I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I have no idea how to search for it and if its even searchable. This is just a muse about why AGD is Undead (i.e. why the Automag is still around).
I think one of the key reasons is product support. You're still able to buy spares for an Automag directly from the manufacturer. Lots of other manufacturers stop their support as soon as the marker stops being produced, then the parts that's left just dwindles until everything is sold, after which the markers pick up problems and get junked. Automags being so similar (and still being sold) seems to have their own slice of immortality and in the unlikely event that you need spares you can just phone AGD up or order it from the website.
What do you think? Are there other reasons? Also, why do you think does the Automag draw in new blood all the time in a steady trickle? I'm young and new to Automags for example and wouldn't have bought anything else to start with had I known about them from the start.
Automags also made me curious about the workings of other markers, so now I find myself digging into and even buying other markers just to see how they work. Anyway, that was a bit off-topic.
I think one of the key reasons is product support. You're still able to buy spares for an Automag directly from the manufacturer. Lots of other manufacturers stop their support as soon as the marker stops being produced, then the parts that's left just dwindles until everything is sold, after which the markers pick up problems and get junked. Automags being so similar (and still being sold) seems to have their own slice of immortality and in the unlikely event that you need spares you can just phone AGD up or order it from the website.
What do you think? Are there other reasons? Also, why do you think does the Automag draw in new blood all the time in a steady trickle? I'm young and new to Automags for example and wouldn't have bought anything else to start with had I known about them from the start.
Automags also made me curious about the workings of other markers, so now I find myself digging into and even buying other markers just to see how they work. Anyway, that was a bit off-topic.
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