Unknown custom, what would you do?.. (poll))

What would you do?

  • Bump the thread into the ground

    Votes: 14 29.8%

  • Give up on identifying it

    Votes: 24 51.1%

  • Ask ___ about it. (please post!)

    Votes: 6 12.8%

  • Ebay it and ask the buyer who made it

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • I have another suggestion. (post!)

    Votes: 3 6.4%
  • Total voters
    47
Xnotedgeanymore

Xnotedgeanymore

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For slightly more than six months now I have been trying to find out the maker of a cue I picked up. Just shy of six thousand views on the thread and five pages of responses...

I hate to look like an ___ bumping that thread, but I don't know any other avenues to pursue. What would you do?
 
Depends on what you are trying to accomplish really.

If you want to sell it, finding the maker could make all the difference in the world.

But...since it is a simple "plain" cue, you might list it on Ebay without knowing. Unknowns can perform surprisingly well on Ebay.

I think the chances of it being a prominent maker that could really make a big difference in the value are slim at this point, so I don't feel it is likely to make much difference.


If it is a player, then you might consider giving up for the time being.

I would say you have made one of the most, if not the most, extensive efforts I have seen to identify such a cue.



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Baxter said:
Is it a player or a cue you're trying to flip?
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I bought it as a player because of having read good things about big pins and phenolic joints here on the forum. I love the way it plays, but haven't been able to get used to the weight, constantly overplaying shots on an 8' with it.

I really like the cue and haven't spent 6 months trying to identify it just to flip it. I have been turning down cash offers, because I don't know what it's worth.

I am a player, and not a very good one at that, but not a collector. I play with my '94 series wrapless Joss and this spends its time in a case.
 
All things are not to be known by mere mortals . . .






or something like that:grin:

shoot with it, enjoy it and be well
 
I have a nice 60's custom that I tried many times to identify. I gave up and now it just hangs on the wall.
 
Don't give up. I posted in 2009 looking to Id a cue and finally got a definite answer this year. I only bumped it about a dozen times so I guess I got lucky. Right time and place, rather, right viewer of my post.

Good luck
 
bump it

I would bump the thread into the ground as I miss the days when I could bump my for sale threads into the ground.

But seriously, it is a numbers game and you have to increase the chances of the right person seeing your inquiry.

Fatz
 
Pre-Flag Master said:
I would bump the thread into the ground as I miss the days when I could bump my for sale threads into the ground.

But seriously, it is a numbers game and you have to increase the chances of the right person seeing your inquiry.

Fatz
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Bumping can easily earn disfavor in the wrong category... it is regulated in the for sale section, which is why this thread is in the main section and the cue ID is posted in the gallery...
 
According to my spidey senses it's a Western Family cue.
I suggest that you send it to me for verification asap.
 
It may be a Wayne Ball cue from Robertson's Billiard supply in Tampa, Last time I was there, a few years back, I saw some cues that look like that.

Get in touch with Wayne and see if he made it, most of his have a Shark logo and say Killer cues, but I have seen some without.

You can email them all the pics at robbill@verizon.net

It's worth a try maybe you can solve the mystery.
 
Xnotedgeanymore said:
For slightly more than six months now I have been trying to find out the maker of a cue I picked up. Just shy of six thousand views on the thread and five pages of responses...

I hate to look like an ___ bumping that thread, but I don't know any other avenues to pursue. What would you do?
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List the cue for sale as an unknown maker, an base the asking price upon the quality / materials used in construction and the cues current condition.

Nothing else you can do except keep it and use it yourself
 
CaptainHook said:
It may be a Wayne Ball cue from Robertson's Billiard supply in Tampa, Last time I was there, a few years back, I saw some cues that look like that.

Get in touch with Wayne and see if he made it, most of his have a Shark logo and say Killer cues, but I have seen some without.

You can email them all the pics at robbill@verizon.net

It's worth a try maybe you can solve the mystery.
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Email sent to Mr. Ball, thanks for the suggestion!

manwon said:
List the cue for sale as an unknown maker, an base the asking price upon the quality / materials used in construction and the cues current condition.

Nothing else you can do except keep it and use it yourself
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Given my limited experience with customs I wouldn't be confident in my own evaluation of the cue. What is the appropriate course of action in such a case? Thanks!
 
Since nothing else has seemed to work for you....send an e-mail to the manufacturer asking the value of the item in question. Then, before you hit "send", read who the manufacturer is. Now you know who manufactured it.:grin:
 
Keep bumpin it,you'll get your answer,plus when people
comment on threads they don't like,makes me wonder why
they look at a thread that bothers them in the first place?
 
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