The thread seems to have came down to the usual pick one. Any of you could be being a bit less than honest on the forum, a good chance that all of you are spinning the story pretty hard to suit yourselves. Who knows?
One question: I see high end cue written over and over, what kind of dollars are we talking about? Somewhat idle curiosity but I find it odd that the same term is used over and over. "High end" covers a range of tens of thousands of dollars depending on who is using the term.
On to other things I have noticed in the thread: The buyers and Jeff seem to have a track record of slow and sloppy dealings as far as delivery and payments on both sides. Jeff pretty much said point blank he needed to sell the cue and get paid now. I doubt seriously that the buyer couldn't find two hours to go grab the cue and pay for it. He didn't see the need to, possibly Jeff didn't make that as clear as he could have, probably should have based on past dealings. Jeff very much felt the need to get the cue moved and get some cash if I am reading correctly. It reads like all of you have been headed for a train wreck and it finally happened.
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You're right there could be some dishonesty or incomplete story telling from either party but in the end no matter the particulars you don't move someone's order after a few days because "you need to get paid".
Deposit or no deposit. No other business operates this way. Don't accept orders if this is how you do business, its misleading and dishonest. Someone's poor financial state is not an excuse to move someone else's order.
All that was stated(without dispute) was that the cue maker made a series of calls inside of week...then sold off.
Who operates that way? Its seems pretty clear that since he had another buyer he wasn't going to give the OP any benefit of the doubt or make an real legitimate attempt to deliver the cue. He was looking for any excuse he could find to take the cash he needed right then and there. Sounds like a personal problem to me.
If this were a small claims court he would have had to make a concision effort to deliver and that usually consists of at least one round of certified mail and certainly not inside of a week.