Why spend more than 500 dollars on a marker?

[JimmyBeam]

lol @ RRfireblade

[White_Noise]

lol @ RRfireblade

that was great fireblade....made my day

[SpecialBlend2786]

I still cant justify buying a $800+ gun. Sure I own an emag. but i bought used. You can find vikings for under $800 used.

I also got my Dark iR3 for under $500. If you look around you can get high quality guns for pretty darn cheap :)

For some spending $800+ can be justified i guess. I dont paintball enough for me to justify it though.

[Steelrat]

For some spending $800+ can be justified i guess. I dont paintball enough for me to justify it though.

Crap, lately I haven't paintballed enough to justify an E-rex

[SpecialBlend2786]

Crap, lately I haven't paintballed enough to justify an E-rex

I havn't really paintballed enough to justify ANYTHING actually

blah.

[GT]

My apologies, I was not trying to be nasty at all, I just stated that I "hoped" that the purpose of the thread wasnt to prove that there is no reason to buy a marker over $500. I know that you have stated in the past that you felt that the ICD guns did everything you wanted for under $500, so I know where you stand on the subject. Its just that everyone has their own list of what they want in a marker, be it build quality, speed, weight, looks, popularity, etc etc.

No I am not here to pimp ICD, really its almost a used v. new and <500 v >500 thread. just getting thoughts.

I think jay hit this on the head.

[Steelrat]

No I am not here to pimp ICD, really its almost a used v. new and <500 v >500 thread. just getting thoughts.

I think jay hit this on the head.

Crap, if we are talking about used vs new I am with you 100%. I much prefer to let someone else eat the initial depreciation. But some poor sucker has to be the one to pay the "new" price so I can buy it used later on

[dahoeb]

some people just throw their $100000 markers in the closet after a day of paintball and actually expect it to work. if you do proper maintenance and preventice maintenance they should work ok. they may be a little more tempermental than mags but its not always the markers fault.

with some markers though, i definately do think their is a lot of hype, when they try to sell the whole low pressure closed bolt garbage like it actually matters. i've shot those kind of markers and they're almost no different than my mag, if anything my high pressure, openbolt, xmag is better. and every test i've ever seen regarding those features (from warpig.com and pbstar.com) basically show that it really doesn't make any difference, i can't believe that people still buy into it though.

[phantomhitman]

yes, some people do buy guns to make statements, aka gun whores
take me for example.
I am getting a devilmag. I need a gun to play with since they are not out yet. I first tried an eblade, liked it but it did not like me. I got it because it was cheaper, and it was nice in my opinion. After it clunked out on me I was screwed, no warranty. I moved on, I tried out dm4s, protos, angel flys, timmys, and i felt nothing special about them. I went to a local store (the matix center) and tried out a dm5.......I was sold. I know for a fact I paid too much for my dm5, but it was the only gun I wanted. It was the very first brand new gun I have ever bought. I have a lifetime warranty so no worries from me, and I absolutely love it! If I felt comfy with a spyder i would have play with it, but I did not so I tried everything I could get my hands on.

You buy what you want in most cases.

[calcan311]

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I personally ended up with a $650 marker (freestyle)


Where did you find a freestyle for 650?

[JoshK]

3 Day Ban for Disruptive Behavior/Flaming.

Good call mods. And the reason I would spend more than $500 is because the guns I truly want are over that...(my dream gun is a x-mag, but I know that will never happen , so I will have to deal with a karta, emag with the ups I want :)....someday.)

[calcan311]

[QUOTE=FSU_Paintball]I personally ended up with a $650 marker (freestyle)

Where did you fing a freestyle for 650. I don't know how to do this quote thing yet.

[SAW]

Ooh Ahh Lease (cheaper to lease,going to turn back in right after sale)____________$100

[REDRT]

Because it is very hard to buy an Emag for less than 500 bucks. Well, aleast not a plain jane bone stocker. Even then it is difficult sometimes.

[REDRT]

Good call mods. And the reason I would spend more than $500 is because the guns I truly want are over that...(my dream gun is a x-mag, but I know that will never happen , so I will have to deal with a karta, emag with the ups I want :)....someday.)

Dude, there going to come in around the same cost. I got around 950 in the Emag thus far in just the marker and nothing else. Had I gone karta it would be roughly 1150/1200. The cost of the xmag and with out ACE. Pricey devils. Even if you snagged an e for $400, karta and say Predator. your looking at 950/1000 w/eyes. Devil mag is right up there to. My advice is buy what you want. If it is too high, save. Never buy less than what you really want becuase it ends up costing more in the long run.