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A letter from Mark Ogonowski, President
I have been involved in the billiards industry my entire life. I personally installed hundreds of pool tables in my younger years. Currently, I am president of one of the country’s largest and most respected billiard retailers, an active member in the National Billiard Retailer Association, Billiard Congress of America and Vice Chairperson for one of the largest buying groups in the country. This website was designed to educate you, save you time and money and give you a good alternative when shopping for an inexpensive pool table.
If you are looking for smoke and mirrors, this is not for you. However, if you are looking for straight answers, this may be just what you’ve been searching for. I have personally listened to too many dissatisfied customers who purchased a pool table or game table (shuffleboard, ping pong, air hockey, foosball) on the Internet and were dissatisfied with their purchase. Unfortunately, they are now stuck with a product that does not play well or, in some cases, is downright dangerous.
The worst part is, they bought a product online with a bogus warranty. All of these warranties require the you to ship the defective pool table back in its original boxes at your own expense! Unfortunately, it is nearly impossible and all too expensive to return a defective pool table and so the you can easily get stuck with a lousy product.
What if I told you that some these online companies charge over $1,200 to return a cheap table that they could not level? Read their fine print and you will see that this is true.
Thousands of cheap pool tables are sold on the Internet every year for far too much money. The sad fact is, nearly anyone can set up an internet site and sell you a cheap pool table that was made in China with no guarantee that it will play level. However, at BuyBilliardsDirect.com, you can now learn the differences in pool table quality.
Our better and best quality pool tables are made in American and guaranteed to play level for the same price that it costs for a cheap imitations. These cheap imitations are typically made out of cheap Chinese wood and engineered to fit as many as possible in a container to save on ocean freight from China to the USA. Good luck trying to put one of these tables together.
A pool table that is unlevel or unstable is an embarrassment to you when your friends come over to play and regrettable for your children when they lose interest in the game.
Oftentimes, cheaply priced pool tables may look good in pictures,
but I can assure you that they neither play well nor hold up over the years.
So the next time you see a pool table marked:
There are many inaccuracies on the Internet that can cause an uneducated consumer to make a bad purchase decision.
In many cases, the pool table was simply not engineered to allow for accurate leveling or for the proper application of billiard fabric. For example, it is the opinion of many that American Heritage brand pool tables have a serious design flaw that does not allow for accurate leveling. It seems ironic to buy a slate pool table that cannot play level.
In other cases, a pool table was sold as 100% solid wood, but was actually made mostly of 1” thick MDF panels (sawdust and glue under pressure) with wood veneers. While this has the appearance of real wood, it does not adequately support the weight of a slate pool table.
It is my goal to shine a bright light on many of the inaccurate claims that are made so you do not fall victim to one of these scams. I also want to show you a better way to purchase an inexpensive pool table and bring good fun into your home for many years to come. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have.
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