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JG Glock 18c, metal slide, markings etc..
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Ahh here, i go away for a few mins and all hell breaks loose in here!
hey kev, i think i might be a little taller than you too.,:p im 5'10 but since im wider and more muscular i think thats what gives people the impressionj im smaller than i am.,
Ps, and yes, dex is a vertically challenged warrior., 0 -
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TerrorFirmer wrote: »But seriously, check out the differences in stuff like this:
G608 - 160 on Eirsoft
G608-2 (with the 36K end) - 56 on RSOV.
Imagine buying, say, 20 in bulk for a business?
Equals = 3,200 euro versus 1,200.....
Shipping/customs would not be 2k!
*sigh* No offence, but we've been through it before here. It's not a straight math exercise, you are importing into the EU, and if you were doing it for a living, keeping stuff in stock, you'll be charging the higher prices. Most people eventually find that buying the stuff in Ireland is the better deal - shipping is pricey for large goods, import duty is inevitable (and includes the shipping price), AEGs tend to be unreliable out of the box and are running 'hot' (especially the cheap stuff) and if your stuff gets sent for testing...
And with your business calculation, you're ignoring the cost of running the business in Ireland as well as actually making a living from it. It all adds up. If you started you started importing in bulk as a charitable organisation, just for the hell of it, then I'm sure you'd still have to go through the circus of setting up as an importer, but I'll leave that for more knowledgeable people.Ahh here, i go away for a few mins and all hell breaks loose in here!
hey kev, i think i might be a little taller than you too.,:p im 5'10 but since im wider and more muscular i think thats what gives people the impressionj im smaller than i am.,
Ps, and yes, dex is a vertically challenged warrior.,
Yes, you are taller than me, and more 'muscular' but because you think small thoughts, people will always assume you're shorter than them... Hey, you'll be ok though because you've got Strider and Gandalf looking out for you!
Of course, that doesn't explain Motosam Gamgee.0 -
Yup saw that in the news thread, great find, I hope they clone other, less visually challenged pistols.
/cue ak's are ugly comments
Away from my babies, away!
An ak is like a piglet, do you hate, piglets?
Of course you don't. Lets hope for more JG gbb goodness in future.
Yeah, hope they do an M9...actually, I'm gonna spam them till they make a TMP:p
Oh, and sorry for the price mistake, musta misread Dex's post on IRC last night.0 -
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TerrorFirmer wrote: »But seriously, check out the differences in stuff like this:
G608 - 160 on Eirsoft
G608-2 (with the 36K end) - 56 on RSOV.
Imagine buying, say, 20 in bulk for a business?
Equals = 3,200 euro versus 1,200.....
Shipping/customs would not be 2k!
Actually, shipping would be in the region of about 1000 euro. Once you go over a certain weight and volume, it gets very very pricey.
Dont forget you'll also be importing a hot AEG, and if those nice chaps in blue uniforms find out, all that money you saved won't buy a very good defence barrister
Irish retailers pay to get their guns downgraded before they're shipped - that makes up a significant percentage of the cost. Plus there's that whole "I'm not a charity" thing I have going for myself - I quite like being able to feed my kids and buy my wife shoes - it keeps her sweet.
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Don't get me wrong I wasn't suggesting that we're being wildly ripped off here, I understand overheards are really expensive as well as having to pay downgrades, but I was just pointing out that I didn't mean on a single case basis - i.e you're not going to be running a store selling just one rifle. Say you ordered 20 of this, 20 of that, 20 of something else, times 20, and so on - provided you invest sufficient capital, the return will (well, ideally) be huge eventually, given the sheer amount. even the tiniest of returns adds up significantly in bulk....I did not mean you'd be saving 2k on a single shipment of G36's, I meant you'd save a little bit and in tandem with a sucessful store with a very large sale line, it all adds up to $$$ in the end.
Not that it's a secret or anything, obviously that's how shops make their money! Not like anyone thought the rifles were bought at that price.....and it's not as if that applies to only Airsoft...sure it's the same thing for literally every avenue from retail obviously. If the importing was as easy as I made it out to be sure every shop in the country would be out of business, but it's still interesting to see prices from abroad. Just interesting, is all - I was more wondering about it from the angle of a 'job on the side' perspective rather then a retailer to be honest. IE it'd be very easy to turn a profit, privately importing small bulks of rifles. Wouldn't even necessarily have to be proper AEG's, cheap springers are very popular as well and ultra cheap to import. I don't think i'd try my hand at it in the airsoft game somehow but I used to make very good money doing something similar whilst working my 'normal' job before.0 -
Ah ha!
He runs his airsoft business with only himself in mind, screw the customers, its what YOU "like" that is important.
Now replace "like" with "love", and it gets worse.
Then replace "feed my kids" with "roll around in a pool of 50€ notes and laugh maniacally" and we get a different impression of our beloved retailers don't we.
I think we've all learned something today, all it takes is reading between the lines... and wild speculation to see a more sinister side to this apparently friendly sport.
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kevteljeur wrote: »LOL! I wish someone had advised Shiva about this strategy before he got into this, he'd be loaded by now...
Obviously as was already pointed out he's a business not a charity, sure how else would be make a living - but I really meant it from a private point of view, not a retailer! But as a poor student I don't have the cash to attempt such a lavish side project, my measly part time job will have to suffice
Anyway back on topic what are these JG glock's like, are they good quality across the board? Maybe I will get one, and there's a few other things on that site I'd like as well so...0 -
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TerrorFirmer wrote: »Obviously as was already pointed out he's a business not a charity, sure how else would be make a living - but I really meant it from a private point of view, not a retailer! But as a poor student I don't have the cash to attempt such a lavish side project, my measly part time job will have to suffice
Anyway back on topic what are these JG glock's like, are they good quality across the board? Maybe I will get one, and there's a few other things on that site I'd like as well so...
i re-iterate my offer0 -
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Ok, just ordered. 2 JG 18c's on the way, as well as some springers I couldn't resist. (cyma type 95, ak47 shell eject, 47 spetznaz shell eject) Probably not the best idea for tax and charges and all that, but they were only 12 euro each, and you'd easily pay double that or more per rifle closer to home. I love springers....for some strange reason. 0
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