Why is it so hard to sell a cue ????

[cueandcushion]

I am confused

Only cue I have right now if in the forsale forum. At a great price IMO.

If you only have ONE cue for sale? Why the posting? IMO cues have never been a great tool for investing. Are you clearing out your cues? Do you do it as a hobby? Any cue that retails for over $1000 is a slow mover. Be patient and the cues I think will move. I rarely check the wanted/for sale section. I might have bid on the McDaniels. Guess I will check them more often if people are selling them for 35% of retail.

 

[JoeyA]

Gasoline

Why does it seem to hard to sell a cue right now. Seems realy weird to me a year ago I had no problem selling a bunch of cues and even making a little money on them. Seems like now I can't give away a freaking cue. I don't think I going to buy any more cues or sell them any more the market fell apart. I tryed to sell a bill mcdaniels cue that retailed at over 1600 bucks for $550 and never even got a offer. WOW. I thought it would have been gone quick. Then I have a realy nice custom peachure cue not production. With tons of ivory. Joint and ferrules and points thats was about $1800 last year when ordered. Hell I not even gotten one offer. I take $650 for it that seems way more than fair to me. Maybe every ones broke. What ya guys think about the cue market.Is there to many cue makers. or are all us pool players idiots for buying way over priced cues from makers. I realy think it bull crap that for a good cue ya have to pay $1600 but if ya had to sell it you would only get $400 for it. Aurrrr I am confused I guess.

Many things are going to be harder to sell as long as the cost for fuel remains high. Health care and many other areas will be taking a back seat as fuel costs continue to rip away at our wallets.
JoeyA

 

[TATE]

Why does it seem to hard to sell a cue right now. Seems realy weird to me a year ago I had no problem selling a bunch of cues and even making a little money on them. Seems like now I can't give away a freaking cue. I don't think I going to buy any more cues or sell them any more the market fell apart. I tryed to sell a bill mcdaniels cue that retailed at over 1600 bucks for $550 and never even got a offer. WOW. I thought it would have been gone quick. Then I have a realy nice custom peachure cue not production. With tons of ivory. Joint and ferrules and points thats was about $1800 last year when ordered. Hell I not even gotten one offer. I take $650 for it that seems way more than fair to me. Maybe every ones broke. What ya guys think about the cue market.Is there to many cue makers. or are all us pool players idiots for buying way over priced cues from makers. I realy think it bull crap that for a good cue ya have to pay $1600 but if ya had to sell it you would only get $400 for it. Aurrrr I am confused I guess.

I sold some of my extra cues a few months ago on E-bay and had no problem. Everything I listed sold. I listed them at my bare minimum acceptable price.

One thing to keep in mind - E-Bay has a lot of occasional shoppers. If a cue doesn't sell, wait 3 weeks and try it again. I would estimate that more than 50% of the looks you get will be new potential buyers.

Chris

 

[Pushout]

I've only sold two cues on Ebay. No problems whatsoever. I'm a bit more careful if buying, however.

 

[cueaddicts]

Here's a random thought that somebody mentioned to me the other day. Can't say that I disagree either. Pretty well explains the current market.

"More custom cues than ever before and seemingly fewer end consumers.....only dealers."

 

[mark8950]

not much xtra money now . plus market flooded by foreign copies and people leary of that! sparky

 

[classiccues]

Here's a random thought that somebody mentioned to me the other day. Can't say that I disagree either. Pretty well explains the current market.

"More custom cues than ever before and seemingly fewer end consumers.....only dealers."

Cues for sale:
This is very true. Look and see how many people are constantly selling cues. Not just the guys who might sell one a year, but everyone has a 12 x 24 case. At the shows, there are more and more every year. Pool is lacking in participation and yet everyone wants to flip cues for a profit. How long can it keep going? The AZ classifieds, ebay, many dealer websites offer a wide variety of cues. So a buyer has a plethora of options available to him/her at any time.

The computer:
Many people thought the internet would be the death of cue dealing, but its made as many cue dealers as CNC has made cuemakers. Alot of cues are for sale, at all times. You can see cues with just a click of the mouse. Online payments have made transactions easy, feedback comes in many forms so you can get a sense of trust.

Flooded / fickle market:
Lots wood available means lower prices. Blue chip cues will always hold ground. Buyers must be wary of the burning star syndrome. Cuemaker comes on white hot, then fizzles. This is usually due to another rising star. When the stars burn out, you usually see alot of cues come up for sale, or just lack of interest will drive down the price.

Production cues:
Be careful of the 1 of 12, or 1 of 25 semi-production runs. Don't buy into calling them custom. Usually that number is quite close to the ratio of money lost on a cue.

But there are some cues that have great resale. You can also get into a cue early and hope that cuemaker's star is on the rise. But in general, there is a lot for sale. So you need to be patient.

JV