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Macks airsoft dreamers of the week thread

Some UK retailers are truly taking the piss on GBBR's at the moment - a certain retailer literally charging double for KWA masada's recently comes to mind.

 
GiantKiwi said:
Some UK retailers are truly taking the piss on GBBR's at the moment - a certain retailer literally charging double for KWA masada's recently comes to mind.
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I mean, if they actually stand behind a warranty, and keep parts in stock, and have techs who can fix them, I can see where the markup is.

Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiif.

 
Rogerborg said:
I mean, if they actually stand behind a warranty, and keep parts in stock, and have techs who can fix them, I can see where the markup is.

Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiif.
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They don't stock parts, so its kinda moot. The only retailers who actively stock parts for anything GBBR consistently is Milspec & HPA UK, and from past experience of the latter i'm fairly sure for at least half of their 'stock' they're dropshipping.

 
HPA are sometimes handy. Firesupport has a lot of very random parts in stock that can also be handy. 

Other than that the markup on GBB, especially mags, is insane.

 
GiantKiwi said:
They don't stock parts, so its kinda moot. The only retailers who actively stock parts for anything GBBR consistently is Milspec & HPA UK, and from past experience of the latter i'm fairly sure for at least half of their 'stock' they're dropshipping.
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Yeah, while I'm not totally confident importing RIFs because I don't trust customs to not be dumb, I always buy GBBR parts from abroad. Hong Kong shops always have way more stuff and for not-stupid prices

 
You just put your UKARA on the box, customs don't care. 

They'll just chib you 20% of the stated value, same as always.

 
Lyndication said:
You just put your UKARA on the box, customs don't care. 

They'll just chib you 20% of the stated value, same as always.
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Vote Farage and he’ll do a Trump trade war on China to protect the UK airsoft market 

or not 

 
Lyndication said:
You just put your UKARA on the box, customs don't care. 

They'll just chib you 20% of the stated value, same as always.
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Yeah, I know that's how it's supposed to work, and probably does now, but I remember the times where you had your UKARA on the side of the box and customs would still just decide "nah, these are dangerous weapon parts you terrorist" and your parcel would never arrive.

Fortunately, there aren't really any RIFs I want that I don't already have...

 
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Impulse said:
Yeah, I know that's how it's supposed to work, and probably does now, but I remember the times where you had your UKARA on the side of the box and customs would still just decide "nah, these are dangerous weapon parts you terrorist" and your parcel would never arrive.

Fortunately, there aren't really any RIFs I want that I don't already have...
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Or if you want to be extra, extra specific, get them to write this on the side of the box in bold:

"These toys are being imported for use the acting out of military or law enforcement scenarios for the purposes of recreation - AKA "skirmishing", as outlined in the Skirmishers Defense in Section 36 of the Violent Crime Reduction Act.

The recipient, **Your Name**, is a registered member of the United Kingdom Airsoft Retailer’s Association (UKARA), membership number **Your UKARA Number*"

 
The ol' UKARA dodge.

Although I'm not sure a 5-7 is really that high on the list of most people these days. And that's coming from a TM Fanboi

 
rj1986 said:
The ol' UKARA dodge.

Although I'm not sure a 5-7 is really that high on the list of most people these days. And that's coming from a TM Fanboi
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Probably would be a bit more desirable if the design wasn't so fatally flawed. Have had 3 in the past and they all failed in the exact same way. Replacement parts were unobtanium 10 years ago, let alone now.

 
Impulse said:
Yeah, while I'm not totally confident importing RIFs because I don't trust customs to not be dumb, I always buy GBBR parts from abroad. Hong Kong shops always have way more stuff and for not-stupid prices
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Could I have some of the names of the shops pretty please

 
Lyndication said:
WGCShop, Redwolf, JKArmy, Tiger111HK.

Also check Taiwanese ones like Proact, especially for VFC stuff.
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Seconded. I've used WGC, Redwolf and JK Army a fair few times and they've been really good. JK Army have been especially fast for me lately. BoomArms have a more limited stock but are also really good.

Proact/Action are great. Imported a bunch of VFC guns and parts from them, always been reliable and surprisingly cheap.

 
frazer900 said:
Could I have some of the names of the shops pretty please
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The ones people have already listed are great and I use a bunch of them, but I'll add Rainbow8 to the list as I have a KWA mp9 and they sell all the spare parts needed for that.

I also use sixmm, but I've heard people having problems with them. They've been fine for me, but figured I'd bring that up as not everyone has had a smooth interaction

 
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