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Experiences/advice with Airsoft retailers.

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    #1742
    Stercus Accidit
    Registered Users Posts: 8,758 ✭✭✭Stercus Accidit


    @puding

    m23 pioneer vest, and a bekas les bdu.

    I've always assumed they were very good, seeing as they are sponsors of red-alliance, I have heard some items are out of stock and hard to get though.


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    #1743
    Puding
    Registered Users Posts: 6,261 ✭✭✭Puding


    will have to give them a try then, waiting for a gorka e and gorka s along with a smersh set for the gathering :)


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    #1744
    weeder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,469 ✭✭✭weeder


    ebaybanned,
    how long do they usually take and does there stuff go near customs that much or at all?
    was a bit surprised when they said 2-5 working days for my stuff to arrive


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    #1745
    SniperSight
    Registered Users Posts: 1,295 ✭✭✭SniperSight


    This thread here:
    Ebaybanned delivery time

    should help you out.


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    #1746
    horgan_p
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 2,604 Mod ✭✭✭✭horgan_p


    ordered from flecktarn.co.uk on Thursday - gear arrived today.
    Superb service and the quality of gear is so far beyond ebaybanned.Really a great experience with flecktarn everytime.
    even the little touch like sending you a photo of your gear before is ships.


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    #1747
    Paddy Diver
    Closed Accounts Posts: 138 ✭✭Paddy Diver


    Morning all.

    Has anyone ordered of this crowd? Any good? Good/bad reports?

    http://www.cobraairsoft.com/


    All the best,

    Ian


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    #1748
    Stercus Accidit
    Registered Users Posts: 8,758 ✭✭✭Stercus Accidit


    I have before, they seem ok, make sure they know we aren't under the vcra here as they nearly painted my luger luminous snot green.

    Usually they will ask in e-mail though.

    Bar that they seem ok, decent stock.


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    #1749
    kdouglas
    Registered Users Posts: 6,414 ✭✭✭kdouglas


    Paddy Diver wrote: »
    Morning all.

    Has anyone ordered of this crowd? Any good? Good/bad reports?

    http://www.cobraairsoft.com/


    All the best,

    Ian

    Moved to retailer's thread.


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    #1750
    Paddy Diver
    Closed Accounts Posts: 138 ✭✭Paddy Diver


    kdouglas wrote: »
    Moved to retailer's thread.

    Thanks, sorry about the wrong section.


    Ian


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    #1751
    danielsa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭danielsa


    So I bought a rifle from hobby & gear that was sent by normal HK airmail post about 3 weeks ago.

    Excellent price on the rifle, about 85usd, although shipping was 55usd.

    I checked the tracking and noticed nothing happening so contacted the seller.

    Turns out item got stopped by hong kong post, the seller said that he would refund me the cost of the goods without shipping (even though it didn't go anywhere). So i am 30 euro+ out.

    Has anyone else had similar experiences and is this the SOP?


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    #1752
    zero19
    Registered Users Posts: 5,641 ✭✭✭zero19


    EMS Speedpost will no longer ship Airsoft devices to Ireland sadly, i now use TNT instead personally.


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    #1753
    Stercus Accidit
    Registered Users Posts: 8,758 ✭✭✭Stercus Accidit


    zero19 wrote: »
    EMS Speedpost will no longer ship Airsoft devices to Ireland sadly, i now use TNT instead personally.

    Hopefully that will change in time, some minor progress is being made, its a very slow process with a lot of red tape.


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    #1754
    danielsa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭danielsa


    Thanks for the reply zero19...

    I was aware of the EMS ban, unfortunatly did my research too late, after ordering the gun.

    I am more interested in the fact that the shipping is not refundable... i would assume if the gun didn't go anywhere the shipping fee would not be charged? $55 to sit in a post office for 3 weeks seems a lot, then again warehouse space is expensive!


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    #1755
    Stercus Accidit
    Registered Users Posts: 8,758 ✭✭✭Stercus Accidit


    How did you pay mate?

    If it was paypal, file a dispute, if it was a credit card, charge it back.

    The retailer should have known about the ems ban, many of them if not all of them were informed by ems a long time ago.

    What retailer was it also if I may ask?


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    #1756
    Shiva
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,401 ✭✭✭Shiva


    danielsa wrote: »
    Thanks for the reply zero19...

