>I want a way out to move a set of tables in oracle from one user to another user. i have had a tough time getting around it.

Use the export and import command line utilities.
exp and imp

First use exp to get the rows in a dmp file.
Then use
imp fromuser=? touser=?
To get the rows in.

Or you can use the syntax:
CREATE TABLE NEWUSER.TABLE1 as select * from olduser.table1;
DROP TABLE olduser.table1;
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HTH