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garczar

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I recently purchased a cue here. I tried it and decided i liked the cue i already had better so i put it back up for sale. I was contacted by a possible buyer but when he saw i got it just a couple weeks ago he said that raised a 'red flag'. Could someone please explain this. Thanks
 
Same thing I just felt, must be something wrong with it or you wouldn't be getting rid of it so soon. I know my feelings aren't justified but that was my knee jerk reaction
 
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garczar said:
I recently purchased a cue here. I tried it and decided i liked the cue i already had better so i put it back up for sale. I was contacted by a possible buyer but when he saw i got it just a couple weeks ago he said that raised a 'red flag'. Could someone please explain this. Thanks
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You should have said you bought it as a gift and things changed. People want to buy, you just have to make them. Comfortable.

You are not telling a lie about the cue itself. They just need to hear something they can identify with.

Right now they identify with buying something, (as they have themselves), that turned out to be a disapointent. They don't want to buy your disapointent.
 
garczar said:
Ok. There's nothing wrong with it at all, I just like my cue better.
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I understand that and stated that my feelings weren't justified, but you ask me to 'explain' it and that was my feeling when I first read it and probably what some others feel too.
 
its the stigma of a person selling after just buying, says he isnt happy with it and would rather not have it.

what ever your reason is or what you say you are stuck with that perception.
 
garczar said:
This Schon is very nice but TOTALLY different than my Mezz. Didn't want to start over relearning such a different hit. I'm sure someone that uses Schon cues will really like it.
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What's the hurry to sell it? Put it away for a year. Starting this thread kind of screwed you for now. Even in a year people will remember here and say that's that cue he was trying to sell last year.
 
I would have to agree with Maha on this. I have two schons now, a leather SP, and a linen LTD, and am looking for another, either no wrap or leather. After your comments, I would have to think long and hard as to how much I really wanted that one. Fortunatly for me, I didn't have to really question my thoughts on it as I just am not a fan of purple heart. I realize a lot of players are, and that's great, just wasn't for me. I will say that if it really interested me, I probably would have touched base with you to talk about it, as I have enough respect for you to be honest about it. I was looking for a fancy Carmelli or something similar also, but now am rethinking that, and thinking about picking up a fairly plain Nitti, or Gilbert to try and make my every day player.
 
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Over the years, I have seen a few cues that are sold two or three times on here.

When that happens, it makes me wonder why nobody is holding on to them.
 
In instances like you describe, I count my blessings.
Do you really want the brain damage that comes from dealing with wishy-washy tire kickers?

Somebody that knows what they want will make you an offer, sooner or later.
 
jimmyco said:
In instances like you describe, I count my blessings.
Do you really want the brain damage that comes from dealing with wishy-washy tire kickers?

Somebody that knows what they want will make you an offer, sooner or later.
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Good point. Thanks.
 
In an online world, where things are purchased quite frequently, not having been tried out, it's understandable for someone to buy a cue and have it not be a good fit and try to sell it. Not a big deal to me, people like different things. This happens all the time with most anything that people collect; guitars, guns, cues, etc. Now, how we say things is really important as well, which can make or break a deal, but if you've sold things honorably in the past, and honestly explained the details of a cue, then I'd have no red flags.
 
Seems like it's a semi-informed buyer or a semi-experienced seller. The buyer knows to ask the question "how long have you had it" but doesn't really know what to do with the answer. The seller has heard the question before but didn't really no how to respond in the current situation.

If I'm buying a car from a private seller and they just bought the car - nope, walking away because they had time to check the car out to decide if they liked it before buying it - selling it now just tells me something is wrong with it.

An online cue sale is ENTIRELY different. Without the ability to hit with a cue you have zero idea if you'll like it. The key is you will need a savvy buyer if you sell too soon.

I sold a fairly expensive cue on here not too long after I purchased it because I didn't like the way it hit. The buyer was very savvy and asked all the right questions and purchased the cue.
 
I understand completely that you may not like a cue you bought by mail.
And could quickly put it back up for sale.
Just be honest with a buyer and let him know what it was you did not like about it.

It is really important to play with a cue before you buy ... but sometimes that just isnt possible.
Noe everyone has a dealer close by like we do here in Corpus Christi Texas.
Robin Adair's pro shop in Rich's billiards is a super store of new and used pool cues.
Robin will let you hit balls with a cue and even give some good advice to his customers.
 
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