Ready to buy my a-5! but where?

Commander_Cool wrote: The support your local shop, on the basis of they are local and need your measly business to stay open is a flawed argument/ reasoning.

Yes and no.  I certainly agree that we shouldn't unnecessarily support inefficient economic behavior - but a selfish consumer might still choose to buy at a local shop, for a variety of reasons.  Local tech support is valuable, for instance.  Goodwill at the local shop is also valuable.  Perhaps the local shop also owns the local field where y you play, and by buying at the shop you are supporting your field.

Yea, thats why if you read my entire post you would see I said fields compete on service since they can't compete on price, but that you shouldn't buy at a local proshop on the basis of simply supporting local business.

And so forth.  Capitalism isn't all about the lowest price.

I never said that.

It is almost as bad as go to field paint only fields b/c fields make their money off of paint sales. It might be true that fields make their moeny off of paint sales, but it is a flawed business model. Its like saying, I own a gym, but I make all of my money off of bottled water. Each element should be able to support itself.

And just like that you completely undermined your pro-capitalism argument.  This part makes absolutely no sense.  Back to capitalism and econ 101 for you.

What are you taking about? How does that undermine the pro-capitalism argument? I am refering to people who say you should go pay outrageous paint prices at your local field on the basis of thats how they stay in business. I said that if they can only manage to stay in business due to paint sales (since they do charge field fees, and sell various items), that their business model is flawed, simply put paint sales shouldn't be supporting the entire business. I think it is an inefficent and poorly run business if that is the case. The example I used to illustrate this is owning a gym and relying on bottled water to support the business, while this is extreme, i think it makes the point and is hardly in contradiction to my stance in capitalism.

Any other business that can take in 20-35 dollars for each person that comes in their doors doesnt need to rely on another aspect of the business in order to survive.

The main point I am trying to make is that you should make choices based upon what is best for you, the consumer. You shouldn't make you financial choices to help fund an inefficient and poorly run entity. It isn't a club house, a hang out, or a charity, its a business.

well i work full time plus weekends so i don't have much time to go out to local shops or fields, except to actually play

i ended up buying like 700 dollars worth of stuff from action village.   

not done yet either. gotta get my barrel and stabilizer.

just a retort for commander cool though

a lot of big market names make a lot of money from add ons, not their main selling point. like gaming systems such as ps3 and xbox 360.  the profit is marginal on the systems, it's all about the addons and such. my 2 cents. heh