what is the history behind everyone's hate of Smart Parts???

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  • ted.c0bb1es
    Registered User
    • Aug 2004
    • 42

    #1

    what is the history behind everyone's hate of Smart Parts???

    Could someone take some time to explain to me the reason(s) for everyone's hate of Smart Parts? I hear all the time that it is an evil empire bent on taking over the world - but I am not clear as to wht this is. Please let me know. Sorry for bringing up bad memories...

    ~Dan
    ULE automag pro: black cf ule body, black x valve, lvl 10, nickel y-grip, 12" ceramic, check-it drop/asa, 68/3000 crossfire tank, 12v revy, nxe cover.

    I love listing every stupid little thing.
    party on
  • eNder159
    buy a mag ...the END
    • Mar 2004
    • 523

    #2
    you pretty much summed it up


    Oh you got an anti chop bolt? Put your toungue in there and prove it to me.


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    • Irelandunfree
      "Shall never be at peace"
      • Jul 2004
      • 350

      #3
      Yea I dont get it either, I saw a thread of people with pictures of SP Barrels being smashed and set on fire? Why the hell would someone hate a company that much?

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      • quik
        I eat your unhappiness
        • Jul 2003
        • 1732

        #4
        SP patented something they had no right to patent(but they are smart unlike all the other PB companies), so everyone threw a fuss about it.

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        • Head knight of Ni
          Silly K-niggits
          • Mar 2004
          • 1032

          #5
          They are very sue happy and are terrorizing this industry. It needs to be stopped know K2 is already doing similar "screw jobs."
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          • ted.c0bb1es
            Registered User
            • Aug 2004
            • 42

            #6
            be specifc, what did they patent that pissed everyone off?
            ULE automag pro: black cf ule body, black x valve, lvl 10, nickel y-grip, 12" ceramic, check-it drop/asa, 68/3000 crossfire tank, 12v revy, nxe cover.

            I love listing every stupid little thing.
            party on

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            • RoboBeaver
              Jimmycak3d
              • Mar 2004
              • 142

              #7
              using electronics to fire a marker, and they are trying to take out all the small companies, such as ICD, who they attacked.

              smart parts wis why there arent any more e/x mags being made.
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              • spacedtedybear
                Registered User
                • Jan 2003
                • 613

                #8
                Click here to find out.
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                • WenULiVeUdiE
                  Force of Nature Staff
                  • Jan 2004
                  • 1982

                  #9
                  You all are half correct. They originally patented the shocker's design. Then they made the patent broader to cover ALL electronic markers. They then go and sue many other small companies. This happens in many other industries, and we just haven't seen anything like this in paintball before. It happens all the time. Their actions were not ethical, but they were legal.

                  Also, SP started the demise of the E/X-mag and the Viking and Excalibur by AKA.
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                  • tony3
                    LOOKING FOR AN ASIAN GF!!!
                    • Feb 2003
                    • 3740

                    #10
                    You guys are WRONG about the e/xmag. Tom said it himself. They stopped making the xmag because AGDE is now the NPS europe distributor and doesn't have time to make xmags. And they just stopped doing emags while they were at it because it was a old design that needed to be re-done. SP was NOT the reason for the e/x mags to be discontinued.

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                    • eNder159
                      buy a mag ...the END
                      • Mar 2004
                      • 523

                      #11
                      Originally posted by tony3
                      You guys are WRONG about the e/xmag. Tom said it himself. They stopped making the xmag because AGDE is now the NPS europe distributor and doesn't have time to make xmags. And they just stopped doing emags while they were at it because it was a old design that needed to be re-done. SP was NOT the reason for the e/x mags to be discontinued.

                      um what? ihope your smoking something potent


                      Oh you got an anti chop bolt? Put your toungue in there and prove it to me.


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                      • tony3
                        LOOKING FOR AN ASIAN GF!!!
                        • Feb 2003
                        • 3740

                        #12
                        Ummm I hope you actually read what toms says in one of his thread?

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                        • t33kyboy
                          Member #10,261
                          • Jan 2004
                          • 942

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Irelandunfree
                          Yea I dont get it either, I saw a thread of people with pictures of SP Barrels being smashed and set on fire? Why the hell would someone hate a company that much?
                          What thread is that??

                          quikkk and i win.

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                          • tony3
                            LOOKING FOR AN ASIAN GF!!!
                            • Feb 2003
                            • 3740

                            #14
                            Paintball Talk is the main forum for Automags.org. Here is where we talk about the sport of paintball in general and make announcements relating to the forum and website.


                            "I didn't answer because I am busy doing stuff tonight but I see that its going to cause a big ruckus if I dont.

                            Here is the short explanation. AGDE has taken a job to run the National Paintball Europe distribution center. They will still distribute our products but making bodies is not high on the list. They are machining the last of the extrusions so there will only be one more batch of about 50 xmags. Some people on the list will not get them, sorry I dont know what to say.

                            The Emag is going on 4 years old and is due for a complete revamp. We will be selling off the last of them (about 250) and discontinuing that product.

                            Now the bad news, with the current legal situations going on in paintball it is not strategicaly smart for us to invest in a new e-marker at this time. We are going to wait until the dust settles and see who comes out on top before we proceed with a new design.

                            We will work slowly on a new concept that will eliminate the large battery and charger, incorporate the ULT trigger system and completely new electronics. We don't expect to introduce this marker until 2005 if it makes sense to do so.

                            The point of all this is that we are making these decisions based on industry influences. Our customers have nothing to do with the products we do or don't develop these days. Think about it.

                            AGD"

                            Yeah, looks like I'm smoking something

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                            • SpecialBlend2786
                              Registered User
                              • Jun 2003
                              • 4023

                              #15
                              I just dont like them cause they shut down the production of Vikings and Excals. And their magazine ads seem to be selling girls instead of paintball stuff...

                              I liked my Imp untill it died It was a very good deal when it came out, and the new 03 Shocker base model is still very competitivly priced.

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