Wanted/for sale section (2024)

It will be interesting to watch the prices on that forum as the economy shrinks nationwide. I suspect people will maintain current prices for a while and be reluctant to drop them but if this goes on for much longer reality will set in.

I also suspect a lot of people who paid thousands for a cue recently are now upside down.

Exactly

And just like the stock market, you don’t get hurt unless you sell.
Buy what you want to shoot with and it’s all good.

Right now, if you need the cash and are trying to sell anything, except toilet paper or hand sanitizer, you better be ready to take a hit.

I think that cues are generally luxury items and people don't rely on their sales to meet everyday financial needs.

Hoping that remains true for all our members.

Honeslty how many Cues do you NEED? Collector or Playing is different game.

Steve Pikesner aka Tikkler Collection made me drool. He was like one of the top collectors.

alstl said:

It will be interesting to watch the prices on that forum as the economy shrinks nationwide. I suspect people will maintain current prices for a while and be reluctant to drop them but if this goes on for much longer reality will set in.

I also suspect a lot of people who paid thousands for a cue recently are now upside down.

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I am seeing recently some high prices for a lot of non-collectible cues like newer Joss and McDermott cues on the facebook cue groups. Not sure if they ever sell for close to the asking prices, but the prices seem like 25% too high for all of them. It's almost like they just price them high and just accept lower offers instead of listing them at the price they would actually sell for in the first place. I have been looking a maybe getting a McDermott US made again sine those were some of my first cues but I am laughing at the prices people put on them.

Not sure why cue prices would go up or down because of the current covid-19 issue. Maybe production cues, but customs still have a long wait.

Sure there will be some that get worried about money and get rid of cues, but I don't think it will be a large portion of people.

I see deals, but few and far between.

Free want ads bring out the idiots. You can see the same cues and cases at the same unreasonable prices for months on end, sometimes years.

I would not mind seeing a manatory adjustment rule if the product does not move in X amount of time.

The overpriced ads are taking away Page One space of legitimate sale opportunities for serious sellers and buyers.

IMNSHO YMMV

An aside. I am new here I went to the for sale/wanted forum.

I only saw one item for sale. The layout is a bit confusing. Many forums ( like this one) have a sticky posting area and then the other current posts start below it.

I only saw one posting today for a Cue. That was it. One item for sale in one posting.

Anyways, only realized after a while that the ads are above the green section. A lot of newbies who might be the ones buying cues etc. could be equally confused if not used to the format and completely miss the actual listings.

Geosnooker said:

An aside. I am new here I went to the for sale/wanted forum.

I only saw one item for sale. The layout is a bit confusing. Many forums ( like this one) have a sticky posting area and then the other current posts start below it.

I only saw one posting today for a Cue. That was it. One item for sale in one posting.

Anyways, only realized after a while that the ads are above the green section. A lot of newbies who might be the ones buying cues etc. could be equally confused if not used to the format and completely miss the actual listings.

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Geosnooker the wanted for sale section is here in case you were in the wrong spot.

https://forums.azbilliards.com/forumdisplay.php?f=111

jimmyco said:

I see deals, but few and far between.

Free want ads bring out the idiots. You can see the same cues and cases at the same unreasonable prices for months on end, sometimes years.

I would not mind seeing a manatory adjustment rule if the product does not move in X amount of time.

The overpriced ads are taking away Page One space of legitimate sale opportunities for serious sellers and buyers.

IMNSHO YMMV

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The idiots are the ones that list 10 cues, post them all at the same time in different threads, and then bump each thread on the same day.

alstl said:

It will be interesting to watch the prices on that forum as the economy shrinks nationwide. I suspect people will maintain current prices for a while and be reluctant to drop them but if this goes on for much longer reality will set in.

I also suspect a lot of people who paid thousands for a cue recently are now upside down.

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Although sales of most non-essential goods will no doubt shrink, everyone’s reality, attitude and buying power varies. Even in down markets there are buyers for most everything. I certainly won’t be joining any doomsday or hysterical negativity.

cubswin said:

The idiots are the ones that list 10 cues, post them all at the same time in different threads, and then bump each thread on the same day.

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No argument here.