Splash patterns

[MAGgot]

Maybe. But I would have erred on the side of caution. Even something as simple as calling them "splash parts" instead of "splash kit" would have helped. I am mellowing about it a little and in the end might actually just keep the pieces and keep an eye out for the rest of each of the kits. Just very disappointing to wait as long as I did and pay as much as I did to get what I consider mismatched parts. Time to turn lemons into lemonade I guess.

I hear ya. I agree that erring on the side of caution is a good idea on such a high dollar sale. Should have been more pics (unless there was and I didn't see them). That seller did really goof on a bunch of other sales lately too, so that would be playing into my unhappiness as well.
Good luck, hope you guys can work it out.

[luke]

I'm curious, was this picture used in the sale?

[OPBN]

I'm curious, was this picture used in the sale?

Yes.

I might add that it also was never mentioned that the rail was pump milled (actually a bonus) and there was an issue because after the money was sent, the seller tried to wiggle out of including the grip panels in the deal. Then when I told him to send me my money back he suddenly agreed to send the panels. And he shipped the parts 12 days later.....

[skipdogg]

not following the details given on sale thread. it says rail pump milled, and for splash camo "parts'. i dont see the word kit....

[OPBN]

not following the details given on sale thread. it says rail pump milled, and for splash camo "parts'. i dont see the word kit....

Maybe you're looking at the wrong thread: http://www.mcarterbrown.com/forums/b...seriously.html

Clearly says "Automag Splash Kit" and there is no verbiage regarding pump milled or not. Honestly, I am glad it's pump milled, just pointing out lack of proper labeling.

[skipdogg]

he had a non member thread here:
its the one im referring to. http://www.mcarterbrown.com/forums/m...nchesters.html

[OPBN]

I bought it based on the member one.

[luke]

Originally Posted by luke View Post
I'm curious, was this picture used in the sale?

Yes.

Reason I ask is because even at first glance I thought the anno was from 2 diffrent markers. To me the colors are clearly diffrent.

[OPBN]

Reason I ask is because even at first glance I thought the anno was from 2 diffrent markers. To me the colors are clearly diffrent.

I chalked it up to poor lighting I think. In person, with better lighting it is actually much less noticeable. The barrel definitely looks different, but the sight rail and tourney lock are very hard to tell the difference and could easily be explained as differences in aluminum grade. Either way, I admit I should have probably done more research and asked more questions. Mainly it was offered to me as a kit and I didn't question it because it was a paying member. Was it misdirection? Not sure. Was it misleading? Maybe. Either way, it's done and I am going to move on and try to get the rest of the kit as time allows. If I get to a point where I can't finish it out, maybe I'll move the pieces.

Thanks for everyones input.

[smilestyler]

Im not sure if it is something that varied from year to year, but eclipse rail that I have owned are very different from the one in the pic.
But I think you have a really nice set of splash parts there, with some being quite hard to find. I'm actually a bit jealous.

[going_home]

what's that supposed to mean? has your experience there been so bad? it hardly sums up mcb.

Yes it was, and yes it does.

Let's just say there absolutely is a reason I haven't logged in there since 2009.

I'll leave it at that.

[Chrome]

What's funny to me reading this thread, is that I didn't even know there was a "paid member" BST section on MCB. I just signed up with a free account like any other Internet forum and assumed what I saw is what you get. Maybe I just never looked close enough at all the stuff in all of the subforums.

For what little it is worth, I've done well enough doing business over there, keeping in mind that a good number of my buys have been with people who are also members here (I just PM from whichever forum I happen to be on/see the sale post on at the time). I had one deal that ended up a little "off", but I wrote the whole thing off once I got the item in question as my fault for jumping on something that looked too good to be true.

OPBN, I'm glad you've considered lemonade. I was thinking that if you are buying to collect, you are a good ways on to two kits with the parts in this deal. At the very least, a post in the various splash kit parts swapping threads around could get you traded into the missing parts of the SP kit for the eclipse parts you already have, completing your kit for not as much money? Last, big congratulations on getting the surprise pump milled rail! An original splash pump would be a very cool toy to have!

[MAGgot]

Let's just say there absolutely is a reason I haven't logged in there since 2009.

Probably related to your constant injection of politics into threads over there. Politics and gods other than Velcor are not allowed to be discussed. Should come as no surprise you didn't get along.

[Laku]

Yes it was, and yes it does. Let's just say there absolutely is a reason I haven't logged in there since 2009. I'll leave it at that.

Have to say I've never had any problems on buying stuff from MCB, or any other problems for that matter.

[OPBN]

So it gets even more interesting. While I was in the process of trying to get the original camo splash "kit" another one had popped up. I was negotiating for the new one, but had to pass since I didn't think I was getting the other. Long story short, I ended up contacting the buyer of the other kit and purchased it as well.



Now the top kit should all be SP, which is what the frame and rail are supposed to be on the bottom marker and look at the difference in colors!! The base color on the top set is significantly more brown than the bottom set. And to be honest, the colors are more in line to what is on the Eclipse sight rail on the original kit. I'm guessing one must be from an earlier batch? Well, guess I'll need to find a third and hopefully it will match enough of one kit to have a complete kit...lol.