Peradon V Parris...

[RogiBear]

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Hey Gazza,
Just a little confused with your maths here, you are saying that your JPUs were worth £1200 yes?
The brand new price of a JPU is £630 today. Meaning you can pick this cue up at the shop for £630, following me so far ?
Next add the most extravagant decoration and add £200. So far we are at £ 880. Plus delivery.
What I don't understand is how you get to your number of £1200.00 ?
Within the last 3 months I received my TW with modest decoration and the bill was £650+ delivery.
My new MW that I ordered 4 months ago and I am still waiting for is £880 all up.
So it appears to me that you are trying to create the impression that JPU cues are over priced at the shop price, if that is your intention the I suggest that you are under estimating the intelligence of the TSF readers, I mean all they have to do is go to the JP website and build a cue.

Plain ebony butt ultimate is £756, and most extravagant design is £1232

[cueman]

Plain ebony butt ultimate is £756, and most extravagant design is £1232

Yes and these are current prices which went up as of January this year I believe. Simple fact is since the price increase I highly doubt any of these cues have gone into production yet so the most expensive a JPU would be before that would be about the £1100 mark.

[ADR147]

If he's saying they are worth that, then the price sold on ebay is much more relevant to

what they're worth, than the shop price.

You may be talking about shop prices, but Gazza wasn't. He was talking about how much people are willing to pay for one.

No waiting etc. .

i have sold lots, current price is 800-1200 depending on spec and design.

[Neil Taperell]

Bought my Step son a Peradon a good few years ago.......varnish so thick could not run through the bridge hand smoothly .

That was before the days of TSF .....And i did not know any better .

[cueboy777]

Had special cue made.. (as maple cue i have been using) and then used an ambassador

[culraven]

I just bought a peradon pro cue off ebay and they are heavilly varnished and certainly don't hold there value. That said they strip down well, quality wood underneath, makes you wonder why they insist on the varnish, and who is paying the £180 asking price for a varnished cue?

[cueboy777]

intresting...mine is carlisle, and no varnish on at all...really like smooth feel.

[vmax4steve]

I just bought a peradon pro cue off ebay and they are heavilly varnished and certainly don't hold there value. That said they strip down well, quality wood underneath, makes you wonder why they insist on the varnish, and who is paying the £180 asking price for a varnished cue?

If they have used wood that is not well seasoned or kiln dried the varnish will seal the wood so that it doesn't lose moisture and start to warp.
If the varnish is removed it's best to apply linseed oil or similar to the cue about twice a year to keep the moisture content of the wood at a level where it won't start to dry out and warp.

There's a good chance that the wood is seasoned and/or kiln dried but the varnish is a back up that's used by many mass producers who don't give weeks or months between different stages of planing or turning of the shaft in order to see if the wood moves, which is what a good cue maker would do when hand making a one off.

[djholly]

i was lucky to buy an old(ish) smith and nesaon sportsman cue off andy travis a few months ago. its 17oz and 57 1/2", plays really well and straight. its not the cue but what the player does with it, spending £500 on a cue will not make you a better player.

[Cuedos]

spending £500 on a cue will not make you a better player.

ahmen to that ! That's bee my advice for many years of cue dealing but you just cant tell some people.....

[cueboy777]

I agree, but you should use a cue that give you the best chance to improve, ie..well balanced and weighted etc.. its very difficult to find the perfect cue however!! i may need to apply some linseed to my cue then?

[cueboy777]

Well played with new peradon, its so so..maybe to light for me but still looks well made etc. Maybe not quite what im after but will persist for while, parris may come back tho!! Merry Xmas all.

[Gary Mac 147]

You need the skill set to play snooker a cue under 100 quid decent weight straight good tip !!
will suffice !!!!

[Gary Mac 147]

John Parris you are paying for the name !
and splicing etc !!
Same with Will Hunt !!