let me ask everyone a question!

duke@neo.rr.com

duke@neo.rr.com

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people seem to have a problem with buying and selling cues for one reason or another. let me ask EVERYONE here a question. HOW MANY CUES HAVE YOU OWNED OVER THE YEARS? how many have you thought were the best thing you ever came across and then you found something better? they may be by the same cue maker or they may not, but there will always be something better. better feel...design...hit...etc. how many cues have you owned and thought you would never buy another just to have financial problems and have to sell it regretfully? I see and hear many excuses to sell cues, but it all revolves around one basic theory of mine. SOONER OR LATER...EVERYTHING HAS A PRICE!! so...I'll ask again. how many cues have YOU owned in your lifetime? :confused:
 
I don't know to be honest. Been through a lot. I'm expecting to keep the BCM cue I have ordered for at least a few years.
 
The only reason I've bought and sold a cue is to make a profit. I've "never" had to sell one because of financial problems. Maybe I've owned 60 cues, I don't know, could be more. I've won a lot of cues gambling and playing tournaments.

I see a lot of people here want to sell cues for who only knows the real reason. I think many of them are still looking for a magic wand. I know one thing for sure. There is no lack of players that believe there is a magic wand. If they look long enough they will find it. LOL

Some people own or have owned large numbers of personal cues. There looking for that magic hit. I just call it feel, but whatever. It works for them for a while then they get a bug in their ear (or up their ass is more likely) dump that and try another.

At present I have 4 cues outside of my break and jump cue. I have played with each one for many years. I don't need a better cue and as far as I'm concerned it doesn't exist. I am very content with what I have. These cues hold a place in my life past and present.

I suppose one could say everything has a price. Not in my case at this time. I'm more likely to will them to a player or players I like when I'm 6 ft under. If I don't know anyone that I feel is worthy, I'll make it a point to take them with me. Worthy doesn't mean looking for the holy grail, the magic hit, the secret, or whatever they think is missing.

Rod
 
I currently have only three cues.. Players, Nick Varner and a Kieth Josey Sneaky Pete/ Hustler cue. The players & Varner cues play good and shoot straight. The Josey cue plays better and shoots straighter as one would expect from a custom cue. I am very pleased at the playability of the Josey so in short my search for a better playing cue is over. I do drool at times over all the fancy inlays coming from all the great cuemakers that we are fortunate to have! :)
 
duke@neo.rr.com said:
people seem to have a problem with buying and selling cues for one reason or another. let me ask EVERYONE here a question. HOW MANY CUES HAVE YOU OWNED OVER THE YEARS?
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Bought : 3
- McDermott 1995
- Dufferin Sneaky Pete 1999 (break, bar cue)
- Falcon 2002

- total invested in cues - $600 Canadian
- value of my enjoyment - PRICELESS

Sold : 0

Dave, a very cheap man
 
well lets me think..

started with a low end meucii (spelling), sold it to help pay for a joss n17, sold that one to get a d17 mcdermott and a n17 with two shafts, traded those for a porper. Hated the porper so traded it even for a low end joss (took a beating but didn't care at the time). Won another Joss, sold it for 300 cash same night. Quit playing pool for 8 years, sold the one joss I had. Took up pool about 6 years ago, had a mcdermott for a few years. Played for it one night, won the first set and did it again. Lost the cue, made 200. Brought another Joss which I had for a few years. Picked up two scruggs sneaky's, sold them both after awhile, still had the Joss. Sold that Joss because someone offered me a hundred more than I paid, brought another Joss which I kept for 2 years. Sold it, brought the schon I'm playing with now and the dzuricky. Had two other Joss cues in that time period (last year) that I brought to resale.

So that adds up to 19 or so if I count right. There has been some more in there along the way I'm sure.

I've been playing with the schon for 2 years, have no plans on selling it or the dzuricky sneaky I have. May buy another cue or two (new scruggs and a nitti are in my mind as things I want), but won't sell the schon.



Don't think anyone has a problem with buying or selling cues. It is just funny that you tend to fall in love with a cue, and then sell it three weeks later. Nothing wrong with that mind you, if that is what you want to do. Think you may get some negative feedback because of the joy with each new buy you post about, and then you sell it. To me I enjoy reading about it, because it is how I used to be. Always searching for something better than what I already have.

