Rogerborg

Has nobody sat you down and had The Talk with you about Airsoft Physics, and how it's way betterer than boring old 'real' physics? Never not funny. It does at least clue you in that you'd be wasting your time making a realistic offer.

Resist could I not.

If you had a defence at the time when you did it (i.e. airsoft skirmishing) then you're good. If not, you can't undo the heinous crime, although you can hide the evidence. That's perverting the course of justice though, a far more serious offence. If that sound like a silly argument, well, it's a damn silly bit of legislation, and not something that you should lose any sleep over. It's legal now. There's no offence of owning a RIF. Possession in public is an offence whether it's a RIF or an IF, with the same reasonable excuse - being on the way to or from an airsoft skirmish.

Scuffed 5.1 Hi-Capa with no mags. If it could shoot, it would shoot at 320fps though. A steal at just £200. Hurry, hurry, he's only been trying to flog it since March, it could go at any second. (Or, buy one brand new for £128)

Then you've already committed the offence. Nobody will ever know or care, if you use the RIF sensibly. If you don't use it sensibly, then you'll have bigger problems than the technical offence of modifying it into a RIF.

I'd say two-thirds of the cheapest current retail price, including from TaiwanGun / GunFire. I mention this because I can only assume that some of these comedy ads are from people who didn't bother to shop around, and who don't think anybody else will either. It's funny, but also a little sad that folk are apparently paying way over the odds for cheap guns. Rip Off Britain writ large.

It's not so much the price, it's the adamancy that " it will be COLLECTION ONLY , and i will sell this as BULK JOB LOT ONLY ". What's the chances that there's someone out there who wants exactly what's in that pile of stuff, every bit of it, and is prepared to pay 70% of retail for it, and is local...

Oh, he of the £200 L96, and a mystery-meat M4 that didn't sell with 2 mags for £100, then got relisted with no mags, a hosed battery, and "not been tested for 3 years" for £120. I'm almost tempted to put in some realistic offers, but I fear that we may have radically different views on what constitutes reality.

But... it's in the original box. With the silicone packet and everything. I'm torn between wanting to know the thinking behind those prices, and really not wanting to know.

If I had a crate of original recipe Irn Bru, I wouldn't trade it for that lot. At the risk of winding up someone who might play at the Depot, I also notice: £80 for a 8 year old gun with a humped battery. Versus £46 new from TaiwanGun. £39 from GunFire. The absolute most I can find to pay for one is £89 for a two toned one... but with a warranty and fresh battery. That's the reduced price, it was originally up for £100. I'm confused. Confused and scared. Someone hold me.

Don't prevaricate about the bush. I'm local, I could snap up the lot at any moment. I genuinely had a headscratching moment over "M4 wep restraint". Oh... a sling.

Now bumped to a PayPal dispute after no response since last Friday. Oh, airsoft retailers, you drive me crazy. Before airsoft purchase. After airsoft purchase:

I've just received an order from them that's not as advertised. A very small order that I'm actually not fussed about, but still, you say X, you show a picture of X, you deliver X. I'll let you know how (or if) they resolve it, because in the end, that's what really matters.

£800 for a "FAST XP" helmet? I'd want it to boost me straight to a Level 20 Pewgod.

Mmm, in car dealer parlance, they all do that, sir, it's characteristic. Those are shipping boxes, it's not like they come to them from Taiwan in anything sturdier. But yes, they are somewhat creative when packaging orders together. Anyway, what's in there? Anything droolworthy?

Can you find one new? I think if you want one, it's going to be that one, at that price.

That. I don't care if it came with an adaptor for connecting to a 1950s vacuum tube, it's a bizarre choice to change to mini-Tamiya.

"connection change to [sic] a mini tamara [sic] connector" Wut?

... bearing in mind that doing a free downgrade isn't going to be their top priority if they're rammed with orders at the moment.

Told you they'd come through. Always said it. I clearly remember saying so.

Still keeping the faith. They're clearly getting behind with orders, but the more time they have to spend dealing with "Where's my order?" queries and cancellations, the less chance that they'll ever catch up. Still, as long as folk keep ordering from them and not initiating chargebacks the instant that they're past the promised dispatch date, they've really got no incentive to change.

I tend to get that way when someone has my money, and I have nothing but broken promises and an absence of communication. PayPal me £150 and I'll show you how that works. No charge[*]. [*] £150 administration fee applies.

... the cheque's in the post, and I'll only put the tip in. They're clearly lagging several days behind with handling orders; I just wish they'd be honest about that up front. Still, cancelling my order saved me £150 or so on a DMR that I'll struggle to find a use for now, so kudos to them for that.

Maybe they'll dispatch on the 2nd full working day after the day on which you ordered. It could happen. It could happen.