WTF! Price Drop on GAT..

[SHOC]

What is going on??? I just purchased mine not even 3 months ago and already the price is coming down...This is getting ridiculous for Angel markers...

[aerotcus]

Stop whining. This subject has been beaten to death. You knew it was going to happen.

[SHOC]

Listen, Iam not some punk kid whining about losing money..Ive been threw more guns then your age I am sure, and lost plenty..It's just getting sad when the depreciation value starts before there is even a new model in sight.




Later,
SHOC

[aerotcus]

That is the way technology works. WDP's product cycle is less than a year so your gun will hold its value less than a year. 24 guns, impressive. With all that experience losing money as a result of advancing technology should not be such a shock to you.

[-Z-]

yeah Im pissed cause I just ordered one and I havent even gotten it in the mail yet and it droped like all that. i know guns drop value and stuff but man i havent even shot it yet!! I am happy I didnt pay full price price so i lost some money but not all 175. lol

Z

[Talon]

This ongoing whining needs to stop!

Given our generation and the technology that is surrounding our life, you'd think you would have all gotten used to the fact that technology, especially the high end stuff, depreciates quickly. More often than not, it seems, that the higher end the product is the faster it is going to depreciate.

Markers, and technology in general, will continue to depreciate until there are no more advancements in technology. I believe I speak for everyone when I say that I'd much rather lose value, then not advance.

[smasher41]

I can see price dropping, but the price dropping before people recieve theirs that they paid the extra 175 for, thats not cool.
I know they got a kickback on the last batch of gats. but they prob should have not immediatley dropped the price like that till they sold the older inventory out ( or at least the same number of guns they had left)

[samarimatt07]

yeah i ordered mine monday and i am supposed to get it sometime today so i called them and said hey i havent even received my gun yet and you already dropped the price so i got 175 store credit there... which is better than losing that money i guess
not cool:stooges:

[ralfelor]

This ongoing whining needs to stop!

Given our generation and the technology that is surrounding our life, you'd think you would have all gotten used to the fact that technology, especially the high end stuff, depreciates quickly. More often than not, it seems, that the higher end the product is the faster it is going to depreciate.

Markers, and technology in general, will continue to depreciate until there are no more advancements in technology. I believe I speak for everyone when I say that I'd much rather lose value, then not advance.

Indeed, and put it this way, although your current highend markers appear to be depreciating fast, the current 05 (even perhaps your 04) you may have now (w/maybe a cool board and some tweaking) can still go toe-to-toe with some upcoming models as far as firing capability and functionality.

I just got my GAT recently too from eBay for $840.00 used, so I should be pissed too, but rather let's open 'em up and enjoy them...cuz ya know all, they still RIIIIIIIIIIP and are still great markers and this technology should be satisfying for a year (or so)!!!!

So enjoy your GAT's y'all.

Peace!

Ray-Ray

[Vantage_TeS]

Listen, Iam not some punk kid whining about losing money..Ive been threw more guns then your age I am sure, and lost plenty..It's just getting sad when the depreciation value starts before there is even a new model in sight.




Later,
SHOC

Go buy a car, then sell it the next day. Think you are going to get the same price you bought it for?

[angelballer4life]

that is a decent price drop, 05 speeds dropped allot too
they are now in the 570 range

[-Z-]

lol YEah FCP did it right by giving you store credit, YEah thats right abotu the car once you drive it off the lot. I just thought it was funny, but like always angels mow hoes

Z

[DarthAlan]

FCP was at Huntington Beach, and I bought one for $800. No tax and no shipping.

[solid snake]

The Gat's price went down because the Evil Minion was released ( PL PM6 for those of you who havent heard yet. ) and the PM6 price is down to a measly $700 from its original start of $975.

As we all know, all marks of the 2006 and 2005 SPEEDs where made specifically to compete with the PM guns

[Thingus995]

^^^ me too... guess i lucked out that they had the color i wanted...

[1st2the50]

LOL paid 750 cash at HB for my GAT!!!

[Pyr8]

Buying markers for resale borders on insanity. Yeah, it sucks to buy any product the day before a price drop but that's the way of the world. Fortunately, the Angels are worth what we pay for them. Just look at what people are paying for other markers that aren't nearly as good.

[DarthAlan]

The Gat's price went down because the Evil Minion was released ( PL PM6 for those of you who havent heard yet. ) and the PM6 price is down to a measly $700 from its original start of $975.

As we all know, all marks of the 2006 and 2005 SPEEDs where made specifically to compete with the PM guns
That's a good guess, but I have a different idea. FCP paid WDP to make them a large run of PL Angels. This would make the company more popular and companies usually get about 70-80% off of MSRP when they do this. When you order a PL gun to be made you have the option of paying every so often, like every 25 or 100 guns. You sign a contract to keep buying them until a certian amount has been made. FCP probably got to their last run, paid $300 each for the guns, and decided that 50-60% profit was not too bad.

The reason for this theory is because my team asked Smart Parts about making a Evil Saints Shocker. They said "OK. That'll be $30,000 for 100 Shockers milled and annoed any way you would like. Only have to pay for 25 at a time too."

[1st2the50]

Big ups to evil saints! what up evan and savage!! When did Josh get that PM??!! I thought he just got the nexus ego. Very hot.

[DarthAlan]

Big ups to evil saints! what up evan and savage!! When did Josh get that PM??!! I thought he just got the nexus ego. Very hot.
Hello. Don't know about Josh's PM status, but Scott got a Nexus G4H ego, Mike and Sam just got their 2k6 egos.

[ZiLLir]

this is why you dont buy them the first 3 months they come out if you have a prob. computer side, i dont buy anything new untill 6 months go by. thats basicaly how long to takes for the hype to go away and the real price of the item.

[Thingus995]

i dont really mind that i paid fifty more... i was pretty stoked that i got it for 175 less then msrp... or the same price as an 06 speed @ the wdp tent...

[DarthAlan]

Me too. $800 was a reasonable price to me, and I didn't have cash too.

[Thingus995]

and i got a hearty chuckle outta the people payin 400 for dynasty ions at the sp tent...

[1st2the50]

Dude common those Dynasty bodies make those guns shoot like 35 balls a second right? Those are the ones you can blind fire and they automaticly shoot out all of the opposing team, right? I heard about those...LOL

[Thingus995]

hahahaha. looks like smartparts just won their lawsuit against the company that designed and patented that apex barrel deal...