Experiences/advice with Airsoft retailers.

Feel sorry for you Alan, that tracer you returned was sitting on the counter in the shop for weeks without anything happening.

AlanLangford wrote: »

I purchased a Tracer unite from this so called Airsoft retailer around mid june and i was using it at a night game in july and it started acting up after 15 minets. So i asked them for a placement due to the fact it was faulty and they said no bother .... 1 month later still nothing so i asked again and still nothing so 2 weeks after that i asked for a refund ..... Its now September and still No replacement or refund !!! I am realy disapointed in there shops customer support and its understanding of the law .... DO NOT BUY FROM HERE SIMPLE AS !! Thank you for taking your time to read this post and i hope you learn from my mastakes

i think that this need to be answered and im not looking for an argument or anything like what happened on face book a few weeks ago but i think that people need to be told the whole story alan has not told the whole story here we had ordered in the tracer unit for him it was 109 euro we gave it to him for 99 euro given that he had also ordered a gun that we got in for him at a very good price after a week alan brought the tracer unit back saying it was not working we did not at all question we just siad we would order another one for him unfortunatly the tracers where out of stock with our supplier so we asked alan what he wanted to do we offered him a credit note or to get a g&g one in a few weeks he told me he would wait a few weeks for a g&g one in the next 3 weeks we had to close the shop in waterford sadly i might add and alan sent me a fb message which i still have complaining that he would not be able to get to enniscorthy to collect his tracer and could he get two thunder b's for it instead i said yes that would be no problem those thunder b's and 10 shells are to this day still sitting in the shop in enniscorthy awaiting collection by alan the phone number of our shop in enniscorthy is on a sign in the window of the shop in waterford i had defriended alan on face book so alan has not been able to contact me nor have i been able to contact him. i hope that some people will not use this answer as an excuse to attack me personally and i would ask anyone in waterford that feels they are not getting what they are entiteled to to call the shop in enniscorthy and if myself or jimmy is not there to leave a message and please keep in mind that we may take a few days to get back to you but we will deal with everyone and we want to help anyone out that we can we have already made two trips to waterford to drop off repairs and orders and are making another one tomorrow but we wil only do that for people who treat us with a little respect. we at the airsoft centre go out of our way to look after our customers and we are very awear of our responsibilities as retailers in the law and we would never do anything to go against that i do not believe that we have acted in any way against anyones consumer rights and alan has been offered way more that his rights so i do not know why he saw fit to put up this post alan is of course entitled to his own personal opinion and i would not for one moment question that but i do belive alan that you have made a mistake in putting up your post and not including all the true facts it shows poor jugdment on your behalf

one thing that i should add here is that we have since sent the tracer back to our supplier to be tested and it was found to have moister damage we are still however going to honor the agreemant that we made with alan even though alan did not return the unit in it packaging as is required for us to return it to our suppliers

TommyKnocker wrote: »

Have you clarified it with them or reported them to the IAA and/or the Gardai ? because if that statement is correct, then they are selling "Firearms" which require a licence to own.

Yeah, I e-mailed the IAA and left it at that.

After my recent experience I can't recommend these guys. I ordered a JG Steyr Aug on August 13th. It was listed as low stock, turned out to be no stock, which led to a two week delivery delay. Unpacked it two days after I received it, fired a few BBs, loved it. Was putting it away when a screw came out. Turned out to be the barrell release screw and the threading on the part it screws in to was all stripped, metal debris fell out.

I contacted Airsoft Kings and initially we both agreed that the easiest solution, as he had no more Augs in stock, was for them to replace the damaged part for me. No prob I thought. Three weeks further on there was no confirmation that they could supply the part. Two requests to replace the Aug or issue a refund went unanswered. It was only after I told them I had made contact with the National Consumer Agency that things have moved forward. The Aug has been returned and when it is received I should hopefully receive a full refund with no further hassle. Hopefully

This might be a one-off occurrence on their behalf but to my mind any retailer should be able to fully support a product they are selling. The problem is their prices are good, very good, the same Aug would have cost me €40 more elsewhere It appears the Aug wasn't checked out thoroughly before it was sent on to me.

just to say i just had another great delivery from ehobby (that makes 4 now), set of pmags and a 7mm bearing set ordered last tuesday eve got today, and that was there slow shipping option... also got to say mmmmmmmmmm, magpul......:D:D:D:D:D:D

Massive +1 to Hobbyking - ordered an Imax B6 from them last Friday and it arrived just there. 10/10!

Hey Bullets,

From various emails I sent back and forth with Tony it seems he is in the process of shutting down Eirsoft. The walk in store is gone as is the facebook page. Tony mentioned to me he has orders to fill and then he is done.

Like many others I've had trouble finding subdued Irish flag patches but I did find a company in Texas that had Multicam Irish Flag patches for sale so I ordered some to see what they were like. It seems to be a relatively small operation so it took a little while for the patches to be made (they're not a huge seller so are made to order) but I am very impressed with the end result.

http://www.camotech.com/International.htm

The colours of the actual patch are far nicer than the picture on the webpage with the green being much greener and the orange far more orange without either being too vivid, both sections are completely stitched rather than just being a piece of cloth sewn in. The Multicam section is ripstop in genuine Crye cloth. The patches are approximately 2" x 3". They worked out at $7 each with velcro backing, shipping was $14.

If you're looking for subdued Irish flag patches I would definitely recommend Camotech. They do patches in other patterns as well so if you wanted a MARPAT/Digital Woodland, Desert MARPAT/Digital Desert, UCP or other pattern to match your loadout they may well be able to make them for you/your team.

It was $14 to ship the entire order, 6 patches @ 7$ea. = 42 + $14 shipping = 56. As I ordered 6 that makes it just over $9 per patch, ordering more should bring the unit cost down.

I contacted them by email via the website, I dealt with a very helpful lady called Linda the whole time (she is probably the whole company). Because the Irish patches are made to order you tell them how many you want, they make them, they then send you the PayPal invoice for the total.

Thanks for that. I only want 2 so I will have to check on shipping. And I may wait until I am back in Ireland to order. The Austrian customs are like hawks for anything over their €25 import limit.

Looking to get a good lipo/Nimh charger/discharger to charge my 11.1v 1600m 20c lipo and 9.6 1600m. Any recommendations wer to get one i.e. reliable brands/models ??

unclebens wrote: »

Looking to get a good lipo/Nimh charger/discharger to charge my 11.1v 1600m 20c lipo and 9.6 1600m. Any recommendations wer to get one i.e. reliable brands/models ??

yeah the imax b6 is top notch. Got mine from hobby king.
Just make sure if you get one its the real one and not a clone. Will have a scratch away panel on base with cerial number and a certificate in the box