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While I agree in general that they aren't the best, by sending a RIF using them you're sending an item which is on their prohibited items list. If you're sending things using couriers educate yourself on what you can and can't send then you're ultimately responsible for what happens to the items you're attempting to send. In my experience all online booking in services have a box you have to tick that confirms you're not sending anything you shouldn't be, given the terms they lay out they're not the ones in the wrong here. https://www.evri.com/send/what-i-can-and-cannot-send

Finally happy with my primary setup. Yeah there's a few more things I could do with it but she runs smoothly. Let me know what you guys think! RIF: Krytac CRB-M Externals: Vortex Sparc AR, Magpul MVG, PEQ-15, Marui Pro Silencer Internals: Prommy 6.03 TBB, Mr.HOP + Prommy nub, Warhead Ind. 35k

I've always used express48 as they're the only carrier I'm aware of that say it's ok to send low powered air weapons.

Be aware ……. On a forum many years ago someone posted about their transport problems and one of our guys contacted them offering a lift He then received a phone call from an irate mother about why he trying to arrange picking up her schoolboy son

My brother was seeing a German girl, and I was already married to my Japanese wife. My dad, jokingly to be fair, blurted out or afternoon "for God's sake will I get a daughter in law but from the axis of evil". Thankfully both ladies were out of earshot. 😅

As someone that used the classifieds a lot I wouldn't personally think it's necessary to be mandatory at all, as mentioned throughout the thread it's commonly known that the safest way to protect yourself is how you pay. Ranging from bank transfer/PayPal F&F through to PayPal G&S and/or collecting the item(s) in person at an agreed location. It's seemingly hard enough for folks to follow the rules currently in place, let alone adding more... and then the burden of having to moderate that. I've gone through the classified rules below and highlighted in red the ones which are already not followed on a fairly regular basis. No shade at the mod team at all, I'm aware it's a lot of traffic to try and stay on top of... it's purely to illustrate a point. Forum Specific Rules (action will be taken against your account for disregarding these) Failure to comply with the rules will result in you receiving a ‘Forum Warning’. Warnings start with the verbal kind and steadily increase in respect of seriousness/repeat offences right through to a ban and deletion of all posts and topics along with your user account. Find out more about ‘Forum Warnings’. All sales / trades must take place between two adults (i.e. over 18 years of age). All sales and swaps must use the sales template. Add additional information to let buyers know your trade preferences or location for collection. This will help sell your gun or gear as listing without pictures rarely sell. All sales must have an asking price. The price must be in UK Sterling £. All sales and swaps topics must have a picture, all pictures must be taken by the seller (adding a piece of paper with your forum name and date helps, but is not a rule). Do not use a retailers pictures - take your own. You must have access to the item that you're selling. You cannot be selling items that you do not own, are not able to post immediately or being sold on the behalf of someone else. You must include a picture of every item that you are selling. It is not acceptable to just show a box or use a stock images. Pictures must be visible in the listing (whilst we do allow links to other forums, simply placing a link instead of a picture is not permitted). Do not list the same item twice simultaneously. I.e. don't 'double list' an item. You cannot have an advert in both Sales and Swaps section for the same item, just select "For sale or swap" for advert type. Once your item(s) is/are definitely sold/you've found the item you're looking for (even if the sale happened elsewhere), please mark the advertisement as 'complete' by visiting the listing and clicking 'Set as Complete'. Second hand airsoft-relevant items only. No selling/swapping of any other items, this includes offering items such as consoles for trade. There are no exceptions to this rule. No sales of knives, real guns, airguns, or any item of any description that readily fires metal munitions, metal munitions themselves, or any other weapon of any type, aside from IFs and RIFs within the legal limits. The following limits are on all sales with no exceptions: <370ft/s for full auto systems with a .20g BB (1.3J is the legal maximum) <520ft/s for semi auto systems .20g BB (2.5J is the legal maximum) <520ft/s for single fire systems .20g BB (2.5J is the legal maximum) You must communicate with your buyer/seller once a transaction is initiated (i.e. ignoring their PMs or topics asking what's going on with a sale/purchase). If you complete a trade/sale of any kind via the forums, please leave feedback for the seller/buyer, this allows us to see who we can trust or who we need to keep an eye on. You may leave feedback by going here. Any suspicions about the item(s) or seller should be sent via PM to a Moderator. Use the "Report this advert" link at the bottom of the listing and include a message (this will flag an issue for Moderators to look at). Just seems like an unecessary addition which won't stand to curb much of the 'dodgey' activity, the bulk of which in my experience happens in PMs in response to wanted ads rather than classified listings themselves. I was the seller of the item, all prices I provide in listings are inclusive of postage and G&S fees. When a buyer chooses to pay via F&F due to my feedback reputation it's appreciated but by no means pushed, or even mentioned on my part for that matter. Every item I send* is sent with tracking and the appropriate amount of compensation on it to ensure coverage should it go missing. With full transparency being that the buyer couldn't have possibly known that at the time of sending funds. Apologies to @Kriszif they feel I've overshared here. *Where possible, PF48 with £150 compensation is as good as you can get on RIFs if you're abiding the 'prohibited items' rules laid out by the various couriers... assuming my information is still up to date here, which I believe it to be. For the most part I tend to arrange delivery/collection in person for RIFs in lieu of being able to provide adequate compensation coverage. Aaaaanyway, this isn't about me as a seller, just highlighting that not having G&S doesn't necessarily mean the buyer, seller or both are entirely up shit creek is something goes awry courtesy of outrwonderful postal service... depending on how the seller sends it. TLDR - I don't think it's a necessary change, but I'll follow it should the rules be updated... as I do with all the existing rules.

