Pool Cue News and Review v2.0

I’m thinking that when they decided to take this route, their own twisted version of Robert Frost was running through their minds: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one only the sleaziest would ever travel by.

I tell you, the level that some people stoop to make a buck in this business makes me want to retch.  So I do a search on Google for Seyberts the other day and this is what I get:

That’s right, the folks over at Billiardsdotcom apparently decided that they would take the lowest of the low roads and advertise “We’ll Beat Seyberts Prices” for anyone searching for Seyberts.  Not only is this a completely sleazy move, but if the Seybert’s name is trademarked, its also a violation of Google’s T’s & C’s.  Not to mention the fact that all major pool cue brands are price controlled, so they’re not beating anyone’s prices.

Let’s just say I have much love for Seybert’s with they way they’re fighting back.  With an ad title of “No They Won’t” and a subheader of “We are what the others try to be” Seybert’s does an excellent job of not only kicking those guys square in the nuts but also reminds any potential customer just what kind of people they’d be dealing with if they decided to click the other guys’ link.

Seyberts, Ozone, Billiards Warehouse, Pooldawg, these are the online guys who do it right and deserve your business (not to mention the fact that they all go beyond making a buck and actually work to support pool).  Anyone who trades on the names of others in an attempt to trick, manipulate and deceive is beyond pathetic.

I wish I had something interesting to write about, but I’ve gotta tell ya, there’s not a whole lot of good going on.  The bad on the other hand, well let’s just say that there’s some very disturbing stuff going on in the pool biz and leave it at that for now.  Don’t worry though, its not all bad.  From what I hear, Griffin showed up at the APA show and was able to have some civil talks with Renee while he was there, which is quite a shock considering all that alleged cockblocking that happened with the WPBA board crap last year.  Maybe they came to the same realization that none of it matters since the WPBA appears headed down the road to oblivion anyway.  Should be back in the game next week, or at least in more of a mood to write. Out.