need help on chinese cues!!

[LavaChild]

Thanks for the reply. Whilst I appreciate the sentiment, £250 is far too rich for me at the present time... I'll eagerly await feedback from other members of the forum who I'm sure will get their hands on one in due course!

Thanks again

[LavaChild]

The pictures seem remarkably similar in every auction. I personally think its just a bank of photos and they pick similar ones each time. Could be wrong though.

Based on the comments that others have made about the quality of those cues, I wouldn't put the above tactics past them, either.

Who'd have thought buying a cue would be so difficult?*

*Don't answer that - The real problem is me wanting much more than I can realistically afford...

[gazzalfc]

hi again...
i emailed craftsman yesterday and have had no reply as of yet...gonna give them a tinkle on the dog and bone tomorrow and hopefully go through to the shop saturday and try a couple......
those Joshua xavier cues are sold on ebay...my cousin got one about 3 weeks ago for £35 for the job lot......its not a bad cue but i really do wanta better one than that....im no great player or owt but want a cue im gonna cherish for a while!!!!
Gazza!!!

[LavaChild]

As ever, I'd like to hear how it goes

Based on what I'm hearing/reading I'm tempted to stay away from the eBay Chinese ones, and with a similar budget to yours it'll be interesting to see what you pick up.

Cheers.

[checkSide]

This looks excellent, and you might get it for a bargain???

He has another cue for sale as well that looks just as good.

[gazzalfc]

hmmm, im actually watching his other one.....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Beautiful-Genu...1%7C240%3A1318

[eaoin11]

This looks excellent, and you might get it for a bargain???

He has another cue for sale as well that looks just as good.

That is an excellent piece of maple...

[LavaChild]

I'd noticed that too... Think we may start a little bidding war on here alone... Who knows where it might end

[gazzalfc]

That is an excellent piece of maple...

i aint being funny here, but how can you tell that its a nice piece?
is the other one he has for sale ang good too?
many thanks
Gazza!!!

[checkSide]

They are both quality gazza.

The guy selling them has been putting his cue collection on ebay over the past couple of months.
All his cues are beautiful, he obviously knows his stuff.
You can guarentee both these cues are top notch.

[gazzalfc]

thanks...any idea how much would be too much for it!?!?
dont wanna pay over the odds if i were to go for it....
like i said in an other post that im going to craftsman cues on saturday anyway!!

[checkSide]

I would pay around £120 and feel that was fair mate.

[gazzalfc]

thanks m8y

[KeithinFrance]

I would pay around £120 and feel that was fair mate.

I'd never pay that much for that cue. It looks very, very much like the cues that are sold by a guy in Scotland; he does up cues and sells "James Butter's Hand Made Cues" as well, no-one knows who makes these cues nor where come from. The cues sell on eBay from between £40 and £80 depending on bidding and I got one for a mate at £67. If I'd have been able to see the cue before, I'd never have gone as high. The cue was alright but not over £50worth.

[gazzalfc]

thanx keith......it does seem its a very tricky business buying a cue you cant grab hold of.....im defo going to craftmans cues saturday and hopefully get myself a decent cue....need that hands on approach i feel!!!!

nothing appears real in the world anymore!!!