If only there was some kind of transit system where for a small fee you could travel on set routes at set times to where you want to go. Maybe a large vehicle which can hold up to 50 odd people and travels on the roads, or prehaps something even bigger which has it's own rails

What wrong with kids these days They don’t have the ability to flirt…… They just wanna try and hump you on your first date 😂

Only if you contact him on Facebook to offer him the lift that he's oh-so-subtly asking for...

Little update, Cage were running silent so I bought my own set of 16:1 gears and had a crack at rebuilding and shimming. Took a few goes and lots of YouTube but I think I finally cracked it (so to speak). I don't know what I did differently so can only assume the missing teeth on the old cogs were the reason for gearbox locking. Pew number one is now back together and cycling nicely with a decent punch of air coming out of the barrel. Can't really test it properly though at this time of night. Plus I should really put some grease on the insides. But it appears that I have graduated to Junior Tech First Class. Have some proper silicone grease coming tomorrow so hopefully will get it rebuilt following a successful garden test in good time for next game day on the 19th. Will upload a video for you guys to assess the sound as best as can be done to see how it is.... I still have trouble discerning what's acceptable and what is good when it comes to these cheaper gearboxes. I'm still envious of some guns who sound like the gears are running on silk, but I'm guessing they're 4 figure pews..

I used 24h by mistake a couple of years ago I sent a pistol to a member here and it took almost two weeks to arrive. It was scanned and intercepted, as it’s not allowed to go 24h Just my tupppence

Shamal mentioned this (on the wrong thread) but it's definitely interesting... A really innovative set of internals. It seems it's already on sale for ~$450 so it won't be cheap but it has enough features to make it a potential "Am Bestest Gnu" at the mid-to-upper price range Edit: Apologies - although I searched I didn't spot the thread from last year about this. There aren't many users reviews of this yet. One of them is just gameplay but the owner says in the comments he's going to change a bunch of the internals, including the motor which apparently has a poor reputation.

Sorry but I nearly spat out my beer laughing at that (yes I know it's not even 9am but I've been working nights so to me it's nearly bed time) Or say your gandfather didn't have to show papers when he visited in his younger days

People have been nicked for disassembling rifs and spreading the bits between two vehicles. As the lady from the embassy said, 'No exceptions.' You also have to resist laughing when the German plod demand your papers, ask you your name etc. They don't have much sense of humour around firearm offences and the odd Dad's Army line may result in much trouble.* *Asking a leather trenchcoated transit policeman if he models himself on the Gestapo WILL result in trouble too. Ask my mate Del....

