buying from a store

[Archangel Kid]

Ya.. you know where the most profit is... is in O-rings and CO2 fills

[dansim]

well i did buy a 90$ vforce morph from there when on line they are 62....

[Archangel Kid]

Well if u look at 888 and paintballgear.com. They're basically a stores cost price... the websites can just buy in so much quantity that the prices for thm are lower and they get all the "PREFERED DEALER" prices... while the new guy starting out has to charge a lot more for a product because he doesn't get those "PREFERED DEALER" prices...

[Kevmaster]

as manager of a paintball field for over a year, I'll make a few statements.

1) PBGear.com is a fantastic business idea. they order in such quantities, they can sell below my cost! If i Pay $50 for an item, and want to sell it for $75 in the store, they can buy it for $40 and sell it for $49.95 and kill me

2) 888Paintball.com is owned by National Paintball..they get everything at wholesaler cost, which is below "prefered dealer" cost....you can tell how much money they're making

3) your local store doesnt make much money on anything, and when they do make money its on either air (you'd be amazed how cheap co2 bulk refills are)or paint (I could make $30 if i sold the whole case or over $120 on a case of paint if I sold it by the 100rnds). Not what they have in the store. And if he's making $100 on your marker, and will fix it for free (minus parts)....If he spends 4 hours on the thing, he breaks even...if he spends 5 hours on it, he LOSES money. When you're buying a $850 gun, paying a 10% fee for him to get it for you is not out of the question. In real estsate, normal fees are 6% to get a house...thats a whole whale of a lot of money.


all in all...support your local store. I know I always will.


NOTE: The prices I mentioned for the speed: I am not a dealer anymore and do not have access to wholesale prices. Those are made up numbers somewhere around where they should be.