Need Help Getting Cue Returned From Martyne Bachman

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Tony Zinzola

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In April, right after the Expo, I sent a cue to Martyne Bachman that was to be photographed to appear in the May or June Billiards Digest in the Wand Workshop section. She received the cue on April 14th and we traded a few emails that day. One of the emails said I would have the cue back early the next week.

It is now August and I still do not have the cue. I also have not received a response to my emails or phone calls to Martyne. The cue had been sold prior to sending it for photographs, but the Buyer wanted it to be in the magazine. We had no idea it would end up like this. He has been more than patient and both of us were against making this public, but it seems at this point we have no choice.

He has also made several phone calls and sent several emails to both martyne and the other email address at chalkers.com. Neither have replied. Nor have they replied to another AZer who set this up for me.
Billiards Digest was also no help. Their only response was:

Hey *****, the best chance to contact Martyne might be at the addresses/numbers listed on her website:
http://www.chalkers.com/id174.htm

Due to various circumstances, we have not run a Wand Workshop since our April issue, and we have no plans to revisit the section in the near future.

Sorry I cannot be of more help. Good luck.

Nicholas Leider
Managing Editor — Billiards Digest​

We were starting to think that she dropped off the face of the earth, until another member here inquired about a cue on her website. She responded quickly and they traded three or four emails. When they had agreed on a price on the cue, she emailed him payment instructions. His reply to her (on Friday) was:

Hi - Thanks for quick response. I will make payment when Tony Zinzola has notified me that he has possession of the ebony butt that was sent to you months ago.

I will not buy a cue from you until this situation has been resolved. If you don't own the cue, return it. You of all people know how small this community is and while I don't know ALL of the details, I understand that this is not a good situation for a dealer to be in and made public.
I'll contact you to move forward once this issue is resolved.​

He has not received a response from her since then.

At this point, I don’t know what else to do but make this public and hopefully people can put enough pressure on her to return the cue. I’ve already started a new one for the Buyer, but he will have to wait quite a while for something he should have had months ago if she doesn’t return this.

If anybody knows her, please help me get my cue back.

Thanks
 
one thing about it that i find hard to accept is for her to not know that wand workshop was getting cancelled. she had to have known it was getting cancelled after the april issue which means that when she first contacted tony in april, she was already lying to him.

another thing is she only has the butt so i dunno why she would take that...the cue has no shafts.
 
Unless I hear something very compelling, this brings to an end my occasional visits to the Chalkers site to see if there are any interesting cues.
 
Martyne "Sue" Bachman

What's the most amazing is that she thinks it will just go away without her having to deal with it. I would suggest that every az'er go to Chalkers.com and send her and her partner in Chalkers an email asking that she contact Tony to resolve this and for those with more computer time maybe send more than one. Those with free long distance can dial the number listed as well and leave messages. I think when she realizes it's time to deal she'll be more cooperative. I'll even post the information which should be fine as it's listed as her business number.


Sales & Consignment Information

Cue Photography
Martyne S. (Sue) Bachmen
Email: martyne@chalkers.com
Tel: (001) 1-415-987-5689
Fax: (001) 1-510-291-9737
1112 San Pedro Dr. NE #185
Albuquerque NM 87110

Hugh Tiernan

Email: hugh@chalkers.com


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I just sent an e-mail to Hugh & Martyne, providing them Tony's phone #, asking them to do the right thing, pick up the phone, and move this matter forward. I also intimated that they may be about to find that the AZ Billiards community doesn't take these matters lightly.
Let's bring this issue to bear for our friend, Tony.

Rep going to Tiddler for providing helpful contact info.

Tony - good luck with this, my friend. Keep us in the loop.
 
Thanks for the support guys.

Cedric -

I really don't think anything was done intentionally. I doubt she is or was trying to steal the cue. The cue's not quite ready to ship as it is, but would have been ok for photographs. I'm sure it was just forgotten.

The only thing I don't understand is why there have been no responses to you or anybody else that emailed or called her. I certainly haven't emailed or called as many times as you have, but it shouldn't take more than one call.

The bottom line is, it has gone on for far too long and I just want the cue back.

IF the cue was somehow lost or damaged, I just need to know as well. I know the member who set this up feels horrible about it and is actually more pissed off about the whole thing than I am. It's not his fault, so he shouldn't worry about it.

