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Macks airsoft dreamers of the week thread

Huxley said:
I can buy the same from China less than half of what he is asking.
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He says the make is unknown (funny thing about blank boxes ?) then how can he confirm it’s rated for 223 ? How many times have we all see hilariously ridiculous claims on Chinese adverts ?

So sorry bud but NO ONE is going to give you 65 beer tokens for that . 

 
Tackle said:
It TM, did he even have to "upgrade" it ?, surely they need very little tweaking ?.
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Personal choice on the upgrading as some reckon they are the bestest a gun can be out the box. But then some people still believe the earth is flat so talking bollocks (sorry @Spuggy1uk) isn't just an airsoft thing.

The part that gets me is when people advertise guns like this they add full value of the base gun and that is wrong. If you buy a £380 gun and then remove 2/3rds of it you end up with a £135 base gun. I always work out the cost of the upgrades then take off the retail of the stock parts and that is how much value you really add. Pull a £30 motor and add a £50 one you add £20 not the full £50.

 
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This advert in the Airsoft section of Freeads tickled me.

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Not just the price (which if it's genuinely worth, I wish I'd kept my shitty '90 pattern webbing...), but also the fact that it comes with 'Molly poachers' :D  

 
ImTriggerHappy said:
£1500 to build? really?
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This was poorly worded on my half, this included the purchase of the rifle from new, including price of labour and parts.

FreeFrag.UK said:
Personally I don't think it's worth that price and regarding the £1500 build cost, I can believe it given the work was supposedly completed by KoA. The build valuation probably includes labour although looking at KoA's updated page and pricing structure, however, upon closer review I'd question the build cost in lieu of other packages but without historical data it's hard to judge. If I was a buyer I'd also want to see the invoice from KoA just to see what they actually did and to confirm it was done by them.

On a side note, I'm not really sure why the cathedral/church photo was included... unless it comes with the gun in which case maybe £900 is an absolute bargain? Given the images are meant to represent what you get?
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I do have the invoice still, always keep them for all sales. The photo however, is my fat fingers missclicking and not noticing!

 
Rylesy said:
This was poorly worded on my half, this included the purchase of the rifle from new, including price of labour and parts.

I do have the invoice still, always keep them for all sales. The photo however, is my fat fingers missclicking and not noticing!
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That is all fair enough but the price is still way over the top. Labour on that should be 2/3hrs so no more than £120 absolute max. But even so the labour charge is irrelevant as you can't really add that.

Cost of base gun and parts is £930ish take 200 straight off that if you don't have the original parts as well.

Selling upgraded guns is a pain as you always take a bit of a hit especially now. Fully upgraded 416s and cqbrs with titans/spectres and lots of upgrades can be got for £450-ish at the moment and they are the easiest tm recoils to sell. 

 
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Rylesy said:
This was poorly worded on my half, this included the purchase of the rifle from new, including price of labour and parts.

I do have the invoice still, always keep them for all sales. The photo however, is my fat fingers missclicking and not noticing!
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shall we play name that landmark?  looks cathedral to me,  sooo..... lincoln?

 
The street sign for Precentors Court was the clue.  York.

 
Druid799 said:
He says the make is unknown (funny thing about blank boxes ?) then how can he confirm it’s rated for 223 ? How many times have we all see hilariously ridiculous claims on Chinese adverts ?

So sorry bud but NO ONE is going to give you 65 beer tokens for that . 
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I’m surprised he’s still not bumping it a year and a bit after he advertised it ?

 
Before the advert loaded I thought it was going to be the £1600 Systema SD6.

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ImTriggerHappy said:
Personal choice on the upgrading as some reckon they are the bestest a gun can be out the box. But then some people still believe the earth is flat so talking bollocks (sorry @Spuggy1uk) isn't just an airsoft thing.

The part that gets me is when people advertise guns like this they add full value of the base gun and that is wrong. If you buy a £380 gun and then remove 2/3rds of it you end up with a £135 base gun. I always work out the cost of the upgrades then take off the retail of the stock parts and that is how much value you really add. Pull a £30 motor and add a £50 one you add £20 not the full £50.
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Why was I tagged in this?

 
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