old meucci to brand new custom.
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this is chris bartram you will like your dicky cue he does good work and is fair on his price i have played with his cue for about 10 years or so and i wont change anytime soon.
 
Coping is easy forget it, I am waiting for a Southwest, and the joke in my house is will I get my Medicare Card, or Southwest FIRST. FYI Both are due in 2012.
 
real bartram said:
this is chris bartram you will like your dicky cue he does good work and is fair on his price i have played with his cue for about 10 years or so and i wont change anytime soon.
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chris, thanks for taking the time to respond. like i said, i saw pics of one of your cues and liked what i saw. after everyone, including you now, gave high praises i made the choice to ask dick to make me a cue. i just hope once i get it i don't embarass his good name by shooting like crap with it:grin: keep up the playing can't wait to see ya in the box again on TAR.
 
Tom In Cincy said:
Lived in Memphis from 1957 thru 1987 then Cincinnati until 2003 until I moved to Sacramento....

I still have family in Memphis and visit ever so often.

Use to have locker #12 at High Pockets.
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oddly enough i've never shot in the memphi. i'll have to visit high pockets next time i go. usually i wind up eating at the barbeque shop, stopping by memphis drum shop and drinking with friends. sadly none of them play:(
 
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