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RainbowShooter

RainbowShooter

Drop the gun, fat boy.
Oct 12, 2006
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I love paintball said:
No I don't want to supply myself with just cheap kit. I can do that buy buying off American site's.
I love playing paintball and is very much unappreciated over here in the Uk as in America and other places, I want to start up a shop that people can come to and get good FRIENDLY ADVISE and help, without having to feel like one of the outsiders that don't play everyday like. Paintballer's are like skateboarder they have their own little community and if you dont look or talk the part they don't want you in. AND THAT'S HOW MOST OF THE PAINT BALLING SHOPs TREAT NEWCOMERS or people they don't know.
I deal with some guys already but they all seem to just keep it all for them self which is understandable at the end of the day as they don't somebody new coming in and taking sales away from them Which i don't want to do
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What shops do you go to?
 
Aza0193

Aza0193

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i know someone who has plans to open a shop, and now only needs the money. but, each manufacturer wants £2000 to stock you up initially (not including markers or masks)

edit:also if you make it online you could rent 2 units make 1/2 into a shop and have your main bit online.
 
onasilverbike

onasilverbike

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Jan 21, 2006
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I love paintball said:
I'm looking to start up on my own, sick of working for idiots

Does any one know where I can get paintball stuff at trade.

thanks
Da Vinci
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Did any of you actually read the post before you went off on one about running a Sup'Air site?? Looks to me as if the guy is asking where he can get stuff to start up his own business. It doesn't say if that's a physical or online retail outfit or a woodsball or a Sup'Air site now does it.

Cusack said:
doubt it, even a well provisioned, advertised supair site would struggle to turn over more than £30,000 a year where woodsball sites bring in that much per day.
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Anybody out there ever heard of a little company called Delta Force, some of the sites on a busy day have an impressive turnover.

aza001400 said:
i know someone who has plans to open a shop, and now only needs the money. but, each manufacturer wants £2000 to stock you up initially (not including markers or masks)

edit:also if you make it online you could rent 2 units make 1/2 into a shop and have your main bit online.
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Why 2 units? For an online shop you could run it from a pc and keep the stock in tha garage or spare room, lots of people do, as for retail, do you actually think that rent is the only issue? As for you mate, don't you think he should have looked at raising capital before he decided to go into business?
 
Millennium Man

Millennium Man

Manchester Outlawz
Jun 18, 2007
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Well i would say have about 30k spare and expect not to make a profit. Unless you have recreational days at the site where you can make some decent money on paint. If your looking at a tarining site for the pro and semi pro players then just look at making a turn over. And the little you make you can then put it back into the site for expansion or just maintenance.
I had 2 rec sites for 3 years and they make serious money but i think the uk needs something a bit different from the rest to really get the people in.
 
Luke W

Luke W

The Firm
Oct 7, 2006
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Salford
I love paintball said:
No I don't want to supply myself with just cheap kit. I can do that buy buying off American site's.
I love playing paintball and is very much unappreciated over here in the Uk as in America and other places, I want to start up a shop that people can come to and get good FRIENDLY ADVISE and help, without having to feel like one of the outsiders that don't play everyday like. Paintballer's are like skateboarder they have their own little community and if you dont look or talk the part they don't want you in. AND THAT'S HOW MOST OF THE PAINT BALLING SHOPs TREAT NEWCOMERS or people they don't know.
I deal with some guys already but they all seem to just keep it all for them self which is understandable at the end of the day as they don't somebody new coming in and taking sales away from them Which i don't want to do
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I'm sorry mate, but that's complete bullsh!t, if the guys in Planet weren't so nice and helpful 14 months ago, I doubt I'd be paintballing now. Don't know what shops you've been in where you've been treated like that, but Planet staff definitely don't treat people that "don't look or talk the part" in a way to stop them from benefiting from their experience.
 
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I love paintball

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Sorry again mate but it ain't Bullsh!t the first time I went in was on a Saturday and the Guy who served me to but it blunt Looked at me as if he had just Scrapped me of his shoe, very arrogant, ignorant and well just not helpfull at all and he really put me off going to the shop again,
HOWEVER I have been since and they guy who serve me this time had "ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD FOR ME" Very nice experience this time.
Thanks for all the advise guys.
 
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