Rogerborg

True that, I've had to file down mags as often as shim them up. And while shimming the back of mags seems popular, my Specna wants them moved backwards, nor forwards. You have to do what you have to do.

Well, costed in. And it is something that I'll always choose to pay for as buyer, because it does give me protection, versus F&F or a bank transfer with no comeback. This is unlike postage, which is the seller's concern, not mine. I'm absolutely fine with sellers doing the calculation of: money they want in their pocket + postage fees for their chosen method of sending + PayPal G&S fees. Just do it up front and list that as your asking price. Don't get an offer then start considering postage costs, or sucking your teeth and saying "Ooh, you want to use PayPal, and you don't want to just give me the money without any chance of getting it back? Wow, such unusual, very unexpect, I'll need to work out the fees for that." That's me, anyway. It may be the case that most buyers are happy paying F&F / bank transfer. I'd be fascinated to know, ideally from a prolific seller who doesn't have a clown in this fight.

For one thing, the STANAG "standard" has never actually been formalised. From measuring, airsoft toy versions vary by a mm or so in dimensions, and particularly in the position of the feed. It doesn't sound like much, but can be startling to line up a bunch side by side and see the differences. It's amazing that so many "M4" mags actually fit and feed in so many "M4"s.

Ooh, shall we compare ready cash in current accounts, versus the purchase cost that we'll argue over? This could be a fun derail.

I'd note that it adds no extra time, since you have to do the calculation anyway. Same for postage, it tickles my tappet when sellers say "plus postage" without having figured out what it will cost to send it in the way that they want, given that it's their risk. If I demanded that a seller only pay 99p for Del Boy's Pizzas and Shooters Delivery Service who offer zero compensation (to them), I'd be told to do one, right? tl;dr version: decide how much you want in your pocket. Find out how much it's going to cost to post it the way you want to send it and add that. Add PayPal fees. You'll have to do all this anyway at some point, so why on earth not just do it up front, and list that as the price? Yes, there are issues like Highland and Islands rates, or matey mates who will be daft happy enough to pay F&F, mate (until they get scammed that way), but I'd cost to the rule rather than the exception.

Kind of the point. Optimise it until it breaks, back it off a quarter-turn, then leave it for the apprentice to find sell it on as "Mint condition, barely used, worked perfectly until it didn't'".

Geezers will nick anything.

Out of interest, what proportion of buyers do you find want to take the risk of using something other than non-F&F PayPal? I'd assume that's the default now and price it in, for a couple of reasons. 1) If they want to pay that way then it avoids this disappointment. 2) If they want to gamble on something else, it's extra money in your pocket. So, really, why wouldn't you?

That was my first thought, but it's not quite either an S60 or S65, and is notably missing some vents. Good shout on it being a marked up Overlander. I assume that's a SkyRC clone to begin with.

The entire hobby?

It's lazy and irksome when sellers spring PayPal fees on you, although hardly uncommon. It's also against PayPal's T&Cs for business sellers, which it rather seems that he might be. And I agree with asking for an invoice. It doesn't seem like this chap is dodgy, but then the best scammers never seem that way. Personally I'd like it if AFUK required sellers to list an all inclusive price including postage and PayPal fees, given that's how the majority of transactions are going to happen. And it wouldn't be rocket surgery to provide a fees calculator, at 2.9% + 30p for Sterling-to-Sterling. Disappointingly small spat though, I don't see anyone being offered out behind the circus tent.

tl;dr It's fine. No offence is being committed by anyone. I would highlight that the issue (for all of us) is public possession, Firearms Act 1968 Section 19, and that applies to any replica, realistic or otherwise. There have been convictions for that, notably one for a small bright orange springer pistol, so please use it responsibly. Private land (and not shooting off that land), and being on the way to or from an insured airsoft site (not going for a romp in the woods with your mates).

Looks like another case of someone adding up everything they've spent, and thinking that's what it's worth. With stock levels being what they are, it's remotely possible that they might find a buyer who agrees, mind.

If I'd bought an example of the most leaky and fragile type of airsoft gun, with the worst parts support and repairability, that had been custom modified to add more unknowns, I'd be delighted if it shot one BB, once. This is like selling someone a kit-car and them expecting a Honda warranty.

Then you'll have to deal with the situation as it is, rather than as it should be. /thread, really. It sound like you've bent over backwards to do the right thing. It's a shame for the buyer that airsoft toys are fundamentally fragile, but he chose to take a gamble on a used example. That's on him, not you.

Indeed, it's really no more than an expression of interest, and sometimes not even that. I don't sell stuff here, but Gumtree is a bit of a chore where you're plagued with the "Still available m8?" button, and fantasists who just spam lowball joke non-offers at anything and everything. I'd far rather open a conversation with a serious potential buyer rather than a chancer.

Great to hear it. Name and praise the good site?

No more chips though. Or is this "chip van" in the sense of Glasgow "ice cream vans"?

Sort of true above. You can buy anything you like, as long as you're 18+. Really, you can, there's no offence committed by purchasing, or attempting to purchase a RIF. Manufacture, modification, or importation are offences. Purchase, not a problem, that risk falls on the seller. A 2-tone where over 50% is in a non-realistic colour[*] isn't a RIF (realistic imitation firearm), it's just an imitation firearm. UKARA, or equivalent schemes, require at least 3 games, but only 2 months, or rather 8 weeks / 56 days. However, some sites will go by 2 calendar months, which is a bit of a sod as it generally pushes it out to 9 or 10 weeks. [*] transparent bright red bright orange bright blue bright yellow bright green bright pink bright purple

People who are not prepared to lose are the biggest problem with airsoft. Most other issues are a symptom of that root cause. We all know the first rule of airsoft, right? It's a pity that attitude tests are done even more infrequently than test shots.

Yes, Protect Scotland / Check In Scotland / Test and Protect, all still going in the Democratic People's Republic of Caledonia. No longer mandatory (I think) but still being imposed voluntarily by a few places.

Ahoy and welcome back. Notionally you need a defence to purchase any RIF now, but private sellers tend not to be as fussed, and there are some retailers who will accept bogus defences if you don't fancy renting and waiting. It's their risk, it's still not an offence for us to purchase or own RIFs. As you've found, it's a seller's market at the moment, and often a case of grabbing whatever you can find.

Fine, if true.

Sorry to hear that. This is how this parasite flourishes, by operating just under the threshold where the State takes an interest, or his victims make the trip to smash his teeth down his throat. We all hope that someone else will do it. I hope someday that someone does.

This is also relevant to my interests, but I've seen the horror stories about the cylinder / cocking lever pins giving up the struggle on day one. Yes, these are very expensive toys, but they shouldn't need rebuilding out of the box.