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Macks airsoft dreamers of the week thread

Druid799 said:
Not a dig at you good sir (just the phrase) but God I really really REALLY hate this fucking phrase ! It’s used so much now as an excuse not to answer someone else’s argument , differing point of view or even just used to avoid picking a side in a discussion , much like “ok boomer” and more and more Of these ‘buzz phrases’ are coming along every other day . Someone will say or post something incorrect , judgment, PC or just simply boneheaded . You comeback at them with even a hint of passion/sarcasm or just plain old contempt in your reply counterpointing there statement and straight away someone chucks a “getting triggered ?” At you ! I do frequently find my self feeling like saying to these SJW “well actually no I wasn’t getting ‘triggered’(to me something that triggers a person is something that causes an uncontrollable reaction that totally alters there mental state and not something that makes you turn around and want to say “shut up ya twat your talking Bollox !” ?)by the what ever you said but I am now starting to get pissed off NOT triggered by your benign stale retort !” ?

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100% this and I think it comes from the Gen Z's (technically I'm a millennial) growing up with social media and realising that you can't actually win an argument/discussion online, so resort to dropping one of these phrases as to not open themselves up for analysis of their expanded opinion.

 
Druid799 said:
Not a dig at you good sir (just the phrase) but God I really really REALLY hate this fucking phrase ! It’s used so much now as an excuse not to answer someone else’s argument , differing point of view or even just used to avoid picking a side in a discussion , much like “ok boomer” and more and more Of these ‘buzz phrases’ are coming along every other day . Someone will say or post something incorrect , judgment, PC or just simply boneheaded . You comeback at them with even a hint of passion/sarcasm or just plain old contempt in your reply counterpointing there statement and straight away someone chucks a “getting triggered ?” At you ! I do frequently find my self feeling like saying to these SJW “well actually no I wasn’t getting ‘triggered’(to me something that triggers a person is something that causes an uncontrollable reaction that totally alters there mental state and not something that makes you want to turn around and say “shut up ya twat your talking Bollox !” ?)by the what ever you said but I am now starting to get pissed off NOT triggered by your benign stale retort !” ?

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It's literally just the latest version of this:

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Where do I start? That it's a whole £7 less than new from patrol base, the way the description is cut and pasted from somewhere like justbbguns, or the claim a 450-500 fps rifle is good for cqb? 

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Cannonfodder said:
Where do I start? That it's a whole £7 less than new from patrol base, the way the description is cut and pasted from somewhere like justbbguns, or the claim a 450-500 fps rifle is good for cqb? 

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Well it’s not a folding stock for starters , it’s sliding or retractable . Only way your folding that stock is by going arse over tit and snapping it in to folding ! ?‍♂️

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Cannonfodder said:
Where do I start? That it's a whole £7 less than new from patrol base, the way the description is cut and pasted from somewhere like justbbguns, or the claim a 450-500 fps rifle is good for cqb? 

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Read: I watched a KM video, bought a hideous HIDEOUS RIF (who in gods name wants a bolt action with an M4 stock painted blue?!), discovered that sniping is hard/gun is shit/recce and assault is more fun and thought ‘I can offload this piece of shite on another rookie by writing some generic things about airsoft in the description’. 
 

You know I bet you he bought one of those spring loaded claymores too and thought it would be REALLY useful...

 
DRay said:
Read: I watched a KM video, bought a hideous HIDEOUS RIF (who in gods name wants a bolt action with an M4 stock painted blue?!), discovered that sniping is hard/gun is shit/recce and assault is more fun and thought ‘I can offload this piece of shite on another rookie by writing some generic things about airsoft in the description’. 
 

You know I bet you he bought one of those spring loaded claymores too and thought it would be REALLY useful...
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Thats not the funniest thing. A couple of ads further down is this,



Looks exactly the same but for £100 instead

 
I love this one. It’s a standard WE-WET G34, around £115 new, with the wrong mag well, a standard trigger and a dodgy stipple job. There are some internal modifications, they don’t seem to be helping though, it doesn’t work ???

I messaged the guy, told him he’d been ripped off, he got somewhat defensive

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rocketdogbert said:
I love this one. It’s a standard WE-WET G34, around £115 new, with the wrong mag well, a standard trigger and a dodgy stipple job. There are some internal modifications, they don’t seem to be helping though, it doesn’t work ???

I messaged the guy, told him he’d been ripped off, he got somewhat defensive

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Poor guy, gotta feel for the guy if he got ripped off but still doesn't excuse trying to rip off the next guy. 

