Aug. 1996 Mizerak $100
Oct. 1996 Meucci SP $150
Feb. 1997 McDermmott EK-4 $220 *Favorite
Apr. 1997 Espiritu SP J/B $75
Apr. 1998 J. Pechauer SP $175
Oct. 1998 Viking P-10 $165
Dec. 1998 Schon SL-11 $500 *Favorite
Mar. 1999 McDermmott EB-10 $150
Apr. 1999 Keith Josey SP $285 *Favorite
Apr. 1999 Hanbat Billiard Cue $45
Oct. 1999 J. Pechauer J/B $350
Oct. 1999 Meucci $125
Jan. 2000 Predator SPJ $275
Jan. 2000 Meucci 97-12 $175
Feb. 2000 Tim Padgett SP $170
Apr. 2000 Ray Schuler (Billiard) $500 *Currently Own
Jun. 2000 McDermmott EB-6 J/B $5
Jun. 2000 Meucci Original $0
May. 2000 Ray Schuler (Pool) $365 *Favorite
Jul. 2000 Predator SPJ $150
Jul. 2000 Joss SP
Jul. 2000 MACE J/B
Sep. 2000 Ray Schuler (Pool) $425
Nov. 2000 Schon SL-4 $300
Dec. 2000 DP Custom $900
Jan. 2001 Muellers SP $110
Feb. 2001 Jim Buss $200 *Favorite & Currently Own
Mar. 2001 Woody Woodsworth SP $100 *Currently Own
Mar. 2003 Joss JS101 $135 *Currently Own
Moral of the Story: Just buy one cue and stick with it. It's not worth going through all these cues. Or at the very least, find one that suits your tastes and keep it. In many instances, I found a cue that suited my hit and worked with my stroke, but I got greedy and wanted something better, so I sold the cue to try to acquire a different one. Guess what. In a lot of instances the cue just didn't fit my tastes, so I was back to searching for another "unicorn".
Sometime in the near future I'll provide my opinions on some of these cues.