Interesting discussion Coutts cue for Ding Junhui!

[itsnoteasy]

Felt I had to clear this up. In no way did I say or intimate that the standard of work of TW is comparable to that of Dunns or Condy or any other budget line cue maker. I was merely making the point that many people would not even give these cues a second look despite the fact that they could well perform better for them than a more expensive cue, I was perhaps wrong to use TW as an example only, I should have included other premium brand names but as TW is the most popular cue maker amongst members of this site I felt it was more relevant to use his name on this occasion.

I think the point was more to do with you blind fold many people on here and ask them to take a few shots without looking at the cue they wouldn't have a clue who made that cue. If I done it i could tell you how I think the cue feels, but there's no way I could tell you who made the cue and don't think there is one person on the forum who could.

Sorry lads I missunderstood the point, I take it back.

[hendrykitty]

The other question is .....Has he asked the other Cue Makers to remove their badges from the cues ? If not , why does he want this one with no badge ?

he told me he needed cues made without badge, as he had an exclusive contract with star, he didn't want make any trouble with it, but i did not tell this to any cuemaker, every maker on this forum can verify this, bcoz i thought if he finally chose the one, then for him it was really easy to remove the badge, but if he didn't take any of them as his playing cue, then a cue with a badge will be a better gift to people than the one without badge

[hendrykitty]

he had a knock with one of mine other day at the academy,it didnt have a badge as not totally finished,asked who made was told jawes cues ,said yes i had one ,got round to talking about badge said dont have one put in ,but i have ,lol.

it is your cue actually, it is now in his home in beijing, with a red badge, he might be confused which cue was made by which maker

[ken147]

he told me he needed cues made without badge, as he had an exclusive contract with star, he didn't want make any trouble with it, but i did not tell this to any cuemaker, every maker on this forum can verify this, bcoz i thought if he finally chose the one, then for him it was really easy to remove the badge, but if he didn't take any of them as his playing cue, then a cue with a badge will be a better gift to people than the one without badge

I didn't know STAR makes cues???

[jrc750]

Well i think Ding is being ridiculous

[golferson123]

Well i think Ding is being ridiculous

why? because he wants a cue with no nameplate! for whatever reason its only a request

[jrc750]

why? because he wants a cue with no nameplate! for whatever reason its only a request

Wasn't just a request tho was it ?? he turned the cue down when it was refused, so more of a demand really, he might of missed out on some great cues !!

[golferson123]

he asked, why does that make it a demand? customer asked for something, supplier says no, customer dont buy, why does that make him ridiculous

[robertmac]

Ding was asking for certain specs which is ok
and Coutts was not ok with that which is ok.

I dont see the big deal here.

[Leo]

At the end of the day Ding is a global name in snooker, Coutts is not a global name in cues end of.

[golferson123]

Ding was asking for certain specs which is ok
and Coutts was not ok with that which is ok.

I dont see the big deal here.

that about sums it up!! just a quiet news day on the forum, mountain and molehill times

[darrenlowe79]

Interesting discussion Coutts cue for Ding Junhui!

coutts sells cues all over the world so sounds pretty global to me!!!!!!

[Neil Taperell]

And his cues are faked in the Far East , so global I would have said as well

[CfcMicky]

I spouse it's like telling the missus to walk 10 paces behind you in the street so no one knows ya with her. And mine would probably batter me for that! lol Dirty washing on facebook tho- a no no! So not really the place to say it- would of been better hearing that one word of mouth down the snooker hall!

[ADR147]

At the end of the day Ding is a global name in snooker, Coutts is not a global name in cues end of.

coutts is one of the most highly regarded cue makers in the world.