question about cue values in Europe

[Gmanpoke]

I may be heading to Europe and wondering if I should load up with some American cuemaker cues and sell them in Europe. The cheap dollar may play in my favor. Any thought about the cue maket, particularly in Germany? Also, how easy is it to transport cues on the airlines?

Thanks in advance

Steven

 

[smokeandapancak]

I may be heading to Europe and wondering if I should load up with some American cuemaker cues and sell them in Europe. The cheap dollar may play in my favor. Any thought about the cue maket, particularly in Germany? Also, how easy is it to transport cues on the airlines?

Thanks in advance

Steven

NO NO NO .......
I am the only one allowed to do that

Easy to transport .. but they HAVE to be checked....
Ivory might cause you some problems with customs...

One thing to consider... most Germans will not pay a thousand bucks for a cue.. sure there are some out there that will, but typically they like production models in the 300 dollar range, give or take ..... mostly take

 

[sneak_peter]

hi steven,

here is a link to the wanted/for sale section of the greatest german billiard forum:

http://www.billard-aktuell.de/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=7

you can see, that the prices are about 20% higher than in america, what depends on the import taxes.

the market for american custom cues is not bad. most people are afraid of buying cues in the us themselves. if the price is good, your chances are good too, even for higher priced cues.

transporting cues in proper cases isn't a great problem. but you have to keep in mind the customs duty.

karsten

 

[smokeandapancak]

hi steven,

here is a link to the wanted/for sale section of the greatest german billiard forum:

http://www.billard-aktuell.de/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=7

you can see, that the prices are about 20% higher than in america, what depends on the import taxes.

the market for american custom cues is not bad. most people are afraid of buying cues in the us themselves. if the price is good, your chances are good too, even for higher priced cues.

transporting cues in proper cases isn't a great problem. but you have to keep in mind the customs duty.

karsten

And you can make more money simply based on the conversion rate.. with is quite friendly when you turn those Euros into dollars.....

and if you have a an APO box then you circumnavigate the customs issues ...

 

[14.1player]

I would load up on mid to high end Predator and Schon and try my luck.

Bear in mind, the market here is very small and very production cue focused, might be worth going to a few events, Weert in Jan and the Eurotours spring to mind, to shift these.

Not a lot of profit, but should be quite easy to shift Predators once you let ppl hit with them.........

my ?2

 

[WesleyW]

I live in Holland, next to Germany. Don't think the market here is that great. First of all, when you ship that many cues, they might charge you tax on those cues, that will ruin your profit. Lost money before making some. The second, there isn't a big market for high dollar cues. Like said before, they will not pay 1.000 dollar for a cue. Just a few peoples will do it. Most of the cues will be range at 200-500 dollar max, only players with experience. If it is a used cue, it will lost 50% of the value.

 

[Poolhalljunkie]

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I may be heading to Europe and wondering if I should load up with some American cuemaker cues and sell them in Europe. The cheap dollar may play in my favor. Any thought about the cue maket, particularly in Germany? Also, how easy is it to transport cues on the airlines?

Thanks in advance

Steven

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