So I went to the Pawn Shop...

[Walt69]

Went to the Pawn shop just browsing around and found a couple of what I thought were decently priced cues. A Viking merry widow and what looks like an unused Samsara cocobolo bar cue. Made them an offer and got both for 200$ total.

I'm familiar with Viking, but not so much with the bar cues from Samsara. It's a beautiful cue with the cocobolo and everything looks like brand new. The tip is even unchalked however there is a little bit of wobble in the shaft... Not sure if this is a common thing like I find with a fair number of predator shafts.

I guess my question is, did this guy not know what he had or is there something I'm missing? From what I can see and feel, this may be a second player for me now next to my Nova. The balance points are a little different of course, but I'm not sure that's a bad thing.

 

[jayburger]

Great find at that price,especially the samsara bar cue. These were made to be just that, a bar cue. Even so they were 400-500 if i remember correctly.

 

[slide13]

$200 would be a killer price just for that Samsara I think! Those are solid cues, sold for $400-500 I think? I think the horrible name and logo limited their appeal, but they are solid cues.

The Viking is okay, probably worth $75-100 or so, but the Samsara is what makes it a great buy! Well done!

 

[Chopdoc]

Great find.

I still check the pawn shops, but usually they want a bunch of money for crap cues. Rarely find much of any worth. When I do find something worth looking at they want way too much.

One exception was a JOSS i got cheap at a pawn shop. :thumbup:


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[Sunchaser]

Score on the Samsara especially if you like it. I too have scored numerous times from pawn shops. Ended up selling most for a profit. Even gave a few away- titleists. Here's one I kept and gets played on occasion...but I'd sell it too for the right price.

 

[Walt69]

Yup. It actually ended up being 40 for the viking and 160 for the samsara. I've been using the samsara a little now and i've gotta say I like it. It's quite a bit different than my other SS joint cues. The butt feels a little on the skinny side which is pretty awesome. I might work on the viking a bit as soon as the arbors come in from the shop. Viking was nice enough to send me a male and female for around cost.

 

[TX Poolnut]

Pawn shop probably spent 20 bucks to hold them so 10x their money is a good sell. Nice cues.