ImTriggerHappy

The boost is the budget motor. The CNC Ultimate is about as good as it gets at the moment and patrolbase have them on sale. Get the the 30k as it the perfect middle ground.

Ares own mid caps are very good, bit more expensive but feed well and will be totally compatible. Make sure they are the 2 part ones like this https://www.fire-support.co.uk/product/ares-amoeba-140-round-m4-nylon-magazine-tan

FFS even as a piss take that makes me want to go out and slap a chav to get my balance back.

I know the guy who runs this and there is no way he would ignore you on purpose, not within his nature. @Steveocee is probably right on the I.T error but I will forward a screenshot of this post to him.

That is all fair enough but the price is still way over the top. Labour on that should be 2/3hrs so no more than £120 absolute max. But even so the labour charge is irrelevant as you can't really add that. Cost of base gun and parts is £930ish take 200 straight off that if you don't have the original parts as well. Selling upgraded guns is a pain as you always take a bit of a hit especially now. Fully upgraded 416s and cqbrs with titans/spectres and lots of upgrades can be got for £450-ish at the moment and they are the easiest tm recoils to sell.

Personal choice on the upgrading as some reckon they are the bestest a gun can be out the box. But then some people still believe the earth is flat so talking bollocks (sorry @Spuggy1uk) isn't just an airsoft thing. The part that gets me is when people advertise guns like this they add full value of the base gun and that is wrong. If you buy a £380 gun and then remove 2/3rds of it you end up with a £135 base gun. I always work out the cost of the upgrades then take off the retail of the stock parts and that is how much value you really add. Pull a £30 motor and add a £50 one you add £20 not the full £50.

Labour charges have no bearing on price only parts cost. This build in total is £930ish so £600ish second hand on a good day if he still has all the original parts if not then even less.

£1500 to build? really?

Agreed but doesn't mean that the one site that has it on sale is always checked so valuation is generally done on average retail.

Disagree because it is not like a seller should have to check every site just to find if it is on sale somewhere. What next daily price checks in case something has changed? If you know something is on sale point it out to the seller when making an offer to drop the price but sale prices are not the norm.

Just to point out TM build quality is just cheaply made parts assembled by a low paid complete stranger who might have woke up that morning hung over and hating the world. Personally if new I would buy a specna, as for a lot less money I can put together a gun that out performs a TM on every front.

The €160 is not a normal price the normal retail in the UK is £200/220 average. Everything is always on sale somewhere so I would just base off normal price. Taking all the parts and offsetting the cost of them against what is removed my pricing is right-ish. Things like the Titan keep 2/3rds same as sights and accessories. Only cosumable parts like rubbers, batteries, mags really should drop to half. The part the people don't work out is things like you swap the barrel for a £50 one but the stock was is £25 to replace so you only add 2/3rds of the £25 difference not the whole £50. Not a lot actually gets 2/3rds lately anyway.

This is fuckin hilarious. True value of the gun when you offset the cost of parts removed to parts added is £335/350 second hand (on a good day) so £400 is not a actually a million miles away compared to some adverts on here lately. But @Dan Quadling the hostility is off the charts so chill the fuck out and explain your advert error instead of just chucking your teddies.

Another plus point is the seller is not a cockwomble

Airsoft metres are a magical thing they single handedly prove wormhole theory.

Best to ask @Cody Smart as he obviously knows way more about putting together a gun than I do.

Yes and no. There are internet sites and even tv shows dedicated to catching chancers in all walks of life as ripping people off is frowned upon. But in the airsoft community it seems that people think it is ok to take advantage of people and it is their own fault when they fall foul of a con merchant. I can't do that personally as it shows a level of character that is abhorrent to me. The problem with this sort of thing is the breakdown is bollocks. £220 for the gun? There is barely anything left accept the receiver and a&k receivers are meh at best so really it is 50 quid. SHS and ZCI are often cheaper than the original parts so when you swap you add no value at all. If you fit Riot gears and a retro arms box and other expensive high quality bits you expect to get some return but very little on that build fits that list.

What worries me is the poor bugger who falls for it and gives twice what it's worth.

You know when people say you should have PMed before putting them in here? This is why there is no point.

Varies hugely depending on your setup.

While I am always taking the piss about tabletop gamers I do appreciate the effort people put into painting this stuff. Some of the results people get definitely qualifies it as art.

Fucking nerds 🙄

What virginity stealing by proxy? Fucking hell whatever next! You obviously caught me on a good day as I can be a right cock when someone irks me. I looked through your other listings first and the prices were all reasonable so I guessed this one was just mispriced through error of judgement not you being one of the dodgy ones. So didn't see the need to make anything of it.