Rogerborg

"Mission failed successfully."

Yarp, there have been a few videos made highlighting his worse excesses, all of which have been nuked. It is quite amusing to see slow-mo of his BBs slicing away off-camera into the next postcode, while he adds hit markers on some random player and whinges about them cheating.

Ah, but will the paint flake off in short order to reveal the glorious day-glo orange underneath?

Facebook punted me off last year because, "We believe that you are under 13". I'd had that account for over 13 years.

I loathe Facebook with the white-hot passion of a thousand suns, but sites do love it as a way to announce things that maybe 1 in 10 of their players will ever see. 🙄

Hmm, he's not got anything active, and has a history of completed adverts, apparently without complaint. Last advert was October 7th. I'm not doubting your story, just wondering if maybe he genuinely got hit by a bus, or carried away by an eagle.

Cheer up - they're probably all photoshopping scammers.

Even a cheap springer can be great fun in CQB, it's very satisfying to get a hit using energy that you've put in.

Ahoy and welcome. Once you've found the local sites, I'd hop on their Facebook pages and see if you can cadge a lift. While you can take RIFs/IF on public transport (as long as you have a reasonable excuse, i.e. on the way to or from an airsoft site), it's not ideal. And in any case sites tend to be away from public transport.

Dunno. Notionally, it should be calculated from the first BB to cross the first sensor vs the first BB to cross the 2nd sensor, so no problem. In practice, they seem able to produce values from 0 to over 9,000 on typical chronos.

Torn between CoolAF and Careful Now. What sort of energy are we talking here?

That's where it should be, but isn't. The game's afoot.

Only if they're over-volumed, which (as gas guns) they might very well be. With a single BB loaded? Testing can be an issue, as you get wacky readings if you empty three balls at once.

You say that like there's such a thing as a reputable airsoft retailer.

Thanks, that's very interesting. I also saw - on Facebook of all places, which is why I can't find it again - testing of lipos sold for airsoft vs those sold for RC use, which found much higher internal resistances in the airsoft packs, even new out of the box. I've formed a belief that we get the trash-tier cells that don't make the cut for RC use. But I've learned to stop worrying about it since my toys do what I need them to do, up to cycling faster than the mag can feed from a modest 11.1V / "1400mAh" / "30C" battery[*]. The numbers may lie, but, meh, they do the job. [*] Although worryingly I've just done an inventory and only found one of the pair of these that I know that I have. Now I have a little firebomb hiding away somewhere waiting to have something hard and heavy dropped on it.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but do all 6-shot guns load 2-BBs per barrel per puff, and therefore split the energy between them? I've had some ouchies from 3-shot BBs, but 6-shots seem to float a cloud of BBs instead.

Urgh, thanks, but this does my head in. If you go to https://www.postoffice.co.uk/mail/what-can-i-send and check the PDF there, you get: Not a word about imitations, or compensation. That PDF tells you to go to the RoyalFail to get the "full list". So let's look there. https://personal.help.royalmail.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/96/~/prohibited-and-restricted-items---advice-for-personal-customers But the "full list" page has not a word about firearms, or imitations, except to say that Section 5s are a no-no. It links back to the "brief overview" PDF above. I honestly don't think there is a single, clear, absolutely definitive list that you could use if push came to shove in a court. It's not even clear who you even have the contract with, and whose terms apply, if you were to (e.g.) send and pay for ParcelFarce delivery at a Post Office counter, versus getting a ParcelFarce pick up directly. Good to hear that standard compensation is up to £150, mind. Maybe, but I can't find a reference to them. In any case I'm talking specifically about what BBGuns4Less say about posting back to them. https://bbguns4less.co.uk/pages/Posting-back-to-us.html Of course, it's not their problem if it goes missing or gets destroyed or seized on the way back. Except maybe it is, since they 1) recommend Evri, and 2) say they won't compensate RoyalFail / ParcelFarce fees, only Evri fees. What's the truth here? It's enough to drive a Borg to drink.

Exactly, he has put some considerable effort into it. It's disappointing to see those powers used for evil.

Bingo. Ultimately, WGC can claim their money back from UPS, you can't. Your claim is against WGC. I wouldn't go into detail or nuance, just "UPS have lost your goods, so I need my money back". Let them argue it out. If you get any sort of runaround, initiate a chargeback with your bank or card handler. This itself takes weeks to complete and you can cancel the process at any time, so the sooner you get it started the better. I've found that initiating it results in retailers suddenly getting their thumb out.

There's always some twunt pushing the "Well, you didn't explicitly say that I couldn't do it" boundaries, isn't there?

It's a total shitshow. Every courier that I've looked at except for Parcel Force expressly prohibit imitation firearms and airguns. That's not to say that they'll actually reject them - plenty of retailers use them. BBGnus4less, for example, explicitly recommend using Evri to return goods, even though Evri explicitly refuse "Weapons and replica weapons – including decorative, deactivated or air powered weapons". 🤷‍♂️ I see Parcel Farce have recently updated their restrictions, and have pulled all firearms related items out into their own section https://www.parcelforce.com/help-and-advice/account-customers/account-prohibitions-and-restrictions Annoyingly, it's all still rather vague and contradictory, but they will take both "low powered air weapons" and "imitation firearms". They used to say that they wouldn't offer enhanced compensation on anything shooty-like, but I can't see that any more. tl;dr version - if I were sending something £500+ I reckon I'd use ParcelForce 48, sent from a Post Office counter, and paying for enhanced compensation. Worst case, that forms a contract with the Post Office that you could argue later.

Sadly, the vermin will likely get better at their Photoshopping as it gets called out, but it's still worth asking if you're in any doubt.

It is a curious one. Some of them are unhopped / randomly hopped and/or low powered junk where you'd be lucky to get one BB on target at 20 feet. But some are not, and that "predator targeting" rash if you unload at 6 feet can be unpleasant. Also, if you end up with just one BB loaded, they can sometimes shoot a bit... spicy. In mitigation, I'd suggest that they're generally used by people who know what they're doing and who aren't out there to be tOp TiEr OpErAtOrS - I'm always mindful to keep mine aimed down, even more so than with other toys. As with a lot of airsoft, I suspect it comes down to what a given site owner / marshals / marshals' mates want to use, until one of them objects to taking a full load in the face.

Yes, he's put a fair a bit of effort into manipulating it, which is pretty surprising. The marks in the foam are identical though, and he messed up the removal of the original note. Still a pretty decent job though and it would have fooled a lot of people - good on you for checking.

Damn good spot. Yes, that's the same image, rotated, slightly cropped and with the case foam (badly) healed. Amazing to think that anyone would go to that bother, but, well, here we are. [EDIT] I've reported it to @Jedi_Master for narc points.