Supporters Prisce Posted June 17, 2018 Supporters Share Posted June 17, 2018 Thought it would be a good idea to have like a “Places to Buy” style thread, but for techs, I know there are a few on here, and I’m sure that they wouldn’t mind good and bad feedback. Just a suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Moderator Jedi_Master Posted June 17, 2018 Head Moderator Share Posted June 17, 2018 @Prisce Can you expand your idea a bit. Do you mean a single topic for "Recommended Technicians" or a sub-forum for "Airsoft Techs"? We do not get that many topics about this though. Creating a new sub-forum within the 'Advice & Technical Help' section makes the most sense. A place for any topic asking about airsoft techs, review of a specific tech, or recommendations could go there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Prisce Posted June 17, 2018 Author Supporters Share Posted June 17, 2018 I think it is open to discussion. I believe 1 thread would suffice( can’t be that many techs or people using them). I had been speaking to a couple of guys on site today who were asking about decent techs because they have had bad experiences before, and I have no idea of any or where they are. I reckon the best way to do this would probably involve you mods doing even more work😁(you know you love it) And as people post, edit the first post, put techs name, rough location, maybe a percentage of feedback? (We all know even the best techs will get some bad feedback as someone doesn’t approve of something- maybe it could help the techs improve too?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Not a bad idea. Maybe include reviews of amateurs who are willing to work for beer or bb’s as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshOnSnow Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Would definitely support a “Tech Service Reviews” section. Great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Another forum I go on that is not airsoft related do a mentors title for people that are willing to help people in there local area. We already list our skirmish sites, so adding a search feature to put names to places in the mentor list might be possible. It would mean some effort on the staff here to get site names standardised. The basic idea been that if you have a problem you can search for a mentor in your local area and try to meet up face to face probably at a skirmish, and have someone you can trust just give the problem gun a quick look and advise you on the correct action to take. Not offering to repair the gun, Simply telling the other person what the likely fault is, and where is best to send it in the local area to pay someone to fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators djben9 Posted June 18, 2018 Moderators Share Posted June 18, 2018 yeah would be good to know others with in the area and what the rate etc. is , i only know one from Gunman which is great as i dont have to drive to Firesupport all the time! on the rating side, may have to be careful as some may take a bad one to heart, ive seen similar happen on other forums and it can get messy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyDynamic Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 23 hours ago, djben9 said: yeah would be good to know others with in the area and what the rate etc. is , i only know one from Gunman which is great as i dont have to drive to Firesupport all the time! on the rating side, may have to be careful as some may take a bad one to heart, ive seen similar happen on other forums and it can get messy All for this, but yes if it's a mate who's trying to help for a crate of beer or bottle of BBs - don't go slating him on a forum if his fix doesn't go according to plan 😄 I'm just covering myself as I'm fixing a team mates ICS right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Rogerborg Posted June 19, 2018 Supporters Share Posted June 19, 2018 On 6/18/2018 at 10:55 AM, djben9 said: on the rating side, may have to be careful as some may take a bad one to heart So much this. One man's plain facts is another man's libel or mortal insult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin proffrink Posted June 19, 2018 Root Admin Share Posted June 19, 2018 We do have the capacity to create 'question and answer' subforums that allow upvoting and downvoting on replies. I know this isn't akin to the 'recommend a tech' thing, but meant as an aside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators djben9 Posted June 19, 2018 Moderators Share Posted June 19, 2018 could give it a go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazmeister Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 On 6/17/2018 at 7:14 PM, Prisce said: Thought it would be a good idea to have like a “Places to Buy” style thread, but for techs, I know there are a few on here, and I’m sure that they wouldn’t mind good and bad feedback. Just a suggestion. Good idea mate. Literally just logged on to look for tech reviews as I’m looking for one pref based in south east/Kent to undertake some work for me and such a sub set as the one you are suggesting would have helped.