Experiences/advice with Airsoft retailers.

o1s1n

kdouglas wrote:

couple of bits and pieces for myself/liamo and scope, m9 mags mainly, but i got a precision barrel for my p90 and one of those cool little remote control helicopters hehe

oh and a silent piston head set, curious to see if they actually work

You lot have way too much money!

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You lot have way too much money!

if only oisin, if only

moneyman

liamo333 wrote:

Just got it today. 3 working days, not bad.

Where did you order that adapter from? Airsoft-innovations? I'll be ordering one soon, might as well order from the same place as you since it ships so quickly.

liamo333

kdouglas wrote:

oh and a silent piston head set, curious to see if they actually work

I installed one on my aug amd it didn't make a difference:(

kdouglas

yea, heard they actually dont make a difference alright, but it was only £7.99 so figured id give it a try

kinda aiming to make my p90 as silent as possible and make the mp5 into a crazy monster thing with an insane rof

o1s1n wrote:

You lot have way too much money!

i wish!

Mark_Sc

Next time someones ordering off a site that sells Propane Adaptors wil they give me a shout?

kdouglas

most people tend to buy them from airsoft-innovations.com directly, airsoft atlanta and airsplat sell them too, but they are US based

o1s1n

I wonder could we get someone with a lathe to ream off a few dozen...

kdouglas

yea, for $30 they really are quite well built and worth it, trying to make one yourself would probably take longer than it takes to just ship one over

Mark_Sc

Does anyone know the story with WGC Shop?
They havent replied to any of my emails in a while

liamo333

Mark_Sc wrote:

Does anyone know the story with WGC Shop?
They havent replied to any of my emails in a while

AFIK they dont take paypal from ireland just bank transfers.

o1s1n

kdouglas wrote:

yea, for $30 they really are quite well built and worth it, trying to make one yourself would probably take longer than it takes to just ship one over

You could replicate it very easily on a lathe in not too much time at all. If only I were still in secondary school! Could have used the CNC in the engineering room.

Ah well, $30 is nothing. How much did they charge for shipping?

liamo333

Around 9us.

MaxForce

Mark_Sc wrote:

Does anyone know the story with WGC Shop?
They havent replied to any of my emails in a while

Keith in RSOV will get anything you want from WGC and Redwolf at no extra cost. He is very good at repling to emails as well.

MaxForce

16airassualt wrote:

thanks,all ive been doing all morning was looking out the window waiting for the postman...i think ive reached a new low:(

The first time I got my order from RSOV and EHobby, I spotted the postie down the village when I was picking up my daughter from school so Ilegged it after him. Found him having lunch in the local garage so asked him if I could have my packages. I think he knew well what was in them as he started to chuckle at me.:D

moneyman

MaxForce wrote:

The first time I got my order from RSOV and EHobby, I spotted the postie down the village when I was picking up my daughter from school so Ilegged it after him. Found him having lunch in the local garage so asked him if I could have my packages. I think he knew well what was in them as he started to chuckle at me.:D

How are you doing with that Glock? Get it fixed?

Mark_Sc

i love that feeling:)

CrazyRabbit

Does anyone know if BFSL is still open? Derek still hasn't got back to me about my order. It's been weeks now.

I'm all for helpig the local retailers, but not if I don't get reasonable service...

Mark_Sc

I hate that feeling:(

padmundo

Yeah, he's still running alright, I was down there earlier this week getting supplies. Call him... his no is on the website.

MaxForce

moneyman wrote:

How are you doing with that Glock? Get it fixed?

It took me so long to put it back together I just hung it in my cabinate. Havent had a chance since to do anymore with it but I am thinking it might need a new gear box. It wirrs but nothing comes out. But it does look good.

Spitfire666

an order was put in last friday as far as i know so give him a ring

padmundo

CrazyRabbit wrote:

Customs tag on the 17.5% for items that are bought from outside the EU. stuff bought in the UK would have VAT included in the price already.

I think....

I checked my old order from Un Company (by old mean two monthsish) and UPS delivered it. They technically picked up the tax tab for me, so at the door I paid them and the charges broke down like this... I paid 21% to the government and then ups charged me 21% vat on that 21% percent to the government as well as a 5 euro handling charge...

Seriously lame...

Mark_Sc

I was about to order the JG AUG from rsov which came to E75 with 2 mags but then noticed that the shipping was 65....
Does that seem like alot to anyone else?

kdouglas

that's probably about 5kg in weight, so shipping is probably about right...

it's pretty damn fast too, normally 5 working days to get from hong kong, that's not too bad, especially considering itll spend two days of that in ireland

Mark_Sc

hmm shipping on my hfc m92 was only 20 and that weighed about 2.5kg... 40 seemed about right to me.. ah well guess ill have to waitt another monthor two

whufee

got my new order today, from Uncom
but.....
but............
but.........................
fking 21% VAT on top of 500 bucks, 624.6euro in total ........

liamo333

Oh what did ya get?

kdouglas

cursed vat... seems to be no avoiding it these days

Mark_Sc

have many *that place where we can get clones* orders been stung?

kdouglas

sssssh!

not so far i think

o1s1n

Out of paranoia we should probably stop putting up any more VAT information. Well, information about stores which aren't being charged any.

