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Macks airsoft dreamers of the week thread

Can't help but feel everything sold by Milspec Solutions should be on here after the last few days 

 
Though not a surefire (?) way of checking my usual go to at first is the standard end cap/switch. Real ones are marked with ‘www.surefire.com’, and the inside of the cap is black with a silver coloured (no idea of the material) contact. Unless Surefire have changed their marking and materials, combined with the previous offence I’d probably go ahead and assume the light isn’t genuine either.

Photos of my end cap are below. Unless I got sailed down the river a while back it’s genuine.

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Mine also has what I’m guessing is a serial number beneath the main branding on the body of the light. Though I’m not an expert so this could be a version marking rather than a serial number. Either way, it isn’t present on the images in the eBay sale.

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The one pictured on the listing looks... familiar.

Cheers,

Alex

 
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Rogerborg said:
Wait, did I miss some drama?
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Very much so. Stole this from facebook but pretty much sums up what happened and genuinely doesn't exaggerate it either.

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Some guy wanted 6 ghk feed lips, messaged the milspec solutions FB page and received a tirade of abuse back. Bits still ongoing on their FB page, worth a look if you'd like a giggle

 
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Just had a quick perusal of Milspecs FB page.

Wow. Just...wow.

It's like watching a freight train derail in slow motion.

 
Speedbird_666 said:
Just had a quick perusal of Milspecs FB page.

Wow. Just...wow.

It's like watching a freight train derail in slow motion.
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A lot of the heavier stuff has been deleted, the guy who owns the store has a rather extensive 4 letter vocabulary saved just for customers it turns out

 
Speedbird_666 said:
Just had a quick perusal of Milspecs FB page.

Wow. Just...wow.

It's like watching a freight train derail in slow motion.
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this is one of the things i hate about the internet is when the original drama thread gets deleted and you missed the party.

that's the price i pay for living under a rock i guess

 
Adolf Hamster said:
this is one of the things i hate about the internet is when the original drama thread gets deleted and you missed the party.

that's the price i pay for living under a rock i guess
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Just read through some of that. Whatever Milspec did aside, the ones commenting "got any feedlips? lololol" likely also think the things they shout during the safety briefing are hilarious.

 
True enough but also, you reap what you sow I guess. What did he think was gonna happen 

 
M_P said:
True enough but also, you reap what you sow I guess. What did he think was gonna happen 
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see this is why i dislike not having seen the start of how things all kicked off, i'd rather read the original comments he and the customer had because out of context it's hard to judge if it was the reaction of an arsehole, a joker, or a stressed shop owner losing his mind over yet another difficult customer.

seeing things in retrospect/secondhand makes it much harder for me to form my own opinion.

 
Adolf Hamster said:
see this is why i dislike not having seen the start of how things all kicked off, i'd rather read the original comments he and the customer had because out of context it's hard to judge if it was the reaction of an arsehole, a joker, or a stressed shop owner losing his mind over yet another difficult customer.

seeing things in retrospect/secondhand makes it much harder for me to form my own opinion.
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Agreed. Granted, irrelevant of how it all started I can't help but feel like calming the situation, even if that meant bending the knee when he didn't feel he was in the wrong, is generally a better way to go as a business owner rather than doubling down and it becoming the memefest it has turned into. Just seems like such a perculiar route to take.

 
alxndrhll said:
Agreed. Granted, irrelevant of how it all started I can't help but feel like calming the situation, even if that meant bending the knee when he didn't feel he was in the wrong, is generally a better way to go as a business owner rather than doubling down and it becoming the memefest it has turned into. Just seems like such a perculiar route to take.
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the last post on the timeline reads like classic pissed off and angry to me. but again hard to tell if that's a position to be sympathetic to without the full story.

ahh well, i already got my svd mags from ky anyway.....

 
I managed to find an image of the intial messages exchanged over the whole Milspec thing, I can sympathise to Milspec, times are going to be rough and retail has suffered so clearly wants to get as many sales as possible so the weight of a business will be heavy but if answering benign questions late at night isn't what you want to do then simply don't read the messages or turn off the notifications.

Again a plague of this always on world is that people expect immediate answers although the guy who asked did not come across like that, likely Milspec had a bad day and took it out on the wrong prospective customer, a really bad choice/lash out which will have hurt him.

I will footnote though that Milspec does need to learn from this, either clean up the responses or don't respond until the next day.

I wouldn't wish hardship on anyone but when you are selling luxury items, at least be thankful people choose you as that cah could easily go on so many other things.

 
The closest I can find to the original call out post is this bastardised screenshot. Short version is, guy messages the page around 10:30 asking about the feed lips, not expecting an answer until the next day and gets the standard automated message saying they'll respond during working hours. So far so standard. The guy from milspec then messages back telling him to fuck off and it all goes to shit from there.

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Steveocee said:
I managed to find an image of the intial messages exchanged over the whole Milspec thing, I can sympathise to Milspec, times are going to be rough and retail has suffered so clearly wants to get as many sales as possible so the weight of a business will be heavy but if answering benign questions late at night isn't what you want to do then simply don't read the messages or turn off the notifications.

Again a plague of this always on world is that people expect immediate answers although the guy who asked did not come across like that, likely Milspec had a bad day and took it out on the wrong prospective customer, a really bad choice/lash out which will have hurt him.

I will footnote though that Milspec does need to learn from this, either clean up the responses or don't respond until the next day.

I wouldn't wish hardship on anyone but when you are selling luxury items, at least be thankful people choose you as that cah could easily go on so many other things.
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next day is always better.

i generally hold to the standard of expecting folk to check/respond to their emails once per working day so i never expect a reply in any shorter time than 24 hours.

PopRocket123 said:
The closest I can find to the original call out post is this bastardised screenshot. Short version is, guy messages the page around 10:30 asking about the feed lips, not expecting an answer until the next day and gets the standard automated message saying they'll respond during working hours. So far so standard. The guy from milspec then messages back telling him to fuck off and it all goes to shit from there.

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if that's how it went down then i must admit i'd find it hard to sympathise with milspec on this, people send messages at all hours, hell how does he know the guy isn't in a different time zone and emailing him at 2pm?

 
Adolf Hamster said:
next day is always better.

i generally hold to the standard of expecting folk to check/respond to their emails once per working day so i never expect a reply in any shorter time than 24 hours.

if that's how it went down then i must admit i'd find it hard to sympathise with milspec on this, people send messages at all hours, hell how does he know the guy isn't in a different time zone and emailing him at 2pm?
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Exactly. Apparently the guy works long hours and doesn't get a chance to message during work hours which I definitely get. The fact that this is the latest in a *very* long list of times this guy's been a complete prick erodes any sympathy I may have had for him and definitely added fuel to the shitstorm the original post caused. I think there were over 500 comments in less than an hour

 
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