What cues does not loose value? (up to $500)

I think to get the most bang for your buck, and with a 500 dollar budget, i would look at getting a used cue from Schon, Pechauer or Jacoby. And if possible I would also look for a Nova cue by Nubs Wagner. And finally my last suggestion would be to look for a cue from Bryan Mordt for a single cue maker.
 
Buy a Schmelke for $100 and put $400 in the bank, and see what you got after 5 years.

If you invest at 5%, you'll have a cue and you will have over $500 in the bank :thumbup:
 
Joseys and freys are both good recommendations and i would also suggest rick howard sneakys or used plain janes. For less than 500 i don,t think you can buy a better cue than these. Jason
 
The one you don't buy.
:rolleyes:

PS: Pretty disgusted by threads like this one. Just buy the tool you want to accomplish what you want and be done with life.
 
ChicagoRJ said:
Buy a Schmelke for $100 and put $400 in the bank, and see what you got after 5 years.

If you invest at 5%, you'll have a cue and you will have over $500 in the bank :thumbup:
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Good idea RJ. Now tell me where I can get a guaranteed 5%.
 
philly said:
Good idea RJ. Now tell me where I can get a guaranteed 5%.
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Well, not guaranteed but surely doable with the right investment choices. I'm doing better than 5%, I can tell you that much ;)

But even if you don't make a dime, you will still have $400 and a cue. I mean, if cost if the only thing that matters, he won't do bad this way. He could sell the Schmelke for $50, and he's be back to $450.

Personally, I agree with the other poster, buy a cue you like and shoot pool and stop worrying about depreciation of your equipment?
 
I think the guy has a valid question. Nobody with any brains wants to potentially lose money. And there's a lot of good advice in this thread. Sneakies from well known makers, used cues (straight and in good shape), mint vintage cues from known makers/companies... If you do your homework, know what you're getting, and can get any of those for $500 or less, you'll almost certainly do ok over time. I wouldn't consider them a good investment but you shouldn't lose much (if any) money so long as you take care of it. It's like buying a car and getting your money back out of it when you sell. It was "basically" free for the time you owned and used it.

For instance, I bought a Bluegrass sneaky (old Dufferin conversion) laser straight and in decent shape around 15 years ago for just under $400. I played the hell out of it (AWESOME cue), had it refinished by Richard with a new ferrule and tip, and sold it for $550 around 7 or 8 years ago. I didn't make any money off of it besides tournaments and gambling (negligible) but I didn't lose any either.

You just have to be picky about your deals.


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the only cheap cue that will hold its value is a used house cue :)

i see way too many pay way too much for someones used cue.
 
Jimmy_Betmore said:
I think the guy has a valid question. Nobody with any brains wants to potentially lose money. And there's a lot of good advice in this thread. Sneakies from well known makers, used cues (straight and in good shape), mint vintage cues from known makers/companies... If you do your homework, know what you're getting, and can get any of those for $500 or less, you'll almost certainly do ok over time. I wouldn't consider them a good investment but you shouldn't lose much (if any) money so long as you take care of it. It's like buying a car and getting your money back out of it when you sell. It was "basically" free for the time you owned and used it.

For instance, I bought a Bluegrass sneaky (old Dufferin conversion) laser straight and in decent shape around 15 years ago for just under $400. I played the hell out of it (AWESOME cue), had it refinished by Richard with a new ferrule and tip, and sold it for $550 around 7 or 8 years ago. I didn't make any money off of it besides tournaments and gambling (negligible) but I didn't lose any either.

You just have to be picky about your deals.


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You only lose money if you look at it as an investment. Most people that look at cues as an investment are buying higher end sticks. Almost everything depreciates. How about the moron that looks at a car as an investment. Probably the second most expensive item you'll ever buy is a car and all it does is depreciate fast and hard. Cues should be collected for their desirablity or playability by the purchaser. After all everybody here complains that the cue market is dead.
 
philly said:
You only lose money if you look at it as an investment. Most people that look at cues as an investment are buying higher end sticks. Almost everything depreciates. How about the moron that looks at a car as an investment. Probably the second most expensive item you'll ever buy is a car and all it does is depreciate fast and hard. Cues should be collected for their desirablity or playability by the purchaser. After all everybody here complains that the cue market is dead.
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A lot of people completely forget about the time and effort it takes to build certain cues. Sometimes you pay MOSTLY for that from just about ANY maker. They may never increase or even hold their value. That is just fine too. Not everything you buy is going to be worth the same or more down the road. The fair thing to say is the lower it's price the more chance it has to retain value.

Buy what you want by the makers you like and be happy with just obtaining what you wanted for a price you were willing to pay... Isn't that enough?
 
skins said:
A lot of people completely forget about the time and effort it takes to build certain cues. Sometimes you pay MOSTLY for that from just about ANY maker. They may never increase or even hold their value. That is just fine too. Not everything you buy is going to be worth the same or more down the road. The fair thing to say is the lower it's price the more chance it has to retain value.

Buy what you want by the makers you like and be happy with just obtaining what you wanted for a price you were willing to pay... Isn't that enough?
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Agreed. I am not a collector. I play with a production Joss and love it by the way. Why not buy a cue simply because it pleases you for whatever reason from a maker that you respect and admire. Maybe you will get lucky and have a Balabushka type "investment" in 25 years.
 
Burt Shrager cues!

Burt Shrager cues will go up, and of course Tad, Ginacue and the like.
But also Tim Paggent cues as he stopped making cues. Schon's for sure.
 
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