Paintball Store Opening In Colwood?

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Paintball Store Opening In Colwood?

#1 Sparticis

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Posted 01 June 2010 - 05:36 PM

http://victoria.en.craigslist.ca/spo/1769144688.html

Anyone know anything about this?!?!

#2 Fifthplanecomin

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Posted 01 June 2010 - 05:43 PM

As long as it isn't another GTO it could be OK.

#3 bccrawlerz

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Posted 01 June 2010 - 05:48 PM

Guess we will see.... But it wont last long if they are overpriced and know nothing like a lot of places..

#4 TNT Paintball

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Posted 01 June 2010 - 08:16 PM

QUOTE (Fifthplanecomin @ Jun 1 2010, 04:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

As long as it isn't another GTO it could be OK.

GTO was great for a while. Short sightedness not realizing that those low prices they were selling it was actually creating a negative cashflow killed them. In a strange way, all those people who got burned at the end, actually subsidized the customers before them who got great deals.

#5 tomn8r

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Posted 02 June 2010 - 06:51 AM

ah, the long and storied history of island 'ball.

#6 Fifthplanecomin

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Posted 02 June 2010 - 09:47 AM

I wasn't going for a history story as much as I was being hopeful to not witness another failed store front for the good guys from GTO.

Here's to hoping we see something along the lines of another Bastion Paintball and not another paintball nook like you can find in a number of specialty stores around Victoria - we have three of those already - it would be nice to see something a little more dedicated but then again the market might not be ready to support that kind of store in Victoria - even if there's a handfull of us that would love to see one.

#7 stress69

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Posted 02 June 2010 - 11:07 AM

uhmm.....thankz 4 the non support rob.......

#8 Fifthplanecomin

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Posted 02 June 2010 - 11:33 AM

Whaaaa?

In no way should anything I've posted in this thread be a reflection on the Duncan market or PW Paintball.
I don't consider Duncan to be South Island - anything over the hat to me is another story.
By the same token I don't consider the City of Sooke to be in the Victoria area.

Technically Duncan and Sooke can be considered close to Victoria but not in my mind.
If it's more than a 25min drive from Douglas and Yates it just isn't Victoria to me.

#9 stress69

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Posted 02 June 2010 - 11:39 AM

i know..i'm just advertising my biz.....

...just throwin it out there...so,people still know i'm around....no pun intended....

#10 ShadoWalker

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Posted 02 June 2010 - 11:45 AM

QUOTE (stress69 @ Jun 2 2010, 12:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

i know..i'm just advertising my biz.....

...just throwin it out there...so,people still know i'm around....no pun intended....

Speaking of advertising your biz, when does that new web front of yours go live?

#11 stress69

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Posted 02 June 2010 - 11:55 AM

more advertisment!!!thankz lee!!........i'm gonna have a sneak peak next week b4 i hed out 2 fishy armz..i wazz hopin it would be up by e2,but itz takin wayyy longer than expected.....so,hopefully by end of june at the latest....

#12 Fifthplanecomin

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Posted 02 June 2010 - 12:20 PM

You could end up being the first Island Paintball retailer with a effective online store with shopping cart.
Point, click and buy. Oh yeah.

#13 stress69

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Posted 02 June 2010 - 12:36 PM

QUOTE (Fifthplanecomin @ Jun 2 2010, 01:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

You could end up being the first Island Paintball retailer with a effective online store with shopping cart.
Point, click and buy. Oh yeah.

yes,it will have shoppin cart...thatz a must!!!..and i hope itz effective 4 what i'm spendin on the web design...

#14 tomn8r

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Posted 02 June 2010 - 01:45 PM

central island paintball is still on schedule for a store opening in nanaimo june 20th. this will be a paintball-only dedicated pro-shop staffed by myself and mike (another am vet).

however, expect nothing close to what pw paintball's store was like. he had everything! and we're not gonna have everything by any stretch. plus i won't be digging through ne1's gats (repairs will need to be shipped out) and that's another benefit of dealing with paul. i wish pw the best with what he has going on because i know whatever it is it will be good for the paintball community and that's good enuf 4 me!

we're (central island paintball in nanaimo) just gonna carry the basics: some of the cooler bush gats, some of the cooler speedball gats, some goggle, harnesses, paint and fills. little or no clothing. no gadgets or spare parts kits (exceprt 4 the very very basic stuff).

#15 SouthPark

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Posted 02 June 2010 - 07:13 PM

Hmmm... a new store front store in Victoria might be cool. Dunno anything about this crew or what they intend... I recall a few rumbles about a new store a few months back... but then nothing. Waiting... waiting... and more waiting. LOL.

#16 camoking

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Posted 06 June 2010 - 09:09 PM

Apparently this place opened this passed week and burnt down this morning, just saw on the news that half the Colwood Corners strip mall burned down.

Sucks to be these guys, I hope they have insurance

#17 ShadoWalker

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Posted 06 June 2010 - 09:16 PM

QUOTE (camoking @ Jun 6 2010, 10:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I know we have a history of shops not lasting around here but that's some kind of record!

#18 peterb_92

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Posted 06 June 2010 - 09:37 PM

and the dbs field burnt down too... im pretty sure god hates paintball

#19 Fifthplanecomin

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Posted 06 June 2010 - 11:45 PM

Ha - Victoria's Secret is a fricking sweet arse name for a Nov team - you creative bastards!

#20 Sparticis

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Posted 07 June 2010 - 12:55 AM

QUOTE (camoking @ Jun 6 2010, 10:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

yea when i saw that on the news, i figured they must have been affected

#21 Jordan Campbell

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Posted 08 June 2010 - 10:01 PM

Link to the TC article

#22 SouthPark

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Posted 09 June 2010 - 06:17 AM

Crap... it even had a name and everything... I wonder if they had insurance?

#23 Cheap-o

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Posted 10 June 2010 - 04:32 PM

His used Vic ad says he is looking for a new front and still plans to get up and running soon

#24 valleywood paintball

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Posted 27 July 2010 - 05:29 PM

Just so you guys know valleywood paintball is open for business at the new location, Unit 102 1913 sooke road, right across from the burn store.
We are open from 10am to 6:30pm 7 days a week.
phone number is 250-391-3931.