Pool table on Craigslist

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Post June 11th, 2009, 12:37 pm

Bought this on Tuesday for $150

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Sold it like THIS on Thursday for $290

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Craigslist: good photos are everything!!!!


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Post June 11th, 2009, 12:37 pm

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Post June 11th, 2009, 12:42 pm

That's why people in marketing get paid the big bucks.
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Post June 11th, 2009, 12:58 pm

Personally I would of kept it :)
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Post June 11th, 2009, 1:16 pm

I was sort of thinking the same thing.
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Post June 11th, 2009, 1:32 pm

Actually once I got it home and played it a bit, I realized that a slate table is really worth the hassle/effort.

The table was wood, and fun to play, but there was no finesse to playing it. Just banging the balls around since they curve and dont roll well. A slate surface is much nicer.

So I sold it.
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Post June 11th, 2009, 6:40 pm

How much did you put into it to fix it up?
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Post June 11th, 2009, 6:49 pm

Merlyn wrote:
How much did you put into it to fix it up?


I didnt put anything into it. I just took better pictures of it.
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Post June 12th, 2009, 12:53 am

That first photo looks like it was taken with a camera phone or something.

I think it would be interesting to experiment and see if selling an item with the same photo, but a better description would work too.

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Actually once I got it home and played it a bit, I realized that a slate table is really worth the hassle/effort.

The table was wood, and fun to play, but there was no finesse to playing it. Just banging the balls around since they curve and dont roll well. A slate surface is much nicer.

So I sold it.


Some people will complain about paying twice as much to play on the tables at an actual pool hall as they would on the table at a local bar. Until you get them to actually try it and their ball does what they want it to do. I was simply amazed the first time I saw a ball carom around the whole table with minimal effort.

With older wood tables there's always little divots where people have racked the balls or tried tricks and used one ball to try and tap another into place.
Strong with this one, the sudo is.

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