Galvatron

"It was used once to play airsoft at an MOD site. Let's see how much I can twist the truth to add £100+ to the value of it."

There are a several players whom I genuinely consider friends as we can talk very socially, have a laugh and nerd out about things other than airsoft.

24 hours is the extreme end of reasonable. After 5 days, I would assume they're taking me for a ride. I'm surprised a "family emergency" wasn't thrown in as well for good measure..

Another factor is the players making bookings (pay on the day) but they don't turn up without a word to the host/site owner. Especially when that site has a cap on bookings, the no-shows will cost it money and those losses add up.

In addition to Lozart's points about the lack of footfall in bricks & mortar stores and business rates, leasing costs can become prohibitively expensive, which has crippled much of the retail industry. It's also worth taking into consideration the factor of showrooming people where may actually go in store to handle the RIFs or accessories in person but then buy online from a web-only retailer who undercuts the store they visited.

I never had problems with taxes though I had always placed orders in such a way to keep the total within that threshold just in case.

Now down to £400. https://www.airsoft-hub.com/item/36112-fully-upgraded-ares-honey-badg Funnily enough, I was talking to a friend last weekend about the Honey Badger he's eyeing up. I'm certain the "trust me, bro" gun is actually a Double Eagle Honey Badger (with a battery extension), not one by Ares. https://www.patrolbase.co.uk/double-eagle-m904g-honey-badger-w-fire-control-system-edition?fv=13200 I haven't a clue what the hell "upgrades" have been done to make a £150 brand new gun worth £400 used with a paint job by Stevie Wonder.

Thanks for reminding me! I actually use the Trifibre TR5015 case for lugging my consumables after it was the travel case for my camera a few years back. It would do quite well for an SMG though you may have to position it diagonally to fit. I'd prefer not to depress you with how much less I paid for it in 2016. 🤣

Have you considered the Nuprol Premium Rifle (Medium) Hard Case? https://nuprol.com/np-medium-hard-case-wave-green.html I use one for my P90 regularly with room for batteries and mags. Eventually I'm going to invest in ShadowFoam inserts.

Your suggestion started off well but your responses to feedback became an issue when you worded accusations of not wanting to resolve as questions. To claim you only provided feedback is disingenuous. Instead of refuting the point that there's a difference between an individual experience and an isolated incident, you resort to name calling so you've thrown away any claim to a virtuous high ground. As an adult, I would hope you are cognizant that your feelings are your responsibility to manage.

https://www.airsoft-hub.com/item/36042-cyma-m4-s-system-aeg Missing and broken pieces and the seller wants £90. You can get the RIF with its flash hider present and "sling part" intact for less than a Pavarotti more. https://bbguns4less.co.uk/products/cyma-cm508-m4-sir-system-in-black.html

There is a difference between an individual experience and an isolated incident. You may not have given an explicit demand or explicit expectation BUT (I use the word deliberately because it negates everything stated before it) you did "ask" if people are against fixing a problem when it had already been explained that fixing some issues can have unforeseen negative effects. An experienced software engineer (or engineer of any kind) should have understood the predicament mentioned to you. A thicker skin is recommended when you find people disagreeing with you.

I'll stop biting my tongue. Perhaps you should stop your Cathy Newman impression? "So you're saying" didn't work well for her. A software engineer worth their salt should understand that a "bad user experience" is an individual experience. A consensus established by an end user survey of multiple customer experiences may offer more constructive feedback than declaring oneself the sole arbiter of the user experience.

The Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka has been discovered in the wild https://www.airsoft-hub.com/item/36023-m4a1-ras-aeg-tan Clearly it's a used two-tone Lancer Tactical M4 derivative yet the seller throws in a stock image from Patrol Base of a similar gun by Delta Armory. Not suspicious at all. It's like the scammer dreams that we don't pick up on these details.

I have to agree on that. Marshals can only watch so many people at a given time.