preventing cue theft

[Ak Guy]

Darn thieves!

We can never get away from thieves as they are every where. They are to lazy and morally corrupt to earn their way in life and prey on folks that have some thing they want. Thieves choose their victims and look for opportunities that improves their odds of not getting caught. Such as big crowds, lots of movement and distractions, like pool tournaments and league night. I don't like them and wish the law allowed them to be dealt with on the spot by competent men.

Playing with a true "sneaky" where it has no obvious joint does allow some one to claim they thought it was a house cue, so having a ring of some kind at the joint gets rid of that excuse as far as I'm concerned.

If a pool room had security cameras with good 24/7 coverage and advertised that info and that thieves would be prosecuted, that is a deterrent and may help with apprehension of the thief.

Keeping the case under the table your playing on makes sense to me and securing your case when it's not in use helps.

Dark areas and distractions, such as playing pool, chatting it up with friends and tossing back a couple expose us all to snakes waiting to strike.

I will look into the "Hipkey" technology, seems like a good idea until thieves become aware of it and toss it.

I keep my case by where I sit and in a place where some one has to walk by me with it in order to get to a door. I also travel light and don't bring any more cues into where I'm playing then I need. One playing cue and a jump cue is all I bring to a bar. The bars in my little hick Alaskan town take a dim view on thieves. I like that.

 

[dnixon]

the chips are a good thing .they dont prevent the theft of your cues and or case. most chips you would need to recover the missing item first so it can be scanned. what i did i went to my local police department and asked for a pistol lock. they hand them out for free. i lock my case to the chair i am sitting in. not 100% theft proof but i'd like to see someone walk out with the chair and my case.

 

[JoeyA]

Cue theft is one of the reasons that I have a JB Rugged BACKPACK cue case. It has two straps and you wear the cue case just like a backpack. When my cue case moves, it is usually on my back and I can go all day. I will set the case down when playing but most of the time, it is on my back.

I also like the backpack cue case for when I go to the bathroom. My case doesn't hit the floor whether I'm taking a leak or washing my hands.
JoeyA

 

[CMarshall]

Like others have stated- I have a cheap, ugly Sneaky Pete. That's the cue I use on league night. However, I've grown quite attached to this cue because I tend to use it more than any other cue I have now! I'd be crushed if it was stolen. I keep mine in a claw and never lose sight of it. I bring the claw, I sit next to it. Besides, all my team members are close and nobody ever really comes sniffing' around.

 

[9Ballr]

Has anyone used any new tracker device to keep track of your cue case? Luggage tracker? Asset tracker? GPS tracker?



Any thoughts?

Don't know anything about those device but when I was playing in a league I mostly used
a house cue, never held me back in any way shape or form.
Just had a scuffer in the car and used it once I found a good cue.
Then later bought a cheap used McDermott sneaky just to do league play.
Only advantage vs. the house cue was to not have to go on a search for a cue every night.
I just happen to love the way house cues hit so it worked fine. I also like conical shaped shafts.

 

[vagabond]

I leave my cue on the table when I go to rest room. No body will steal it because everybody knows that it is a "losers Cue" and they can`t beat anybody playing with it.

 

[Walkermine]

It's not always theft that you have to worry about. Several years ago during a tournament I had set my cue in a rack next to the table while talking with someone. I happen to notice a new guy in the room who was aggressively sanding away on a cue shaft. My friend and I had to chuckle at his behavior until I noticed it was my cue he was working on. Needless to say I was pretty upset and the guy couldn't apologize enough that night. It bothered him so much that he has never return to the club that I'm aware of. Under the table is smart.

 

[j_zippel]

It's not always theft that you have to worry about. Several years ago during a tournament I had set my cue in a rack next to the table while talking with someone. I happen to notice a new guy in the room who was aggressively sanding away on a cue shaft. My friend and I had to chuckle at his behavior until I noticed it was my cue he was working on. Needless to say I was pretty upset and the guy couldn't apologize enough that night. It bothered him so much that he has never return to the club that I'm aware of. Under the table is smart.

Aggressively sanding with what? 80 grit? Lol. I use 3m sponge pads that I have in my wood shop for between coats of lacquer. By the time they end up in my pool case they are very fine, around 600 grit


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[ctyhntr]

The RFID chip needs a RFID scanner. Tile, TrackR, and other Bluetooth tags work on crowd GPS (position is reported as its passes by other people's cell phones). One have a tether feature, the alarm goes off if it travels out of bluetooth range from your phone. As for GPS, the ones I like are SIM card based. You can call and hear everything from the onboard discrete microphone.

In car security and IT computer security, layering is considered the approach. I believe its the same here, especially with the low affordable cost of the technologies. I've known people buy and lose pieces of premium chalk that cost more than these tags and chips. Why just rely on one method when you can RFID the cues, hide a Bluetooth tag in the cue case, and cable lock the case.

the chips are a good thing .they dont prevent the theft of your cues and or case. most chips you would need to recover the missing item first so it can be scanned. what i did i went to my local police department and asked for a pistol lock. they hand them out for free. i lock my case to the chair i am sitting in. not 100% theft proof but i'd like to see someone walk out with the chair and my case.

 

[Player]

These sound really neat. Do you have a link for these?

 

[James2003]

I leave my case with my cues under the table we are playing on in league when it's my turn to play.......gotta get on your hands and knees to reach it........everyone knows my case and a stranger going underneath to mess with my case would get in trouble. When I am not playing, my case sits in the poll hall manager's office or in my locker at the pool hall........I don't leave my cues unattended during leagues or pretty much any other time.

I agree.

I have went as far as putting them up and taking them into the bathroom with me case and all if I am shooting alone and have to go. During League we always have a practice table one or two tables over. I always carry them to whatever table I am shooting on. even if it's the table next to me.

 

[JoeyA]

The RFID chip needs a RFID scanner. Tile, TrackR, and other Bluetooth tags work on crowd GPS (position is reported as its passes by other people's cell phones). One have a tether feature, the alarm goes off if it travels out of bluetooth range from your phone. As for GPS, the ones I like are SIM card based. You can call and hear everything from the onboard discrete microphone.

In car security and IT computer security, layering is considered the approach. I believe its the same here, especially with the low affordable cost of the technologies. I've known people buy and lose pieces of premium chalk that cost more than these tags and chips. Why just rely on one method when you can RFID the cues, hide a Bluetooth tag in the cue case, and cable lock the case.

You're right. EVERYONE that buys stocks should invest in INTEL. Most of you will live long enough to see computers/chips placed in almost every device INCLUDING CUE CASES, you hear that John Barton? INTEL has very, very, very big plans for the future.

JoeyA