What grinds your gears on forums

[Cannonfodder]

All the kids joining in the school holidays to ask dumb questions (where they'll probably ignore the answers if it's not what they want to be told) or try to sell their kit for stupidly high prices 

[Lyndication]

Saw a listing, contacted the seller, confirmed I wanted the gun. Got as far as sending my address, he said he'd get it packed, get a quote for shipping, get back to me.

 

I leave it a couple days, don't wanna nag. Contact him. Oh it's sold. Someone else messaged after and offered more, so he went with them instead.

 

Oh it's gone now. Oh okay. Oh nice. Thanks.

[Tackle]

1 hour ago, Lyndication said:

Saw a listing, contacted the seller, confirmed I wanted the gun. Got as far as sending my address, he said he'd get it packed, get a quote for shipping, get back to me.

 

I leave it a couple days, don't wanna nag. Contact him. Oh it's sold. Someone else messaged after and offered more, so he went with them instead.

 

Oh it's gone now. Oh okay. Oh nice. Thanks.

Last one that did that to me got bad feedback, not sure if the rules allow that but thought "f#ck it, people need to know what kinda person you are".

If they can't be trusted in a sale, odds on they're cheating cnuts on the field too ?

[Galvatron]

Sellers who swap original furniture (stock, grip, handguard, etc) on their gun for third-party then list the gun for sale without the originals but charge based on depreciation of the complete original gun and the new furniture.

[Anonymoose]

1 hour ago, Galvatron said:

Sellers who swap original furniture (stock, grip, handguard, etc) on their gun for third-party then list the gun for sale without the originals but charge based on depreciation of the complete original gun and the new furniture.

 

Same goes for people who list a gun and have it pictured with a load of accessories, only to bury "accessories not included" sonewhere in the description. ?

 

If it's not included, don't list or show it.

[GiantKiwi]

New joiners getting classifieds from google and messaging you to ask if its still available, when the big orange banner at the top of the page says "Completed, Sold".

 

Multiple times this week on the same item which sold nearly a month ago. One last week about something that sold in 2020..

[EDcase]

22 minutes ago, GiantKiwi said:

New joiners getting classifieds from google and messaging you to ask if its still available, when the big orange banner at the top of the page says "Completed, Sold".

 

Multiple times this week on the same item which sold nearly a month ago. One last week about something that sold in 2020..

You know you can delete old adverts?  Select 'Hide' in the options at the bottom of the page

[GiantKiwi]

21 hours ago, EDcase said:

You know you can delete old adverts?  Select 'Hide' in the options at the bottom of the page

 

I did not, i'll go do that now.

[Lyndication]

AAP and Hicapa owners will sell you a gun with part names like the Shit Myself BigPP Short Stroker and act surprised when no one wants to pay used car money for it.

[Galvatron]

2 hours ago, Lyndication said:

AAP and Hicapa owners will sell you a gun with part names like the Shit Myself BigPP Short Stroker and act surprised when no one wants to pay used car money for it.

 

It's not just the parts with diminishing returns higher than Danniella Westbrook on Colombian flake that put me off, there's also the hideous colours for the slide and/or grip that look like somebody committed an unholy act on a unicorn.

[Tank423]

4 hours ago, Galvatron said:

 

It's not just the parts with diminishing returns higher than Danniella Westbrook on Colombian flake that put me off, there's also the hideous colours for the slide and/or grip that look like somebody committed an unholy act on a unicorn.

 

Or they give it a theme and name it then paint the hardcase in the theme,have gaudy quotes all over it and an insane price tag. (Looking at you "joker" themed aap)

[Galvatron]

On 24/07/2025 at 18:17, Tank423 said:

 

(Looking at you "joker" themed aap)

And it's back.

 

https://prefired.co.uk/ads/aap-01c-custom-build/

 

I wonder why it didn't sell all that time ago.

[ButcherBill]

I tend to prefer my pews to be 'milsim ish' and no HPA, but if this was only a couple of hundred £ I'd consider it for the novelty factor.

[Tackle]

34 minutes ago, Galvatron said:

And it's back.

 

https://prefired.co.uk/ads/aap-01c-custom-build/

 

I wonder why it didn't sell all that time ago.

Can't think why ?, might be something to do with it being an abomination ?

[Lyndication]

The price is absolutely insane

 

So, on brand for the Joker, I guess

[Cooperman26]

I may have posted about the pricing of some adverts before for second hand good or unknown brands etc being wildly over priced.

 

But my particular bug bare at the moment is the price of some Glocks which are second hand. Might as well just by a brand new one! Gah! Just my opinion!

[Tank423]

2 hours ago, Galvatron said:

And it's back.

 

https://prefired.co.uk/ads/aap-01c-custom-build/

 

I wonder why it didn't sell all that time ago.

 

He's asking £1100 for a gun he can't even be bothered to list the parts used to build it, that's enough of a red flag for anyone. It's not like it's made of thousands of parts, it's what 30-40 parts that have been upgraded? God forbid he spends an hour writing a proper listing for it.

[Jaylordofwaargh]

On 26/07/2025 at 17:15, Cooperman26 said:

I may have posted about the pricing of some adverts before for second hand good or unknown brands etc being wildly over priced.

 

But my particular bug bare at the moment is the price of some Glocks which are second hand. Might as well just by a brand new one! Gah! Just my opinion!

Glock in general! 

There are so many on the market i don't understand why the price hasn't collasped to the floor

[HZR13]

What would be the best Glock to buy, I fancy Umarex Glock 17 Gen 4

Right or Wrong ?

[Galvatron]

The ambiguous "all in" (or allin [sic]) wankery when listing items for sale. We're not playing a game of poker!

 

"All in" has meant one of (but not limited to) several things

• Final price, inclusive of delivery and Paypal G&S fees.
• Final price with delivery but they try charging G&S fees
• Final price including G&S fees but no delivery
• Final price without G&S fees or delivery
• When it's a gun, the final price doesn't include the accessories, such as a scope or sling, the gun is pictured with

[Colin Allen]

Sellers who read your message but don't reply, even if only to state that they are not open to offers.

[Galvatron]

Non-airsoft playing cosplayers who visit a players' forum and want support to circumvent the laws and regulations around purchasing a RIF with no regard for the potential fall out that could happen and make things more difficult for actual players.

 

The other thing that grinds my gears is the self-importance such people show when they say they don't care about people's opposition, nor do they appreciate you can't always get what you want in life. Even if your circumstances are difficult, there isn't always room for exceptions.

[Tommikka]

1 hour ago, Galvatron said:

Non-airsoft playing cosplayers who visit a players' forum and want support to circumvent the laws and regulations around purchasing a RIF with no regard for the potential fall out that could happen and make things more difficult for actual players.

 

The other thing that grinds my gears is the self-importance such people show when they say they don't care about people's opposition, nor do they appreciate you can't always get what you want in life. Even if your circumstances are difficult, there isn't always room for exceptions.

At least they aren’t the ones who come onto an airsoft forum following their arrest for a firearms offence looking for some form of validation of having over powered paintball like guns with inappropriate projectiles loaded ready to go in the bedside cabinet next to their baseball bat, machete and crack.

 

 

[BigAl]

On 02/08/2025 at 19:01, Colin Allen said:

Sellers who read your message but don't reply, even if only to state that they are not open to offers.

 

Buyers who message you a list of questions, you reply and nothing.

[Cannonfodder]

13 hours ago, Galvatron said:

The other thing that grinds my gears is the self-importance such people show when they say they don't care about people's opposition,

Although it can be funny to watch them get all pissy when it's pointed out that if they really didn't care they wouldn't make such a song and dance about how little they care