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Looks like fatbobs has stopped selling. Their webpage is defunct and the one linked here in the UK section just goes to their YPC site for playing rather than buying.

 
Mad dog 49 said:
Looks like fatbobs has stopped selling. Their webpage is defunct and the one linked here in the UK section just goes to their YPC site for playing rather than buying.
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Yeah looks like they packed up about a year ago according to a reddit post from that time... will take them off the list for the time being.

 
The_Lord_Poncho said:
I've had very good service recently from this outfit - https://www.18airsoft.com/

Presumably asia based - super quick postage (7 days door to door both times), prices have been keen compared with many of the more established asian shops, and the postage costs were relatively speaking quite low. Can't recommencer them enough based upon my last two experiences.
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Have you ever ordered anything rif flavoured from 18A? I've had my eyes on the E&C glocks as they're metal slide, have full trades and apparently have steel internals - and for the absolute pittance they are on 18A I was wondering if there's a catch - either tax isn't included in the price, or shipping is a pain, or there's some sort of customs charges etc

Any info would be appreciated! Lots of good stuff on there but I've noticed as you add weight the shipping price goes up pretty steeply so multiple seperate orders might end up cheaper than one big one

 
https://www.sixmm.com/ added, used these guys a few times over the last couple years, surprised I hadn't added them before now.

Also, I was going through some links and realised there are some dead ones, will do some spring cleaning when I get a minute. I also want to be sure they are actually permanently gone as opposed to just temporarily down.

Looks like gunnerairsoft may be having problems, kinda sad if it's gone as it's one of the og ACM RIF shops, not that i have actually used them inside the 2010s onwards

 
pyromancer6 said:
Have you ever ordered anything rif flavoured from 18A? I've had my eyes on the E&C glocks as they're metal slide, have full trades and apparently have steel internals - and for the absolute pittance they are on 18A I was wondering if there's a catch - either tax isn't included in the price, or shipping is a pain, or there's some sort of customs charges etc

Any info would be appreciated! Lots of good stuff on there but I've noticed as you add weight the shipping price goes up pretty steeply so multiple seperate orders might end up cheaper than one big one
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Afraid not - I've ordered a front end for an SR15, M4 body, Pistol Grip, and buffer tube in a single order  (but as separate parts) - i.e. everything that is a Rif bar the stock - and it got through customs fine, packaged nicely, and arrived after a week or so.  But I've not ordered a full Rif before from there. If you decide to, let me know how you get on!

 
TrooperX said:
Has anyone used https://airsoftmania.eu based in Italy?  I can’t find any previous mention of them.
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I emailed them to ask if they would accept my “sportsman’s association” membership in replace of UKARA. I’ve not used them just yet so unsure of the delivery times etc but I got the following response;

“

we have no difficulty in accepting your request to send a RIF as a member of this Association if it is considered a valid defence in the UK. 
We have already accepted other defences other than the UKARA and have had no difficulties with UK customs. 
We do not have a complete understanding of what is and what is not accepted in your country as a valid defence, but if you feel that your membership of this association justifies the purchase of a RIF then I encourage you to proceed with your order. 
We will prepare all the documents to send your order enclosing the correctly completed RIF defence.
 

Kind Regards
 
Danilo”
 
Hope that’s some help!

 
Funnily enough going on to their website I see I had an item in the shopping basket with them. Not actually purchased anything, however their shipping page is comprehensive and well put together with clear indication they have no problems shipping to the UK - Added them onto the EU list ?

 
Cooperman26 said:
I emailed them to ask if they would accept my “sportsman’s association” membership in replace of UKARA. I’ve not used them just yet so unsure of the delivery times etc but I got the following response;

“

we have no difficulty in accepting your request to send a RIF as a member of this Association if it is considered a valid defence in the UK. 
We have already accepted other defences other than the UKARA and have had no difficulties with UK customs. 
We do not have a complete understanding of what is and what is not accepted in your country as a valid defence, but if you feel that your membership of this association justifies the purchase of a RIF then I encourage you to proceed with your order. 
We will prepare all the documents to send your order enclosing the correctly completed RIF defence.
 

Kind Regards
 
Danilo”
 
Hope that’s some help!
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In the last update from Sportsman's Assoc there was mention of Border Force accepting membership as 'valid defence' which surprised me. I wouldn't have thought they'd know about it.

 
Done a little bit of mid winter cleaning and removed dead links from the UK retailer list.

Will get round to EU and Asia when I can.

If any owners believe your site has been removed in error please let me know and/or provide an updated URL. Thx

the following have been taken off:

http://uk.redwolfairsoft.com/ - Redwolf HK still exists, RW UK seems to longer be in service after being hit by a fire some time ago. Can anyone confirm this? will remain off the list for the time being.

https://hwairsoft.com/

https://www.battlezoneairsoft.com/

https://shop.a2supplies.co.uk/

http://www.red1airsoft.co.uk/

https://www.targetszone.co.uk/

https://camoraids.co.uk/

https://www.cheapbbguns.co.uk/ - Not sure if this is actually down or not but refuses to load due to certificate or potential hijacked link according to Norton - taken off for the time being.

 
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Cooperman26 said:
I emailed them to ask if they would accept my “sportsman’s association” membership in replace of UKARA. I’ve not used them just yet so unsure of the delivery times etc but I got the following response;

“

we have no difficulty in accepting your request to send a RIF as a member of this Association if it is considered a valid defence in the UK. 
We have already accepted other defences other than the UKARA and have had no difficulties with UK customs. 
We do not have a complete understanding of what is and what is not accepted in your country as a valid defence, but if you feel that your membership of this association justifies the purchase of a RIF then I encourage you to proceed with your order. 
We will prepare all the documents to send your order enclosing the correctly completed RIF defence.
 

Kind Regards
 
Danilo”
 
Hope that’s some help!
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Update ;

So, I took the plunge and made an order through these guys for a shotgun RiF, there was abit of a hohar with them asking for UKARA, and I had to politely remind them of the above email to which they were fine with in the end.

It seems they are based in Poland, not Italy as I presumed for some reason. They dispatched the order in good time, however, their chosen courier is UPS. This is the major red flag I’m afraid. I’ve always had issues with this company, their website and app are a minefield, always asking to sign up for access to contact them, update details, get special tracking updates etc. Item has landed in their UK sorting depot, passed through customs and has now been sat in their warehouse for nearly a week. Trying to contact them is a nightmare.

In summary, fine website, awful courier, so if you do make an order make sure you are not in a rush to receive.

 
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