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin proffrink Posted June 25, 2018 Root Admin Share Posted June 25, 2018 Of course the issue with these sorts of forums is that they tend to die over a couple of years as threads aren't maintained. I'm sceptical that there're enough techs about who use these forums to warrant a section, but I'll speak to Jedi about it and see if we can trial something at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters ImTriggerHappy Posted June 25, 2018 Supporters Share Posted June 25, 2018 On 21/06/2018 at 16:07, Gazmeister said: Good idea mate. Literally just logged on to look for tech reviews as I’m looking for one pref based in south east/Kent to undertake some work for me and such a sub set as the one you are suggesting would have helped.... What do you want doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Prisce Posted June 25, 2018 Author Supporters Share Posted June 25, 2018 My idea was purely just to advertise where professional techs, and home grown techs were located, and what experiences people have had with them, ie Quick turn around but expensive, shoddy aftercare but really nice to deal with. Just so people don’t keep getting abused and like I and some others here, fobbed off by apparently professional techs who don’t have a clue what they are doing. Like some others have suggested, certain jobs,(setting the hop and chronoing) could be done by a local guy for a beer or something. I think it would provide the traffic, and do the community a favour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin proffrink Posted June 25, 2018 Root Admin Share Posted June 25, 2018 It takes me literally 3 minutes to create a new forum. My concern is only whether it will get used in the long term, but I'm leaning towards at least testing it out so that one of us can be proven incorrect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Prisce Posted June 25, 2018 Author Supporters Share Posted June 25, 2018 Well I’ll try and keep it topped up as I believe it’s something we would all benefit from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators djben9 Posted June 25, 2018 Moderators Share Posted June 25, 2018 yeah test would be good, need to now how good Prisce is with sniper mods....!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Prisce Posted June 25, 2018 Author Supporters Share Posted June 25, 2018 21 minutes ago, djben9 said: yeah test would be good, need to now how good Prisce is with sniper mods....!! Not worth paying for! I have a team mate for all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert James Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 42 minutes ago, djben9 said: yeah test would be good, need to now how good Prisce is with sniper mods....!! I keep asking him questions and he keeps giving me really good info, have to assume he is fairly good. Especially as his sniper was great fun to fire and was hitting consistently. I actually got kills with it. Now I need the Wife to sanction a new gun 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin proffrink Posted June 25, 2018 Root Admin Share Posted June 25, 2018 Here you go: https://airsoft-forums.uk/forum/150-recommend-a-tech/ Please read the current rules/guidance and feel free to add feedback here on what you think of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin proffrink Posted June 26, 2018 Root Admin Share Posted June 26, 2018 @djben9 I don't think ratings are necessary. They're never anything but a 1 or a 10. Let people's write-ups speak for themselves I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators djben9 Posted June 26, 2018 Moderators Share Posted June 26, 2018 ok, cool, i'll go and remove that bit...it was the first so can be tweaked 19 hours ago, proffrink said: Here you go: https://airsoft-forums.uk/forum/150-recommend-a-tech/ Please read the current rules/guidance and feel free to add feedback here on what you think of them. What about a basic template, shall we just leave it up to the user when posting, personally i like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Moderator Jedi_Master Posted June 26, 2018 Head Moderator Share Posted June 26, 2018 1 hour ago, djben9 said: What about a basic template, shall we just leave it up to the user when posting, personally i like it A template could be useful because it acts a a guide for including some relevant details that may get left out. Although knowing how badly some members failed to fill in the simple Classifieds template it is never idiot proof. I have also moved some Technician related topics into the new sub-forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Admin proffrink Posted June 26, 2018 Root Admin Share Posted June 26, 2018 Basic template should be as subjective as possible and just cover contact details, location etc. though as anyone can open up a thread. Another issue is that as this subforum is a mixture of 'looking for tech' and 'recommended techs', we cannot necessarily put a predefined template ready to go in the post content field like we used to do with the old classifieds. It would need to go in a sticky I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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