Paint Prices

[Herb]

i also agree that paintball distributers have to make money but in my opinion by making the paint cheaper you are going to have tournament players and teams playing more tournaments and training more.

With paint costing what it does at the moment it is so hard for teams to get better and better because so many people just cannot afford to play every weekend. And in order to become one of the best teams in the country you really do need to be playing every weekend

 

[Gurney]

I think the price of paint costs some people out of the tourny scene, I mean to get sponsorship you need to be recognised and get a reputation, to get a recognised and have a rep you need to put yourself out there and play tournys

If you say the average box of chronic/blaze etc it`s £40, if a team use 12 - 14 boxes @ a 7 man tourney, you`re looking @ a paint bill of £500 ish thats £70 per player, on top of the average entrance fee of say £50. Your talking of £120 ish before you talk about accomadation or food

 

[Ben Frain]

I have to admit, it's the only thing that stops me playing every week (well, that and my better half )! But then, whether you view the prices as right/wrong really depends on how much profit the paint manufacturers make, and how, morally you view that. IMHO, ultimately something is worth what you are prepared to pay for it, even if it is only once every couple of months at present!

By the way Gurney, really like that site of yours (teamapoc)

 

[Buddha 3]

Profit margins on paint are actually quite low compared to 99% of other industries.

 

[RON]

QUOTE]Originally posted by Paul_collier
One things for sure, if I had to pay that much for paint I couldn't play half the amount I do!

Paul.




.... of course I still would play as much lol, I might have to sell my house and llive in a tent though [/QUOTE]

so u are paying a lot less that £40 a box hmmmm like a belive that. The fact is 90% of paint sales world wide are diablo (its actually a lot more more than that) if u are paying a lot less then £40 a box the paint company is either about to go under or u are firing really sh!t paint. why is diablo the biggest and not zap ? becuase diablo have all the paintball sites they sell to big site supliers. teams account for very little buisness

paintball sites should get the best price if they are buying 3-30 million a year not 10-20 boxs a month.

teams are lots of hassel they moan they trash everywhere and it really piss me off when teams talk on site in front of rental customers about what they pay for paint. what can you say to a customer after some nobody has just said well i get it for 1/3 of the price you are buying for.

there is no incentive to sponcer more than the top 2-3 teams in most countries (america being an exception). as what do the paint compainies get from it. what can a team hournestly give back to cover the cost of the free paint they get. you would be better investing the cost of the paint in keeping your sites happy as a few big sites are more than the total sales to teams in the uk, all the diablo sponcered teams have site owners concidence ?

bully is right as per usual (so get your membership renewed)

the fact is people shoot to much paint at tournys if they spent an hour each trainning session practicing there shooting it would reduce there paint bill and they would get far more from a tourny

 

[Collier]

Originally posted by RON
QUOTE]Originally posted by Paul_collier
One things for sure, if I had to pay that much for paint I couldn't play half the amount I do!

Paul.




.... of course I still would play as much lol, I might have to sell my house and llive in a tent though

so u are paying a lot less that £40 a box hmmmm like a belive that. The fact is 90% of paint sales world wide are diablo (its actually a lot more more than that) if u are paying a lot less then £40 a box the paint company is either about to go under or u are firing really sh!t paint. [/QUOTE]


Ron, as you should of seen by my sig we're sponsered by Nelson, the paint we use is Anarchy, hardly substandard quality, and I don't think Nelson are about to go under!!

I suggest you gather some facts before spouting crap!

Paul.

 

[Neddyboy]

If i go on a walkon i pay £40 for diablo paint, if go on a normal punter day, the sites i've been to charge anything from £100 - 125 a box (one rip off) I dont go to those anymore. Sometimes the paint is a brand make and know one site who sell paint for £100+ and the paint is seconds provided in little plastic bags and are such poor quality.

 

[RON]

so they give u free paint even if u dont buy any

what team do u play for then ?

 

[Kevin]

the fact is people shoot to much paint at tournys if they spent an hour each trainning session practicing there shooting it would reduce there paint bill and they would get far more from a tourny

Actually the fact is that to do well in tournaments you have to throw a lot of paint and dominate the field, why do you think back guys carry so much paint, name one good team that doesn't lay the paint down.

 

[Collier]

Originally posted by RON
so they give u free paint even if u dont buy any

Are you talking to me??

Where did I say it was free? How on earth did you draw that conclusion from what I've written here?? Can I have some beer as well please?

Originally posted by RON

what team do u play for then ?

...again look at my sig.. DYEHARD

Paul.