OP.com House Paint

Quacker · 01-17-2008, 03:15 PM

I took the plunge and ordered 4 cases of Orderpaintball.com house paint off of eBay for 94.99. As far as I can tell, there are 3 grades of white box that they carry, and this is the best. They claim it isn't seconds, and they guarantee the paint to arrive unbroken.

First, shipping was fast. Took less than 3 days, and it was included in the price. The container they shipped in was pathetic. I'm used to buying paint online and it arriving in boxes stuffed with styrofoam to prevent breakage. This was a box big enough to hold 4 cases and that's it. No padding, not even on the inside of the paint boxes. Small wonder that I only managed to find 3 bags of unbroken paint. Two other bags were somewhat salvageable, the others look like more trouble than they're worth. I'm going to just give them away to kids at the field next weekend. I emailed OP about my problem and I got a reply within an hour saying they're shipping out more paint to cover my breaks...3 boxes and a bag. If it arrives unbroken, I'll be impressed. If they're broken too...it's not really worth it. They really need some foam in their boxes.

The paint itself is pretty good. It's metallic two toned, one side being blue, the other orange. The fill is pink, and it's very visible. It's quite fragile, especially in the cold. I shot some through my Piranha and they flew fairly straight. I broke 2 balls in my barrel, and my VLocity chopped a ball. I blame it on the cold. For the price, pretty good stuff. I was expecting much worse...I'm especially pleased that they're not oily.

Orpackrat · 01-17-2008, 05:00 PM

They have free shipping on their paint, if its not their white box, then if theres broken paint, theres free replacement. They ship DHL, I ordered some cheap Shrapnel at $84.99 for 4 case 1.5 months ago. The packaging was terrible, just a box, barely bigger than the stacked 4 cases of paint, with a few small sections of bubble wrap around between the cases. The paint had some broken 1 case was good, another was somewhat good (after cleaning them from broken paint), and the other two were only good for target shooting because too many broke making them all deformed and able to bounce off concrete. Emailed them on the broken and damaged balls, they quickly sent out 3 cases of fresh paint. These replacement cases of paint were in much better condition and only had a couple of breaks. It was easy to remove those few broken balls but the rest were in good shape.

They have decent paint at good prices (their house paint comes to $23.75 a case) and their customer service from my experiance makes them an excellent place to get paint.

The paintballs are also not oily. I need to place another 4 case order with them.

Quacker · 01-22-2008, 12:56 AM

Update...replacement load of paintballs came, and every bag had broken paint in it. This is extremely disappointing so far...I know if they send more paint, that'll arrive broken too. Writing FRAGILE on the side of the box is no substitute for foamies...

Quacker · 01-24-2008, 06:26 PM

2nd update...third replacement load of paintballs came, and only 1 bag arrived unbroken. This time they put the paint in a bigger box that was TOO BIG without FOAMIES. So the 4 boxes of paint they sent me were sliding around the entire time in transit. It was also delivered to me on it's side. I appreciate the effort, but I now have like 10 cases of paint that needs major work to become shootable. Not what I signed up for at all.

incynr8 · 01-24-2008, 06:52 PM

sorry to hear of your troubles.

I've never fully grasped mail ordering paintballs, it seems akin to attempting fedex a baby.

pizzaluvr · 01-24-2008, 07:00 PM

Well they did send you 10 cases of paint for $85... That's what? $8.50 a case? That's $2.125 per bag of paint. I don't care if some of the balls where broken, that is a good price.

Quacker · 01-24-2008, 07:19 PM

Yeah, I'm not too angry because they keep throwing more paint my way...but it's all broken. I'm just going to stop.

B · 01-24-2008, 08:25 PM

20-15 years ago mail order paint was the only way. Today buy local or suffer the fate of having stores close around you.

Quacker · 01-25-2008, 06:43 PM

Well, I told them I don't want any more paint and now they want pictures of the stuff I did get. I took one...we'll see where this goes.

blackrain · 01-26-2008, 05:12 AM

I remember mail order paint. 4 Guys going in on a $130.00 3000rnd case

. One time we ordered a case of sure bull and it had almost one bag crushed. We played with it, cause we had no choice. However we first called sure bull. They said to call back Monday and let them know how it worked. We took second, but could have taken first if the paint hadn't broken in the barrel. We told the guy we figured a whole case was worth the compensation. Not only did he do that, but he sent 3 additional cases. When we asked him why, he said " Because we didn't put you in the winners circle with first place and it's our fault you lost". I bought sure bull till they quit making it. We also played for a long time off that paint and made a few bucks selling some. Man I mis the good old days of paintball