 
Sadly when buying second or third hand it does rely on trust. I think we’ve all been burnt before and put it down as a lesson learnt. However reselling your mistake to someone else is jack af. 

 
rocketdogbert said:
I love this one. It’s a standard WE-WET G34, around £115 new, with the wrong mag well, a standard trigger and a dodgy stipple job. There are some internal modifications, they don’t seem to be helping though, it doesn’t work ???

I messaged the guy, told him he’d been ripped off, he got somewhat defensive

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1) It doesn't cycle.

2) It's got polished slide rails for smoother cycling.

I think this is a good example of why this thread exists. As a warning against paying that kind of money, for that kind of gun.

 
Druid799 said:
Here’s something that should grace these pages and the exact reason I don’t make much of an effort to buy from uk retailers . They want £11 to deliver a fucking flash hider by DPD ! 

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Last time I had anything delivered by DPD they "lost" a £60 motor. At my old job more often than not if something arrived from them it was damaged.

 
Druid799 said:
Here’s something that should grace these pages and the exact reason I don’t make much of an effort to buy from uk retailers . They want £11 to deliver a fucking flash hider by DPD ! 

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Don't trigger my PTSD.

I ordered a TM NGRS AK Storm off this guy (he's a 1 man band). Bought it from him because he was the only one in the UK to have it in physical stock. Purchased 6th of May at 2am. YET to be dispatched. No correspondence from him. Only updates I have had were from me chasing via text and call. Was told on Tuesday the 1tth I would have it this week as a reply to my chase. He now ignores my calls. I called multiple times on Friday and Saturday, ignored. I sent a text. Within a minute of a text he sent me an email saying he's been snowed under and it will be dispatched this coming Monday (tomorrow). Look at recent reviews for this chap and they are pretty awful.

I understand being a one man band is hard but it takes 2 seconds to send a message "sorry pal bit busier then normal, will post it ASAP" or something along those lines.

Whats even worse is that the EXACT AK I wanted (the one I ordered) came up on prefired the day before with 6 mags £400. I messaged the guy instantly. I didn't get a reply for 24 hours so I assumed it was sold and bought from redtech. Only to get a message from the guy on prefired saying yeah I can have it. So I kinda paniced and asked to cancel my order with redtech, but then called him and said don't cancel it I don't want to be a dick/I want to support a small business (you know trying to be decent).

Looking at his facebook he is active and getting loads of interesting stock in but it just seems he is awful at customer service.

Here's hoping it gets posted tomorrow.

You'd think for nearly £500 you'd have some sort of update on the order without me having to chase constantly.

 
cropzy said:
Don't trigger my PTSD.

I ordered a TM NGRS AK Storm off this guy (he's a 1 man band). Bought it from him because he was the only one in the UK to have it in physical stock. Purchased 6th of May at 2am. YET to be dispatched. No correspondence from him. Only updates I have had were from me chasing via text and call. Was told on Tuesday the 1tth I would have it this week as a reply to my chase. He now ignores my calls. I called multiple times on Friday and Saturday, ignored. I sent a text. Within a minute of a text he sent me an email saying he's been snowed under and it will be dispatched this coming Monday (tomorrow). Look at recent reviews for this chap and they are pretty awful.

I understand being a one man band is hard but it takes 2 seconds to send a message "sorry pal bit busier then normal, will post it ASAP" or something along those lines.

Whats even worse is that the EXACT AK I wanted (the one I ordered) came up on prefired the day before with 6 mags £400. I messaged the guy instantly. I didn't get a reply for 24 hours so I assumed it was sold and bought from redtech. Only to get a message from the guy on prefired saying yeah I can have it. So I kinda paniced and asked to cancel my order with redtech, but then called him and said don't cancel it I don't want to be a dick/I want to support a small business (you know trying to be decent).

Looking at his facebook he is active and getting loads of interesting stock in but it just seems he is awful at customer service.

Here's hoping it gets posted tomorrow.

You'd think for nearly £500 you'd have some sort of update on the order without me having to chase constantly.
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Totally with you on this , your a one man band ? good for you trying to run your own business BUT if your having problems it shouldn’t affect me the customer , you’ve taken my money so you have an obligation to get what ever to me in a reasonable time , if your ‘snowed under’ with orders you either post it on your business home page to warn potential customers because if you don’t either by accident or on purpose then that’s on you so not the customers problem . End off .

In the end I got the flash hider from Aliexpress (with correct markings and all) for £13.48 with free P&P.

 
Lol, Patrol base want 12.95 for DPD to deliver a bolt for an AK fire selector.

Granted I am in Scotland, but why not use Royal Mail? 

 
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