The recent stings are more than likely down to a stricter customs office after it was moved. Still though, you never know. Probably better to err on the side of caution.

Mark_Sc

Get the orders in while its still cheap lads

Captain Chaos

Just wondering who much do Uncompany charge on shipping for and average 3kg AEG to here?

I'm not too worried with the ''after'' costs.

16airassualt

has the different shippihg costs on the website.an aeg should be aroubd 35-45$

Ample Free ...?

I.ve gotten 4 deliveries from UNcompany, 3 AEGs, each with some extras, and a package of mags and batteries, all 4 were in and about $110. Sorry but your going to have to pay for good service and good range of products:p
They're a great company though, at the moment I'm getting an upgraded M14 along with a bipod, when they were upgrading it they noticed I hadn't ordered the adaptor to attach the bipod to the AEG, they simply sent me an email with a quote and a link to the adaptor so it could be added to my order.
They're proffesional and considerate, a nice mix me thinks:D

Mark_Sc

Do any of the M4s on rsov have metal bodies?
or will i have to go for classic army?

liamo333

Mark_Sc wrote:

Do any of the M4s on rsov have metal bodies?
or will i have to go for classic army?

Im sure some of them do but you would be better off with CA anyway.

kdouglas

all the ones i can see on rsov are made by DBoys, paul has some of them at hrta which are plastic but he said that there is another version made by DBoys which is full metal...

CA arent necessarily the best from what i've heard, for the price you pay, apparently their quality control is not great, you could get one and nothing would be wrong, but you could also get a bad one which could cause alot of problems

Edit: just found one on rsov with a metal body here, not bad for £50

Irish Trinity

you do know they do the prices in euro ?

kdouglas

yea, i always forget to change it though, and it's not exactly hard to convert £ to €, just multiply by 1.5

Captain Chaos

Or if your lazy just use this site.

http://www.xe.com/ucc/


The CA M4 range are ment to be top notch AEGs now. Their QC has really improved over the last 2-3 years. Any site that I have seen that has reviewed them has always commented on the quality of the construction and how solid the CA AEGs are now.

ICS also do full metal M4s, I don't know how good they are though.

kdouglas

there was quite a good review of the DBoys m4 against the TM one in last months AI mag also, if your thinking of getting the dboys one.

Mark_Sc

Hmmm.... i need one with a rail, well i want one with a rail... maby im just too picky

Fallschirmjager

Ample Free ...? wrote:

I.ve gotten 4 deliveries from UNcompany, 3 AEGs, each with some extras, and a package of mags and batteries, all 4 were in and about $110. Sorry but your going to have to pay for good service and good range of products
They're a great company though, at the moment I'm getting an upgraded M14 along with a bipod, when they were upgrading it they noticed I hadn't ordered the adaptor to attach the bipod to the AEG, they simply sent me an email with a quote and a link to the adaptor so it could be added to my order.
They're proffesional and considerate, a nice mix me thinks:D

i totally agree.. when i had a problem, they were super helpful as well...and fast..great customer service...but they do :rolleyes: ship with the dreaded nazi customs org called UPS...i swear UPS must be full of failed customs officers...

:rolleyes:

padmundo

hmmm 3 point sling with it too...

How do you track one of Keiths packages after it is shipped out of hong kong. His tracking code only seems applicable on the hongkong website

http://app1.hongkongpost.com/CGI/mt/enquiry.jsp

After it's shipped you have to look up the local an post website.

kdouglas

padmundo wrote:

hmmm 3 point sling with it too...

How do you track one of Keiths packages after it is shipped out of hong kong. His tracking code only seems applicable on the hongkong website

http://app1.hongkongpost.com/CGI/mt/enquiry.jsp

After it's shipped you have to look up the local an post website.

????
answering your own question?

padmundo

sorry should have been clearer in my post, I'm still ropey after last nights session. The tracking no provided doesn't work on the track and trace option on the an post website. I was wondering had I missed something or is there a seperate area for incoming overseas deliveries.

liamo333

you can only track it with an post when it is in the coutry.

kdouglas

it only shows up on anpost once it's been processed, if it went out on the same flight as the stuff i ordered the other day, then the flight probably only landed friday evening, so it wont be processed until tomorrow morning, should show up on anpost by lunch tomorrow at the latest