the "credit card kids" story thread!

[pito189]

It bothers me to see that, because the kids don't know about the guns at all, they just want them because they look good. Secondly it pisses me off to no end when a kid talks back to his/her parents.

I suppose it makes me a little jealous too, because as I type I'm sitting here at work making my own money to spend on stuff while I'm here in college. If those kids never work for anything, they will be worthless when it comes time for them to get a real job.

More parents need to subscribe to this philosophy. Note it's just funny don't get all mad when you read it.

[GA Devil]

Yeah we have a kid who plays where we do that we call gun of the week. Im at the store alot during the week talking with the manager, and this kid comes in every time with him mom in tow and credit card in hand. 4 or 5 weeks ago I started watching his purchases. Started this time with a speed angel, the following week he got a 2k3 shocker, traded that for 2 eblade cockers, got a vision impulse and now is waiting on another angel to come in. Yes all that in 4-5 weeks. But he is the same kid every sunday on the field mouching paint off people. Go figure.

[einhander619]

Quit hating!!! This is something I've noticed in the last few years, and I guess it's a cardinal sin nowadays to be wealthy. I just don't get why everyone disses on them, then turns around and uses government services that rich peoples taxes(around 40% of their income, kids) pay for. So next time see some kid getting a $1300 gun, thank his mom for supporting the industry which is in danger of collapsing. In a way, you're all buying into this nice gun thing as much as the little kids are, who the WARNING - NO CUSSING cares, as long as you can play better than them? Want nice gear? Shaddup and get a good education, that's what I'm doing, and I won't be able to play for a couple years because of it. Don't even start with the "these kids don't know the value of money" schpiel, they're not your kids, so mind your own business. SHUT UP AND PLAY.

[personman]

Originally posted by GA Devil
Yeah we have a kid who plays where we do that we call gun of the week. Im at the store alot during the week talking with the manager, and this kid comes in every time with him mom in tow and credit card in hand. 4 or 5 weeks ago I started watching his purchases. Started this time with a speed angel, the following week he got a 2k3 shocker, traded that for 2 eblade cockers, got a vision impulse and now is waiting on another angel to come in. Yes all that in 4-5 weeks. But he is the same kid every sunday on the field mouching paint off people. Go figure.

Is that guy at GA PB 2.0?
I saw a kid with a black 2k3 shocker a week or two ago, could that have been him? He had black hair..
Anyway, whoever he is, I would like him to meet my ULEXY mag

[845]

Dont hate the player hate the game.

[Barjack420]

conflicted

I really hate kids like that, I happen to go to The George Washington University if youve every heard te term "Jap" (not refering to asian kids) you prettymuch described the school. There was a kid my freshamn year who drove a BMW Z4, he even had his own parking space next to his dorm.

but anyways no matter how much you hate those kids think of this way. They buy alot of gear right? They have no idea what theyve bought, how to use or maintain it, right? Just cosy up to the rich guy and you can trade him stuff that looks pretty. I managed to trade a mostly stock cocker with an airbrushed design on it I did, for an eclipse impulse. And you can charge them for fixing their guns too. Dont think of them as spoiled kids, think of them as cash cows.

other than that I agree wit crashmaster, I wake up screaming when that dream ends.

[Branchvillian]

MUST POST!

[thump]

thoes kids make me sick,,i had to work for everything i have ever had!

[felony]

what i hate most is that those kids always come in and get thee cocker..

everyone at the stores near me gets the flashy cockers just cause they flash you..

dan

[DementedRabbit]

Too bad you can't buy skill, right? Or can you? :op

[GA Devil]

Yeah he was at 2.0 and yeah sounds like same kid...lol. And for the guy saying for me to get an education...been there done that.

[mjs1217]

I HATE credit card kids. But, even worse are the ones who are not only rich spoiled brats that dont know the meaning of the word "earn", but are also stupid idiots that don't even want to learn what gun they should buy. I mean, c'mon now.

EDIT: And btw, for all those credit card kids out there who went for the flashy cocker, jokes on them, because they won't know how to fix it on the field, and better yet eventually their timing will slip and they won't know what happened, so theyll probably try to sell it on ebay for really cheap, at which point someone with little cash but who is in need ot a new tourny level gun can snatch it up and give it the care it needs

[rdb123]

Originally posted by einhander619
...40% of their income

I agree with you, but that 40% figure is the MARGINAL tax rate those people would pay. Rarely anyone pays a 40% average tax rate; big difference.

[schiesz]

Originally posted by rdb123


Rarely anyone pays a 40% average tax rate; big difference.

Rarely anyone drives into the local paintball store and drops $6-7k on guns for kids that have no idea what they are. At least I hope its rare... I'm guessing anyone with that kind of disposable income is paying a high average tax rate. You seem to know the tax laws pretty well, how high of an income hits the 40% average?

[No sKiLLz]

Single,Married filing jointly, or head of household: $307,051
Married filing separately: $153,526
38.6%

No one is telling stories.

So a couple of years ago I'm walking along the edge of the fields at the SC arena's (lego field) and I see a kid, maybe 8-10 with a shiny red annoed Dark Angel. He's set up to go one on one with a kid packing a mech spyder. I see grandpa behind the nets cheering him on.

Game starts, kid with the angel takes back center stand up and doesn't move. Just peeks on both sides of the bunker. The kid with the spyder sees the kid not shooting, runs bunker to bunker, and just as he gets past the graveyard pops the angel kid in his gun arm. Angel kid drops the shiny new Dark Angel in the dirt and falls down crying. I looked at the grandpa without a mask, helpless to rush out to the field and rescue the Angel from the dirt. Couldn't stop laughing to myself.

For me, it's all about the attitude. Like Gibby's daughter Tati. She is a tough trooper who has a genuine interest for playing paintball. I have no problems seeing a little girl like her with a nice marker because she is out on the field taking hits with the big boys and she really wants to make a go of it.

What I have a problem with are the kids who lack any hint of character. Kids who have mommy and daddy whip out the credit card rather than figure out why their gun doesn't shoot as well as it should. We've all seen these kids. They are the trash talkers and punk-(explative deleted word rhymes with "bass") who swallow hype like it's a donkey show. Paintball is an expensive sport, so I don't fault kids for bringing a little financial muscle to the shop, but like anything out there, it's the ones who half- (explative deleted word rhymes with "bass") things that deserve no respect.