About mastercraft cue

[fatboy_ykh]

Do everyone have mastercraft cue before? Is it good? Could the owner show their mastercraft photo?

[Phil]

try the search. there are plenty of threads on Mastercraft. I do use one and I am very, very happy with it!

[tmcthree]

Hey Phil, how long did it take them to make yours. I ordered mine about month ago, so I keep expecting it to arrive any day, but it never does....

[Phil]

hi tmcthree, it took a while. I guess I waited 2 months and I must admit I almost couldn't wait for it anymore... but I am so happy with the cue now, I really don't mind the time it took to make it.

just keep in touch with David, I'm sure he'll be helpful.

[Shanghai Matt]

I've got a mastercraft cue, nice cue, well made, but a tiny bit too whippy for me. think theres still pictures of it on theyre website under "custom cues"... its the one with a zebrano but and olive wood splices.

took about 6 weeks from ordering it iirc.

Dave is a lovely chap, very easy to deal with and will doo pretty much whatever you want at a reasonable price.

[gettingbetter]

Hows the quality. I've searched posts on here and the quality control appears to be an issue for a lot of people who bought cues from there. Also Phil, did they do something when sending your cue in regards to taxes? I see that you are not a native of the UK like me, and all that is really stopping me from buying a cue is the delivery price and after that, duty tax.

I've talked to other cuemakers and they've said that they can send the package in a way that taxes are minimized.

[Phil]

hi, about taxes: as a non-EU citizen of course I had not to pay the usual british tax. so that's that. but I had to pay Swiss custom taxes and that's the norm, again because Switzerland is not an EU country (sometimes I even think, thank God it's not...). that was for my cue about £20. because that tax is estimated from the invoice that has to be included with the package you can not really deal around that. a possibility is a fake invoice and/or label the package as a gift. but customs are not stupid. and let's get one thing clear: if customs have to open a package with a cue, dear god, think about how they care about packages, how they open them (knifes...) and do not care really. nope, I would not take the risk for a fine cue.

I do import a fair amount of film music CDs from the States throughout the year and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. so it's always a bit of a risk really. There were packages where I had to pay additonal fees because of a not detailed enough invoices or what the customs thought were items with more value.

my opinion is: a cue is something you will play with for a long time (usually), so what the heck about taxes! safe transportation and no one's touching it. so I'd go with a correct invoice any time again.

[tmcthree]

hi tmcthree, it took a while. I guess I waited 2 months and I must admit I almost couldn't wait for it anymore... but I am so happy with the cue now, I really don't mind the time it took to make it.

just keep in touch with David, I'm sure he'll be helpful.

2 MONTHS! This is crazy talk! What are they doing, growing the trees?!!!

(ok tantrum over)

[RGCirencester]

When i emailed mastercraft for a quote they told me 5 weeks.

[Dan27]

I'd rather a cue maker took their time and got it right rather than rushing as many out of the door as quickly as possible.

[RGCirencester]

5 weeks seems perfectly enough time to me though. Perhaps if they are particularly busy you might have to wait a week or two extra but in general 5 weeks seems about right.

In the end I ordered my cue custome made from welshpooltrading, It took an extra week or so to arrive because he had a lot of orders in at the time but I kept in touch and he got my cue to me for my birthday when i was given it

It might seem like a long time now but in the end you get something you will treasure adn really dont mind that it took a while to arrive.

[Dan27]

I agree, alot of people seem to think a cue maker will only be working on their cue for the entire duration of the time they've been quoted.

[tmcthree]

I'd rather a cue maker took their time and got it right rather than rushing as many out of the door as quickly as possible.

Quite right Dan. Which is why I'm doing my all whinging from behind the anonymity of the snooker forum..:snooker:

[rocketboy12322]

hey mates even i am plannin to ordera cue from master craft can anyone let me know of its quality and the time taken.....

[Phil]

quality great, time: have patience. Dave's doing some more than only one cue.