JPU Order - Status changed

[MinnesotaSlim85]

My JPU is ready at last!!!, just paid for it so hopefully it will be with me by the weekend, one week short of 15 months in the end! hope it's been worth the wait

[cueman]

Great news for you, hope its everything you wanted and more. 15 months is a hell of a long wait for a 3/4 jointed cue though, considering the wait listed on the Parris website says 8-12 months for these!

Just makes me worry that the conservative guess of a 1pc taking up to 24 months could well be as much as 30 months which means I'll be lucky to get mine in 2014 at this rate!

[MinnesotaSlim85]

Thanks cueman.. when I placed my order it said up to 26 weeks! so a little bit longer than that!, I was picky about what I wanted so I hope it's close to what I asked for..I never thought I had any patience guess I have ..I also ordered a 1pc JPU at the same time as the 3/4, which said 12 months at the time and like you said it now says 24 months!!! crazy!!! so another year for that I would have thought...I hope you get your JPU well before 2014 and it is everything you could hope for also mate.

[President]

Finally I' ve got a mail from Parris today. My cue is ready to dispatch. Order was placed 26/12/12. Thats great.

[DeanH]

Finally I' ve got a mail from Parris today. My cue is ready to dispatch. Order was placed 26/12/12. Thats great.

great news
ordered on Boxing Day! so we know what you got for Christmas
3/4 or 1pc?
Ultimate?

[President]

3/4 Edition 5 design Ultimate

[DeanH]

so the advertised 12 months for a 3/4 is pretty good for yours
hope it is a cracker for you
dont forget to post photos when you get

[President]

OK, I will

[MinnesotaSlim85]

Finally I' ve got a mail from Parris today. My cue is ready to dispatch. Order was placed 26/12/12. Thats great.

wow! just over 10 months that was quick!, 15 months for me :snooker:

[cueman]

I'd love to know why Parris say 3/4 cues are quicker to make than 1 pc. It really annoys me that someone can place an order for an Ultimate 3 months after I placed my order and yet they are going to get it soon yet I have no idea when mine will go into production.

I don't know of any other cue makers that work by this logic, whether its 1pc or 3/4 the waiting time should be the same IMO.

[rob s]

I'd love to know why Parris say 3/4 cues are quicker to make than 1 pc. It really annoys me that someone can place an order for an Ultimate 3 months after I placed my order and yet they are going to get it soon yet I have no idea when mine will go into production.

I don't know of any other cue makers that work by this logic, whether its 1pc or 3/4 the waiting time should be the same IMO.

3/4 cues are less time consuming to make as you can have 1 person making the butts and another tapering shafts, 1 piece usually take longer than a 3/4

[cueman]

3/4 cues are less time consuming to make as you can have 1 person making the butts and another tapering shafts, 1 piece usually take longer than a 3/4

But 24 months as opposed to 8-12 months! What are they doing, planing them by pencil sharpener! Its a joke to be honest, regardless of how much more time it takes I refuse to believe it takes that length of time. Either they need more staff or they should have closed the book on orders once it got beyond 12 months. Over that is way too long, especially when I placed the order and it said up to 12 months which was then pushed back to 15 months and now 24.

[MinnesotaSlim85]

But 24 months as opposed to 8-12 months! What are they doing, planing them by pencil sharpener! Its a joke to be honest, regardless of how much more time it takes I refuse to believe it takes that length of time. Either they need more staff or they should have closed the book on orders once it got beyond 12 months. Over that is way too long, especially when I placed the order and it said up to 12 months which was then pushed back to 15 months and now 24.

It is bonkers! having to wait 2 years for a cue, if he is that busy like you said he should stop taking orders???..I cant believe people are still placing orders if it's that long now.

[cueman]

It's is bonkers! having to wait 2 years for a cue, if he is that busy like you said he should stop taking orders???..I cant believe people are still placing orders if it's that's long.

IMO it is quicker to make a 3/4 cue but only in that the majority of the standard range are 3/4 cues so they simply produce more shafts. I don't believe they make shafts specific to a range of cue they are producing at that time, rather they come across good quality shafts that are graded on appearance and stiffness/density and therefore they have more 3/4 shafts that go towards their made to measure orders than 1pc cues.

If they offered more than just two 1pc standard range cues, i.e. the traditional and sterling model then they would have to produce more 1pc shafts which would increase their output to shorten the waiting times for the Ultimate range cues.
Its all about producing as much as they can and there is probably more waste in 1pc than 3/4 so the margins work out better. They probably make 80% pure profit on 3/4 cues where its probably down to about 50-60% on 1pc due to wastage and time.

[rob s]

IMO it is quicker to make a 3/4 cue but only in that the majority of the standard range are 3/4 cues so they simply produce more shafts. I don't believe they make shafts specific to a range of cue they are producing at that time, rather they come across good quality shafts that are graded on appearance and stiffness/density and therefore they have more 3/4 shafts that go towards their made to measure orders than 1pc cues.

If they offered more than just two 1pc standard range cues, i.e. the traditional and sterling model then they would have to produce more 1pc shafts which would increase their output to shorten the waiting times for the Ultimate range cues.
Its all about producing as much as they can and there is probably more waste in 1pc than 3/4 so the margins work out better. They probably make 80% pure profit on 3/4 cues where its probably down to about 50-60% on 1pc due to wastage and time.

Very true mate that is a good point, almost all Parris ranges standard cues are 3/4 so that must play a big part. Also a 1 piece cue should be made from a 60" block of ash which apparently is hard to source with perfect grain patterns, where as a 3/4 cue is made from smaller blocks of ash (around 40-45" I guess) so maybe they are easier to source. The waiting list is very long but Dave Coutts is 18-24 months waiting list, Trevor white is over a year, robin cook was 14 months then he stopped taking orders so it is not that uncommon