Be loyal to the local shop or buy online?

[Cow]

Originally posted by rudy
what are you buying? see I make my call based on the store itself If i go to a store and feel like the techs no less then me then they cirtainly dont deserve my 70 bucks. in my expirence most local small shops arent really very good at servicing more expirenced players they are really there to be the AOL of paintball. They no little more then putting aftermarket parts on cockers and angels and selling whatever gun they own. jsut there for those sho dont know any other choices. but some shops are pretty good and worth it. But there is also a point where stores are just plain ripping people off.

I was looking at a 2002 blue vert feed cocker. The owner is a good airsmith who knows cockers very well. He can get whatever you want but doesn't really stock much other than a few masks, spyders and odds and ends. He used to carry AGD and used to shoot an RT but for some reason he doesn't like them much anymore, i dunno. Maybe i'll just build my own darn gun, it's more fun that way anyway.

[demonguy8]

hmm

I must say that online always had a small edge on my local stores prices... soo i always bought online... Now my store is closed and i have to get my N2 fill at a scuba shop.....
No more paintball experts nearby or any other perks like that...

Now heres a thoought if its the local field IS the local store then buy it online and spend the 70 playing at THAT FIELD....

[Wheelman]

DDC

Why????

We didn't want to see a big green truck

[Wc Keep]

Originally posted by rudy
what are you buying? see I make my call based on the store itself If i go to a store and feel like the techs no less then me then they cirtainly dont deserve my 70 bucks. in my expirence most local small shops arent really very good at servicing more expirenced players they are really there to be the AOL of paintball. They no little more then putting aftermarket parts on cockers and angels and selling whatever gun they own. jsut there for those sho dont know any other choices. but some shops are pretty good and worth it. But there is also a point where stores are just plain ripping people off.

ok see again i think im just lucky but my guy was the first WDP CERTIFIED angel tech in the united states and one of the only WDP CERTIFIED techs in the country. before that he was an agd ceritified tech and a wgp tech. plus on top of that he has played in countless number of nppl events and will be playing in ac next month. so i think im just really lucky in that i have someone giving me advice on what to buy not to make a buck but to actually give me good advice.

[DarkRipper]

It depends. I have Pevs, a chain of about 8 shops, to the north of me and around 3 or 4 other local shops. If they have it in stock, I'll pay a little extra rather than wait.

When it comes to markers, I always buy online and ignore the "hope it don't break cause we don't fix internet guns" because I do my own work anyway.

I support the fields with my money, and the shops sometimes.

I rarely order stuff online, I get most of my gear used (which in paintball is usually BARELY used) from private individuals online.

DR