AEG, €100ish, cheap shipping

Shigsy

Ok, i want an AEG rifle (Ak-47 or M4 would be nice), as close to the 1 joule limit as possible (so in the 280fps - 330fps range), and for around the 100 euro mark. I found a metal AK-47 which was 280fps for $85 and an AR-15 for $99 on speedytoys but shipping is about $70 to Ireland (they ship from the US).
So please, can anyone recommend a site that is not going to rip off Irish customers?

moneyman

Shigsy wrote:

Ok, i want an AEG rifle (Ak-47 or M4 would be nice), as close to the 1 joule limit as possible (so in the 280fps - 330fps range), and for around the 100 euro mark. I found a metal AK-47 which was 280fps for $85 and an AR-15 for $99 but shipping is about $70 to Ireland (they ship from the US).
So please, can anyone recommend a site that is not going to rip off Irish customers?

Speedytoys.com are good. Have OK shipping (I think $23 even though it says $32.). Now check out my thread and help me out

Its called "Question about Tokyo Marui Glock"

Shigsy

The 2 guns i mentioned above were on speedytoys. Where did u get that shipping rate of $23 from, considering speedytoys says that international shipping is a "minimum of $35"...

moneyman

I clicked "buy" and continued to checkout and shipping is $23. That's all I know. Hope I helped. Try it yourself, maybe I'm wrong.

Shigsy

you must have been buying a single pistol or something! I just tried again with one Ak-47 and shipping was $53. And it doesnt get cheap with 3 guns either... i tried two AR-15's and an AK-47 and to ship the 3 together still costs about $150 for shipping alone!!!
There must be cheaper sites for shipping... someone!!!

moneyman

Shigsy wrote:

you must have been buying a single pistol or something! I just tried again with one Ak-47 and shipping was $53. And it doesnt get cheap with 3 guns either... i tried two AR-15's and an AK-47 and to ship the 3 together still costs about $150 for shipping alone!!!
There must be cheaper sites for shipping... someone!!!

I just bought a UTG MP5 AEG (shipping was $23.) but I'm after realising we have a 220 voltage and the Americans have something else, so the gun probably won't charge in our plugs . Anyone know if this is right, or what I should do? I'll start a thread about it now.


EDIT: Got a receipt from them and it turns out they charged me $143. Is there anything I can do? In the checkout it clearly stated the total as $83. I can't believe they did this. On top of that I don't think I'll even be able to charge the gun as Ireland and America has different voltages.

kdouglas

are you sure the $83 wasnt for shipping only? I was looking at getting an mp5 there the other day and the shipping alone was $83-odd.

You can get a voltage adaptor to use an american charger over here afaik

B00MSTICK

moneyman wrote:

I just bought a UTG MP5 AEG (shipping was $23.) but I'm after realising we have a 220 voltage and the Americans have something else, so the gun probably won't charge in our plugs

Im sure an €5 adapter will do. Use one for my airsoft batt. charger. You might ask them to make sure though.
Email them and see about the shipping charge.
I assume you paid with a CC so if they wont refund you, you can ring Visa/Mastercard/whatever and get your funds back that way.

Shigsy

Once the credit card has been accepted, and the payment has been charged to the card, you have no way of getting that money back, or of blocking/cancelling the payment.

moneyman

Shigsy wrote:

Once the credit card has been accepted, and the payment has been charged to the card, you have no way of getting that money back, or of blocking/cancelling the payment.

what if they give me a refund? I asked them for one last night, they haven't e-mailed back. Do you think they will? I said it was ordered without my permission.

Harekin

They'll probably tell you to keep your credit card details private to cover themselves. They have probably shipped it already hence they wont give you a refund.

Shigsy

yeah, i wouldnt hold out much hope in getting a refund. You still have a small chance of getting a 'store credit' kinda thing, but as Harekin said, if its already shipped then your screwed.

moneyman

store credit is kinda useless to me as I'll still have to pay a bomb for shipping. The reason I oredered this 2nd hand gun was becuase I though it would be cheaper because I'm only starting out, but if I knew it was this much, I could have got a better (and new) gun for even less. $83 for shipping is stupid, some of that is going to there pockets.
If they don't give me a refund, does anyone know what adaptor to get (is there a specific one?) and around how much they'll cost?

Shigsy

im pretty sure you'll pick up a voltage adapter in peats or maplin or something, maybe €5ish?

moneyman

Shigsy wrote:

yeah, i wouldnt hold out much hope in getting a refund. You still have a small chance of getting a 'store credit' kinda thing, but as Harekin said, if its already shipped then your screwed.

Good news, they cancelled my order and gave me a full refund. Now I'm looking for a full auto gun (AEG) with a good deal on shipping. Won't spend more than 100e. Recommendations of guns and sites will be helpful. Thanks.

Harekin

Chances of getting something including shipping, etc of decent quality is unlikely to say the least.

Skatedude

i dont really see anything decent for that price range, the rule kinda seems that the shops that do good deals on shipping tend to be more expensive ,

Shigsy

apparently the german ebay (.de) tend to ship Airsoft guns to anywhere in europe, and shipping is usually a fair price. Problem is, i cant find any Airsoft guns on ebay.de that i want :rolleyes:

whupass

http://stores.ebay.com/eHobby-Asia-Airsoft-Supplier_W0QQssPageNameZstrkQ3amefsQ3amesstQQtZkm

don't worry they ship here even when it says only america they will ship to ireland