Bad Looking Parris For Sale on EBAY

[platt]

Parris traditional for sale and it looks very copied. ?

[gingerale]

platt, it would be helpful if you post an item ID

[moglet]

It looks uncommonly like the last one that was minutely examined in this thread:http://www.thesnookerforum.com/board...ad.php?t=11876

Same specification, looks the same. I don't think anyone did find out whether it was genuine or not, no-one posted a final and authoritative verdict.

If you don't want the thing don't bid for it.

I do hope we don't have to go through the whole business again

http://cgi.ebay.com/John-Parris-Trad...sid=p1638.m122

[platt]

Sorry there don't know how to do links.

[moglet]

Drag and drop, or copy and paste from address bar into post reply box.

Never mind the quality of the cue, feel the width of the cloth underneath

[platt]

Thanks Moglet you learn something everyday/night. Looks as if the photos from the previous one are reused.

[ADR147]

this ebay item 190200784027 is 100% not a parris cue. hope that helps you - looks a good cue its just not a parris.

[angelinababe]

totally not a parris i know this as i have sold a few of them...
how much is this plastic wood going for?

[poolqjunkie]

Who made these fake Parris cues? More than one place?

[ADR147]

that one looks thai made its too good for china

[platt]

I see its not on ebay anymore,

[poolqjunkie]

Do you think someone just replace the badge and call it a Parris, or is someone out there specializing in making fake John Parris?

[hotmog]

I see its not on ebay anymore,

It's still there - item no 330214071718. Maybe you've got your search criteria set to UK only?

The same cue previously "sold" 10 days ago for AU$550, yet is now being offered again by the same seller. The pictures are identical, as is the description and spec, except that the weight is now shown as 17.4 oz rather than 17 oz in the previous listing. It's not even that the seller is being lazy and re-using old photos of a similar cue, as he specifically states that "Cue as shown in pictures, actual cue, not some model pictures with something else delivered, what you see here is what you will get".

As bidder IDs are kept private it's impossible to get any specific information from the bidding history on the previous listing. However the fact that this information has been deliberately concealed will do nothing to inspire bidder confidence. It suggests to me that the seller was probably shill-bidding on his own item using another ID to push up the price, and was left holding the baby when the auction ended.

Even if it was the genuine article, with the dubious selling tactics employed by this seller I wouldn't touch it with a barge-pole.

[ADR147]

it was somebody else selling it in the uk - that auction has gone

[platt]

Details said Manchester area. The seller must have seen this thread , haha