Let me ask this question..
You are here in the states, and you have some money to buy a custom cue. Alot of your questions on forums say "try" this cue or that cue. But some of these cues come from overseas.
Do you ever think of the following?
What am I going to do if I am unhappy with the cue?
Who will trade with me?
How do I get out of that cue?
See to me, I see this as the same as buying a cue from a lesser known cuemaker. But in the states you have some recourse to the above problems. I would assume the same in the Phillipines where if you had a Ling cue there is probably more and more of a market. Lets face it, these aren't Herceks or Motteys we are talking.
The reason I ask this question is I got to see one of those python skinned cues up close and quite frankly it was no better than a Players cue. Maybe even worse. Now I have also seen a qperfect and I would put it in the Schon category, at least with appearance. I didn't shoot with it, I didn't inspect it, just a quick visual.
Now, I am not trying to make enemies overseas, but I am just asking this question. I was e-mailed and offered a Vincettore, but I see two problems. I have no market and they share the name of a case that is a known counterfeiter other cases. So you have a little name recognition of the imfamous type. Seeing the other cue sites as I do, there are no dealers stocking these cues, so would you take the chance?
Joe
You are here in the states, and you have some money to buy a custom cue. Alot of your questions on forums say "try" this cue or that cue. But some of these cues come from overseas.
Do you ever think of the following?
What am I going to do if I am unhappy with the cue?
Who will trade with me?
How do I get out of that cue?
See to me, I see this as the same as buying a cue from a lesser known cuemaker. But in the states you have some recourse to the above problems. I would assume the same in the Phillipines where if you had a Ling cue there is probably more and more of a market. Lets face it, these aren't Herceks or Motteys we are talking.
The reason I ask this question is I got to see one of those python skinned cues up close and quite frankly it was no better than a Players cue. Maybe even worse. Now I have also seen a qperfect and I would put it in the Schon category, at least with appearance. I didn't shoot with it, I didn't inspect it, just a quick visual.
Now, I am not trying to make enemies overseas, but I am just asking this question. I was e-mailed and offered a Vincettore, but I see two problems. I have no market and they share the name of a case that is a known counterfeiter other cases. So you have a little name recognition of the imfamous type. Seeing the other cue sites as I do, there are no dealers stocking these cues, so would you take the chance?
Joe