If I could do it all over again I'd of kept the d17 and n17 that I traded, and I would have held onto the scruggs I've had.
 
First cue was a Dufferin, then I bought a Mali and gave the Dufferin to an 8 year old that played pretty sporty so he had his own cue. I bought a Heubler and sold the Mali. I was going to take some time off from the game so I sold the Heubler to a friend and then had withdrawls so I had to buy another cue. I bought my first "higher end" cue from a local shop, a somewhat fancy DP cue. I then bought a Gilbert J/B and eventually a higher end Gilbert. I then sold the DP because I had come to the realization that I was more of a traditionalist and because I didn't like his business practices and felt he was devaluing my cue. Because I'm a moron, and since I like amboyna burl, I bought a DP off of eBay and then turned around and sold it for a large loss. I then ordered my ebony and amboyna Skip Weston. I saw my ebony and ivory Skip on www.classiccues.com and had to have it so I sold my Gilbert to buy it! I then got talked into playing in a bar league (TAP) again so I bought an ebony Joss off of eBay and just sold it last week for a bit of a profit. I also have an ER on order that I should get in mid-2005. There you have it, this is why all of my friends think I should be locked up in an insane assylum.
 
1. Started with a simple no-name cue with $50. Best price-hit I've come across. Sold it to someone after a couple of years.
2. Bought Meucci for $200, played with it for 2 years until I learned how to hit and started hating whippy cues. Sold it for $150 to some shady character...
3. Falcon J-B in 1995. Still have it, excellent break cue !
4. Bought a Longoni cue $250 after the Meucci. Ferrule popped out after 2 weeks, sold it 1 week later.
5. Bear cue in 1996 for $250, great cue... sold it around 2001.
6. Helmstetter cue and a Falcon cue bought from a trip to Florida. Sold Falcon instantly after the trip, played with the Helmst. a few months.
7. Capone custom cue for $900. Played for a few months, had to sell it due some financial problems... sigh.
8. Current playing cue Bear for $600 a year ago. Great hitting cue, still have it.

So, I've owned 9 cues, still have 2. Only regret was selling the Capone...
 
I squeek

DaveK said:
Bought : 3
- McDermott 1995
- Dufferin Sneaky Pete 1999 (break, bar cue)
- Falcon 2002

- total invested in cues - $600 Canadian
- value of my enjoyment - PRICELESS

Sold : 0

Dave, a very cheap man
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Bought :1
-Cheapass State fair cue 1978 :p
Sold :0
Donated to destructive testing :1 :eek:
Total invested:$20-25 US(1978 $)
Value of enjoyment - PRICELESS :)
Currently- Looking for another Cheapass Cue or a Pro to mug :D
 
duke@neo.rr.com said:
people seem to have a problem with buying and selling cues for one reason or another. let me ask EVERYONE here a question. HOW MANY CUES HAVE YOU OWNED OVER THE YEARS? how many have you thought were the best thing you ever came across and then you found something better? they may be by the same cue maker or they may not, but there will always be something better. better feel...design...hit...etc. how many cues have you owned and thought you would never buy another just to have financial problems and have to sell it regretfully? I see and hear many excuses to sell cues, but it all revolves around one basic theory of mine. SOONER OR LATER...EVERYTHING HAS A PRICE!! so...I'll ask again. how many cues have YOU owned in your lifetime? :confused:
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Probably about a dozen. Some pool, some billiards. Main playing cue now is a Capone. A few billiards cues laying around I don't get to play with much. But gotta have them for the 2X per year 3C playing. I am going to stick w/ the capone a while. Really the only thing that I might get is something ridiculous and custom. Gina or Josswest or Schick or something. Have a Hoppe I might have a conversion done on. The Capone hits them better than I can of course, so I am pretty well set.
 
It all began

Well as I started to read through the post I started to laugh. I remember buying my first pool cue, a four piece cue that was awful... I quickly chucked it and proceeded to the Sports Authority and bought one of those Fiberglass cues. Played with it a day and loosened the joint collar and was able to return it for a full refund (@$100). I realized that I needed a good wood shaft since the fiberglass was not for me.