    I was aware of the EMS ban, unfortunatly did my research too late, after ordering the gun.

    I am more interested in the fact that the shipping is not refundable... i would assume if the gun didn't go anywhere the shipping fee would not be charged? $55 to sit in a post office for 3 weeks seems a lot, then again warehouse space is expensive!

    As Sam said, file a dispute. Its not your problem the item was returned to them.


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    #1757
    danielsa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭danielsa


    It was hobby & gear.

    http://www.hobbyngear.com/cubecart/

    The guy i am dealing with seems fair enough, correspondence is very good and quick and he is friendly.

    Would say if it wasn't for EMS, the transaction would have gone smooth and i would be recommending them now, rather than asking where i stand with regards to the refund!

    I did pay by paypal, but he offered me a $100 voucher for use on the site (meaning i would loose around $30), which i reckon i might just take and buy a scope and mags or something that isn't going to get stopped. Better than going through the joy of a paypal dispute.

    My initial post was more for a feel of where i stand with regards to not getting back the postage fee, not really about a bad experience with the retailer.

    On a more positive note, i used gunfire.pl for bbs and a few other things last week and they were very good, and free shipping as well. Might be best to keep it in Europe... does the same problems that are happening with Hong kong EMS apply to any other countries around europe as well (replica guns going through england i believe?).


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    #1758
    Stercus Accidit
    Registered Users Posts: 8,758 ✭✭✭Stercus Accidit


    Heathrow airport police and customs are turning away all "rif's" as they call them.

    Its an over zealous enforcement of a law not applicable to us imo, anything that goes into or through heathrow may have difficulty, but tnt and couriers avoid that stopover so can continue importing as normal.


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    #1759
    danielsa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭danielsa


    I wrote a strongly worded letter to the person (while still being civil) without a paypal dispute, and they refunded my full funds... so yay, a result!

    Have to say, he was a nice person to deal with and I would have been happy with the price i paid if not for the post problems.

    He was saying that the item was sent by hong kong post not EMS... Here i was thinking it was the same thing.


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    #1760
    CrazyRabbit
    Registered Users Posts: 8,659 ✭✭✭CrazyRabbit


    danielsa wrote: »
    He was saying that the item was sent by hong kong post not EMS... Here i was thinking it was the same thing.

    They are the same thing as far as I know.


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    #1761
    Puding
    Registered Users Posts: 6,261 ✭✭✭Puding


    2 different services but dealt with by the same deports and offices


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    #1762
    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Puding wrote: »
    2 different services but dealt with by the same deports and offices

    I understand it to be like an posts regular service and the "Speedpost" s. The problems with the UK stopovers apply to both so realistically they are the same.


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    #1763
    Puding
    Registered Users Posts: 6,261 ✭✭✭Puding


    about it, ems is a service run by most country post service, i received a parcel sent via ems from russia this morning


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    #1764
    lucozader
    Registered Users Posts: 588 ✭✭✭lucozader


    thank you a lot


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    #1765
    kdouglas
    Registered Users Posts: 6,414 ✭✭✭kdouglas


    lucozader wrote: »
    thank you a lot



    Moved to retailer thread.


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    #1766
    kinkstr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,542 ✭✭✭kinkstr


    What courier do Redwolf use? there only option is "express courier service".


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    #1767
    Beast ASI
    Registered Users Posts: 589 ✭✭✭Beast ASI


    They use a variety of couriers :

    EMS (Speedpost), FEDEX, DHL, UPS, and TNT.


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    #1768
    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Lads, how the hell do you apply the upgrade plans on gunner?


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    #1769
    Beast ASI
    Registered Users Posts: 589 ✭✭✭Beast ASI


    He only offers them with some gun via his webshop.

    Email him with what you want and he'll reply with a quote.


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    #1770
    kinkstr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,542 ✭✭✭kinkstr


    Beast ASI wrote: »
    They use a variety of couriers :

    EMS (Speedpost), FEDEX, DHL, UPS, and TNT.

    Gracias. Anyone got anything off them lately, just wondering incase they try sending it by EMS and it gets recalled.


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    #1771
    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Beast ASI wrote: »
    He only offers them with some gun via his webshop.

    Email him with what you want and he'll reply with a quote.

    Just afet doing that, thanks anyways.
    Probably be a while till I get a reply..


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