West Coast AOers of the world UNITE!!!

[skirts]

west coast aoers... we have a mission.

we need to get airgun design products into the shops on the west coast.

i went to a new paintball shop today in san rafael. (north of san francisco)

the shop is called "kapp extreme sports"

address:

835 4th st. Unit D
San Rafael, CA 94901

mission:

go to this shop... or any in your area and see what AGD products they are selling... if they dont sell any... ask why.

if enough people start going to these shops and asking for AGD products, the shop owners will listen.

even if its as simple as wanting to get the new AGD baseball cap... go to the nearest shop and ask them to order you one.

if we continue to purchase everything straight from AGD then shop owners will have no need to stock their shelves with the products...

so get out there... order AGD products throught local shops... and if your in the northern bay area... go to this kapp shop and ask why they have every other gun on the wall except a mag.

peace from nor-cal

i want to hear some stories of how your mission is coming along.

[RoadDawg]

Well I've done this a couple of places and the replies I get are: #1 from General Joes- We stopped dealing with them due to the fact they neglected mag owners and dealers for far to long while they did "other" contracts. #2: Paintbll Players Club- Mags are outdated and there just isn't the demand for them out here. #3 up in WVC Utah- Ha... you own a mag! We'll never carry anything but WGP and Kingman here.

So all in all I just go through Rogue due to the fact he get's me what I want when I want it. No having to worry about someone else buying it.

[skirts]

thats why you ask them to order small stuff (like a hat or a warp)... it puts the company on the shop owners minds... still get your guns straight from AGD.

[nastymag]

KAPP is the Shiz !

i love that store ...


hey skirts i didint know there was a player from AGD pride around my area...

what feilds you play at ?

[nastymag]

actaully ..there Store in Santa Rosa had some mags and other such things .. its been a year since i was there . so i dont know if the still do carry AGD stuff

[DiRTyBuNNy]

Well...the reason being is because AGD has absolutely no presence out here...most of us SoCal AOers have already discussed this among ourselves...why fight the tide of ignorance in shops when you can prove the naysayers on the field.

[skirts]

good call dirt bunny... however

i went to that shop and it made me sick to see absolutly no AGD products... not even an old mag

so all i can say is we all need to keep trying...

... the fight continues ...


by the way... im leaving back to michigan for about 4 months and will be returning permanantly in january... so if anyone wants to get out and ball from january on... let me know...

[DiRTyBuNNy]

I don't disagree with you Skirts...but it takes a lot more to change people's minds out here...and we're doing it hand fulls at a time. We've got one store out here in San Diego that sells Mag gear (to be specific it's actually in Escondido) called Action Paintball. Most of the stuff is just parts kits even though they do have a couple of RT Z-grips and a few old field rental mags.

I'm personally sick of trying to educate people who are just ignorant...flat-out ignorant. They think that the laws of physics don't apply to what they want to push onto their customers and I'm an educated person that just doesn't buy it. All we can do out here is keep the faith and just go our own way and hope that the rest of the world wil come around. Call me a fanatic, a freak or a koolaid drinker but I just don't feel like I need to debate anyone about their own lack of brain power. Everytime I post up in a back stand-up and let loose a rope of paint to me that just shows the fact that the mag can hang with every other gun out there. It is the people like us that are going to make the changes.

[devingoode]

i've gone to get my lvl 10 installed at my local shop, JJ's Paintball Supplies, and the owner said that he loved double trigger automags but its a personal thing that he doesnt carry agd products, he has had bad luck with them i guess, nor-cal AOers need to meet at like SCP (www.santaclarapaintball.com) again in the fall.
Devin

[SG Avenger]

I'm definatly going to miss the small mag community that has sprouted up at our field. The owner/tech and some other workers there still have, or have had in the past a mag. While there isnt a big demand for them here, they are more than happy to work on or order parts for any AGD product.

Its going to be a rude awakening going to the non-paintball park having central coast of CA... grrr.

[Z-man]

J&S Paintball in Moss Lading

Well I know JJ's is a nice place (some of them come out to T.A.G.). Another small place in Moss landing some of you may know is J&S Surplus. They have always had a nice selection of AGD guns. Everything from used classic Mags to Emags including a range of amtermarket parts. Ozzy the crays long haired guy who is the main man there is smart about his hardware and used to use an RT (actually the one I bought and anod in my sig Prices are pretty high but at least they have a good selection.

I think that the end user representing the product is better than a store or the company as it says that "I chose this over everythign else." I am one of the few Mags out there, but everyone sees and knows me and my RT's.

[USAF-Flyboy with a Mag]

Hey Skirts....

I was just wondering...since you are going to be in California, are you going to still be active on the AGD Pride roster? If so, how do you guys organize practices? What about in the case of Capo...isn't she in TX? Just wondering because I've been offered a position on a team that isn't local either and was just curious to how you guys did it...

[DiRTyBuNNy]

Cool Cool...I'm just getting to the place where I want to play some tourney ball myself...

[skirts]

usaf...

i will be playing with pride the entire 2004 season.

i will be driving and meeting my team when they fly out to events out here but i will be flying and meeting the team when they will mostly be driving... capo has pretty much taken my place for this season since ive been out here all summer. usually we play the 7 guys that can make an event... all i know is i plan on playing all of the nppl 7 man events while still practicing with whatever decent norcal teams i can play with... ive been chit chatting with a guy named will from twisted factory and might get out and practice with them if i can...

peace

[AutoNewb]

skirts, where in michigan are you going to be?