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Topic: Top Companies
Posted By: MeanMan
Subject: Top Companies
Date Posted: 15 October 2007 at 7:21pm
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So, im slowly narrowing down my choices for my next gun. I have a job, so I can take money from my paycheck for this purchase. Since I want to hang onto this one longer than a year, Im having trouble deciding. Not only do a want a nice gun, but a good company that can help/replace parts when needed. So far, I know Dangerous Power has awesome customer service. My other choices are Bob Long, which I havent heard much about, and First Endeavor Paintball. (Obvious choices are an LE Fusion, 06 Timmy, and a Quest, unless something cheap and amazing comes out at Cup that I like). So far, it seems like FEP has Customer Service almost on par with DP, but, I only started looking into them recently. Anyone have any horror stories or happy stories with these companies? Thanks. ------------- 
hybrid-sniper~"To be honest, if I see a player still using an Impulse I'm going to question their motives." |
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 15 October 2007 at 8:08pm
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I've never heard anything disparaging from FEP or DP. I did deal with Bob Long back in the day (late 90's) when I was a tech at a pro-shop in NY. My results with their customer service back then were mixed. It just depended on who you got on what day. Kinda like Shocktech was. You'd call up and if you got Rocky on a week day in the morning by 11am or in mid afternoon you were good. If you got him on a Monday morning or a Friday afternoon, forget about it. He'd be recovering from a hangover with the former or be high as a kite on the latter. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 6:10pm
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BLAST is a little too impersonal for my tastes. I haven't heard of any issues with the other two companies. |
Posted By: MeanMan
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 6:21pm
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Hmm, the Quest is looking really nice. -------------
hybrid-sniper~"To be honest, if I see a player still using an Impulse I'm going to question their motives." |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 8:03pm
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Get an ego. ------------- 
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Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 8:28pm
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Bad Snake, bad. |
Snake6 wrote:Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 8:42pm
At least he didn't say a Shocker.  ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: jerseypaint
Date Posted: 16 October 2007 at 9:01pm
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Just wait a few months. All new markers, and the older models drop in price. ------------- 
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Posted By: MeanMan
Date Posted: 17 October 2007 at 11:27am
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Its going to be hard waiting. Online, they have all their Quests + a Halo for $400. Brand new ones, for basically $300. -------------
hybrid-sniper~"To be honest, if I see a player still using an Impulse I'm going to question their motives." |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 18 October 2007 at 5:37pm
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Get a Shocker and I'll slug ya. Through the interwebs tubez. Yeah, I'm that bad. But seriously, my suggestion goes to getting something with a decent line of aftermarket parts but is decent out of the box, and large enough to offer good support. I've always liked Intimidators, and as I understand it, BLAST is gonna offer a new Timmy soon, called the Protege, and it's supposed to be the lightest Timmy. Rumor has it, it's market price will be $500 as well... Just something to consider. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell" 
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Posted By: MeanMan
Date Posted: 18 October 2007 at 8:56pm
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Yeah, that means the '06s will drop even more. I thought the Protege was suppose to be $400s, and the Vice, the "better" version of it, is suppose to be more expensive. Well, expect more threads to come, thats all I have to say. And where did you see shocker in my post? I despise shockers. They look nice, but I hate them. -------------
hybrid-sniper~"To be honest, if I see a player still using an Impulse I'm going to question their motives." |
Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 19 October 2007 at 11:22pm
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Didn't see it. Just sayin'.
You've been warned. ------------- Evil Elvis: "Detrevni is definally like a hillbilly hippy from hell"
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Posted By: Lightningbolt
Date Posted: 20 October 2007 at 7:39am
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I have to wonder how long some of these companies are really going to be around. Parts availability is a key factor for long-term guns. If it's just a flavor of the month you can flip a coin. |
Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 22 October 2007 at 6:01am
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I have not had a single problem with my 98c in all the years I've had it.
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Posted By: MeanMan
Date Posted: 22 October 2007 at 5:11pm
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I dont want to go back to tippmann... I hated my A5, no reason either, I just hated it. -------------
hybrid-sniper~"To be honest, if I see a player still using an Impulse I'm going to question their motives." |
Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 30 January 2009 at 8:47pm
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hey, you can always get a mini. never had a problem with mine.
oh, lol @ spam^^ ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: thejudge
Date Posted: 31 January 2009 at 2:53pm
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A teammate of mine got the g3 and loves it. I will also have o agree with ammo. I have always loved the mini. Its a good gun that is light and fun to use. But the G3 is nice. He has had no problems with it so far and has had it for about a year or so. ------------- Stay low, run fast, and hope that paintball doesn't hit your... http://www.deltasquad.info/"> 
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Posted By: MeanMan
Date Posted: 01 February 2009 at 10:48pm
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Just saying, this thread is like from2007. I don't know why it was bumped...
I got an F8 though.... And I do love it. -------------
hybrid-sniper~"To be honest, if I see a player still using an Impulse I'm going to question their motives." |
Posted By: t_hop
Date Posted: 01 February 2009 at 10:59pm
nice choice, i think you steered me into getting a fusion  good thing too because dp has cheap replacement parts ------------- "I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of bubblegum." |