To have an unbelievable stroke!
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drivermaker
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Jimmy M. said:This isn't meant to say anything negative about anyone's products, but I used to use a $0.50 coke bottle on the kitchen table when I was a kid and it worked pretty well.
How times changed....They were $0.10 and I could get $.02 returned for the bottle or all the bottles I could find. I remember as a tyke knocking off a whopping $.40 one day in returns. (maybe that's why I never wanted to be a street person collecting bottles and junk when I grew up)
sonia said:
Hal. I met you a while back (it might have been 10 years now - I can't remember exactly how long ago it was). You seemed like a nice guy who was willing to share his knowledge with anyone who wanted it. However, with all due respect, there is more to playing good pool than just aiming systems. If that weren't true, *everyone* who has learned your systems would be winning big tournaments - or at least they would be competitive in any tournament they played in. You can't discredit what someone else has to say simply because it isn't what you would say yourself. Who knows? Maybe someone out there will benefit from whatever it is this guy wants to sell. Having a straight stroke might not be the end-all answer to playing good pool, but can it hurt to have one?
One of the main things right now is I am NOT selling anything just yet. That is why I need input. My biggest fear is putting a lot into this then finding out that players have been ripped off so many times that they are sick of it. I can honestly say that the starting price would be well under the $40 mark.
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Timberly
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Wasn't that like a whole weeks salary back then!??!drivermaker said:
Purdman
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Coke Bottles
I went to the Safeway and got a cart. I would take it to the dump where the CocaCola plant dumped their old bottles. Fill it up and head to the store to return the cart and redeem the bottles. Did it hundreds of times. Dam street kids are never broke. That's just one of my secrets. I always had cash until I grew up.
Purdman
I went to the Safeway and got a cart. I would take it to the dump where the CocaCola plant dumped their old bottles. Fill it up and head to the store to return the cart and redeem the bottles. Did it hundreds of times. Dam street kids are never broke. That's just one of my secrets. I always had cash until I grew up.
Purdman
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Timberly
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True story... when I was 11 I would load 'em up onto a red wagon & haul 'em down to the quik trip & cash 'em in for cigs.Donald A. Purdy said:I went to the Safeway and got a cart. I would take it to the dump where the CocaCola plant dumped their old bottles. Fill it up and head to the store to return the cart and redeem the bottles. Did it hundreds of times. Dam street kids are never broke. That's just one of my secrets. I always had cash until I grew up.
Purdman
Johnny "V" said:
Anything under $50 falls into the "Accessory" category and would be fine IMHO. $51-$100 is a gray zone you can just about get away with, over $100 is serious money (IE It may require authorization from The Marital Unit) and you will have a hard time marketing at that level.
I think the selling price of the existing solution (The Stoker Trainer) is one of the major probems. The dumb thing of course is that most of us would be happy to drop way more than that on a new pool cue just because we secretley hope if will magically make us better players.
Donald A. Purdy said:I went to the Safeway and got a cart. I would take it to the dump where the CocaCola plant dumped their old bottles.
Don,
My mother worked at a Pepsi bottling plant .
Those old 6oz bottles and the wooden case, we earned that .05?? carrying them a mile.
I have no idea how many of "those" bottles we returned to Piggly Wiggly
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Bruce S. de Lis
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Think $19.95 FOB DESTINATION would be a good price point. Who else knows what FOB DESTINATION means?
I know... I mean good thing I don't practice those drills if I come to the table and it looks like thisjhendri2 said:
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Bruce S. de Lis
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JDB said:
Bingo we have a Winner... You are 110% Correct with the above information....
drivermaker
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Timberly said:True story... when I was 11 I would load 'em up onto a red wagon & haul 'em down to the quik trip & cash 'em in for cigs.
I was 13 but, I used to take 'em to the store and cash them in and then STEAL the cigarettes.
(that lasted for about a year and I never smoked cigarettes again) (never got caught either)drivermaker
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Timberly said:Wasn't that like a whole weeks salary back then!??!
HA-HA-HA...funny girl.
Just remember...guys that take women out every night for dinner so they don't have to cook (or can't cook worth a damn) have ONLY 3 requirements and that's it: (in no particular order)
1. Don't be runnin' that rattle trap mouth constantly nagging and yapping like a chihuahua with a hemorrhoid. In other words...know your place.
2. Keep yourself looking good
3. Keep puttin' out to him like a nympho
THAT'S IT...NOTHING ELSE. I'm sensing you could already be having trouble with #1.
(this should get her ass crackin' first thing today)
JDB said:
Wrong. A fob is the thingy that lock/ unlocks your car from a distance
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Timberly
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LOL, if I weren't in a good mood today #1 definitely would've gotten me fired up. As it is, I'll just say that in person I'll keep my trap shut & save all my angst & bitchin' for you & this here forum. Typin' ain't talkin' so he won't hear me.drivermaker said:HA-HA-HA...funny girl.
Just remember...guys that take women out every night for dinner so they don't have to cook (or can't cook worth a damn) have ONLY 3 requirements and that's it: (in no particular order)
1. Don't be runnin' that rattle trap mouth constantly nagging and yapping like a chihuahua with a hemorrhoid. In other words...know your place.
2. Keep yourself looking good
3. Keep puttin' out to him like a nympho
THAT'S IT...NOTHING ELSE. I'm sensing you could already be having trouble with #1.
Also, you forgot something.... I'm having more trouble with #2 than I am #1.
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Timberly
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Yeah but the money will just go to another pool player so his chances are still about the same.Rickw said: