A Idea! Well sort of...

Okay. Just Pretend i am someone else.

 

"I think that's a great idea. When can i get my gun fixed? Wow you are the coolest guy ever!"

 

Okay this was clearly just to make me feel better about my thread.

Thanx. For your time.

I like the idea, but as jigglydude said, it probably wont go very far until you intend on putting money into your idea, and more effort.

Yeah, I wouldn't charge your friends for anything you need to do, unless you need to order parts for them.

 

Sounds good. Friends should be free. As for people in your area/school, now thats another story.

i agree with sinisterNorth. i work with co2 and a friend works on markers, we don't charge our friends for our service. cool, though.

Ya' i wouldn't really charge my friends for fixing if it's a small job, but if it's like refurbishing and putting alot of parts in then i might charge them.

Thanks guys.

I even might fill CO2.

Ya' and i don't relly plan on the whole thing turning into a major corperation with 400 factories over the US.

Just want to fix stuff.

Thanx.

Sounds like a nice little weekend job.

One of my buddies is thinking of opening an actual store. I have a few ideas and since none of you are near where I live I'll share some ideas.
You know those .68 caliber furry Velcro balls? We're thinking of a setup where out display guns will all have the remote line ends in the ASA and a big HPA/ Nitro tank setup at a target range and using those balls to do a "try before you buy" setup. Also, we plan on to contact a local CnC machining shop into contracting some extra work. That way, after we check on our high speed internet for a part that isn't made, or a custom job, we can say "Yeah, we partnered with a machinist shop, and we can do it for a fee," instead of turning them away without helping them. We also plan to actually type up some pamphlets on gun maintenance, starting out with just general maintenance to actual specific guns (all that we sell, and some for BE's). It's much to painful standing in line and watching some little twelve year old get an A-5 (or Cocker/ Shocker, etc.) and know that hes going to destroy it (doesn't everyone destroy their first gun?). We've also got a bunch more ideas, but the way we thought of these was by going into a pro shop, asking a few questions (or waiting 30 minutes for the guy to get off the phone with his girlfriend) and thinking about what sucked about each place. We've found that the same pro shops will change the barrel bore of their barrels, based on who's working. So, we plan to categorize our barrels nicely by Threading and Bore. We also plan to open 1 case of each type of paint and actually determine the bore sizes. We know there's paintball charts, but most of what I found are outdated.

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if you want to make money at it, try hooking up with a field in your area to get some business on the side, that way you dont look like your trying to make money off your buds.

that would be awesome. also put parrts in for a newbie or someone with no time