how many of you out there spend your entire pay check on paintball

[spyderman one]

i was wondering how many of you spend all of your hard erned money on paintball besides me

[antiramie]

If you're driving, gas comes first. Then paintball. Then comes food.

[spyderman one]

i agree

[MuckRaker]

If I could do that, I'd own SO MUCH SH IT!! Where would I put it all????

[spyderman one]

when i start working(i'm 14)which will be soon, i don't drive,pay bills,or anything but be able to buy all stuff for paintball,i'll probly get $100,it'll be sweet 100 a week for paintball.sorry i got caught up in the moment:D

[adVanCedSh0t]

im 14 and i go paintballing at the field by my house every saturday or sunday if not during the week..i just ask my mom for money and she gives it to me..same thing with my gun i asked her if i could get a gun and she got me it.but i work during the week with my dad.

[Phaelon Veritas]

yeah I have been known to spend my last dollar on paintball
often time i find myself saying hmmm if I could just squeeze another 60 bucks oughta my check maybe just maybe..... hheheheheh such is life

[TLplus84]

Advanced..you are one lucky boy.....i work my butt off ALL week...and i get to get maybe a couple accessories, gas for the car...and a day or two of paintball..i envy those who get everything handed to them by their parents....GRRRR

[adVanCedSh0t]

lol i work too but i dont get paid for it..thats what sucks..what hey i get paintball stuff thats whats good..when i get older my mom said that i will have to pay for my self..thats when i get my license i think.

[TLplus84]

ahh ic ic...i didn't understand that...i hate it when newbies get their dads to buy them Angels...(i've seen this happen before) and then they go out to play..and htey blame the gun when they get shot..so their dad goes out and buys them anotehr one......im' not saying that's you..i just hate people like that..when there's people like us scrounginf for every dollar so we can buy a case of paint for a day....hehehehe anyone here do taht before? i know i have..:D

[adVanCedSh0t]

no no im not like that..my dad wont ever ever ever buy me an angel anything that would be a autococker or somethine..well i will be like you in a few years..searching around to find money some place..im not spoiled if you think iam..well im not..i dont get much things compared to my sister.thats why i get paintball stuff..also cause i didn't get much for christmas.. One question. How do you get the picture to appear with your name? im a newbie cant ya tell??

[TLplus84]

no no i'm not saying that...i sed you weren't and that i understood how you worked for you gear..i'm just saying that kids that get all the best gear from their daddys when they're just starting out, then blame the gear not them...that just ticks me off...

[ElectricHead]

i spend my paychecks on paintball... of course i get paychecks like once every month or so and they are only a couple hundred dollars

[TLplus84]

you're lucky..i gotta worry about gas, extra money for just stuff..and THEN the'res paintball..but i make good pay so i can afford it...but still...takes a huge chunk out of my wallet..

[MuckRaker]

Hell, it's almost $100 bucks a pop every time i go to the field ... I was lucky I managed to squeeze out an extra hundred last week for a new mask and a Sandana.

[adVanCedSh0t]

that pisses me off too..this kid that lives directly infront of my house..he saw my gun and told his dad, Daddy Daddy i want a gun like his! now thats a spoiled brat..he always gets his way at everything..i just hate him so badly..he gots a spyder TL+ and he just started 2 weeks ago..he is not so good to..he gets shot up..prety funny to see him go cry to his dad though..lol

[TLplus84]

HE CRIES?? wait..he's been playing for 2 weeks..and he gets a TL PLUS?? man..i played for two years before i moved up to this..first was a Diablo pump..which i still have and love..then i got a STingray...which got run over "accidentally" by my car..and now i have my current gun, the tl plus, which took me a month to save up..spoiled brat..

[adVanCedSh0t]

see you know what i mean..ya i had a stingray..then like now its a week ago i got my piranha..i had my stingray for awhile then i started playing again and i am now more interested in it.

[MuckRaker]

I'm taking my son to the field this week, his first time ... he's really getting interested in it. Today on the way home from school he says, "Ya know, If I get good I wanna get my own marker. I saw one online the other day, i think it's called an Angel, I think I'd like that one."

First I laughed ... Then in Stern Dad Voice #46 I said, "If anyone gets a new marker, it's gonna be me ... and if you get a marker, it'll be my old one ... after I strip off the upgrades."

[TLplus84]

haha i'd leave the upgrades on...give you son at least SOMETHING good...heheh i hate those parents who give their children CRAPPY 88 volvos that barely passed emmisnions...then the next day they go out and buy a new benz...that god my parents arent' like that...my mom has a 300M..my dad has a TL...and i have an INtegra..see? everyone is happy.. :D

[MuckRaker]

Sorry, I started with stock parts, so is he ... my first ride was a 1971 International Scout ... paid less than $1000 for it, insurance was cheap and it was so big and heavy that if I got in a wreak, I knew I'd walk away from it ... Of course, that was before all this fancy AirBag, AntiLock Break stuff y'all got now.

[elTwitcho]

Yeah, to afford my marker I had to work an awful lot of 16 hour days pumping gas with no break at 7 bucks an hour to get my gun. If anyone ever called me spoiled in person for having an expensive gun i think i'd kill them. And no jury in the world would convict me either

[TLplus84]

that crap works..thank god i had the airbags when igotinto my accident...if not..seriously..i wouldve died...that crap really protects you....i had a bloody lip from it..but i'd rather have that than a coffin...

[Auctionjunkie!]

Originally posted by MuckRaker


If I could do that, I'd own SO MUCH SH IT!! Where would I put it all????

You and I are in the same boat, Muck! I keep forgetting that a lot of the people on here are pretty young.
I'm a father of 4 boys (15, 18, 18 and 20), divorced, own my home, make a pretty decent living and love to buy toys. I just spent a week in Vail Colorado and on the way back picked up a portable DVD player to watch on the flight home. Maybe I have too much spare money!!!
On another note my twins have purchased every piece of paintball gear with their own money. They pay their own way into tournaments, work part time jobs, and pretty much take care of any paintball bills on their own. We get paint and air through our sponsors and since we work at the local field we don't have to pay to play. I do cover hotel costs when we go out of town for non-tournament games like Michigan Monster Game and the Ohio Bash. I do pay for dinner for the team after tournaments. Other than that all the members of my team pay their own way.

Dan
Manager, Team Wiseguys

[TLplus84]

that's a pretty cool thing..it teaches the kids independance...and it shows taht you still look after them...all in a balanced...uh....budget? i donno..i guess i'm rambling....gotta cut down on the chewable vitamins....purple monkey fish.... hahaha
if you don't get it..you dont' get it. :D

[MuckRaker]

More than anything, Action, it teaches them responsibility, mine are 2, 4, 9 and 11. Even the 4-year-old is itching to hit the field, he doesn't understand he's just a bit too young. It's the kids whose parents buy they what they want when they want who usually cause the problems for the rest of us.

[ElectricHead]

about the kid getting the TL+, we got a kid exactly like that i out town, except he already had a stingray, and i dont think he has ever gone paintballing, his whole reason for getting it was that he had to top everyone else

[adVanCedSh0t]

i think thats mostly why my self.he always has to have the best stuff.and if he doesn't get it he crys and crys.spoiled brat.my dad even says that same with my mom..i dont like him one bit.he didn't have a stingrat though he got a TL+ and then went paintballing for his first time.

[TLplus84]

you should laugh in his face when he tries to field strip it then gets confused and ca't pu it back together and cries for daddy..hhhaha