Carry-on paint fee
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Topic: Carry-on paint fee
Posted By: Gunchicken
Subject: Carry-on paint fee
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 8:19pm
| i think charging extra money for carry-on paint is bs. my friends uncle owns a shop in the southern states and he said he never heard of the extra fee. Some places were i live charge up to $30 for carry plus field fee. There paint sucks there to, i bought it once and ill just say that i will never buy paint there again, or go there. There Shouldnt be a carry-on. |
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 8:21pm
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If you want the field to fail, go ahead and take away their only real source of income.
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Posted By: impulse!
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 8:21pm
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Posted By: Tolgak
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 8:22pm
'Tis true. Fields only survive because of selling paint. Even a lot of pro shops are like that. ------------- 
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usafpilot07 wrote:Posted By: Gunchicken
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 8:27pm
| no because the other one close to me only charges $5 extra, no one ever buys there paint, and some places dont even sell paint so i dont know what your talking about. |
Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 8:34pm
| I'm guessing that $30 includes field fee, paint fee, and all day air. It's not great, but it's not terrible. I can get all that for just $20 at my field, but a field I am going to this weekend will cost $30 but it's that high because they charge $13 for all day air. |
Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 9:28pm
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My local field charges 25$ if you come before 2pm for all day air and bring your own paint. If you come after 2 its only 15$. They sell there own paint too but its regularly priced. The sell a variety of paint from Marbs to Diablo's. The same owner of the field owns a store in the area call Bad Boyz Toyz. http://www.badboyztoyz.com/ - http://www.badboyztoyz.com/ -------------  |
Posted By: jordanpischke
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 9:29pm
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Posted By: mod98commando
Date Posted: 12 June 2007 at 12:53am
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I would suggest complaining to the field owner instead of us, that way things can change instead of just staying sucky. Around here, the fields I've been to either allow you to bring paint without a charge or you have to use field paint. I usually don't go to the FPO places because they tend to have crappy stuff and overcharge you for it but I'm sure they wouldn't do that if people weren't paying. Talk to the owner, maybe he'll change his policy or at least offer better paint.
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Posted By: Gunchicken
Date Posted: 12 June 2007 at 10:04am
| I wanted to see what other people think, and if they have to pay becaue $10=field fee + $20 for carry on, all day air is another $15, there paint is around $53 after tax. |
Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 12 June 2007 at 10:17am
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Solution 1: Play at another field. That'll learn'em. Solution 2: Start your own field, and don't charge a carry-on fee. That'll learn'em double. Solution 3: Take up volleyball. Capitalism. Learn it. Love it. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: ANARCHY_SCOUT
Date Posted: 12 June 2007 at 12:09pm
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I go to a Field where there is no carry on fee at all and hell I don't even pay an admission fee now that I used to go there so much. ------------- Gamertag: Kataklysm999 
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Posted By: reclusivetorrid
Date Posted: 12 June 2007 at 12:19pm
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Alot of fields don't even allow carry on paint unless you had already
bought the paint at that field. Bcause (allow me to reiterate) paintball fields make most if not all of their profit from paint sales. Face it brother, your into an expensive hobby your gonna have to pay if you wanna play. If you really want to save cash go back to playin stock class. Stock class is more fun anyhow IMHO. Later ------------- 
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Posted By: Koolit32
Date Posted: 12 June 2007 at 2:28pm
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Posted By: Gunchicken
Date Posted: 12 June 2007 at 9:40pm
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Every were around me charges carry on fee, some charge only $5 others charge $15. |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 12 June 2007 at 9:52pm
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Refer to my sig. Why not just buy their paint if you are paying $30 for a carry on fee? It would cost the same. ------------- Que pasa? 
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Posted By: mamasboi
Date Posted: 12 June 2007 at 9:57pm
| the field that i went to before i moved charged 15-25 entry then 10 for all day air then $49+ for paint. |
Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 12 June 2007 at 10:09pm
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I work at a field, its BYOP, except for special events and rentals. There is another local field, they are FPO or GTFO. Take your pick, you're lucky you have the option to bring your own paint. ------------- http://www.anomationanodizing.com - My Site 
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Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 12 June 2007 at 10:38pm
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quit complaining about a field fee. You obviously don't know how hard it is to make a living with a paintball field. It's a full-time job, with part-time pay. ------------- X |
Posted By: jerseypaint
Date Posted: 12 June 2007 at 10:50pm
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Depends for me.
E-Jam Indoor- BYOP on special days (white fill only), Entry $22, Air $11, and paint $50-60. All you can shoot fridays for $80. E-Jam Outdoor- Always BYOP, Entry $22, Air $11. ------------- 
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Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 13 June 2007 at 1:08am
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Oh, used to be somewhere in Neosho MO, at the Brass Eagle factory you could play on their field for $10. Everything was free. Paint, Air (both kinds), any kind of rentals... It was heaven. Plenty of arrogant tourney guys to shoot, also.
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Posted By: Gunchicken
Date Posted: 13 June 2007 at 6:52pm
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Posted By: little devil
Date Posted: 13 June 2007 at 6:56pm
| yeah the field near me apperently made $450 000 last year in paint alone. this is comming from a guy sponsored by the field and works for them. but who knows?, not me |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 13 June 2007 at 7:00pm
They won't go out of business, they just won't run a profit. Which means at some point they will go out of business Costs: Insurance Bunkers Refs Paintballs Parts Compressors CO2 Tanks Rental Guns Parts to fix rental guns Maintenance on fields That's not cheap stuff. They want to actually make money so they charge alot. The field I play at has 1 field, no refs(players ref), no CO2, and no proshop. Gets stuff at dealer prices so if someone needs something he gets it. He doesn't offer any rentals. It's like a team field. The owner drags around a trailer with a compressor for air, and allows BYOP. Only brings enough paint for a day when most people bring their own. He charges $50 for entrance, air, and a case of paint. How much more do you think he would charge if he started doing all the stuff I said he doesn't do? ------------- Que pasa?
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Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 14 June 2007 at 12:36pm
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i'm still waiting for Choopie to come online and blast you for even complaining. The prices out by him are astronomical.
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Posted By: Brian Fellows
Date Posted: 14 June 2007 at 3:31pm
Wasn't he paying around $150 per case? |
Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 14 June 2007 at 4:43pm
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the place i used to play at in mass was $25 for entrance and lunch. byop if you were a walk on FPO for rentals (150$ a case) this was around 1997
down here in virgnina its 10$ for entry 10$ for HPA (all day) 5$ for a half filled 20oz. crappy paint is 45$ a case and a 30$ charge if you bring your own. not to mention the fields are poorly staffed and the refs they have dont do their job. i dont have a problem with FPO but dont gouge the heck out of players sell it at a fair price. $80 a case for something you can buy 2 miles away for $60 is crap. (i have quit paintball for the most part. although i doubt i will sell off all my guns im trying to cut back to 5 or 6) ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 14 June 2007 at 4:55pm
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The place I played at was owned by one of the local paintball shops. $10 got you on the field with all day air, two refs, $5 all day rental if you didn't have a marker and byop. He had all kinds of paint, the cheapest being around $35/case up on to $50/case for the good stuff. But the guy wasn't too bright. Tried burning a hornets nest inside one of the outbuildings adjacent to the field. Ended up burning that building down and almost lost the truck that was parked inside. The field has been down and he closed his store right after. Rumor has it, that was where he stored his compressor and the insurance company wouldn't pay. ------------- 
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