my friend had a similar experience with ted harris a couple of years ago...MrLucky said:I am in the process of doing exactly that!!!!!! the cuemaker is Ted Harris Cues!
Who Is The Shadiest Cue Maker You Have Ever Dealt With And What Happened? Inquiring
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yes I have heard from several others.....
since posting this I have received several PM's from others that have been burned ! It is sad that he chooses to do business this way he honestly does good work and doesn't need to be underhanded. Some folks do not realize that being above board goes much further than being shady and low down. I gave him a lot of lee way prior to taking the legal actions I am now unfortunately forced to be a part of the Cue had personal meaning to me since it was won in 1988 at a APA city finals and was my personal favorite The collectors value and the money I gave him for the repairs were secondary
I have recently been through some very trying times both personally and financially due to the deaths of 2 family members so his timing was bad but I am now going to pursue this to the fullest extent that the law allows ! his ex partner has agreed to help me and for that I am very grateful since it will allow me to acquire a warrant for his arrest ! this time he will not get away with his thievery
branpureza said:
since posting this I have received several PM's from others that have been burned ! It is sad that he chooses to do business this way he honestly does good work and doesn't need to be underhanded. Some folks do not realize that being above board goes much further than being shady and low down. I gave him a lot of lee way prior to taking the legal actions I am now unfortunately forced to be a part of the Cue had personal meaning to me since it was won in 1988 at a APA city finals and was my personal favorite The collectors value and the money I gave him for the repairs were secondary
I have recently been through some very trying times both personally and financially due to the deaths of 2 family members so his timing was bad but I am now going to pursue this to the fullest extent that the law allows ! his ex partner has agreed to help me and for that I am very grateful since it will allow me to acquire a warrant for his arrest ! this time he will not get away with his thievery
Tim Scruggs
Tim has a reputation as being one of the most honorable guys around, as well as being an incredible cuemaker. I have personally bought 8 cues from Tim, and have never recieved anything less than top notch professionalism. Your vulgar statement is totaly uncalled for and jsut plain STUPID.
First of all your beef should have been with the dealer..the guy that sold it to you may have done who knows what to the cue..I suppose you feel that if you sell it and the next guy sells it, Tim should be responsible forever.ChopStick said:
Tim has a reputation as being one of the most honorable guys around, as well as being an incredible cuemaker. I have personally bought 8 cues from Tim, and have never recieved anything less than top notch professionalism. Your vulgar statement is totaly uncalled for and jsut plain STUPID.
MrLucky said:
Mr. Lucky,
Can you send me pics again of your old Palmer, with details, story etc.? I've got a column going on my site and I want to feature your cue in it.
Here's the column:
Just Talkin' Cues (Palmer Collector)
Thanks in adance.
Good luck in this situation. It better not be the Palmer!
Chris
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CueHunter
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I have known Ted for a while now. I have also dealt with him building me a cue that he and I designed. Yes, he is very slow! And a VERY poor communicator. He does not respond to emails and/or calls at all once he gets behind. Probably a little embarrased to say he is not finished or hasn't begun working on your cue. But I will say that he will not steal from you. He is a decent man! I gave him a 50% down payment that was a nice chunk of change. He could not produce the cue in a timely manner for me. I cancelled and did not want it. HE REFUNDED MY MONEY IN FULL, QUICKLY. He was also apologetic that he could not complete the cue for me. His wife has had some health problems too that could prevent him from working as much as he would like. He would not just steal from you! Something else is up.
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On a better note....Keith Josey is great a communicator! The best I have dealt with hands down. He replies to emails almost every time in the SAME DAY!
CUEMAKERS.....I know that we the buyers are a pain in the ass! We call all the time...is it done yet? You have to understand....we are excited to see your beautiful new work that we are paying you for! I don't know about anyone else but all I ask is for information about the delivery especially if it changes! How can you not inform someone that the process is delayed? Not good business. Way to go Keith...you get a big thumbs up!
CUEMAKERS.....I know that we the buyers are a pain in the ass! We call all the time...is it done yet? You have to understand....we are excited to see your beautiful new work that we are paying you for! I don't know about anyone else but all I ask is for information about the delivery especially if it changes! How can you not inform someone that the process is delayed? Not good business. Way to go Keith...you get a big thumbs up!
CueHunter said:
If you like email me at mr_luckyatl@yahoo.com and I will forward you the email from him stating my cue was done and how did I want to proceed on 10-4-05 I sent him a ck paid in full 2 days later he cashed it and has not sent me my cue or replied to my MANY emails and calls since ! Enough said!!!!
TATE said:
Chris if it had been my Palmer I would be in jail now and Ted would be no more ! I almost did give it to him but I decided to wait to see how he did with the McDermott first Thank God for that! I do not have those pics loaded on this laptop they are on my mac at home which is no longer connected online I will take some new ones and send them from here when I can ! Peace !
MrLucky said:LOL I will ck first with you in the future for the proper format in which to make my post / comments
I was stating that MY statement was poorly write, not yours by any means...
Purdman
Banned
Ted Harris
I have met Ted several times. He has always rubbed me the wrong way.
Self righteous, yes. Conceited, yes. A- Hole, sometimes. Thief, NO.
Dishonest, NO.
Decent hard working guy, YES
I am sure there is something going on that we all do not know about. The last post I read of his was when he was looking for an electriction to wire up his new shop. Please don't slam the guy until we know what has happened to him.
Purdman
I have met Ted several times. He has always rubbed me the wrong way.
Self righteous, yes. Conceited, yes. A- Hole, sometimes. Thief, NO.
Dishonest, NO.
Decent hard working guy, YES
I am sure there is something going on that we all do not know about. The last post I read of his was when he was looking for an electriction to wire up his new shop. Please don't slam the guy until we know what has happened to him.
Purdman
Mr. Lucky,
There are a lot of people on this board that personally know Ted. I'm one of them and own one of his sneaky pete cues (cocobolo - way pretty). I once experienced what you're going through with a friend that had a collectible Meucci (hey- what's that? - but seriously) that I handed over to Ted at the SBE to have work done on it. It had been over a year and my buddy calls me up panicking because he can't get a hold of Ted, blah, blah, blah. I get a hold of Ted's answering machine and about a month later, I meet up with him at a pool tourney in Philly and get the guy's cue back.
Ted does a lot of work. Okay, maybe he doesn't manage his time too well but he's the one that gets so backed up at the SBE that he works the whole show through without practically sleeping any periods of time. He does great work and personally, he's the only repair person I will let touch my Szamboti should I need an emergency repair and he's one of many available to do it.
He reads this board also so I would try to resolve this personally.
Barbara
There are a lot of people on this board that personally know Ted. I'm one of them and own one of his sneaky pete cues (cocobolo - way pretty). I once experienced what you're going through with a friend that had a collectible Meucci (hey- what's that? - but seriously) that I handed over to Ted at the SBE to have work done on it. It had been over a year and my buddy calls me up panicking because he can't get a hold of Ted, blah, blah, blah. I get a hold of Ted's answering machine and about a month later, I meet up with him at a pool tourney in Philly and get the guy's cue back.
Ted does a lot of work. Okay, maybe he doesn't manage his time too well but he's the one that gets so backed up at the SBE that he works the whole show through without practically sleeping any periods of time. He does great work and personally, he's the only repair person I will let touch my Szamboti should I need an emergency repair and he's one of many available to do it.
He reads this board also so I would try to resolve this personally.
Barbara
