Spotted on eBay

[thai_son22]

I always thought special cues are the same as his collection cues in terms of shaft. Only difference is that you get to build it from scratch and to whatever design.

Cause the collection cues when you adjust the specs are taken from cues already part made as he suggested on his site.

I think it's just ultimate, paragon, special. And I'd guess unique just falls under special. Even his collection I'd say are just special shafts.

[Stevie1]

I called the shop yesterday and was speaking to john a forgot to ask him lol but i did ask him if he would pick cue and post out he said he doesnt do it because he would have no stock cues left for walk in customers for the shop

[jrc750]

Just had a look on his site, it says Paragon quality shafts used on them

[Stevie1]

Special is next in line
Although I think the Limited Edition range have really good shafts used on them

Thanks jrc

[jrc750]

Thanks pall so if you cant get ultamate or pragon whats your next choice?

Special is next in line
Although I think the Limited Edition range have really good shafts used on them

[Stevie1]

ultimate
pargon
special cue and john parris collection
unique
is the order i thought of shaft quality ?
thats the order from top to bottom that takes longest on the waiting list

Thanks pall so if you cant get ultamate or pragon whats your next choice?

[Potters Bar]

ultimate
pargon
special cue and john parris collection
unique
is the order i thought of shaft quality ?
thats the order from top to bottom that takes longest on the waiting list

[old school]

Joint looks like a Barracuda joint and the blank reminds me of a 3/4 Gold Medal .

[Stevie1]

So how does the parris cues go as in order i know ultamate is top and Pragon is close so whats the order low end to high

[DeanH]

cool, thanks for that

very short run of those then, as named cues came in ~87/88; so only, what 3-4 yrs - with the previous plain "John Parris" badge, then the postcode, so could be quite rare.
as you say "...you pays your money..."

[jrc750]

.....
I wonder exactly what question and details was asked of John Parris?
Did he know the machined part or only the postcode part?
:wink:

This is what the seller said to me:
"I've just had a 10 minute conversation with John Parris with regards to the authenticity of the cue and he confirmed it's one of his, he told me many years ago he put the SE23 disc on all cues until he started different names for cues, John said he keeps an eye out on eBay for fake cues and he did look at mine and said it's not fake, he even explained the joint, the painted extension, he said we later called this a master cue, they sold for about £180, he said whoever buys it give him a call and he would confirm it's one of his. He was really chatty and quite interested in the history of it, nice guy!"
And:
"I only got off the phone to John an hour ago and he said this was an early master cue before he started putting different names on the disc, he told me he does look on eBay for fake cues and said he looked at mine and confirmed it's he's, he advised me to tell anyone interested in it to give him a call and he will confirm this"

So there you go, you pays yer money and takes yer chance

[DeanH]

If the potential buyer had reassurance from John Parris that the cue is authentic then they would not be taking a risk. If they could aquire written proof from JP then that should prevent these issues.

Regardless I have never seen a machine spliced JP cue that isn't badged as a master cue. Depending on how much alcohol I consume this evening I may be visiting relatives in Forest Hill tomorrow. If I do I may pop in and ask them out of curiosity but already consumed alot (after all it is poets day) so it is very unlikely.

how's the head Dave? :biggrin:
as you, I have not seen a machined JP that is not a Master cue
I wonder exactly what question and details was asked of John Parris?
Did he know the machined part or only the postcode part?
:wink:

[DeanH]

If the potential buyer had reassurance from John Parris that the cue is authentic then they would not be taking a risk. If they could aquire written proof from JP then that should prevent these issues.

Regardless I have never seen a machine spliced JP cue that isn't badged as a master cue. Depending on how much alcohol I consume this evening I may be visiting relatives in Forest Hill tomorrow. If I do I may pop in and ask them out of curiosity but already consumed alot (after all it is poets day) so it is very unlikely.

how's the head Dave? :biggrin:
as you, I have not seen a machined JP that is not a Master cue
I wonder exactly what question and details was asked of John Parris?
Did he know the machined part or only the postcode part?
:wink:

[Davebarker1978]

Thing is who would actually take a chance on paying more than a standard Master Cue version, as if you tried to sell it you would have same problems everytime

If the potential buyer had reassurance from John Parris that the cue is authentic then they would not be taking a risk. If they could aquire written proof from JP then that should prevent these issues.

Regardless I have never seen a machine spliced JP cue that isn't badged as a master cue. Depending on how much alcohol I consume this evening I may be visiting relatives in Forest Hill tomorrow. If I do I may pop in and ask them out of curiosity but already consumed alot (after all it is poets day) so it is very unlikely.

[jrc750]

The only way to be 100% sure would be for any potential buyers to contact Parris prior to bidding.

Thing is who would actually take a chance on paying more than a standard Master Cue version, as if you tried to sell it you would have same problems everytime