| Mar is correct, the Cocker market did bottom out several months ago, but it's pretty healthy now. Trilogys' are commonly over $100 now and it's tough to find a stock 2000 for less than $180.
In my opinion Trilogys' are great beginner's gun. I'd recommend that beginners stay away from any other autococker. Steer them towards a cheap Spyder or other stacked tube blowback until they learn to take care of them and decide that they aren't getting into paintball on a whim.
Once they know how to care for their marker and know they are going to play for a long time then look at the autocockers. Autocockers are great, and don't take alot of maintenance once you have them tuned correctly. But, if you're new to the sport, the last thing you want to try to fix is an autococker.
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