New Rooney Polo

[malocchio]

I believe the factory will.

.............Does anyone actually know the address of the Rooney factory?...Is there a website....Rooney has always been quasi "mysterious"...

[Squire]

Now that I can't say, any contact info I may have is way outdated.

[churchilllafemme]

I just sent Lee an email asking if he could re-apply the lampblack lettering on the brush handle. We'll see if he responds....

[brothers]

These Rooney Finest Polos are beautiful. You guys are very lucky!

[fallingwickets]

Nice one Peter.

agree....and nice to see you out and about too!



clive

[churchilllafemme]

Lee says he can polish the whole handle, reapply the lettering (which is done by something called Tempo Printing), and send the brush back for 37GBP, which is about $60. I think I'll go ahead and have him do it.

[churchilllafemme]

Well, Lee just finished re-lettering the brush. Unfortunately, when he picked it up he had to pay an extra $90 in customs duty fees because I had declared the full value of the brush, not knowing any better, and of course he is passing that cost along to me. It's turning out to be a very expensive brush indeed.

[Squire]

Regrettable indeed John, one would not expect that.

[TheMonk]

Customs in Europe are absolutely merciless. Items with a high declared value, as was the case, are almost always taxed.

[Squire]

Which is an excellent way to drive business elsewhere.

[TheMonk]

Unfortunately that is the way it goes. Still, what alternative do we have, as customers?

[Squire]

Beat 'em at their own game, we're smart guys.

[churchilllafemme]

Well, I just got the brush back from Lee, and I think the polished handle and reapplied lettering looks quite good.

[Squire]

John that's beautiful.

[TheMonk]

Excellent work by Lee!

[blantyre]

That is a real beauty. It seems that Rooney ran a few specials in finest - sometime based on handle designs that were already well established in their range. I had both a small and large Alibaba filled with finest. The large performs better and is in my rotation, I sold the small one.

[brothers]

Excellent work by Lee!

Lee knows his business, that's for sure. He was the source of my favorite brush.

[TheMonk]

Excellent work by Lee!

Lee knows his business, that's for sure. He was the source of my favorite brush.

Which is?

[brothers]

Uh, brushes?

[TheMonk]

Uh, brushes?

Plural? I thought you were gonna name your favorite brush!