Kinda had this lying around 😂 It’s a proper cheeky wee scamp!

I thought the title read "Provence In Pictures" and I'd mistaking clicked on the wife's holidaying in France forum 🙂

Pretty sure that is it. There are buses up and down that way.... My mum and uncle live in Barton and he used to get the bus to and from Luton all the time.

I had a recent Evri delivery (car part from EBay) unceremoniously dumped in our bin without a "sorry you were out card". It was only when I checked the tracking the next day wondering where it was that I found the photo of said item in our bin... thankfully it hadn't yet been collected otherwise it would have been fed to the recycling wagon. Cowboys.

Only Parcel Force 24 / 48 and Royal Mail Special Delivery carry RIFS in the UK. Also connect any battery do not send loose and remove valve from gas magazines.

A man and his wife were driving home one very cold night when she asked her husband to stop the car. There was a baby skunk lying at the side of the road, and she got out to see if it was still alive. It was, and she said to her husband, "It's nearly frozen to death. Can we take it with us, get it warm, and let it go in the morning?" He says, "O.K., Get in the car with it." "Where shall I put it to get it warm?" He says, "Put it in between your legs. It's nice and warm there.” "But what about the smell?" "Just hold its nose." The man is expected to recover, but the skunk she used to beat him with died at the scene

Brands to avoid - absolutely swerve from Raven - mate bought one of their G18s, shat itself out of the box. Both mags pished gas out everywhere at first firing, at chrono on one of the warmest days of the year. Have heard other anecdotes from airsoft comrades who have also had similar experiences with Raven pistols - enough to put me off. Just as well as I was eyeing up one of their MEU 1911s for a while until my mate's experience. SRC also pretty gash. Most SRC stuff I've come across is bbgunz4lesh "bundel" (sic) quality, i.e. risible shite fit for the bin. LT are actually OK for the money, mine (M933) has been flawless over the past 2 years. Decent internals and hop. Remains a favorite of mine. That said, a VERY chequered past as noted previously including the utterly unforgivable eyepro situation, although I understand they are "under new management" and have put a lot of things right, apparently. Their AEGs seem to have a lot of decent features for the price point. Reddit users have a major beef with LT, although I suspect its because Reddit is full of hyper Yanks and teenagers who jump on bandwagons in an attempt to appear "knowledgeable", explode with rage at anyone who disagrees with them, plus they're all gear snobs. There again - others may have had a bad experience with LT. Who knows. APS get a bad rap generally, the in-joke being that APS stands for "A Piece of Shit", there again my UAR has like my LT933 been pretty decent, aside from a minor air leak that required some minor fettling to resolve, something that happens with any brand really.

The advice stands but the thread title is wrong

it does amaze me how folk are happy to take the ridiculous depreciation hit that selling airsoft equipment secondhand provides, but then cheap out at the last minute for the sake of a few £.

I would try to retrofit a shorter UMP stock first something like this: https://www.sixmm.com/en-gb/products/cyma-mp5-ump-foldable-airsoft-stock-for-mp5-mp5k-aeg-series. Ofc it's airsoft who knows if it's compatible. More expensive solution is selling it and buying a Double Eagle M917C UTR45 which is very similar looking gun.

Had the same issue with the G&G UMP I owned a good while back - the length of pull was too much for what is ultimately a CQB gun. Ended up selling it because of the stock. I know there are 3d-printed buffer tube adapters about - but I have no idea if they are compatible with the Double Eagle version.

Fair, i had one delivered yesterday via 24. I’ll stick to 48 just in case 🤙🏻

This, I’ve spoken to somebody at PF and the 24 hour service is also fine to use and I’ve done so multiple times now.

