Rogerborg
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I think it's reasonable enough to the right buyer. That means someone who wants that exact package, and has that money ready to hand. I wonder how much interest free credit offers from retailers are going to factor into that. £750 now versus £100 next month (then the future will take care of itself) might appeal to some. I'm really not a fan of credit culture, but the reality is that it makes dreams come true (at the cost of some future nightmares).
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mised u 2 babes (Sorry, too much time on Failbook...) Amount of disposable pyro sold on the field? "Yeah, the first smoke is free. You liked that? Now it'll cost you..."
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I just saw a site on Facebook having recruitment days for marshals. Full training, "level 3 first aid training", and earn £70 a day plus possible performance related bonuses. It was very tempting to reply with: "Do you want to earn less than a living wage with no guaranteed hours, no job security, no benefits or holidays, all in return for wishing you'd rather be playing while getting earfuls of abuse and moaning off of angry punters for things that other people did?" God bless marshals though, I can't imagine how anyone can stand us. I mean, it.
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Taiwangun Shipping Disruption (Brexit Related Content)
Rogerborg replied to Speedbird_666's topic in General Discussion
Well, bugger, but I'm not at all surprised given the ongoing issues with Border Farce and Useless Parcel Stealers. You think that would be the sort of thing that they might flag up on their site though, I can't see anything about it, and they haven't emailed customers with UK addresses. With the amount that folk are being stung for VAT, duty, and couriers billing recipients for handling that, I did the sums and just ordered from PatrolBase. -
Except you can knock 4% / £6.60 off that if you leave it in your basket for 24 hours so it's £158.40, delivered. But his comes with 6,000 rounds of "Bad Ass"... aaaahahahah, 0.2g BBs. I'd hope for the sake of my sanity that the postage cost has an extra digit in it. I'm not sure I'd pay £60 for the whole thing delivered.
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They can, but they won't. I do agree with spotting them, but it's probably better if @L3wisD et al just nuke them from orbit. Better to kill 99 innocent airsofters than to let one Stephen Glennie list freely, sadly.
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STUUUURGEON! [shakes fist]
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-54631004
I know, it only mentions hospitality, but I'm inferring no change to anything. Sports only ever gets mentioned as an afterthought.
Looks like indoor airsoft is staying shut until at least November up here. I'd lay odds that it's not re-opening until next year. If ever.
I've tried to stay away from politics, but this puritan wee bism is loving playing the reluctant dictator, while criminalising more and more things that she doesn't approve of (i.e. fun). It's the Presbyterian way.
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@Excal1burUK I know people high up in the UKARA police, we'll never allow such villainy in our hobby 😂
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Not as far as I can see. It's a long route though (especially at the moment) and there are fees up front. You'll need a postal address too. https://www.gov.uk/make-money-claim
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Going through https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/transfer/homepage/request and requesting money from another version of myself it appears to be a F&F payment - there's no mention of fees at either end. That's distinct from an invoice https://www.paypal.com/invoice/create which is what I send and ask people to send, and which does attract fees and has the protections. Although I'm way less than 99% sure of that.
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I think a scope cam killed his father.
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True, but so many of these fUlLy UpGrAdEd GnUs are sold as "never skirmished" or "put four rounds through it". I even get the appeal of making - or paying someone to make - the best possible toy, without any real intention of using it for its ostensible purpose. I guess it's like those chaps who trick out cars with every available Stage Eleventy-Nine performance part just so that they can park them up at a car meet with the bonnet open then wander off and ogle similar concours queens. However, I can't help but feel sorry for such hardware. Their Machine Spirits must be restless.
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Ohhh, that's brilliant. Like the don't-call-them-ladies-tees ladies tees on golf courses. The only thing stopping you using them is, well...look who's using them.
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Why on earth would you think that it's wor... "Fully upgraded by KOA " Ohhh. Translated: "All the diamond encrusted stuff that neither the guy who paid for it, nor I who traded for it, ever once actually liked enough to use: that must be worth at least that that much to you as well. Beg me to sell it to you, peasant. On your mud encrusted knees."
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It can be the difference between glasses steaming up or not for us sweaty paedo types. S A F E G U A R D I N G. Besides, I can assure you that I'm hirpling slower than Johnny Speedsocks can sprint back, tap the tree of spawning, and then get back into action. Do you believe in equality of outcome, or are you literally worse than Hitler?
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Not so great if it encourage rentals or regulars to pick up bad habits. I only tend to do it if I'm alone, or with sensible folk who are doing similar and understand why it's basic fair play to give the other team the full benefit of their kills. Another of my list of stuff that very nearly works for me without having to hit the fan. For anyone baulking at the price, a small pot will last longer than any airsoft gun you're likely to own - you use just a tiny smear each time.
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To be (grudgingly) fair, it is a significant factor, if you're talking very CQ. And depending on how, uh, "mental" the "reponce" is. But yes, over-sold and over-priced. If it's that "perfect", why's he selling it?
