The "is this online store legit?" thread

ballin v6 · 03-04-2011, 11:35 AM

how have your experiences been with ans?

Blastman56 · 03-04-2011, 09:05 PM

Ans shipping is slow as balls, oredered a G6r pressure tester monday night, which was supposedly instock. Got an email thats its being shipped out today. Un-impressed

916baller · 03-12-2011, 03:15 PM

ans +1
pbgateway +1
dorosports +1

YeloSno · 03-14-2011, 06:04 PM

minus one for ansgear.com

bought 3 items at 3 different times and they failed to ship (gave them a total of 8 months) the items.

on the upside, I bought over $1500 worth of stuff and the $1400ish of stuff that I bought made it through without a hitch and came as soon as 3 days later.

but the last bit really makes me discount them from being one of my dealers. idk what's going on, but the past year, they've seriously dropped the ball and started acting like AT&T.

YeloSno · 03-14-2011, 06:07 PM

oh yeah, and -1 for paintball-online.
bought a BRAND NEW Crossfire 68/45 from them... it was damaged, not in its original packaging, used, 2 years old, and they would accept returns OR refunds on it!
thank god it was on sale for $100, but jeezy balls. really?

Bloodymurder · 03-14-2011, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by YeloSno

oh yeah, and -1 for paintball-online.
bought a BRAND NEW Crossfire 68/45 from them... it was damaged, not in its original packaging, used, 2 years old, and they would accept returns OR refunds on it!
thank god it was on sale for $100, but jeezy balls. really?

If this is true, file for a chargeback on the credit card or a dispute with paypal or a claim with the BBB.

Bloodymurder · 03-14-2011, 06:42 PM

+1 for compulsive. Bought a crossfire stealth reg with no problems at all, and Compulsive is always fast with their shipping.

Vinn1023 · 03-14-2011, 06:44 PM

paintball online + 1
ans gear +1
zephyr +1
CS Paintball a.k.a lasermygun.com +1
Paintball Revolution +1
trademygun -1

paintthinner · 03-17-2011, 11:43 AM

-1 for action village

Ordered pants 33 days ago and was charged without any issues, after spending the pass few days on the phone looking for answers I have come to find out the pants were sold out and not being restocked. No emails or phone calls were placed to me,they just left me out to hang ... I'm now waiting a refund

this was my 1st and last time going there ,I will not be shopping from them again

505_Baller · 03-17-2011, 12:02 PM

ANS +1
Nt and 68/45 Crossfire came a day early and customer service was great!

Action Village +1
i4 came in a day early as well, no hassles and fast turn around

Bansk · 03-19-2011, 02:06 PM

-1 for markerkits.com

Placed an order on 03/06/2011
Now I am notified that the package has been shipped 03/19, for those that are math challenged, that's a day shy of 2 weeks. They don't reply to either the PayPal email, or sales email, which makes me even more annoyed, because if I was aware that the package hadn't even been shipped out, I would have just canceled the order. I guess it must be hard to order O-rings from McMaster, sort them accordingly and send them out. Must also take a huge effort to check emails once in a while.

Overpaid and Under-worked.

YeloSno · 03-19-2011, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Bloodymurder

If this is true, file for a chargeback on the credit card or a dispute with paypal or a claim with the BBB.

so much **** to go through. apparently they stated I knew bout this and was liable and bla bla bla

decided to drop it. that was like 4 years ago, though. decided to give them another chance... torn up **** again. thank god it was only $6.

o5pr3y · 03-19-2011, 10:39 PM

Paintball Online -1
Bought their VIP for $2 to get free shipping. Spent $130 on various gear. All of which said was "IN STOCK NOW!". Recieved an email saying that 3 items werent in stock, and 2 were discountinued (one being a DP RAPS II on/off, which is available everywhere).

2 weeks later, call to see where my sipment is, was told it's "wrapped up on the shipping floor on a pallet, waiting for the last items. If I back out now, there's a restocking fee." I work in shipping and I know damn well you don't wrap the prodeucts unless you're all set to ship. Told them this, product came immediatly in 2 seperate shipments. Won't be going back there again.

The mielke way · 03-21-2011, 09:36 AM

-1 for E-tippman and -1 for actionvillage (which owns e-tippman because that is who my paypal payment went to). Bought pants that were "in stock" on 3-3-11 and still show as processed but not shipped. Neither will answer the phone (rings forever) or respond to emails (multiple). Disputing through paypal.

Bloodymurder · 03-24-2011, 07:36 PM

+1 for redcellpaintball.com

i dont see them up there in the list, but I purchased a ndz on/off thread saver to use with my mini. They had it at a great price, shipped out quickly, and had good contact throughout the buying process.

x Wild Bill x · 03-25-2011, 08:07 AM

ANS Gear +2
Compulsive Paintball +1

GrAzIaNo · 03-25-2011, 09:20 PM

ans sold me a yakuza board for my droid...when ordering i speicfically asked what type of method I would be getting with the "free shipping" because my order was over 100$..I would of payed for faster shipping(priority) but they insisted it came with it. Only to find out they sent my package cheaper. Pretty sketchy..the girl who I first talked to was very nice before they had my money. Afterwards the kid who I talked to about this afterwards was a complete dick.

ANS-1

Mr.Jenkins · 03-25-2011, 09:31 PM

Not many people have heard of crazyballer.com. They're a VERY small site, with almost no products for sale. But what I did buy from them (WGP MG7) arrived quickly, in perfect condition, and they it was cheaper than other stores. You don't need to add it to the list, just wanted to share.

blur1221 · 03-26-2011, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by o5pr3y

Paintball Online -1
Bought their VIP for $2 to get free shipping. Spent $130 on various gear. All of which said was "IN STOCK NOW!". Recieved an email saying that 3 items werent in stock, and 2 were discountinued (one being a DP RAPS II on/off, which is available everywhere).

2 weeks later, call to see where my sipment is, was told it's "wrapped up on the shipping floor on a pallet, waiting for the last items. If I back out now, there's a restocking fee." I work in shipping and I know damn well you don't wrap the prodeucts unless you're all set to ship. Told them this, product came immediatly in 2 seperate shipments. Won't be going back there again.

-1 paintball online - same thing, bought a g4 plus other stuff, all said in stock now, pay for everything without any indexation of it not being avail and the g4 was on backorder. So I called and canceled it but wanted to add a tank so talked to someone on the phone to conferm and all three tanks I was looking at which said in stock now, were not......

+ 1 http://www.zephyrpaintball.com
Ordered a ton, everything lists how many they have in stock, gives you several freebees, you cam find $10 off coupon codes

killiam · 03-30-2011, 08:28 AM

+1 for pbwarehouse.net

Good shipping, and good service. Their Vlocity raceway replacement part was not in stock, but listed on the page. They quickly refunded the money, and sent the rest of the package. Will do business with them again in the future.

kylegauthier · 03-30-2011, 08:59 PM

action village sent me two seperate boxes for the same order, all the stuff was small so there was no need. it all could have fit in one of the boxes. therefore i had to pay 2 ups fees, one was 40 one was 50 which is crazy for 200$ worth of stuff. Not to mention i had to pay 2 seperate shipping fees and on top of that they did not send my halo because it was out of stock but never bothered to tell me. -1