I was not "self promoting" Shooter08. I based my opinion on 5 years of working with, promoting and selling Joe's cues (1995-2000). Admittedly that's only 5 years out of his 30+ year cuemaking career. Like yourself, any cues that I'm representing/selling, I try to know everything about the cues. In 5 years I never once heard Joe mention anyone else doing design work for him. I did, on several occasions, hear him mention that he had come up with his own designs, and I observed him doing CAD design and writing code himself. In this case, my opinion was incorrect, and I have apologized for my comment about skins. That doesn't make me a bad guy...just apparently misinformed.
Scott Lee
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