runscott said:Jim, I'm going to respond to your comments.
1. First, when someone asks a question, responding with "you have no clue" the "kick in the crotch" I was referring to earlier - JMO.
OK before I just felt bad for you, now I'm mad. You're a liar and a fool, I just reread everything I posted in this thread (I hate to read, this is why I'm mad) You made a claim that I kicked you in the nuts. I never insulted you with my advice and when you claimed I did and now are trying to use the post AFTER yours as your proof. I'm glad that you used a post from the future as the reason for your post.
Obviously, I DO want advice, or I wouldn't have asked for it.
You asked for it and got it and were very quick to ignore it (up until now).
My request for advice had nothing to do with any plans to buy "an expensive cue", so your comment makes no sense.
My comments on this were that it doesn't matter how much you spend on a cue you should educate yourself, people agreed yet you still missed that point. You were too busy trying to let us all know you had plenty of money.
It made sense to me to get someone to actually hold the cue and look at it, in ADDITION to asking questions on this forum
Sounds like a good course of action *IF* you're going to listen to the advice.
- I took it to someone who collects high-end cues, because it made sense to me that he would have good advice. It sounds like I was wrong about this.
Fast and Loose said it best in his post.
2. You are right, several have told me this, the most recent being Fred. If you don't understand why I appreciate his advice, and question yours, then go back and re-read his response. I have also found positive posts in this forum regarding Rauenzahn's work, especially from "Shorty" and "Bamacues" - Knowing none of you, why should I completely ignore there opinions?
Shorty is new to cues and despite that even he told you there was something wrong with it, along with Zack (also new) Bama,Fred,and Marcus, you ignored them all and in post #42 you claimed you weren't sending it back. SO you asked for advice and ignored it, thus my Have a nice life post. IMO you were wasting all of our time.
3. Yes, I love my cue - it hits great and is beautiful, but as I described, I can feel the points, and as others have responded, this "isn't right".
I didn't see one post from anyone claiming it was normal or OK.
No I don't "love" the maker of this cue, but I do like the two that I own.
Although you tried in this very thread to buy 2 more from the guy who won them on e-bay, even though from all accounts the cue you got was defective, once again ignoring almost everyone's advice. One more tip that maybe you are nothing but a shill (reminds me, Buy Murrell cues.)
Would I buy more? Yes.
Of course you tried to in post #51.
Other board members (Bamacues, Shorty to name two) have given Jerry's cues great reviews, so it's possible that mine is an anomaly.
They both also told you that it was defective, I think one even said send it back or call (if not both), but you chose to pick and choose what part of their opinions to listen to and what part to ignore.
4. Where in heck did you come up with this? Never? I don't have plans to send it back because I'm playing with it daily and the points problem isn't bothering me - I simply wanted to understand the problem.
I guess things change , after reading your next post.
I may eventually send it back, but I seriously doubt it. Probably would only happen if I order an additional shaft, in which case he would need the butt anyway.
Most cuemakers don't need a butt to make another shaft, but of course this is more info you don't need unless you decide to buy more expensive cues ;-)
5. I'm not mad at you - flaming is a common feature of internet forums and I know that if I'm going to participate, I've got to expect a few people like you. I also know that most people are completely different in person, so it's no big deal.
I am mad at you, and mostly because I never flamed you anywhere in this post, stop making false claims. I am also different in person, but not in this case.
Your last paragraph is just a pile of insults, but I'll address some of it. First of all, some might consider me a moron for even responding to you.
And most who read this will consider you to be stubborn (you admitted it in post #16, but we didn't think you were wasting our time.
Shill? Where did you get that? My ebay seller id is "runscott", my bidder id is "a_clever_base_ballist". Do your homework - check the recent Rauenzahn auctions and look for my bids...you won't find many (if any) except on the one I bought.
A shill is someone who comes here asking about a cuemaker that they already know about and may already own a cue from (you qualify for both) They do so to get the person's name out there. It wasn't an e-bay reference. Think Duke with DZ or MattStanton with Murrell, they just push these guys as the best and the reason for it is to sell cues they own. You also tried to buy more cues even after everyone told you the one you already owned was bad. What normal person would WANT 9beg even) to buy more cues when the one they had was defective??? Makes me wonder.
I offered to buy Hondo's for reasons already explained in my original reply to his post. I thought this was a good thing.
Yeah, it's great except when people all tell you the guy made a bad cue, then wanting more substandard cues is just odd.
Close-minded? Why in hell am I posting on this forum where I'm getting flamed, if I was too close-minded to want to learn?
Because you weren't getting flamed (until now maybe) and you ignored all advice and you claimed you only wanted to educate yourself when and if you decided to spend more money on cues, but as long as you bought cheap ones education wasn't important. That to me is a close minded way to go through life IMO of course.
I think I've gotten all the information I'm going to from this thread, and I have nothing further to add. If you feel like more arguing, do it by email - this just makes both of us look like children.
Most here already think I'm a child. and I'm not arguing with you or flaming you, just explaining myself. I have no reason to e-mail you. I hope the guy stands behind his work and you get the cue back perfect, good luck.
Jim
