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Macks airsoft dreamers of the week thread

While the AR-15 is now a proven weapon system alot of people forget the many problems the yanks had with the early versions in Vietnam, from parts cracking to failures to eject spend cartridges. The difference is that they didn't take 15 years before getting round to fixing it

 
Cannonfodder said:
While the AR-15 is now a proven weapon system alot of people forget the many problems the yanks had with the early versions in Vietnam, from parts cracking to failures to eject spend cartridges. The difference is that they didn't take 15 years before getting round to fixing it
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That's the point, by the time they were talking about the L85, the bugs were long sorted in the armalites. 

Not unlike Airsoft, rush in to pre-ordering any new model first gen rif at your peril lol

 
Oops I accidentally posted that before I'd finished, that's the trouble with not having enough coffee on the night shift ?

I agree it's far more prudent to go with a system which is proven and any problems are identified and fixed, rather than something shinny new and unproven. Especially when people's lives are at stake 

 
From the pictures this might look like not a bad deal till you read the description and realise half of it isn't listed. Also I'm sure I've seen the pic with the pistols in the cardboard box

here before

Edit: I had seen it before, on his previous listing




 
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I do not normally post here, but this advert was brought to my attention.  It does seem optimistic pricing when a new gun and 7 mags is around £650.  Using 2/3 rule of thumb for second hand would be around £450 or am I missing something?




 
Jedi_Master said:
I do not normally post here, but this advert was brought to my attention.  It does seem optimistic pricing when a new gun and 7 mags is around £650.  Using 2/3 rule of thumb for second hand would be around £450 or am I missing something?
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Love the "basically new, ONLY used a handful of times" (during which he may have fired 10k bb's lol) 

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hunter511 said:
I wonder if the assorted 'upgrades' are the reason its faulty...... that said the bare faced cheek of selling a non working Dytac for 350 is impressive in its own way.....
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It always reminds me of a TM MP5 I bought not knowing it had been fiddled with. A local tech sorted a wiring issue and fitted a new hop rubber, said it shot really well. Chronoed it at a game and never used it... next time I tried lo and behold it wouldn't fire more than 20 metres, if it even fed...

If it was stock I'd never have had all the issues I did with the "upgrades"

 
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I swear airsoft skirmish's are 10% tactics and 90% who's gun works better on the day

 
Rogerborg said:
Hey, it's that guy who lives at the imaginary McDonalds up the goat track in the middle of nowhere again.  This smells fisher than a trawler's orlop.
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Forget him!

Andrey is back! Yaaaaay ?

I mean, what can go wrong here?

A Ghk ak - which has dubious qc to start with

And a seller with the proven technical abilities of a drunk baboon

Whats not to love …….

Oh yeah, 

The £900 ?




 
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This advert is also either making the buyer pay a hidden fee for using PayPal, or breaking their terms of service if the advert is implying to pay cash or bank transfer for collection. PayPal has a no surcharge policy in their terms of service, not that it would really be enforceable.

You must pay the postage and PayPal fees or collect from W London.
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It seems pretty weak to not just factor the PayPal fees into your sales price and it's what most people do.

 
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Esoterick said:
PayPal has a no surcharge policy in their terms of service, not that it would really be enforceable.
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When Gunfire and TaiwanGun started surcharging for PayPal, I ratted them out made a "concerned customer" report in a fit of pique.  I wonder if they're still doing it.

 
It's reassuring used airsoft don't seem to have any obvious way of reporting dodgy adverts...

 
Esoterick said:
It's reassuring used airsoft don't seem to have any obvious way of reporting dodgy adverts...
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There's a "Contact us", but since they didn't even take down the advert purporting to be a real Glock after I reported it that way, I doubt that there's any sort of actual moderation.

 
Says looking for but is a sale ad, look at that price for an MP9! You're having a bubble ? (Obviously not a real sale ad but still the price does qualify it for Mack's)

 
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