Paintball: Too Expensive

[iisp0tii]

you have to know that paintballs went down in cost ALOT since the 80's. back then it was like $1 a round. now go back to the 80's & spend $2000 on a case of paint, then its very very expensive. but that was when paintball first started, for cattle marking. paintballs will possibly go down by demand and competition though. just wait acouple years then paintballs will be like $30 for a case.

[Nitroduck]

If you look hard you can get paint for $30 a case.

[irbodden]

Originally posted by Nitroduck
There are other things that cost ALOT more like guitar....do.

How does guitar cost more?

You can get a Fender Strat with practice amp for like $150, and thats all you EVER have to pay.

[iisp0tii]

yea, but thats the carp B.E. paint. try finding pmi for $30. you cant, just wait acouple years & you will.

[sifu01]

I think that the people who play and think the sport is too expensive have that right to complain. We all live in different areas and make different amounts of money. Paintball is not my life. I enjoy Martial Arts (which is mostly free) and guitar. Yes, I only play paintball about once a month. But when I do go, I make sure I have budgeted for it because I have new car,new home,kids and other bills. One of the other posts said to not waste money on upgrades,I agree there also.I do agree that a lot of people waste paint when I play ( they love to just shoot at bunkers and not opposing players). I guess that's another way of trying to lower the costs.

[PFAutomag33]

i dont feel any sympathy for someone who shoots a case a day and complains about cost

I don't even use that many paintballs and it still is too much money. Not just paintballs, but everything else. I called a local store for some replacement parts. They wanted ten bucks for some barrel o-rings, and thirty for a parts kit for a mag. At least we have the internet!

But does it seem fair that only the people with good money can participate in tournaments, or play paintball whenever they want because money isn't and issue? Shartley, I know how much "bills" cost because I have seen lots of people struggle through paying them.

YOU chose the sport

I don't know, it seems like the sport chooses who plays and who sits out.

[shartley]

But does it seem fair that only the people with good money can participate in tournaments, or play paintball whenever they want because money isn't and issue?

Shartley, I know how much "bills" cost because I have seen lots of people struggle through paying them.

I don't know, it seems like the sport chooses who plays and who sits out.

(for me anyway...I'm only 16).

[Nitroduck]

Originally posted by irbodden


How does guitar cost more?

You can get a Fender Strat with practice amp for like $150, and thats all you EVER have to pay.

Actual Fender Strats (American made) are $800.

They make ripoffs that cost $200ish, but are made in Mexico and aren't quite good quality. What kind of setups Im reffering to for guitars are the kinds of music you'd actually hear on the raido, not messing around in your house. Heres what a setup would look like for a gig at some club....Lets say you wanted to play JUST rock, nothing else...

Gibson Les Paul Stuido - $1200
Wireless Setup - $250
Marshall Doublestack - $1500+

Thats $3000 right there......And thats JUST ONE tone....And non a professional setup, that can run into the tens of thousands of dollars for the mixers, recording time at studios, and all the speakers for preformances.

You also have guitar lessons if you feel like learning..More money, more money more money.

You'd have to buy chorus pedals, ect to get other types of non-marshall tone.

And you'd still have to keep buying strings, picks, cleaner, and pay a guitar tech to mess with it every year to make sure you dont mortally screw it up......So just think, you can get wayyyyyyyyyyy more carried away with Guitar than you can PB....I have pretty much everything I'd ever want or need in PB, a main gun and a backup gun both very very nice for tourneys, and top of the line everything.....I could pick up one hand-built guitar, and it'd cost more than everything I have invested in PB right now.

Then you have people who buy really expensive cars and soup em up even more..So you should be glad your playing paintball.....As for me? I spend about $10 every time I play, maybe a lil more if I feel like shooting alot.

[irbodden]

Originally posted by Nitroduck


Actual Fender Strats (American made) are $800.

They make ripoffs that cost $200ish, but are made in Mexico and aren't quite good quality. What kind of setups Im reffering to for guitars are the kinds of music you'd actually hear on the raido, not messing around in your house. Heres what a setup would look like for a gig at some club....Lets say you wanted to play JUST rock, nothing else...

Gibson Les Paul Stuido - $1200
Wireless Setup - $250
Marshall Doublestack - $1500+

Thats $3000 right there......And thats JUST ONE tone....And non a professional setup, that can run into the tens of thousands of dollars for the mixers, recording time at studios, and all the speakers for preformances.

You also have guitar lessons if you feel like learning..More money, more money more money.

You'd have to buy chorus pedals, ect to get other types of non-marshall tone.

