Pete Tonkin is a Fraud

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This belongs in the main forum . There was no real transaction so please do not move it to another section where it won’t be seen as much .

I know all this has been discussed in length with in previous threads . I’ve personally know Pete since 2017ish . I’ve helped him out in the shop a bit in the past we’ve helped each other through the years . Having spent lots of hours with him I hear how he talks and thinks about his customers and fellow cue makers .


He doesn’t really care about any of his customers at all excluding J&J cues and some wealthy collectors and women he is trying to court . He purposefully holds back on customers who contact him about work in progress and also repairs (I’ve heard him say oh they called so their cue is going to the back of the shop ) . I paid in full over 6 years ago for a cue that was basically finished it just needed a day or two of work .


Countless excuses over and over . Bold face lies about what’s going on . After this much time has gone by and hearing how he handles his other customers I know I will never get what I paid for . He is cowardess a lair and a thief taking peoples money knowing full well he’s not going to deliver. He has lost all respect from locals in our area he only uses people to his benefit.


I hope people are aware of his shenanigans and do not buy from him . As good as a cue maker he is he doesn’t deserve to own a business doing so . There are so many similar stories about him out there .
 
So you are lying about no transaction and we are supposed to take your word as gospel?
There was a transaction on my part not on his part . Do you understand now ? I just don’t want this thread moved to that transaction section .
 
Technically yes I’ll give you that you are right . I also think this type of behavior deserves more attention than being stuck in the bottom of the for sale wanted section . Remember the “Transaction” section was made because of the original Pete Tonkin thread or at least it was the first one . The transaction thread should be for you and I reviewing each other on our small cue selling and trading. Pete is doing this to many people .
 
Technically yes I’ll give you that you are right . I also think this type of behavior deserves more attention than being stuck in the bottom of the for sale wanted section . Remember the “Transaction” section was made because of the original Pete Tonkin thread or at least it was the first one . The transaction thread should be for you and I reviewing each other on our small cue selling and trading. Pete is doing this to many people .
So your bad deal carries more weight than others?? Ok, i got it now.
 
Honestly why do people want 6k dollar pool cues anyway .... Get a decent one and get a new one later if you to ....
He wanted 1k which I gave . He said since I was helping around the shop he’d give me a deal and cause we were buddies . It’s the plainest cue just a beautiful piece of Mexican kingwood no ring work no points .
 
So your bad deal carries more weight than others?? Ok, i got it now.
Nope . I wanted the original Pete Tonkin screwed me thread to be on the main forum also . All the cue makers screwing people over should get more views than the small guys .
 
so if it only needed a day of work why didnt you just go pick it up since you hang around his shop or have him mail it to you.

there must be more about this than your cue.

and why do people still keep giving large deposits or full payment to someone who works out of their house and isnt even a business.

would you give a contractor full payment for work he hasn't even started yet.
p.t. barnum was dead on.
 
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There was a transaction on my part not on his part . Do you understand now ? I just don’t want this thread moved to that transaction section .
You wrote this about him less than a year ago.

This cue is a one of kind stunning to look at and a dream to play with it does have two very very small scratches hardly noticeable . Most of you know Pete Tonkin is a world renowned people’s choice cue maker his work is phenomenal and impeccable. This cue comes with 3 shafts all roll straight together and apart . Thank you for looking I will provide more photos upon request.
 
Any cue maker, and I really do mean “anyone”, that abuses a customer’s patience, kindness and understanding
deserves to be condemned by everyone and severely publicly lambasted for theit abysmal, abhorrent behavior.

I don’t know any of the tales of awful behavior are true but when there are signs afoot by others saying he got me
too, then we all should pause for a moment. If it happened to such and such, then really who is next? Well, not me.
 
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You wrote this about him less than a year ago.

This cue is a one of kind stunning to look at and a dream to play with it does have two very very small scratches hardly noticeable . Most of you know Pete Tonkin is a world renowned people’s choice cue maker his work is phenomenal and impeccable. This cue comes with 3 shafts all roll straight together and apart . Thank you for looking I will provide more photos upon request.
Trying to sell a cue . I sold all his cues cause I don’t want to even has his stuff anymore.
 
This is alot easier for you then others. You're local to the guy take him to small claims court. Get things notated with the police. Hopefully you kept some sort of receipt or proof that you gave him the money.
 
OP, it appears you knew the character of the seller and still proceeded

for everyone else,

production cues today are far better to actually play with, it's not even close

if you want shiny things to invest / collect / flip /...........get into watches
 
OP, it appears you knew the character of the seller and still proceeded

for everyone else,

production cues today are far better to actually play with, it's not even close

if you want shiny things to invest / collect / flip /...........get into watches
Why would you say 'far better to play with'?? How do you quantify/prove such a random remark? I too think today's prod. stuff is fabulous, Mezz especially, but that doesn't mean that custom cues don't play great too.
 
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