Hopefully the cue will just show up at my door this week and I can be done with this.
 
well i dunno. it just seemed weird to me that she said she would put it in the may/june issue when the section got cancelled in april. we didnt know until the editor told us but she should have known since it was her section.

i did call her a bunch of times before i left for hong kong for vacation but i just kept getting the voicemail. i hadnt really tried before that. but u're probably right that she's not trying to steal it. its just the way she has handled this makes it seem like she did lol. a phone call or email to u would have sufficed especially since she responded to the other email inquiring about a cue on her site within a few hours whereas we've been waiting for almost 4 months now.
 
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Martyne Bachman?????Sue Bachman?????

She had change name from Sur Bachman to Martyne Bachman. I wonder why:confused::eek:. She used to Run Chalker Billiards, one day just closed front door / out of buiness. People show up that day to work and business is empty. There was alot of cues in display, what happen to those cues? Did she pay off her partners? She had a contracted with Blue book of pool cues she got pay to do photos in the Vegas BCA show. I heard she did not hand in all those photos and keeped for her self. Something smell fishy:confused::confused::confused:

Martyne/Sue Bachman, please do the right thing. Send cue back to Tony Zinzola. I know you read this forum. Tony knows people in the Bay Area.
 
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Danktrees...You're right, except that she had to know in February. BD requires articles and columns two months prior to publication, so Ms. Bachman had to know, for a long time (certainly prior to the Expo, in March), that the column was being cancelled.:angry: Hopefully she will return the cue to the rightful owner.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

Danktrees said:
one thing about it that i find hard to accept is for her to not know that wand workshop was getting cancelled. she had to have known it was getting cancelled after the april issue which means that when she first contacted tony in april, she was already lying to him.
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sounds like somebody is breaking out of the billiards industry the ugly way?

sucks, i'll call and leave a vm in the AM.
 
Sounds typical with the rumors I've heard over the last few years.
I've never had a problem with her in the past, and have bought a couple of things here and there,with no hitches.
But, I'm going to be in Albuquerque in the very near future, so I'll just go ask- politely of course.
PM me, and send me pics if you can.
Unless someone can get there before me....
Although I had heard a rumor that she was up around the Great Lakes area.
Guess I'll find out soon enough.
 
Where is the cue?

Mr.Zinzola,

Was the cue sent to a California address or the address in New Mexico?

I find it strange that the physical address is in NM and the phone numbers are for the Bay Area of CA.
 
thanks for the support guys, one thing i'd like to point out is that as far as i know, hugh has nothing to do with this. so for anyone who might be calling him to discuss the situation, please be gentle :thumbup:.

this is the cue in question, i believe these were taken before the finishing touches were applied. wrap cleaned, finish buffed out etc. anyways here it is:

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Please keep this post up guys!!!!

This is the one I saw at the VF from Tony.....:eek: NEEDS TO KEEP THIS POST UP GUYS!!!
 
Need Help Getting Cue

Since she knew that her article in BD was being cancelled prior to you sending the cue I feel she ripped you off.

Although this may seem harsh I would file a police report and file charges for "Theft by Deception" or something similuar to that. You never granted here credit to sell the cue since it was for photographic purposes only. If here business closed she could stiff all of here creditors and they couldn't do anything about it. She could still sell all of the cues afterwards. In your case however see commited a fraud and could be easily proven since you didn't send the shafts with the cue.

I wouldn't be patience anymore. Its time to go after her with criminal charges since she was going to sell the cue to another person without your consent or knowledge. Tell her to return the cue immediately or you with file a police report and proceed with criminal charges.
 
Danktrees said:
another thing is she only has the butt so i dunno why she would take that...the cue has no shafts.
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I find the irony in this situation here the most.... Why would she not return the cue especially with no shafts?

Good luck!!
 
FLYINGSNAIL said:
She had change name from Sur Bachman to Martyne Bachman. I wonder why:confused::eek:. She used to Run Chalker Billiards, one day just closed front door / out of buiness. People show up that day to work and business is empty. There was alot of cues in display, what happen to those cues? Did she pay off her partners? She had a contracted with Blue book of pool cues she got pay to do photos in the Vegas BCA show. I heard she did not hand in all those photos and keeped for her self. Something smell fishy:confused::confused::confused:

Martyne/Sue Bachman, please do the right thing. Send cue back to Tony Zinzola. I know you read this forum. Tony knows people in the Bay Area.
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If I remember correctly Sue and Martyne are sisters.

Dick
 
I'll help anyway I can- Cuephorie

Cuephorie If you get location in the Great Lakes notify Me. I'll Goggle the Earth and Ring the Doorbell. Drive and fly to Tony's Shop or send Tony the Cue. Stop wondering about no shafts- There's How many aftermarket Shafts that screw on in Seconds. Mark I'm putting the Bad Karma on you now Martyne Bachman!!!!
 
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