AGD on the brink?

[Bassaro]

I don't know how you guys feel but I always felt that automag users were always granted a level of immediate respect on the field. Not any joe smoe young pup paintballer uses a mag. There is Never a constant copetition to see who has the newest model of mags. And even though some new ballers might ask you what kind of marker your holding they know the name when you say it. The AO community is what has kept this name alive and with the advances that have been made by members here has kept this marker at a competitive level. I don't know just my two cents.

[pmstc]

Um.. I don't think Smart Parts has to worry about AGD for competition... just saying...

[tech-chan]

Um.. I don't think Smart Parts has to worry about AGD for competition... just saying...

And how many "quality" markers by SP have you held?

[pmstc]

And how many "quality" markers by SP have you held?

A few. They aren't quality.

You can't honestly think that AGD is a major competitor of Smart Parts... I love AGD but they are simply not a competitor. They aren't even in the same market.

[RogueFactor]

Lets be realistic here. Remember when Tom made this post?...
(This quote is shortened, full quote here: http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?t=160739)

To all my friends on AO and in Paintball,

It has been no secret that AGD has been under financial stress for many years. With the recent downturn in the industry it no longer makes sense for me and my family to pursue a living from this great game. Effective today I will be retiring and moving on to other business ventures outside paintball...

..I sincerely hope that paintball gets past its recent flurry of issues and comes together as the great game and industry we all know it can be.

Tom Kaye AGD

Now ask yourselves the following questions:

1) Does AGD have more dealers or fewer since Tom retired?
2) Have things gotten better or worse for AGD since Tom retired?
3) Have things gotten better for the paintball industry since his post was made?
4) Have things gotten better for the economy since this post was made?

If you can answer yes to all these questions, things are peachy. But if the company was under stress back then, considering everything...could it really be better now?

Remember when AGD moved?... http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?t=217507. Ask yourselves, did they move because things got better? Or worse?

Lastly, all the new parts for mags coming out...none of them are cut from AGD stock.

In the past every RPG part I made that could be made from an AGD part was. It started back in 2003 with anodized ULE E-mag rails. Then battery packs. Anodized AGD triggers. My original RogueRail was cut from RT Pro rails. Thereafter, every RPG rail was cut from AGD Slugs. The ULE Classic rail cut from Automag/MiniMag rails. The Ultra Light Frame is cut from an Intelliframe. The RPG Exile Body & Pariah ULE bodies are cut from AGD bodies. This meant every time you bought one of these products, you were putting cash in AGD's pocket. This helped AGD.

With all this said, ask yourself how exactly things could be good for AGD.

[Jaan]

Redarms , it's your 8th post ( that what it said at this reply ) , do just a little research before you start asking ?'s like this .
It has been gone over & over & over & over in thread , upon thread , opon thread , upon thread...

So why isn't there a sticky?

This always seems to be a big question that people are always asking, so why not a nice big sticky on the top that's actually updated on a regular basis by those who are in control of the company?

I don't want to know what some posters said a year or two ago, I'm interested in what the people involved in the company and possibly aftermarket parts are doing today.

[Redarms]

So why isn't there a sticky?

This always seems to be a big question that people are always asking, so why not a nice big sticky on the top that's actually updated on a regular basis by those who are in control of the company?

I don't want to know what some posters said a year or two ago, I'm interested in what the people involved in the company and possibly aftermarket parts are doing today.

Thank you, thats what i wanted to know.