Warning!!!please Read!!!

[norm]

First off, this is no fiction story, I wish it were, but it isn’t. Our team has been practicing for about 4 months and has about 8 more before we’re going to jump into the NPPL circuit next year. We’ve been practicing all over Texas and this past weekend we were going to practice in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico at one of there local fields. Our concerns were of having our markers taken by the local bridge officials but we were assured by many that they have been crossing their equipment for years and had no problems. Mexico’s laws say nothing about pneumatic markers or compressed air cylinders crossing into their country; however there laws severely punish those who take in ammunition a but we had none of that. So, the four of us pilled all our gear and ourselves into my teammates truck and went on out. Well, when crossing into that side there is a light that is either red or green and this determines if your vehicle gets searched or not, well we got the red and we got searched. All of our gear was on the tables; one angel, one intimidator, two free-flow cockers, 4- 68c.u. 4500psi conquest air systems, 2 x-boarded rev’s, 2 halos, four drop forwards-2 by shocktech and 2 by KAPP, and our harnesses, masks, squeegees and jerseys. And what happens next hurt us the most…when they said they were taking EVERYTHING!!!! It all came crashing down from there. Our dreams of hitting NPPL a.m. A, our investments, our hearts; the team I play for, The Trojans, we love the sport and all we talk about is our sport, it’s in our hearts and souls, and our keys to heaven were just taken away. We tried to argue to get our stuff back but they threatened to throw us in jail and take our truck. The authorities even made us carry our markers and put them in a bin where they were to stay; they were nice enough to let us keep out jerseys and harnesses. While we were walking to our truck they were laughing at us and picking up and playing with our stuff. Now, I’m not sure if your familiar with the law enforcement of Mexico, but anyone who lives in a border town like we do knows how corrupted they are; our guess was that they are going to give our markers to their kids or keep for themselves. So my advice to all of you is to not go into Mexico no matter what anyone says, our dreams were taken away but yours don’t have to be.
Keep the paint flying
Norm
Team Trojans front man

 

[Philip]

Man that sucks!

-Philip

 

[SPARKLIE CHICK]

God thats awful

is there nothing you can do?

I suppose not at the time who wants to land up in a flea pit jail.

Sorry I am just speachless

 

[TheRo0sTer]

Dude are you F#$&ing serious? They took your Gear and laughed at you on the way out! Man them SOB's need to be shot! You should have went to the Embassy in Mexico and had them look into the matter. You guys lost thousands of $$$ of gear. Please tell me you aren't taking the piss out of our Board members.

 

[norm]

no bull****...

i wish i were craping on you but it happened...since 9/11 there have been millitary on this side and we did go to speak to U.S. officialls and they said they were sorry...we were screwed.
norm

 

[Billteamdirt]

i too am speachless that's that's..... words fail me....

contacting the boarder patrol and the embassy would be a very good idea....

 

[cjohns]

no bull****...

Originally posted by norm
i wish i were craping on you but it happened...since 9/11 there have been millitary on this side and we did go to speak to U.S. officialls and they said they were sorry...we were screwed.
norm

I am pretty sure that U.S. customs officials along with the Mexican Embassy can do something about that. They should have just turned you away and not confiscated your gear if they didn't want it in their country. Contact your local Senator or House member. Do all the research you can on the matter and don't give up. Maybe they can track the serial numbers down or something. That just sucks ass bro. I hope you can do something about it Makes me wish myself and Rooster could have been doing a military patrol there. Don't know what we could have done, but we would have tried something.

 

[norm]

Well i wish that a senetor or some government offficial could help us but they can't. Due to it being in a whole other country, they havve the same power you or i do. As for the border patrol, they are nobodies in mexico, think about it, mexico hates the border patrol cause they keep sending back the mexicans that want to get out, usually they're criminals or just dead beats. like i said we've tried to get our stuff back, from neumerous sources on this side and there side, we're ****ed. I hate to sound aggressive or offencive but you have to understand what happend to us REALLY pissed us off and it took a huge chunk of us away.
norm

 

[permboy]

Another thing i have wondered about is... is there any paintball specific insurers out there? Not just for things like this but for theft,fire act's of god and so on and so forth. I asked my padre and he said that it probably would come under house insurance if it was a cheap gun but anything over the 500 mark and your screwed.

just a thought for those insurers out there.

also norm to your team my condolonces mate that really sucks ass

 

[John Molloy]

Thats outright theft way out of order and totally unnecessery
The question is how are you guys gunna bounce back? thousands of dollars of gear gone are you going to spend thousands more? or pull your horns in and get 2nd hand to start with?

once again bro i feel for ya on this.