the "credit card kids" story thread!

[yeahthatsme]

ok...i know that theres a thread with one story in it already, but becuase we all hate this little ankle biters i figure we should have a big thread for horror stories! yay! so if you got'em post'em and please keep the non-story posting to a minimum.

[yeahthatsme]

heres what albinonewt posted:
"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!"

[personman]

I dont really have a problem with 'credit card kids' and I wish everyone would just get over it. I mean, sure it stirrs alot of jealousy up, but honestly, its the parents money, if they want to spoil the hell out of their kids, let em do it. It's only hurting them in the long run (IE expecting everything to be handed over to them on a silver platter, and that just doesnt happen in the 'real' world)

[cphilip]

If I had an unlimited supply of money I would buy my kid everything I ever wanted! Notice I said "I ever wanted"?

[afrankart]

Originally posted by personman
It's only hurting them in the long run (IE expecting everything to be handed over to them on a silver platter, and that just doesnt happen in the 'real' world)

Although I can't stand to see this happen, the sad part is that if these parents can afford to shell out 7K for "toys" for thier kids to get bored with, chances are that this will continue to happen for the rest of the children's lives. Think about it, if the parents have that much money, they will always treat their kids like that, and they will probably leave their money to their children to squandor when they pass away.

It still makes me mad and jealous. I have been working 55+ hours every week lately to be able to afford my setup.

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

with these "credit card kids" their attitude starts to change also. they start acting like spoiled brats and MUST get the best or else they start crying or get a tantrum.

and once they get what they want they want more of it.

on the field i see this small lil 10 or 11 year old with an angel speed and he just told me that x-mags suck. i asked him why. he said they chopped too much. i'm thinking in my head...i never chopped a ball in my x-mag ever in the months that i have had it.

i don't care if they got high end guns. i just hate it when these kids start acting up and think that they are superior than us because they have it all.

[sneakyhacker420]

omg thats sick man... thats just not right... not right at all



and these kids were all 12...? and didnt even know what they hell the guns were called? thats just dirty and pathetic



i may have 6 guns, but i work my arse off and paid for every single one of them, and every part that ever existed in my hands... thank god i have a job... otherwise i would be stuck with a spyder TL+ right now...


yeh, i am 14 too! i work at my local grocery store making $6 an hour... not bad for a freshman



but you should see the looks on kids faces when i go to woodsball courses of paintball daves here in milwaukee

q: whats that?
a: a micro e-mag
q: is it kinda like a spyder?
a: no
q: but where do you cock it?
a: you don't have to

when we're about to start the game and i test fire

q: is that full auto!?
a: no, here, tap the trigger
q: OMG thats amazing
a: yeh...


lmfao... i was a noob once... but now i could become an AGD certified tech... if they taught the courses anywhere near milwaukee :o

[snoogans]

yeah sneaky u shuld...then u'd be making the big bucks and wouldn't hafta trade guns away for other gun parts

[Fred]

lol, ask Potatoboy about this TWIB that is always coming into the shop with his mom in tow whining about how he NEEDS all this stuff for his next tournament that she's paying for...

then he talks back and yells at her, and she still buys him everything...



i wanted to smack the kid... i've seen it happen with my own eyes twice, and apparantly its a regular thing...

---Fred

[CrashMaster]

I wish my parents did that for me. Lets see a viking here, X-mag there, Timmy in the corner with a Trix on top. Aaaaahhhh to dream once again :)

[RagingFalcon]

Originally posted by personman
It's only hurting them in the long run (IE expecting everything to be handed over to them on a silver platter, and that just doesnt happen in the 'real' world)

totaly agree with you. they will always want everything handed to them and never know the power of earning anything.

Seems like the parents of today are letting their kids run their households and finances. they are too weak minded to show their kids they are the ruling authority. Of course everything has its limits Parents have to give out rewards as much as they give out punishments.

My parents never gave me anything i had to earn it all with chores and helping my dad when he worked on his truck. And IM 100% grateful for that. i can say "This MY house"(well actually appartment). "This my car" "this my gun" I Paid them with blood sweat and tears.

[Steelrat]

As proud as I am of the stuff I bought, if my parents were to call me up and tell me they were buying me an X-mag, I wouldnt have a single problem with that.

[FooTemps]

ugh... i hate those cocky, spoiled, credit card kids... I can't think of any stories from the top of my head though...

Anyway... I hate them... I hate them because MY PARENTS ARE FULLY OPPOSED TO PAINTBALL! I have to buy all my own gear, I have to find all my own rides. I've only gotten entry fee money once. I got lucky and got a ride to and from a field... ONCE. They argued against me buying a paintball gun... WITH MY OWN MONEY for nearly 2 years! TUNAMAN HAD TO GIVE ME A GUN. They still hate paintball but they gave up on stoping me. I'd spend half an hour arguments on being allowed to paintball.

I wish one of those credit card kids were in my shoes. Then they'd shut up fast. Yeah, I'm jealous of their position... It's just so unfair to me to see other kids younger than me getting whatever they want from their parents when I have to argue to get what I want.

[Tyger]

This weekend I worked the counter at the local field. I head a lot of kids talkig it up of wha they wer gonna buy in the winter season. One kid had his hart set on a LPR mod for his gun.

"Why do you need low pressure?" I asked him.

"Umm... It's cool?" and "I don't know." were the two main answers I got.

Ya know, I'm a fan of the "Bortex" mod to moderation, but come on. If yo don't knwo what good the bit you're buying can do, you shouln't have it!!! It's that simple!!!

Then again, I'm a fan of "Substance over Style", which puts me upstram swimming in this sport...

-Tyger (Sorry for typos, until futher notice I've got a splint on my lef wrist, I'm missing letters.... Don't ask, I may have broken myslef again...)

[LudavicoSoldier]

Arrrrr!

Squid ahoy!