byop or fpo

[SR_matt]

Why is it everyone I chat with has worked for a field that is out of business???????

because the field i worked at was on base so that started one issue, the base put a field through part of it (not on the field parts but we had to open and close a gate), the lady was a ummm witch is a nice word, she left and no one knew the computer system that was overly complicated, and people had stopped coming to the field because the lady was ya a "witch"

they had reasonable paint for the most part but if DOT came in there would be so many fines for out of date hydro tanks, huge fine from the health department because of the way the hotdog cooker was cleaned, the way the masks were cleaned (seeing as they are right on peoples faces they needed to be sanitized), no one had training on how to fill tanks and no scale was used on co2, and ya she didnt take good care of her refs like the guy that used to run the field did (he left cause after like 9 years of working his way up from ref to being a full time employee he was only making 25k a year and he was selling a but load of stuff and the angel tech for the place which at the time was the number 1 wdp distributor)

but over like 15 years of 2 fields they had im pretty sure there was never a serious injury that was related to the equipment (we had the messing up knees form tripping and sliding and all that but never any eye injuries)

-matt

[PYROMAN315]

I have read most of the reply's on this thread. Some good, some, well, obvious.
I own one Paintball business, and im the Field Manager at another. Going BYOP was not an easy decision as the field I run did this 4 years ago. Our paint supplier wantd very little to do with us once we made that decision, so we simply switched suppliers. However, it was by far the best decision we ever made. We sell four different levels of paint at the field, and around 10 levels at our store.
I read one reply stating that the field paint was crap because of the way they store it. Thats simply poor management. Im at our field from 4am to 11pm during our busy season. It takes hours to set up and take down product as we have to put it in storage every night, but you know what, we get 20,000 players at our field every year and its because of how we run it.
When we went to BYOP, we simply increased our walk on fee. That walk on fee is a guaranteed income. Who knows how much paint a player will shoot in a day, especially with FPO. We sell more paint now than we ever have in the past. We pick it up fresh every week, store it properly, and have competitive prices. Besides, you have to buy paint somewhere, right? I love the WALMART shoppers that buy the paint that was stored in an outside container all winter long and then ***** to us because it wont shoot through our rentals.
We even have BYOP Scenario Events. The company I own runs all of the games at our field, so its a win win. The only thing we do for FPO is a few tournaments.
Personally, im very happy were BYOP, yet I still buy my paint at any field I go to just to help support that field.
My 2 cents.