"One guy offered me 10k for the cue... I'll probably keep it til I retire."
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Pathetic Shark
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He says "this cuetec is one of a kind". Sounds like they may dock his pay, not bump it.
Shatters the myth he plays with one fresh off the boat.
Shatters the myth he plays with one fresh off the boat.
You dont even try to have any idea what you are talking about do you?
That comment thread is from my facebook page. Of the photo I took of Shanes cue. Its a cuetec cue. What the hell do you think someone could do to it even if they wanted to?
He says its one of a kind because he likes the way that particular one plays. Also because other than maybe one Earl played with no other $100 cue has won so much.
I realize you are a troll and only doing what you do. I just wanted to put this info out for people who may not know any better.
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It's not a myth. Obviously, you didn't watch the TAR podcast last night. Shane got that cue from another person that had bought it new. So, it is a "stock" Cuetec.
It's one of a kind in that it has been seasoned for the million hours of practice Shane put on it. Plus it has won 2 US Opens in a row.
I read those comments on facebook and thought they were awesome. That cue is definitely one of kind in the only way that matters.
Pathetic Shark
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Lol.
Have you ever played with an 'off-the-shelf' production cue used by the pros? Well I have.
Pathetic Shark
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Now that WAS a standard cheap production cue.
There is one guy who would pay that kind of money for that cue. Anyone else is full of shit. The one guy will pay that number when Shane is done with it anyway so no need to sell it when he is running good.
Call em fool's if you want to.
I hear ya.
But if he can sell it for $10K, he should sell it and get another out of the pile.
As far as only one guy buying that cue, maybe, but there are alot of folks that have money. Including more than what immediately comes to mind here. As PT Barnham said, they are born every minute. If he can sell one for $10K maybe he could sell another for $5K.
You might not be aware, but for years and years, most pro players who were "sponsored" were given cues instead of money. As they traveled around they sold them along the way.
I initially thought that was stupid, why didnt they just give them the cash? But what it did was bring the players mostly to pool rooms to sell a few cues. They spoke highly (imagine that) of whatever they were selling, and the players met alot of fans.
One that didnt do that was Earl "IM BAT$HIT CRAZY" Strickland. If I remember right he got somewhere around $50K cash a year to be their representative. He played with them for years and if you went to the events he often said what a piece of crap they were, and said stuff like I am beating all of these guys with $100 POS cue! Im not saying that Cuetech made a bad deal as they sold a $hitload of cues in the 80's and I feel that Earl was at least partially responsible. But can you imagine having Earl as your player representative...damn
.I guess it always easy to see what the OTHER guy should do, and all of us make stupid mistakes. I probably do more than most.
Best of rolls,
Ken
Ernie Gutierrez has the "Silver Gina", a cue he has turned down an offer of 300K for. When I had a thread here on the cue, loads of guys that had money and knew cues stated how crazy Ernie was for not taking the 300K (while really expressing disbelief that it had happened). Ernie built the cue as a way to showcase his talents in the 1960s when he would go to tournaments to drum up business. His 'regular cues" where $70-$100 at that time, and he started fielding and turning down offers for the Silver Gina back then in the 3K range. I'm sure plenty of guys that knew a lot about cues and lots about money knew how crazy he was in the late 60s not to accept a 3k offer.
Now he has a cue that he can sell North of 300K.
Dummy.
Kevin
Now he has a cue that he can sell North of 300K.
Dummy.
Kevin
Kevin -
There may be a little difference between a Cuetech cue and the Silver Gina that is a masterpiece of Ernies.
I dont see that is apples and oranges, I see that more like an orange and the state of Florida.
Ken
This is "IT"...EXACTLY!!!!!
I've had "production" cues that "TO ME" hit "WAY BETTER" than some of the custom cues I've had made.
One in particular is my McDermott 1980-84 Model C-14 that I bought new for a hell of a deal when they went to the D-Line of cues in 1985. I was using a custom built Richard Black at the time and I sold it because I thought the McDermott outplayed it. I've had NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS offers from people to buy that McDermott and I have yet to sell it.
I had it refinished by McDermott a couple years back and I was offered $1,500 for it the very first time I brought it in the pool hall. That is 10 times more than I paid for it new (but I got it for 50% off).
Getting used to a cue and "trusting it" is the "KEY" to what I consider to be the true "hit" when that topic comes up. If you can trust your cue to do what you intend to do and it cooperates, then the only cause for error would be with the operator of the cue.
KY BOY-
Its the Indian not the Arrow.
Efren maybe the greatest pool player of all time plays with $15 cue.
Your hypothetical is silly, but I will play along.
Shane got the cue for free, he has unlimited resources to get another one that is exactly like it for free.
Yes, I would sell it because I know I can take another cue and do the exact modifictions that I know I need to do to the next cue for free.
If he had a Balabushka or a Gus or some other cuemaker that has passed and cannot be replaced then maybe I would rethink it.
Pete Margo - Sold his Balabushka he won the world champion with.
The Miz - Sold his too.
Ray Martin sold his Balabushka, and last I knew he was playing with a Randy Mobley cue.
I would have kept those because those are irreplaceable, but a Cuetech that I can get one of the pile, would have gone down the road.
Ken