I agree wih everything here, and the way some teams behave towards their own sponsors is appaling
we are sponsored by well known company (avoiding the free plug for sake of making my point null) and while there isnt any kind of formal arrangement it is understood that both sponsor and team have a duty to each other, we dont get free stuff and nor should we. paintball is a business aswell as a sport and I wish more people respected the dealers, manafacturers and those who put the effort into the sport.
on balance with that, I think there is room for some of the companies and manafacturers to respect their customers, i take for example and without naming names of which company. ordering paint, agreeing a price, sorting that price with the team and then suddenly finding that ive been screwed for 50quid postage and now have to go to the guys and say.."hey remember how i said paint was X per box to us...well now its X plus a fiver per box.."
then as a massive kick in the teeth, phoning the delivery company to find out what the price of delivery was..as its far higher than ever before..being told we only charged 25 quid for that delivery and finding out that the dealer has proffed the rest...
needless to say, i do not buy from x dealer now, do not reccomend his paint, his nd or hers products or anything else for that matter.
also bear in mind that I had been a good customer up until that point and used their services on a exceptionally regular basis