The best carrier that actually allows RIFs is Parcelforce48

Their location information references a sign at the entrance, but that might be that on game days they put up a sign https://booking.riftairsoft.com/game/361 Location Info Location: Abingdon Oxfordshire, OX13 6BX Abingdon Airfield Honey Bottom Lane (Look for the RIFT Airsoft Parking Sign) Dry Sandford Abingdon Oxfordshire OX13 6BX In general sites give good, bad or indifferent information on how to get there

Thanks for your input, but your clearly not the problem, all you've really highlighted is your professional approach to trading on here. Yes a small mods team who do their best to police sales etc, but they're understandably reliant on the support of members being proactive themselves, of which there is a core of us that will raise concerns or nudge OP's if they've not followed rules or they've piqued or suspicions. It's all we can do, & if making small adjustments such as the picture "thing" helps everyone then great. The mention of F&F wasn't intended in this thread, God knows it's been done to death in other threads, & yet still people sometimes get suckered by less scrupulous "members", which is a shame the point still isn't getting through 😞

Many years ago I was dating a young lady with some German ancestry. I was warned that her grandfather was coming for dinner and would always order German wine partly so he could mention he he used to fly over the region during his time with the Luftwaffe. My mention of how my grandad flew over the same area did not go down well. I may have said he was dropping bombs at the time...

It's 12 o'clock somewhere 😁

I've an Austrian customer this week, but has a broad cockney accent, so I didn't Cotton until his Missus told me. She had a chuckle when I said I'd avoid putting any brass bands or marching music on the radio. 🤪

Placed an order they had the cheek to have a tip option at the payment section.

I'm throwing in the towel at running my chicken dating site business. I simply can't make hens meet.

Pistol belt set up, just the bits I need for CQB or in support of the M4 / SADF M83. Shout out to the KydexCustoms adapter to fit the holster to the mid ride plate and Tactical-kit for the extra pistol Kywi (and free stickers I forgot to add to the cart!) USP in Amomax holster, KydexCustoms BFG holder, LBX med pouch, DirectAction dump pouch with double pistol Kywi in it, extra Kywi infront.

Could you take the spring out so it is effectively 0J and send them on so their not on your person? Probably not worth the risk I suppose

I remember it used to be a few years back, before the new classifieds launched. It is nice to have as you always hear the horror stories, and many out there still are happy to pay friends and family...

I would also recommend that the retailer cover up the box too 😳

Seemingly old habits die hard, and as much as I liked the look of the N4 MWS build it was; A) Shorter handguard than I like. B) A lot more cash tied up in what’s meant to be a ‘back up’ of sorts. So I’ve reverted back to the 11.5” URGI, but did pick up a new stock, stock riser and red dot. The Holosun 403R now sits on my Unity riser with a QD to easily swap it around on the replicas I use that on (3 of the 4 I own) and replaces an old faithful Vortex Crossfire which is back on a standard lower 1/3rd sitting on the AK. It’ll not doubt get painted once the weather outside is a bit nicer... or wind up selling it all because it'll rarely get used over the electric options I have available to me. Self awareness is important and all that... 😒.

No body would take notice of it in my experience. I know people who have come directly to me to ask what I thought of things and I've said don't buy it. They still go buy it and then it breaks after 2min like I told them it would.

Here's one I memed earlier.

I know what the words mean but can't form them into that punchline ☹️

Are these really upgrades though? Chances are the gun performs worse than it did before.

Are you just upgrading for the sake of tinkering or do you have specific expectations? If it was me, I would go for a Maple Leaf Crazy Jet inner barrel and 50 degree Flamingo rubber. Don't worry about anything else until it breaks.

A small nick in the oring generally wouldn't cause it to not fire, maybe a small drop in power. You're going to have to open it up, could be something super simple. Open it up, post up some pictures or even better a video.

the offending pistol lol not bad for 60 i will admit to removing the paint but i was only in my defense i was only trying to remove the blue over the trades then got carried away and forgot to stop 😕 she was then given a couple of coats of matt black on the slide to cover the last of the blue that i couldnt remove,2 extra mags were ordered from bespoke the same day i bought the pistol so with the pistols and mags and autobot bucking im a grand total of 110 in +15 in parts that were not needed so writing em off haha,but im happy and thats all that matters onto the next *project* haha