And you'd still have to keep buying strings, picks, cleaner, and pay a guitar tech to mess with it every year to make sure you dont mortally screw it up......So just think, you can get wayyyyyyyyyyy more carried away with Guitar than you can PB....I have pretty much everything I'd ever want or need in PB, a main gun and a backup gun both very very nice for tourneys, and top of the line everything.....I could pick up one hand-built guitar, and it'd cost more than everything I have invested in PB right now.

Then you have people who buy really expensive cars and soup em up even more..So you should be glad your playing paintball.....As for me? I spend about $10 every time I play, maybe a lil more if I feel like shooting alot.

ROFL you make NO point here.

If you play proffesional guitar YOU GET PAID. Do you get paid to play rec. paintball? Nope.

Fender Strat Jampack, $230. And thats all you need, to enjoy guitar playing.

[LaW]

Originally posted by Predater
ive got a pair of quad rink roller skates that cost 950 bux. they are top of the line but the price is nuts. ive also got a pair of 800 dollar street agressive skates for grinding. they look like crap but are top of the line.

with the guns you have to look at the r&d that went in to it not just the cost of parts. real guns are cheeper cuz most of the designs have ben around a while.

There is no way you have an 800 dollar street skates :) I have done aggro skating for over 6 years :) the most i've paid for those was a little over 300 for some usd's.... haha funny I do have some quad's that I spend about what you did on... the boots alone were really expensive not to mention wheels are not that cheap... oh well you know how it is

sorry had to call you on that one....

As for paint prices I remember playing at a field once where the paint cost 115 and now at that same field it's 80... that's just one sign of a large price decrease.

[than205]

irbodden,
nitroduck did make a very good point with his/your analogy.
I too have played guitar for years, the strat you are talking about is a cheap copy.
Let me try another analogy on you. You want to play paintball. You can do it just fine with a Talon, right?
That's how the foreign made strat stacks up. Besides, the Les Paul is the way to go anyway.
note: I play a cheesie Les Paul copy, but it has nice action and a sweet sound. So, maybe I should play with a Talon?

[PFAutomag33]

Alright, the point I am trying to make is that paintball is expensive. Period. Sure, a lot of other sports are expensive like snowboarding, or hockey, or golf. But I would like to see the price go down in paintball. I'm not complaining, I am glad I am able to play paintball. I realize that I don't have to spend my money on paintball, and that it is entertainment. But, anyone here would like to see the prices go down and I am definetly not crying about it.

I am not saying that people should be able to play for free, it is just that the prices to get into a tournament are outrageous. The only sanctioned events I go to are at Hell Survivors here in Pinckney, and the prices are decent. Those are scenario games though. I can also list HUNDREDS of activities that are way too much money. Through my school, it costs 500 dollars to get into hockey, and then you have to pay for equipment and whatever else you need to play. That, to me, is a little high.

But like you said, "bills need paying", and not paying them will inevitably leave you on the street. So I believe that after paying your bills, there should be at least enough money to go to some kind of "entertainment" to get away from the stress (as you put it:)) I know that this is not the way it works, but this relates to my first point. If the prices were lowered so more people could afford it, than the sport would grow, and eventually prices would go down a lot more. My local store's prices are so high because it doesn't have any competition (there isn't another store for miles). So without competition, the store can charge whatever it wants. But if more stores came into the area, prices would go down I just hope to see this comes about in the near future.

Hope you catch my drift this time...i caught yours

[Nitroduck]

Originally posted by irbodden


ROFL you make NO point here.

If you play proffesional guitar YOU GET PAID. Do you get paid to play rec. paintball? Nope.

Fender Strat Jampack, $230. And thats all you need, to enjoy guitar playing.

Where are these Fender Jampacks for $230?

You need to realize something, you could take that pack (if it even exists, I know for a fact it cannot be an actual fender, just a cheap chineese copy). Either way, if your good at guitar, with that setup, your going to get a bad tone......To understand what I mean is....You could try to play pretty much any song on the radio, and regardless of what you do, you wont sound like that person....I've been playing with a $300 guitar, pedals, ect and I can state for a fact that nearly every single song I've played doesnt sound half as good as what the recording sounds like....Due to the fact their stuff is much much better.

And to compare it to paintball....Yes, you could start guitar (and PB) for $30...I did with both...But going to a field (or jamming out with friends) is a different story, or playing tourneys (or gigs) requires more money...And I can guarentee a top-notch guitar setup costs 2x as much as any PB gun out there.

BTW, do you even play guitar, Irbodden?

[mrbrutal]

The cost is all relative. Other sports can be just as expensive to play. A day of skiing can easily be just as expensive if not more than paintball. Also, its as expensive as you make it. Like mentioned before, play hopperball or play with a pump gun and emphasize your skills rather than your rate of fire.