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    Macks airsoft dreamers of the week thread

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    Posted

    12 hours ago, Darkmikey22 said:

    It's all good bro. 

    I was the same as nearly got scammed myself till I did some research. 

     

    Here's how to tell. This is compared to the ARES/STAR version. bron15.thumb.jpg.6b564d2f45fa127b993cbc41b471138a.jpgpixlr_20220517213037536.thumb.jpg.90b0ab22e78d002d5ac889deef240e64.jpgpixlr_20220517213346928.thumb.jpg.b55e4a70fda1927ceb6b281a9ab74f8d.jpg

    So where the red arrows are. 

     

    Position 1, there is a small hole not present of the airsoft.

     

    Position 2, here there are 2 circles that on the real one are on the left hand side and stick out. On the airsoft version they are on the right side and recess in to the body.

     

    Position 3, there is a small hole there, which is present on both sides. Also not on the airsoft version. 

     

    Position 4, the way you get to the lense. It's on the rear on the real one, yet is on the front of the airsoft. 

     

    Then there's the markings. 

    The real one will always start with AVL, and year starts from 1985 up. 

    ARES/STAR and a few other clones all start STX and the year is always 2005. 

     

    Then is the NSN number. The airsoft one isn't even correct on any part of it. 

     

    Now there are a few other really minor signs, but these are the obvious. 

     

    Hope that helps bud. 

     

    Very good comparison love how the ares one indicates it was built in north Macedonia 😂😂

    Macks airsoft dreamers of the week thread

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    1 minute ago, Adolf Hamster said:

     

    base gun, £330

    https://www.defconairsoft.co.uk/product/el-aks-74mn-platinum-gen-2-aeg/

     

    gate titan advances, £130

    https://www.defconairsoft.co.uk/product/gate-titan-v2-advanced-set-rear-wired/

     

    cyma mid-caps, £6.63 per mag

    https://www.taiwangun.com/en/aeg-mid-cap/150rd-mid-cap-polymer-magazine-for-ak74-series-black-cyma?from=listing&campaign-id=19

     

    total: £499.78

     

    standard ~60% of retail makes £300

     

    needless to say i did not spend more than 30 seconds on google finding the cheapest available shop, i have no doubt the total can be had for less.

     

    was just doing the same you can certainly get some a little cheaper with some searching

    Need Help/Advice on a Purchase

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    Posted

    now I don't think its parcel forces fault in my case at least I genuinely believe they didn't post it for a month as the tracking indicated it was posted on the 12th June.

    the fact the mags missing its unknown who to blame defcon say they have photos of it all being packaged well somehow I just don't believe it from the previous lies they have told

    Need Help/Advice on a Purchase

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    so after todays shenanigans with them, ill be on the phone to the bank tomorrow. I think as you guys have said they are stringing me along as they now state that they have to wait for Parcelforce to complete the investigation before they can refund/send a new, they didn't even touch on the fact I had said id said the pistol back for a full refund  and they are still ignoring all the other issues, late postage etc so the dealer is:

     

    Defcon airsoft, located Stoke on Trent

    Need Help/Advice on a Purchase

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    Posted

    We have a response to id like a refund for the mag or a new mag

    turns out that when they reported the lack of a delivery on the 8th well they didn't

     

    "They wouldnt have done this until the lost items were reported when you reported them to me a few days ago they wouldn't have done this on there own accord unfortunately. I have sent this over to them and we will need to request this to be checked over until then there isnt much more we can do as they will need to accept the loss before we send another out. The issue is that since covid a lot of people have been claiming lost parcels due to them not actually signing for them as the orders are contact free. When in fact they have received them all so we need to investigate this before we can do anything as out cameras show this being packed in total."

     

    so from my side the "few days" is actually 2 weeks

    Need Help/Advice on a Purchase

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    Posted

    Hi Guys,

     

    Need a bit of advice on this as I've never had anything like this happen, so brought a WE G19 and spare mag off a dealers site back on the 12th may. They confirmed it on the 18th and i payed for 24hr delivery. on the 6th June I emailed to inform them it still hadn't arrived. They stated that the tracking was showing as still in transit.

     

    3rd July still nothing so send another email. 3 days later on the 6th July I was given a tracking number which stated id signed for it on the 15th July, signature on the screen wasn't mine and on the day I was over 140miles away from home with work from 8th June till 22nd so not really possible. Interestingly the tracking also stated it was collected from the company on the 12th June exactly a month after I payed for it.

    On the 7th July I was told they had opened a claim about this

     

    On the 29th July I left the house at 5am to go for my run and the parcel was in the porch no notes no knock on the door just dropped off. however the secondary mag wasn't in the package. package was just a shrink wrapped black plastic which I confirmed was how it was sent out. it did have a rip on the top where they say the 2nd mag was. 

     

    Since then I've been trying to get a straight answer from them this is the response I get "If this has been stolen from the package I will need to get the security services involved as these are a restricted item and launch an investigation through parcelforce."  my response "the way I'm seeing it the packaging has split during the 62days in the post and the mag has fallen out and they have just taped it up, probably explains why it was apparently delivered and then actually delivered a while later" they aren't acknowledging the length of time it took to post or the lack of protection for the parcel

     

    I'm starting to query if I'm just being screwed around, lying about posting when i payed and actually posted a month after paying, clearly badly packaged, looking at the parcel if the mag hadn't gone I wouldn't be surprised if it had been broken I've never seen anyone just put shrink wrap on no bubble wrap at all and they have admitted to putting the mag on the top of the box.

     

    any suggestions on this as I'm completely lost as to what I should do now

    I've attached a copy of the tracking as can be seen my name doesn't have an I an f/d or an X so god knows what's going on there

     

    Thanks 

    Tom

     

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