Ok, I'm officially in the camp against Credit Card kids playing painball

[Albinonewt]

I know this discussion has gone on a million times and I've never really minded the kids that play paintball with mommy's credit card until the other day. I was in the paintball store (out of stock on your cocker conversion Deadeye, I'm checking back this week) and there were a hoard of 12 year olds and their mom looking to buy paintball guns.

They all got their eyes fixed a yellow milled cocker with the oracle parts (at IAO the Worr guys were calling it the Custom Cocker, I don't know what they're calling it now). It was on sale for $1,300 and all the kids were begging their mom for it because they wanted the "yellow" one. One kid was allowed to get that so the other ones had to split up an 03' shocker, a Matrix, and one kid got a Spyder (shutter I think) because he liked the green. Then he got an E-mag too so he spent as much as the other kids (the E-Mag now being the only high end gun left on the rack).

They were racing around the store just grabbing this and that and when all was said and done their mom must have charged 7 or 8 grand on her credit card before heading out in her Lexus SUV.

The kids didn't even know what the guns were called. They had no idea what they were buying, they just knew to buy the expensive ones. I'm all for the sport growing and including all ages and all kinds of people, but they didn't know the name of their guns!

[Jaasper]

I bet the shop owner doesn't agree with you , besides 6 months down the road when they lose interest, you can pick up the equipment cheap.

[shartley]

[ashriel28]

not only that, but i think these kinds of kids are the ones most likely to put their eyes out, or go around the neighborhood shooting at random things/people/animals. All of which gives the rest of us a bad image.

[dansim]

you should have had the shop owner throw in a gun for you lol, they would have never noticed

[bryceeden]

Why don't kids like that ever come in my shop? I agree, nothing bothers me more that an 8 yearold with an e-cocker that dosn't even know what is. But it is funny when the timing slips.

[kosmo]

When I get the money and have kids, Im buying my son a Ferrarri with a set of matching ferrarri red xmags in the trunk as soon as he completes drivers ed/racing school. Until then, hell be lucky to get food stamps

[-=Squid=-]

yup...its official...I caught the jealousy bug. Ive never heard of something like this, to this extreme anyways. My god...

[pbcustom98]

i hope they all run their brand new markers on straight c02, and spend money to fix it..until they get soooo irritated by it and just quit...then we can all benefit from it for getting the markers for soooo cheap..

*looks at stock mag with xvalve* why yes, im green right now.

[Konigballer]

being bit by the jelousy bug is nothing new for me, it happens everytime I watch "cribs" on mtv..........

[Jack & Coke]

Ah... what would we do without character flaws..

[GT]

You got it or you dont..........


Dont hate the playa'; hate the game



jb

[BajaBoy]

Originally posted by dansim
you should have had the shop owner throw in a gun for you lol, they would have never noticed

good thinking

[Jeffy-CanCon]

not just jealousy

You can put me down as 'opposed to credit-card kids', too.

I'll confess a little jealousy at the shiny gear and deep pockets, but I'm pretty happy with what I have now, really. I've usually been able to resist the temptation to buy shiny new toys even when offered a nice discount.

But these are the same kids whose parents drop them off at the fields in the morning with a credit card and expect the field staff to babysit. The kids parents are trying to substitute affection and quality time with expensive toys (yeah, I know - a pball gun is not a toy). I don't think that's good for anyone.

[Micromag man!]

arg, i was chillin in the shop a while back ago chatting with some buddies who worked there, while fixing my micromag with RT and benchy, when these 2 kidds came in. one looked about 11 and the other looked about 12. i overhear the conversation while maintaining my mag and what not. "mom, look at those big tanks right there" -store employee "umm, thats a nitrogen tank" "how much for it?" "250$, for that one, and 300$ for that one" "mom, can i get that one?" -Mom"i dunno... i just bought u 2 brand new guns here yesterday" then the younger one whips out a BEAUTIFUL cocker, and the other one whips out a BEAUTIFUL angel of some kind... the jealusy bug hit me right there. i was like wtf.. im sitting here trying to scrape up money to replace my home made drop foward with a spoon, and they r buying 2 nitrogen tanks with their mommies credit card, and they have no idea what it even does. Mike (the guy who owns the shop) just looked at me and shook his head, cuz he knew that i was struck by the jealousy bug, and knew that i had basically 0$ to even play... just burns me up, lol. they knew nothing about the sport BTW.