rps raising prices on paint?

[stondroopy]

hiya guys and gals,i just got an email from xpaintball.com telling me to buy my paint now cuz there raising (sp) there prices monday.is there any truth to this?thnx in advance for the info :)p.s. let me clarify,the email said it was rps that was raising the prices

[Lee]

yup. true. talked to a local field owner thursday and he said pmi has raised his price 3$ across the board.

[Halliday]

It's true. I think the cost of all paint will rise not just RPS.

[FreakBaller12]

anythings better than $120 like back in the day.

[MarkM]

You could be right about all paint rising in price however RPS have seemed to have this opinion that everyone should pay more for their paint anyway. A World Cup 2 years ago everyone was prepared to do some kind of price on their paint but RPS would budge an inch...no wonder no-one other than "sponsored" teams fired RPS at the event, the guy manning the tent must have had the loneliest World Cup ever.
I know you can say that to fire the "best" you have to pay for it :rolleyes: but in a market place where you need volume sales it doesn't sound like a particularly good idea. For as much as $20-30 a case more than everyone else I want the ball to hit the player I shoot at by satallite guidence.

[bryceeden]

There was a $2 increase across the board due to an increase in price of one of the components of the shell going up in price. I don't carry much RPS, so I don't know if they went up $3.

[zacbot]

this compenant must be quite expensive..if it raises the price of paint 2 dollars..

[DK1]

saw an article on this a week or so ago. Comes from higher oil prices. The second largest component in a paintball is a petroleum derivative. There's also increased transportation costs. Overall, it's not that high of a price jack, it just depends on how much MORE the middle men tack on.

DK1

[Torbo]

that certain component is known as petroleum. every company is raising prices by about the same amount. Which shows you how paintball is tied in with big business.

[Wc Keep]

could this also be due to the fact that pmi/rps was sued for the name big ball?

[skife]

somehow i knew that gas prices were going to do me in
now this?!

[GT]

maybe driving that big SUV to the feild w/o any passengers isnt such a good idea after all?

[Halliday]

could this also be due to the fact that pmi/rps was sued for the name big ball?
What? This is news to me, but it explains why my field changed from Big Ball to "Mayhem," and the stuff seems like it's the same.

[AGDlover]

hmmm interesting i get big ball for $50 at my park

[Jackel411]

FYI its 3 to 5 bucks raised whole sale so expect 8-10 bucks higher retail and at fields..

Yay... 110 buck field paint.. lucky I have a pump

[TTCosmo]

From what i heard, China (I think) had its worst cotton crop ever which raised the price/demand of like polyester or something as a substitute. One of the chemicals to make that is also used in making paintballs. This $3 increase should be for just this year until things are back to normal next spring.
Correct me if I'm wrong, i can't remember all the details.

[SpecialBlend2786]

sheesh.
Looks like it's time to buy seconds...

[UltimatePaintballer]

great, now the $80 cases at bfg will now be $83-$85

[shivors]

Dont worry! Bush will make a tax cut to correct the issue.

[Rather]

Its odd. The field I go to (Official Paintball Games of Texas) Has actually lowered thier prices a couple bucks. I do find that odd. I read this thread before-hand. Ans somehow neglected to ask about it. (there goes my edge at trying to get a job there. =\ ). Bit odd, no? They used to charge an even $70 for a case of bigball but now its like $68 (at the field).

[bryceeden]

FYI its 3 to 5 bucks raised whole sale so expect 8-10 bucks higher retail and at fields..

Yay... 110 buck field paint.. lucky I have a pump

I know Utah's Millennium Paintball isn't raizing prices, I would imagin that several others arn't going to. The increase is $2.00 per case(I order several hundred cases at a time so for smaller shops it might be more) so I don't imagine that there are any shops that can't aford to lose that much of the already substantial markup on paint. I can't speak for the whole industry, and from what I understand several proshops and fields will charge alot more than things are worth, so I don't know it might raise prices.

[Theguad]

I've never seen wholesale pricing on paint... but I know the markup must be extremely large since the internet pricing is normally $10-15 cheaper per case and even more if you buy in bulk. The cheapest case of paint at the field I go to in VA is $70 and it's the stuff they give 100 balls of to the walk-on renters. So... $70 for cheap paint and I can buy a good case of premiums for $50 online.

I love this sport.. but some pro-shops are just too greedy. Long story short, "All you fair priced dealers definitely have my respect!" Make your money, but don't pull a Microsoft on us and mark up your products 400%.

[DK1]

from what I've seen, fields can generally get cheap (cheap) paint at around 30-35, and better paint from 40 on up.

DK1

[Lohman446]

$2 - who cares... so it will cost me $4 more each weekend - I normally just run a tab at the field through the weekend, write a check at the end anyways.. and its funny the math always comes out in my favor when the owner adds it up - I guess its cause my weekly "contribution" is normally twice what others are at least in teh area :)

[stondroopy]

well i checked out prices they went up like 2.50 not really a huge deal,hehe i thought it was gonna be like 10 bucks more a case ouch

[Head knight of Ni]

Oil based anyone? :p


Dont worry! Bush will make a tax cut to correct the issue.

HaHaHa. Yeah hes done so much for our economy. :rolleyes:

[ShooterJM]

Oil based anyone? :p
HaHaHa. Yeah hes done so much for our economy. :rolleyes:

Dear God,

Please don't let this guy vote till he learns economics. Thanks!

Amen. ;)

[Lee]

wholesale prices are generally 25-35 in my area.