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Topic: ordering paintballs from the internet??

Posted By: PBPunk88
Subject: ordering paintballs from the internet??
Date Posted: 06 February 2005 at 9:48pm

how many people have bought paintballs off the internet?im kinda nervous about doing it because i don't want to get old, swelled up paintballs that might be half broken.has anyone bought any off of xpaintball.com?thats where i would like to get my paintballs because they got them pretty cheap.tell me what you think.

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Posted By: VTpaintballer
Date Posted: 06 February 2005 at 9:50pm

ahh its fine... they're pretty good!, but if their bad in a way just send them back and get your money back.

Posted By: Panda Man
Date Posted: 06 February 2005 at 10:07pm

VTpaintballer wrote:

ahh its fine... they're pretty good!, but if their bad in a way just send them back and get your money back.

It doesn't work like that.

Buying pb's from the internet is like gambling... you get a VERY good price, but... you have a 30% chance(most likely) that they will turn up destroyed. If you trust UPS/FedEx/DHL enough, hell yea its worth it.

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Posted By: cooljon012288
Date Posted: 06 February 2005 at 10:33pm

paintballs off the internet(you get what you pay for)there crapt

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Posted By: Ariakon_Eagle
Date Posted: 06 February 2005 at 10:40pm

I know lots of people who order paintballs off the internet, they buy like 4000 and expect to have one bad bag. They save a bundle though.

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Posted By: sportdeamon89
Date Posted: 06 February 2005 at 11:12pm

xpaintball.com, now anythingxtreme.com has a return policy. if u're item show's up broken, u can return it. i'm not positive if this applies to paintballs though, u'll have to look for your self.

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Posted By: Panda Man
Date Posted: 06 February 2005 at 11:28pm

^ No.

No Online shop, and even some proshops do not have a return policy on Paintballs, they would loose WAYYYY to much money... UPS/FedEx/DHL arn't the most 'Gentle' with packages, so it would be UPS fault not the stores.

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Posted By: clownshooter
Date Posted: 07 February 2005 at 9:33am

As stated above there are risks to ordering paint on-line. I can tell you what I used to do when I ordered paint on line to minimize the risks.
1. Order from a reputable supplier, preferrably one that has been around awhile (e.g. http://www.countypaintball.com - www.countypaintball.com , etc).
2. Call them first and speak to someone in sales that knows the company's products first hand. Tell them you want to place an order and you want to know if these (the stock #) paintballs are fresh, how do they pack them for shipping to insure safe delivery, etc..
3. If they answer your questions with vague responses, check out someone else.

I had one supplier tell me that he was so sure of how good his paintballs were that he would ship them and not charge my credit card until I called him after I received them to let him know if I liked them or not (I really did like them, but they now sell something else).
Last but not least, talk to your local paintball shop (if you have one) and ask them that if you buy all your paint from them, will they give you a discount. I did that with a local Army/Navy Surplus store that also sells paintball supplies. He gives me a 10% discount on everything (clothing too). The discount makes his prices more competetive with the on-line stores (by the time you pay shipping, tax & etc.).

Posted By: 98c Dude13
Date Posted: 07 February 2005 at 12:41pm

If you are buying cheap paintball and they come broken then thats your falt. But alot of times they come in good shape.

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Posted By: SuzukiRider987
Date Posted: 07 February 2005 at 3:24pm

Like said aobve you're taking a risk. Try to buy from a place where they have a wearhouse close to where you live so they aren't driving your paint half way across the country.

Posted By: DrunkDriver
Date Posted: 07 February 2005 at 3:26pm

I have bought paint from http://www.firstcallpaintball.com - www.firstcallpaintball.com before and I will do it again. It was fresh and did not have a single broken ball.

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Posted By: VTpaintballer
Date Posted: 07 February 2005 at 3:28pm

Panda Man wrote:

VTpaintballer wrote:

ahh its fine... they're pretty good!, but if their bad in a way just send them back and get your money back.

Well i don't care how it works... if the paintballs are damaged i'm getting my money back!

Posted By: BladeBuster
Date Posted: 07 February 2005 at 4:40pm

I think buying pbs off the internet is the most laziest thing a man could do... just drive your car or have your parents drive you to a pb store and just buy them. GEEZ!!!

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