Former two toned guns.

[novioman]

What’s the feeling about adverts not mentioning that a gun was originally two toned, I ask as I offered on a pistol yesterday, offer accepted and then told, by the way, this was a two toned pistol, removed apart from a few specks of blue paint, and you should be able to remove them. Expensive pistol by the way £400 +
In my opinion it should be in the advert. 
To rub salt into the wounds, the seller did the dirty on me and sold to someone else after we agreed a price he wanted. Disappointing.

 

[GiantKiwi]

Should be mentioned always - depending on how the retailer has done it, it could mess with some guns actual finish. Still remember a certain retailer a long while back that mixed paint thinners in with their spray, so it completely lifted the stock finish.

 

[Tackle]

Agree it should always be mentioned,  especially if it's a pricey gun, even if it's had a good spray job over the two-tone, at some point somethings likely to rub, such as a holster, & the offending neon's gonna peek through?

 

[rj1986]

Anyone else interested in who two-tones a £400 pistol?

But yes, it should always be mentioned.

I picked up an ex-2T TM FNX from a shop. Didn't read it the description until after i bought it (it was a cracking price so no biggie) and from a distance you can't see any blue, but close up you can. Not enough to bug me, but if i was selling it or buying it without mentioning it, it would be an issue.

 

[Enid_Puceflange]

I’d like to know before paying, but have successfully removed paint from a couple of replicas without leaving any traces or damage before.

Especially where trademarks are adding to a gnus value or desirability.

I feel it being two toned also knocks the value down a touch more as there could be the possibility of damage to the original whilst removing it.

(I’d never paint over the already applied two tone, just gonna look poop)

 

[Cr0-Magnon]

(I’d never paint over the already applied two tone, just gonna look poop)

Glad I'm not the only one! For example with TM's, the slide is black plastic but someone sprays black over the blue paint rather than remove it ?‍

 

[Enid_Puceflange]

Glad I'm not the only one! For example with TM's, the slide is black plastic but someone sprays black over the blue paint rather than remove it ?‍

Yeah, painting over two tone will result in loss of detail in milled or sharp edged moulded parts, like slide serrations etc

 

[Cannonfodder]

It would annoy me too. If they didn't mention that what else have they "forgotten" to tell?

 

[novioman]

Anyone else interested in who two-tones a £400 pistol?

But yes, it should always be mentioned.

I picked up an ex-2T TM FNX from a shop. Didn't read it the description until after i bought it (it was a cracking price so no biggie) and from a distance you can't see any blue, but close up you can. Not enough to bug me, but if i was selling it or buying it without mentioning it, it would be an issue.

Yes, who ever thought that was a good idea.  This pistol is really a collectors piece, or maybe a re-enacter, so two toning was stupid to my mind.

 

[Rogerborg]

Breaks the first rule of airsoft, I doubt the owner calls his hits either.

 

[ButcherBill]

I reckon it should be disclosed regardless of the cost, two tones are less desirable than a rif whether the paint has been removed or covered up.

If they sold to someone else then you've dodged a bull... BB.

 

[Jedi_Master]

Former two toned guns should definitely be mentioned in the advert. Easy enough to change an advert title to include two tone when an IF; I do change adverts titles to include two tone when an obvious IF but much harder to spot (and police) one that has had the bright paint stripped or painted over. 

At one point had considered whether it was worth creating a whole new sub-forum category in the Classifieds for Two-Tone (IF) guns, to separate them out from genuine RIFs.

 

[BigStew]

At one point had considered whether it was worth creating a whole new sub-forum category in the Classifieds for Two-Tone (IF) guns, to separate them out from genuine RIFs.

Still think that would be a good idea.