Originally posted by WARPED1
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I don't know about companies, but stores definatly don't make much. And for the record my store offers internet price matching and very comonly makes less than a 20% mark up on guns and thats with our whole franchise who gets premium prices due to huge orders. Paint brings in an OK amout, Aftermarket stuff is alot like the guns, in the end its air that keeps my store in buisness more than anything. -
I'm putting my marker together part by part until I have exactly what I want. I own all types of markers from custom pumps to much higher end markers but what I want is MY very own design. My own custom body, the bolt I want, the frame I want. And in the end it's going to cost me a whole lot more than if I just bought what someone else was offering. If I was in the industry producing things that I love I would want to sell them for what they were worth to me. I would NEVER make what I thought it deserved and so I would get disenchanted and give up on the industry. Most of the people in the paintball industry are offering things that you like for exactly that reason , you buy what you like. It is a luxury, I like having luxuries. It makes me feel like what I work hard for is worth something to me. It's not a necessary, which sometimes feels like I'm just working to pay bills. In the end, if you don't like the idea of mark-up then stay out of business for yourself, you'll never make it. Like I said, buy what you like, shoot what appeals to you, wear what looks good on you and quit the complaining. Business isn't all about the haves and have nots it's about who wants it the most and is willing to pay to get it. I personally am willing to work my butt off to pay for what I want and hopefully by purchasing even one of those products I keep a business going for just one more day than hopefully paintball will live forever!!Comment
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