Exquisite one piece ash snooker cue

[markz]

I agree trev, I own an early exquisite cue and the cue listed here looks exactly the same. I'd say definitely genuine.

[desso]

Raymond has just get back to me throught facebook and my cue is real. So I am at ease now

[trevs1]

I agree trev, I own an early exquisite cue and the cue listed here looks exactly the same. I'd say definitely genuine.

The companies able to produce cues to a good standard tend to make their own in their own name. They generally don't need to make cues and put others names on them, unless of course there is increased profits to be made from doing so. By that token, I'd hazzard a guess that a cue maker would then possibly put an alternative name on those cues, perhaps one which carries a little more International weight, "John Parris" or suchlike.

As we know though, there are producers of cues (overseas) who do build cues, who then sell onto others who put their names to them. This generates larger profits as it makes buyers believe the product is made somewhere that carries a higher pricetag as standard, such as the UK.

As we are seeing however, some overseas companies are now trading quite happily under their own names, and, are doing so with some success. I for one would be happy to see that continue and for the trade of pre-made and re-badged cues come to an abrupt halt.

Anyway, I digress.

My point is simply that this particular cue looks like any other with this name badge.

[itsnoteasy]

Sorry to hijack this thread ,just a quick point. Trev we would all like to see rebadged cues stopped, but unless we know who is doing it ,how do you stop it, I don't want another cue gate started, but if you know who does it ,tell us, it's the only way, it's an absolute rip off charging 5-6 hundred pound for a ready made cue,it's just not fair on the lads that buy them.

[golferson123]

Exquisite one piece ash snooker cue

how do you stop something that's not only legal but common practice, who makes m/s food clothes ect but it says m/s on the labels , outsourcing is a fact and you cannot roll back the clock

[billabong]

how do you stop something that's not only legal but common practice, who makes m/s food clothes ect but it says m/s on the labels , outsourcing is a fact and you cannot roll back the clock

Yes, but the M&S clothes will say made in china/wherever.

If you bought a cue from a UK maker that said "handmade in Thailand & UK, then that would be a comparable analogy, imho.

[golferson123]

Exquisite one piece ash snooker cue

and what does it say on the food?.I would be more concerned with how much we have to pay for fuel,gas,electricity and the like than snooker cues

[Leo]

Like that numpty on ebay selling those dodgy cues with Hunt & O'byrne badges,he's getting his badges made up and by who, but as he's worded his listing accordingly so he's doing nothing wrong in theory, yes you can buy a cue off a decent seller on here etc but his mate might of got this cue off their mate who bought it off his other mate and you won't really know.

[itsnoteasy]

and what does it say on the food?.I would be more concerned with how much we have to pay for fuel,gas,electricity and the like than snooker cues

I don't think we should get ripped off on anything we buy, at least if we know who does it we can make an informed decision. It's not as if you can't make a living selling these cues, look at GBL as far as I know it's thriving but is open and honest about where their cues come from.

[ADR147]

I don't think we should get ripped off on anything we buy, at least if we know who does it we can make an informed decision. It's not as if you can't make a living selling these cues, look at GBL as far as I know it's thriving but is open and honest about where their cues come from.

i doubt stu makes any money selling cues - they cost him a fortune!

[Geoff Large]

your not going to stop Chinese fake cues , I have a Gibson Les Paul guitar that cost £275 made in china with Gibson and made in USA on it , but if it was the real deal it would be £3300 .
and no I did not get ripped off I knew what it was when I bought it even though is really does sound ok in fact better than ok , but it is not a gibson .

you can see web sites selling all sorts of products one such web site is called DHgate , I have not seen any fake cues on there but they do some very good deals on hand spliced cues on there and you will be surprised as at the quality you get , but remember to ad around £43 customs and handling charge .


just like the copy of cues with country and makers name , they even put made in USA on the reverse of the head stock and a serial number nicked off the Gibson web site
here is one on ebay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2517579033...RK%3AMEBIDX%3A

[TooDark]

http://youtu.be/K0bNf-jcVU0

Says it all really!

[trevs1]

how do you stop something that's not only legal but common practice, who makes m/s food clothes ect but it says m/s on the labels , outsourcing is a fact and you cannot roll back the clock

It isn't up to anyone to stop it (outsourcing that is) and I'm sure most here will appreciate that it's a legal way of going about things. On the question of cues with UK named badges that are not made here in the UK, it's more a question of ethics and transparency and truth.

To use M&S as an analogy to the cue business is a little flawed. M&S sell their products with clear labels to inform country of origin. The simple difference with some cues is that they do not, and in fact, infer that they are completely made here in the UK. A name badge may well not say "made in the UK" but there is clear inference to it. Furthermore, the problem with comparing clothing or food which is sold within a large store that anyone can come in and browse, is that none of it is bespoke and made specifically for an individual customer. The cues in quesion on the other hand can be, and sometimes are, supposedly made for specific individual customers, who actually think they are buying a UK hand made product.

To me at least, that appears more than a little bit shady.

Perhaps I have that wrong, but until I hear a solid contrary argument against my view of it, I'll hold onto it.

[Neil Taperell]

Still can't see how you can tell the difference between a real and a fake , if they use the same font for the name badge ?

[jrc750]

[QUOTE=neil taperell;813029]Still can't see how you can tell the difference between a real and a fake , if they use the same font for the name badge ?[QUOTE]

The fake Exquisite cue was on facebook, they had used a front splice Raymond would never have used, that's how it was spotted