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simonmx23

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I have been reading this months painball games international. Reporting that due to the credit crunck in the usa painball is in a big decline. Does any 1 think this will be a knock on effect in europe and or the uk?????
 

Bon

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All good and well but what is your thought true or false

True for punters, not realy for hardcore ballers. The credit crunch is already having effects on other luxurys in the UK, and paintball for punters is one of them, so less people going for a good day out will be one of them realy as a days punt is expensive!

For the hardcore ballers, theyll make ends meet to play and get their fix.
 

Niall W

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Dec 13, 2007
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True. but less punters means less money to sites, which means many can't afford to stay afloat. This is obviously bad for 'hardcore ballers' as well as new players alike - which you have to remember is probably one of the main incomes for sites and buninesses especially paint - which will cause paint and other merchandise price to go up. Also, you need to think that the punters are the future paintball players, it's how 99% of us started balling.

So even if it does just affect punters, the effect will evetually trickle down to the serious / tournament ballers.
 

simonmx23

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Jun 23, 2008
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Like you said i am just getting into paintball torni from doing it at rec level but at the mo in 2 minds as dont want to fork out money to have no place or no teams to play with
 

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Doing men things to men in the woods atm
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the credit crunch has hit me indirectly through ebay items i would have got £10 each for now go for £2 so going to mothball the lot of it for a while on most things i sell

but on the plus side lots of bargins to be had