Show me all the SW's bringing more than double the quoted price and then we can talk. Do they even sell for a $dollar more than quoted price aftermarket?
Maybe said Cuemaker has a lot of R&D and equipment upgrades that make it impossible to sell at quoted price, maybe Cuemaker wants actual players to keep the cue and not flip it.
How would you feel if you spent all that time perfecting something only to have some "flipper" making a greater profit than the Cuemaker who actually spent thousands of hours and Dollars in R&D and equipment upgrades?
It's easy to keep selling at a price quoted years ago if you change nothing.
Probably any SW delivered today that was ordered like 7 or 8 years ago. Are you saying SW is quoting the same prices today as 8 years ago for the same cues? I got one that was $460.00 when I ordered it and sold it at the BCA show for $2000.00. I am sure it has still gone up in value even more.
My wife had one she played with for about 5 years. She paid like $700.00 for it used. We sold it at the BCA show when she didn't want it any more for $1700.00. And again, this was some years ago and I am sure it would sell for even more today. The after market price has little to do with the actual value of the cue. If someone does not want to wait it is just a willing seller and a willing buyer.
Mine by the way was a one of a kind cue. It had the 6 ebony points but no veneers and the forearm was straight clear maple no BE. It is probably the only one with no BE or figure in the forearm. I never liked BE and had a number of cues made without it over the years.
Let me get this straight. You think it is OK for a cuemaker to take an order, have you wait like 5 years and when the cue is ready, tell you you can't have the cue because he got a better offer for it? You have to get into a bidding war to own your own cue. You don't feel that that order represents a contract they have to adhere to? Are you nuts?
