macguy said:
"But, as some one else has said, most people on this board would not think twice about paying $1000 or more for a cue."
You believe that? How many players do think play with $1000. + cues? Maybe two that comes in the pool room where I go and they are good players who would have no interest in her book.
I happen to know quite a few players who use $1000.+ cue, on a daily basis, and think nothing of it. I happen to be one of them, myself.
Is that because we are all great players? Not hardly. We just appreciate quality cues and we are willing to save our hard earned dollars and buy them.
Do they make us better players? No, they don't do that either. Only practice will do that.
Just go to the cue gallery section of this forum and look at the pictures of cues, that people post every week. They are beautiful cues and I'm sure many of them are in the $1000.+ range. But then, I guess you prefer your Cuetec.
macguy said:
The book is aimed at the average player looking to improve their game and they play with $100, to $300. cues and will never pay that much for the book.
It is very obvious that you have never looked at the Workbook. There are many drills in that book that the average player would not be able to do, without help, regardless of the price of their cue.
macguy said:
More of these Workbooks than you can imagine, have been sold to instructors all over the country."
How many, maybe 10? I picture the teachers who bought it, photo copying sections for their students, not selling them the book, so there is even more market share lost. The high price is a mistake whether she wants to admit it or not.
I guarantee, she has sold more than 10 of these Workbooks.
My question to you is, why do you insist on bashing this Workbook, and Dr. D?
You obviously have not seen and read the content of the book. Your biggest gripe seems to be with the price. Have you ever looked into what it would cost to put together a Workbook of this magnatude? I think not.
You would rather sit at home and bitch about its price, without knowing what is in it.
When she developed it, in the loose leaf notebook style, do you believe she didn't know that some people will copy drills and pass them on? I think not.
If you don't want to buy the Workbook, DON'T.
I really don't care. I am not a salesman for the Billiards Workbook and it will not affect my income at all.
I just don't think you should bash it, when you have made it obvious that you don't know what you are writing about.
Like I stated before, George Fels gave it a favorable review. If a highly respected writer, in the pool community, said it is a good book, why would any one listen to some one who has not even looked inside the cover?