Picked up a Mali at a local Billiard store. It played well. SS joint ..Birdesye maple and a simple Ring in the Butt. Played with the cue for a while, but than decided to change things up and bought a Adams made cue "Raymond Calvert 1989". 5/16-18 SS joint. I sold the Mali and wanted a custom cue. I called Southwest in 1998 and have been waiting patiently (LOL) ever since.

After going to Valley Forge and trying a few cues out. I ordered a Samsara cue - Ebony and curly maple cue.... The cue hit unlike any of the cues I played with before. A very stiff hitting cue to say the least. I would play on and off, and tried to sell the Samsara since I was not playing that much (Got a job after college.... there goes any skills I had), but at the end always wound up holding on to it. I was lucky to find a Hoppe cue at a decent price and called on Andy Gilbert to help me taper it down to my liking. He added a few abalone inlays, a Ivory joint and made me a shaft. So I now had two cues and needed to get rid of one. Since I loved the titlest converted Hoppe I choose to sell the Samsara. Well, while I was looking to sell it I was offered a trade for a JW. A cue I have always wanted... so I could not pass it up. It needed some work...so I traded the Samsara for it and put in a couple of bucks.

I played with the JW for a couple of days and fell in love with it. SS joint and very simple (pics will be posted shortly). While the cue was at Bill Stroud's shop I was playing with the Gilbert and was offered what I put into it so I sold it.

In between all this I picked up a SledgeHammer. Over the last 7 years I have had the opportunity to play with alot of cues. I ordered a Hercek a year ago because I admire his work. The Southwest will be here some day soon.

From time to time I will buy a cue in hopes of flipping it for a profit as I did with a 1999 Lambros (never really considered playing with it so it was not mentioned as a personal cue), but for the most part I am happy with my search and will now just add to the JW.
 
Me, I buy & sell cues to support my cue collecting habit. So far since Ive started doing this, which was april 03, Ive bought and sold 200+ cues. Most of them were Schons, Meuccis, Predators.. Alot were customs like SouthWest, Benders, Cokers, Capones, Scruggs etc... So since I buy and sell cues, I would have to say at one point I owned them all..

And yes there are some cues right now that I wont get rid off unless the price is right. Here are the cues that I have in my collection so far:
2 Mike Benders, 1 sneaky and 1 personal playing cue
5 Omega/dpks
1 92 Southwest
1 Barry Szamboti.
You can view pics of my cues on my website, www.erikleecues.com.

Someone offered to purchase my Szamboti, which took me a long time to find one, but I turned it down. I would have made a cool 3k profit on the cue but Im holding out for more....And yes EVERYTHING HAS A PRICE....
 
Tbeaux said:
Bought :1
-Cheapass State fair cue 1978 :p
Sold :0
Donated to destructive testing :1 :eek:
Total invested:$20-25 US(1978 $)
Value of enjoyment - PRICELESS :)
Currently- Looking for another Cheapass Cue or a Pro to mug :D
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You have my respect ! For the equivalent of the 1978 $25US you could buy a nice new Dufferin Phantom (sneaky pete), a great Cheapass Cue.

Dave

BTW, one of Saskatoons best players, Darryl Wauters, (1998? Canadian Snooker Champ), often uses house cues that he has culled from the rack cues at Pacific Billiards (they don't go back into the rack, he keeps them in the back). He says that folks look at him funny when he shows up at a 9Ball tourney with a couple of house cues in tow, but they help the action a bit :) Flying with them tends to be problematic though .... so he has been known to buy a $25 house cue or two when he arrives at his destination.
 
I've owned about 13-15 cues ranging in prices of $100 to $1,500 over the last 10 years.

I now own this beautiful Schon cue: http://www.schoncues.com/assets/images/stl9-800.jpg

Got a great deal on it from a friend of mine who got it on eBay. Friggin guy gets good stuff at fantastic prices there and resells them at a profit (smart)

Brand names I've owned:

Dufferin, Huebler, McDermott, Predator, Falcon & Schon.

I've owned various models of the different companies mentioned above.
 
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