what about us poor starving college kids?

[ben_JD]

Sam, does this mean you are not buying me an X-Mag?

[shartley]

Originally posted by ben_JD
Sam, does this mean you are not buying me an X-Mag?

LOL Well..... yes, that IS what it means! Well, unless it is the kind that can be rolled up.... my budget is a bit stretched at this point...

[ben_JD]

SHartley: Well, if you need to, you can gift it to me in installments! That is, if you can ever find one to purchase in the first place.

All: In all seriousness, AGD is not in the business of lending money to people to purchase their product. There are too many other companies that are better able to do that for them (MasterCard, Visa, Mom, Dad, etc.). The cost of chasing you down to drag the next payment out of your pocket is not worth it to AGD or MOST manufacturers of ANY product, especially when they have a system of dealers in place.

The point of sale is where you need to ask for special financing, lay-away or discounts. This is your local store. My local store (Paintball and More in Euless, Tx - (817) 282-3636) is more than happy to start a lay-away plan for its customers and it excepts Visa and Mastercard. There are a lot of ways that you can avoid dropping the needed amount of cold, hard cash on an X-Mag; one of them, however, is not to ask AGD to "tote the note".

[Xerces]

i too hvae been wondering what i was going to do with all my plasma jsut lying around the house. whats age req.?

[shade23]

Well I've certainly gained a little more of the companies point of view from posting this thread and it has given me a lot to chew on in terms of why such a venture is not feasible.
As to the matter of Mags not being spyders, thats very true, which is why they're so great in the first place!

Shartley,
Not that it matters but I fail to see exactly where I am "whining" by discussing the possiblity of doing something like this and arguing my viewpoint. Maybe you've reached a level of disgust with the subject or possibly with my reasons for seeing things as I do but I don't remember saying anything like "the X-mag is priced too high" a blanket statement which is not true, I think its worth every penny and then some (especially looking at the prices of the it's contemporaries, angels, certain 'cockers and the like).
My guess is, that your probably right, I'll probably have to shut up, pony up the money for the X-mag and purchase it the same way everyone else has/is/will. But I still think that the ideas is not without merit.

[logamus]

hey ben_JD, where in euless is that store?

[ben_JD]

On Pipeline Road just East of Brown Trail. Call them for directions, but they are in a strip-mall on the South side of the road immediately next to a Dominos Pizza delivery joint. Their phone number is 817-282-3636.

[nuclear zombie]

you should have enough time to save for an x-mag considering that they are sold out until at least may .

Or get a credit card buy the x-mag then cut the card up .

good luck , I won't get be getting one either, until they create a z-grip one .

later

[logamus]

thanks ben, thats right next to my moms house so i shall plan a trip by there tomorrow.

[aaron_mag]

Re: what about us poor starving college kids?

Originally posted by shade23
Hey just a thought here,
I am a huge mag fan (who isn't?), I own an automag RT with LX , Blade intelliframe, and an Evolution 2. what I want now is an x-mag but I am on a budget, why doesn't AGD have a payment plan for people like us, I am sure I am not the only one and I AM DYING TO GET MY HANDS ON AN X-MAG!!!!

What you have is a bad case of the WANTS and it can be a very dangerous thing if you use credit unwisely. Look at your setup! There is NOTHING wrong with what you have. Enjoy the game don't work yourself into credit problems. This whole idea of spending tons of money on paintball and shooting a couple of cases in a day of play really shocks me. There is nothing wrong with having nice toys (when you die after all the money doesn't come with you) but you have to know your limit. You are just going to want Tom's next creation next year anyway!

[aaron_mag]

Sorry for the double post but I have to add something else. An AGD payment plan would be an incredibly stupid business move. Payment plans are all about risk and return. House payment plans typically have a long amortization period and lower interest rate because they have a long economic life and are reasonably strong collateral. On the other hand credit cards (since there is basically no collateral) have a very high interest rate.

With a marker you are talking about short economic life (since we want something new soon after we buy it) and poor collateral. For risk and return AGD or a third party would have to put a pretty hefty rate on it and amortize the loan it quickly. These two factors would probably price those who needed the payment plan out of the market (basically you couldn't afford the monthly payments needed to make it worth AGD's time).

[Kevmag]

I'd be very careful with credit cards esp. the college students out there. It is way too easy to rack up large balances. One card often grows to a second card, to a third and so on. After a few months of "free" spending, you end up with a whole lot of nothing and a huge balance.

I managed to rack up around $5k in credit card debt that took 4 yrs after I graduated to pay off. Think of the interest I paid on this balance over the yrs. Think of the opportunity costs of having this debt (delayed me buying a house for a year). The sad thing is after all that spending I had very little to show for it (rounds of drinks, eating out, toys I had to have that I no longer used, ect...).

I didn't write this post to lecture to anyone, I just thought I'd share this personal story in hopes it may save someone some bucks down the road.