How much would you pay for an o-ring kit?

[WildWayz]

Hi guys

I am just seeing if it is advisable to put together O-ring kits for markers, and wanted to gauge just how much you would pay for an O-ring kit from the UK... so how much for:

1 x Rebuild
3 x Rebuild
5 x Rebuild (with box)

An LV1 has the following O-Rings:

Size Dura Quantity
004 70 1
005 90 1
006 70 1
007 70 4
008 70 2
010 70 3
011 70 2
012 70 1
013 70 5
014 70 1
015 90 1
016 70 2
017 70 2
14x2 70 2
18x2 70 1
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Obviously, some markers have some funky oring sizes ie non standard ones, so those orings cost more to buy..

Sooooo - how much would you be willing to pay to have the above shipped from the UK?

James

 

[Gadget]

If you could source the correct o-rings for the Axe & eNMEy I'd certainly be interested. Buna in 70/90 duro seem fairly common but I've not found an easy online source for urethane o-rings.

As for price I'd certainly pay £5-8 for a single kit, £10-15 for a 3x and £15-20 for a 5x.

 

[WildWayz]

That's pretty much the range I was looking at price-wise.
Obviously, i'll try to get the correct duro too - some of the PE markers use HNBR instead of NBR too. As for Polyurethane - hmmmm not looked at them.
I've gone through all the PE markers (well... LV1, EGO11/10/9/8, GEO 3/2.1/2/1, Etha and Etek 4/3/2/1) and to buy in 100 of each oring they would use, would cost me approx £250...
And that is just PE.
If I then looked at MacDev, Vanguard, Bob Long - who have really obscure ones which cost 3 times more than the normal ones, it ends up costing a lot to set up :/

So at this stage, I am just working out the numbers and see if there is a demand here for it. I am not looking to make it a proper business - just make enough to keep things ticking over and put back a bit into paintball funds.

 

[Garideon]

I like oring kits so I would be interested in buying a big kit. Have a look at polyurethane and also Viton orings. Research tells me they take longer to wear in than standard bunas but last a lot longer.


Have a read through this if you haven't already. If you do proper fitted kits like shootnpoo you might earn a little extra to http://www.pbnation.com/showthread.php?t=3860264&highlight=viton+clone+oring

 

[WildWayz]

Actually, Viton are only a few pence more...

TBH - was looking at the figures, and cost price for the LV1 for example, is £12.65 for a 5x Oring kit. A box is 99p - so £13.64. If I charged £20, it would be £6.36 profit... then postage.. packing...
I don't think it would be feasible

 

[CraigofScotland]

charge for p&p.

Source your orings for cheaper.




And anyway . .£6 profit for shoving some rings in a box is good money. Your almost an minimum wage for an hour . .but it took you 30 seconds once the stock is in.

 

[WildWayz]

I've looked around for o-rings. Polymax seem the cheapest...

 

[sturt]

i have a euros se and i cant seem to fid a o-ring kit for it anywhere

 

[john cook]

would you be putting o ring kits for different markers?

 

[M4rkm93]

Well BZpaintball charge £10 for a x5 rebuild o-ring kit for a DM series. So you could use that as a price point?
Obviously the number or o-rings markers use varies a lot depending on the marker.