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Iain

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Originally posted by DeadMan
lets be honest

how many peopel would expect to buy a brand new gun, attach their air system, and away to go, shoot off some dry air through the gun?

in the manual provided by smart part, it states to turn your regulator down to a lower pressure, and then build up you pressure to approx. 140 (or what ever it is) OR if it crono's over 285 psi.
Lots of people will go buy a marker and expect it to work as they are normally advertised as 'best marker ever shoots straight out of the box' not please f**k around with this marker before you put air into it. Most companies would test the marker before it leaves the shop/factory.

Originally posted by DeadMan
with the ion, if you screw in your air or CO2, then quite honestly it is of your own fault that you did not read the manual properly. if you buy a car, would you drive it without learning howto?!!!?

Once you have learned to drive you don't read the manual every time you change your car do you? you get in turn the key and away you go.
 

JoseDominguez

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Agreed, If I pay for something that I'm going to put my trust in and pump high pressure gas through right next to my F@@@ing head, then frankly I'd expect it to have been at least pressurised and tested before it's given to me.

Driving a car? Yup you learn about that in driving lessons. But I'm fairly certain that the first thing most people do when in reciept of a new car is, yes, read the manual.



No, they turn the key and drive it.


Anyway, I'm just glad they don't make parachutes.
 

irons69

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come on leave smart parts alone thay charged you fair price for fixing the marker
you got charged labour time £25 and shipping £12
actual parts for the fixing were about £14 which were not coverd by the warranites and you should have taken all this up with the company you brought it off in the frist place
why start slaging a company off before all the details are known
and no i am not sponserd by smart parts or work for them
 

MrPink

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Originally posted by Mario
the fact it is, straight out of the box it didn't work. Therefore the entire thing should still be under warranty.
It's not "straight out of the box" tho is it?

Originally posted by size 6 feet

this markler had only been dried fired two -tree times before packing up completely at a tourney just as i was going to set it up to try and use (instead of my dm4 and ego).
and id spent money on a barrel kit ,grips,no rise and on/off so it was blinging.and it did but it still didnt work.
He has changed the grips on the marker and I as pointed out earlier

Originally posted by MrPink
If you've changed the grips on an Ion (esp. to Hybrid ones) and you don't take care, then when you screw the grips back on, the screws can hit the board/soleniod and cause all kinds of damage.

This is because the hybrid grips are thinner than the stock ones, and this sort of damage would not be covered under a warrenty because it was due to aftermarket parts.
I'll bet you a tenner that the gun stopped because the grips screws had dug into the board/solenoid causing the malfunction.
 

Mario

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tell you what pinki, if i actually read posts most of the time i wouldn't sound half as stupid would i? :rolleyes:

btw has glen told you about the DCF? im designing some tops i think you'll like :)
 

JoseDominguez

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I've had loads of planet stuff (including my original shocker) so obviously that comes rocking, an Eblade from DJ Matt and a timmy from Manike......... all obviously spot on. Whole squad bought speeds off the shelf......... problems with delivery (courier not WDP), got them the morning of the tourney............. rocking in 25 minutes :)
 

vantrepes

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Show me one other reg, even the lowest of quality that will spike to a level that will damage the gun when it is gassed up? I have never seen an AA reg, or Bob Long reg, or WGP, or WDP, or PMI, or hell, even the lowest of the low, the RG-1 reg spike to full input pressure when the tank is applied to it.
It's a known problem. Instead of fixing it with a better inline reg, or controlling the problem with a bleed valve like the Impulse, they left it as is.
Sorry, but I really wouldn't expect anything different from SP, since it fits right in with the other slime ball tactics, and shoddy designs they have produced in the past.