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Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

Are you incapable of making a recommendation in the $100 range?

Pretty much. In my opinion, decent playing cues begin at the $300 range...below that, might as well buy the cheapest cue you can find. Anything around $100 will have been Chinese made with a "guess what kind of wood I am?" shaft, a "genuine leather" tip, and a joint that may or may not have been aligned and installed properly.

But..if you want to buy a $100 cue, there are plenty of people willing to sell you one. Many of them look really cool from a distance because decals are a lot cheaper than inlay work.