OK this is ask the cuemaker ... so ...

[WilleeCue]

I would really like to know what the true wholesale cost of some of these high-end tips are. By the time the cuemaker gets his tips it has already passed through the middlemen. I wish the tip manufacturers would allow you to buy direct from them based on volume. Too many people trying to make a profit off a single tip. By the time the end user has purchased the tip it no longer reflects the true cost of manufacturing.

It is the true cost of the tip to manufacture it. If it costs the same to make as all other layered tips then you are paying for a NAME not performance.

 

[Coos Cues]

Pick up some "Duds" on here and be done with it.

I tried one on my own player and found it to be unbearably hard. I don't like a tip I have to fiddle fart around with for it to hold chalk.

 

[Coos Cues]

Wholesale prices on tips is probably much higher than you think, margins in tips can be lower than cues and shafts. Also remember that many brands have minimum quantities you need to order, so stocking up on a brand can quickly be a few grand. Generally I buy all my tips straight from the maker, so no middleman. Selling cue tips is not a get rich scheme..

I consider it the lowest of the low profit I make from building cues. I only put on tips because no one else does it competently around here.

 

[Coos Cues]

I would really like to know what the true wholesale cost of some of these high-end tips are. By the time the cuemaker gets his tips it has already passed through the middlemen. I wish the tip manufacturers would allow you to buy direct from them based on volume. Too many people trying to make a profit off a single tip. By the time the end user has purchased the tip it no longer reflects the true cost of manufacturing.

Just like a zillion other consumer goods right?

 

[Hard Knock Cues]

I consider it the lowest of the low profit I make from building cues. I only put on tips because no one else does it competently around here.

I do very little tip work although I should as an amateur, but noticed guys that can do just as much with a 50 cent le'pro tip as do with a $20 layered tip.

By the way I just noticed there's no CENT symbol on the new phone keyboard. Wow loose change doesn't mean a thing anymore

 

[DaveK]

I do very little tip work although I should as an amateur, but noticed guys that can do just as much with a 50 cent le'pro tip as do with a $20 layered tip.

By the way I just noticed there's no CENT symbol on the new phone keyboard. Wow loose change doesn't mean a thing anymore

There is no ¢ anymore ? Nobody told me !

Dave

PS on a Windows device hold the Alt key down and then type 0162 and a ¢ sign will appear
PPS I have no idea how to do that on a phone, I am too old for that chit

 

[billsey]

On my (android) phone, the cent symbol is on the second screen of punctuation marks... Not that that has anything to do with cue making, since we all charge $ instead of ¢.

 

[snookered_again]

On my (android) phone, the cent symbol is on the second screen of punctuation marks... Not that that has anything to do with cue making, since we all charge $ instead of ¢.

Yes, that makes perfect 0162's -J

 

[ideologist]

I do very little tip work although I should as an amateur, but noticed guys that can do just as much with a 50 cent le'pro tip as do with a $20 layered tip.

By the way I just noticed there's no CENT symbol on the new phone keyboard. Wow loose change doesn't mean a thing anymore

¢

Long press the Dollar Sign, it will offer other currency characters, including the one I posted above

 

[Hard Knock Cues]

Okay thanks y'all. I guess I'm not too old to learn new tricks. Back to cue making