Comments on: Paintball Takes a Price Hike

By: Wilson

Wilson — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:34:39 +0000

“$5″ a case, you have no idea! I guarantee that if you could manufacture a case of paint for $5 every (excluding freight and whse) every manufacturer would buy paint from you.

The base for most paint is PEG (PolyEthelene Glycol) and it is only manufactured by a few companies around the world, and is a derivative of Ethelene.

By: Pablo

Pablo — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:06:16 +0000

“$5 a case, which is bout .003 cents per ball, a big profit right there”

It may be the case thats the cost of producing but did you include + freight + warehouse (some have climate control) + marketing + administration-working force + missing production goals or overproducing and bad running productions.

By: darick

darick — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:59:05 +0000

well it is true that back then it was very expensive, costing round .60 cents a ball, but we weren’t shooting at 15bps, and now with ramping and all, and $75 a case, thats bout .04 cents per ball, but it’s still expensive knowing how it doesn’t exactly take one shot one kill, and paintballs don’t take don’t take much to produce at all, bout $5 a case, which is bout .003 cents per ball, a big profit right there, so the prices does not have to be that high at all, and for products, there are many other cheaper and more efficient solution to make them, if they’re going to be more expensive, please make it more durable

By: FFS5001

FFS5001 — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:40:20 +0000

i think that paintball has always been an expensive sport, and will most likely always be an expensive sport. the interesting thing is going to be seeing who will continue to play even though the paintball price hike and who will leave because of it.

By: isaac

isaac — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:30:29 +0000

i have never played pintball before but i have always loved to shoot one and i have always wanted one of my own