A Idea! Well sort of...
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Topic: A Idea! Well sort of...
Posted By: Fast Splat
Subject: A Idea! Well sort of...
Date Posted: 20 September 2004 at 5:15pm
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Well i am not sure if this is an idea or not... but here it is. I have a bunch of friends that play paintball. Like 20 to 25. They really don't know how to do much or how to fix there guns. So i have an idea to open like a little shop to fix Paintball guns. I have alot of old gear from my brother who stopped playing about a year ago to get married. I have like 3 masks and some pods packs and stuff. I would open the shop real small with just some parts and stuff and work my way up. We have a loft like 10ft. by 20ft. maybe a little less that i could put a old couch a small TV and get some Paintball videos. So do you guys think I should open a small place to fix my friends painball guns?
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Posted By: Fast Splat
Date Posted: 20 September 2004 at 5:35pm
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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. ------------- **MY SETUP!** WGP 04 ProStock Autococker Worrblade Delrin Bolt **SOON TO COME** Nexus Ram & QEV's CP Shorty Reg CP On/Off & Rail System And some other cool stuff!! |
Posted By: jigglydude
Date Posted: 20 September 2004 at 7:38pm
| Not a bad idea, dont count on it growing into some major buisness though. I personaly do all my work for free if im working on a friends gun, I even gave one some dye stickies i had lying around. |
Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 20 September 2004 at 7:43pm
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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.
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Posted By: TheOperators
Date Posted: 21 September 2004 at 10:31am
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What happened to just helping friends out when they are in need?? Matt TheOperators ------------- "Those who fear being conquered, are sure of defeat" "The most deadly thing on the battlefield is one well-aimed shot." |
Posted By: Rustic
Date Posted: 21 September 2004 at 1:19pm
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Yeah, I wouldn't charge your friends for anything you need to do, unless you need to order parts for them.
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Posted By: jigglydude
Date Posted: 21 September 2004 at 8:05pm
I pesonaly enjoy working on differant guns. It's always cool to take
apart a new type of gun or even a variation of another gun you have
worked with. I have a bit of a gun cleaning obsession .
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Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 21 September 2004 at 8:10pm
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Sounds good. Friends should be free. As for people in your area/school, now thats another story. ------------- Pumpker'd; (V.) When a pump player runs up and shoots you at point blank range because you thought 20bps made you good. |
Posted By: waarp8nt
Date Posted: 21 September 2004 at 8:36pm
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^^^^^^^^ These dude's are right. I have done something like you are talking about in a corner of the basement. Fill CO2, fix markers, but don't charge your friends unless you have to. You have to charge for new parts ordered, as it shouldn't cost you to help them out. A few words of advise about friends, collect the $$$ when you order parts. Then you don't have to keep hitting your buddy up for the money or look like a jerk for holding his/her unrepaired marker until you are paid. I think we all have a deadbeat buddy or two
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.Posted By: whack-a-mole
Date Posted: 22 September 2004 at 10:27am
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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. ------------- NASA and the Americans spent millions of dollars and hundreds of hours to develop a pen that would write in space.....The Russians used a pencil. |
Posted By: CyanideX
Date Posted: 22 September 2004 at 1:56pm
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Or you can just tell you're friends to fix their own guns, if they don't know how to fix their own guns then they don't need them. Thats only if its something small like their ball detent is in backwards and they dont know it, or their bolt o-rings are shot. I could see it differently if something major was wrong. Other then that, have fun with you're old couch and T.V. ------------- Woodsball is better. |
Posted By: Fast Splat
Date Posted: 22 September 2004 at 5:30pm
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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. ------------- **MY SETUP!** WGP 04 ProStock Autococker Worrblade Delrin Bolt **SOON TO COME** Nexus Ram & QEV's CP Shorty Reg CP On/Off & Rail System And some other cool stuff!! |
Posted By: TippmannPro13
Date Posted: 25 September 2004 at 9:27am
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Fast Splat wrote:Posted By: Bonestock98
Date Posted: 25 September 2004 at 1:16pm
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Sounds like a nice little weekend job. ------------- F.A.T.T.S.W.F.A.-Forumers Against Things That Start With "Forumers Against" |
Posted By: ItalianoGuy04
Date Posted: 26 September 2004 at 1:39pm
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sure don't let the cops bust you and your friends may not be ur friends anymore if you start charging them.. ------------- 
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Posted By: LordJovian
Date Posted: 29 September 2004 at 8:13pm
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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. ------------- A-5 E-grip Chipley Custom Carbon Graphite 16" Evil Adapter(Spyder) 32 Deg New '03 XChamber Remote Line Gun Sling Sniper f/x Stock LPK 68/4500 HPA R-5 CP Reg JCS Duel Trigger |
Posted By: Mehs
Date Posted: 29 September 2004 at 10:35pm
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Needs more expansion, like start selling, become a dealer, so you can
sell, and even have people rent stuff, for their own use wherever.
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Posted By: ih8rebels
Date Posted: 30 September 2004 at 8:13am
| 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. |
Posted By: A5 dude15
Date Posted: 30 September 2004 at 5:04pm
| i would do it especialy if they paid |
Posted By: paintbitter
Date Posted: 04 October 2004 at 1:36pm
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that would be awesome. also put parrts in for a newbie or someone with no time ------------- Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. |
Posted By: DracoPlasm
Date Posted: 05 October 2004 at 1:18pm
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may work but i wouldent charge friends unless you had to get some parts for it ------------- 
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