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I'd say that's fair play, as it works out exactly the same for the other team either way. I do it myself at times, always being careful to take at least as long as I'd have taken to slow-walk right to the respawn. However, I do like to set an example by going all the way there, especially if there are any sprint-back-10-paces-then-rejoin jockeys around. Wow, good job. You look like you should be on the set of the Walking Dead. Or half of you, anyway.
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I think it makes me sad. "Ghk mk18 never skirmished and around 7 bbs shot for a slow motion video and put back in its box" I reckon that cost him just shy of £16 per trigger pull. I'm sure we all understand the urge to buy stuff just to have stuff, but economically speaking, this is like buying a G&G CM16 then just throwing it straight in the bin.
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Torp quatily mortor arivvad!
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Phew, lucky guess. It's going in a JG G36, and I'm not fussed about ROF so much as semi-auto response and being able to reliably pull the piston past a lock-up: I've had a couple of lock ups where the spring was almost fully compressed and the stock mortor just wouldn't pull it that final tooth.
And yup on the diode, I already have an SB260 in all my mortors will be swapping it over.
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keep the JG motor (O-type pinion)
and if/when the 140 arm gives out
swap it all over & use the JG arm
which they say is a 22tpa
certainly has a little bit more performance
than std Cyma/G&G stock motors
it was just the weak ferrite magnets holding it back on lock up
when you just don't have the raw grunt the motor stalls
and fuses blow or there is a really BIG spark at switch contacts
when the switch re-opens
The spark or arcing isn't from the motor starting but flyback inductive energy when you release/open switch
on a stalled motor this spark really increases when switch opens
(on std non-mosfet setup or on mosfet this flyback can kill certain uprotected mosfets)
the schottky diodes snub the inductive spikes
but they nick 0.5v schottky to up to 1v for other diodes
so there is a trade off for circuit protection it seems
fucking annoying a little bit more thought isn't used in these peew peew's - but just slapped together and shipped out the door with no consideration at all.
in the geeky electronics world they would be mortified at running motors without a snubber diode & often they would lean to a capacitor & resistor method to quench the spark
I glanced at some of it & just thought it is way way too geeky for me
nah fuck it I'll just use the ICS method at some motors or splice it in on the motor wires on SHS/G&G types as close to motor as possible & leave it at that
Good choice as i said - best of the 3 BD motaaaaa's imho
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[Fits to gnu]
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That's worth £20, I reckon.
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"there is a really BIG spark at switch contacts when the switch re-opens"
Yup, I just had to clean up the contacts after what can't be more than 5,000 rounds, thus adding the diode.
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Wants the buyer to work out what they are as well: "The PayPal service fees are not include, please pay an extra fees when you are making payment via PayPal." But "free" (i.e. included) shipping? Alternatively, pick up in Central Manchester, or apparently from a remote wind-swept hillside in Dumfries & Galloway, according to the map location given. Lazy is never a good look when you're asking someone to part with £580 (plus secret fees) on trust.
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That's a shame. I wonder what they'd say though if one of the marshals or owner's mates turned up with one. Might be fun to take it along just to show them. I'd offer to be shot with it. Likewise with Chinesium lasers or anything else that you want to claim / show is safe: crash test that stuff yourself.
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The number of days given by the seller, which they are free to set at any number they like. The delivery company is of no contractual relevance to the purchaser. I prefer the bad news to come to the seller via a notification that they will be charged back if they don't resolve the situation. Just to end any argument about who's responsible for what before it even begins, because I am so done with having that "You need to chase them up, mate" or "Give it a few more days" flannel rubbed on me. This sounds very pugnacious, but consider the situation: the buyer has paid money up front and received nothing but a promise which has been broken. We've come to accept this as par for the course, but it doesn't have to be that way with the many tools at our disposal these days to hold sellers to their promise. Remember, if it doesn't get resolved, they can claim compensation from their courier. We can't.
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Propane rather than CO2? Do they even chrono those? Might have been better not asking. I mean, what are the chance of you being spotted using it by someone who knows that it's not 6mm, and cares? And what would the consequences be if it's under the Joule limit? The legal definition of airsoft guns goes up to 8mm. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/3/part/6/crossheading/firearms/enacted The only practical consideration I can think of is old, brittle ammo shattering.
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Yes you can, because until it's in the customer's hands, it's entirely the seller/sender's responsibility. My policy now is to not even bother arguing the toss with sellers or their chosen couriers: I just initiate some sort of chargeback (eBay / PayPal / debt/credit card) the day after it's failed to arrive. The quicker you do it, the quicker you get your money back. You can always halt the process if it shows up. Worst case, it's better for you to have your money and the goods than neither of them.
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Oh, right, sorry, I thought it was the tinted lens, but I see the dings now.