Later,
Blackrain

01-17-2008, 03:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
Quacker Active Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 480	OP.com House Paint I took the plunge and ordered 4 cases of Orderpaintball.com house paint off of eBay for 94.99. As far as I can tell, there are 3 grades of white box that they carry, and this is the best. They claim it isn't seconds, and they guarantee the paint to arrive unbroken. First, shipping was fast. Took less than 3 days, and it was included in the price. The container they shipped in was pathetic. I'm used to buying paint online and it arriving in boxes stuffed with styrofoam to prevent breakage. This was a box big enough to hold 4 cases and that's it. No padding, not even on the inside of the paint boxes. Small wonder that I only managed to find 3 bags of unbroken paint. Two other bags were somewhat salvageable, the others look like more trouble than they're worth. I'm going to just give them away to kids at the field next weekend. I emailed OP about my problem and I got a reply within an hour saying they're shipping out more paint to cover my breaks...3 boxes and a bag. If it arrives unbroken, I'll be impressed. If they're broken too...it's not really worth it. They really need some foam in their boxes. The paint itself is pretty good. It's metallic two toned, one side being blue, the other orange. The fill is pink, and it's very visible. It's quite fragile, especially in the cold. I shot some through my Piranha and they flew fairly straight. I broke 2 balls in my barrel, and my VLocity chopped a ball. I blame it on the cold. For the price, pretty good stuff. I was expecting much worse...I'm especially pleased that they're not oily.

01-24-2008, 06:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
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pizzaluvr Nazi-Treasure Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,903	Well they did send you 10 cases of paint for $85... That's what? $8.50 a case? That's $2.125 per bag of paint. I don't care if some of the balls where broken, that is a good price. __________________ MCB Feedback +26/-0 PBN Feedback +2/-0 Rapper LE 14/25 OC/SC Feed-Side Car-CP barrel-Sniper-Mini-Midget-Halfblock I ball for Team Fracture

01-26-2008, 05:12 AM	#10 (permalink)
blackrain MCB Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: America Posts: 3,026	I remember mail order paint. 4 Guys going in on a $130.00 3000rnd case. One time we ordered a case of sure bull and it had almost one bag crushed. We played with it, cause we had no choice. However we first called sure bull. They said to call back Monday and let them know how it worked. We took second, but could have taken first if the paint hadn't broken in the barrel. We told the guy we figured a whole case was worth the compensation. Not only did he do that, but he sent 3 additional cases. When we asked him why, he said " Because we didn't put you in the winners circle with first place and it's our fault you lost". I bought sure bull till they quit making it. We also played for a long time off that paint and made a few bucks selling some. Man I mis the good old days of paintball Later, Blackrain __________________ Rogue Leader and founder "TEAM ROGUE" Cell #0 "When all else fails,pull the pin and see what happens next" Just like to make crazy stuff for paintball? Click on the link: http://www.freepaintballplans.com/forum/ My feed back: http://www.mcarterbrown.com/forums/showthread.php?t=745 How Paintballs are made: http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...54640369281174

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01-17-2008, 05:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
Orpackrat MCB Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 184	They have free shipping on their paint, if its not their white box, then if theres broken paint, theres free replacement. They ship DHL, I ordered some cheap Shrapnel at $84.99 for 4 case 1.5 months ago. The packaging was terrible, just a box, barely bigger than the stacked 4 cases of paint, with a few small sections of bubble wrap around between the cases. The paint had some broken 1 case was good, another was somewhat good (after cleaning them from broken paint), and the other two were only good for target shooting because too many broke making them all deformed and able to bounce off concrete. Emailed them on the broken and damaged balls, they quickly sent out 3 cases of fresh paint. These replacement cases of paint were in much better condition and only had a couple of breaks. It was easy to remove those few broken balls but the rest were in good shape. They have decent paint at good prices (their house paint comes to $23.75 a case) and their customer service from my experiance makes them an excellent place to get paint. The paintballs are also not oily. I need to place another 4 case order with them.

01-22-2008, 12:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
Quacker Active Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 480	Update...replacement load of paintballs came, and every bag had broken paint in it. This is extremely disappointing so far...I know if they send more paint, that'll arrive broken too. Writing FRAGILE on the side of the box is no substitute for foamies...

01-24-2008, 06:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
Quacker Active Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 480	2nd update...third replacement load of paintballs came, and only 1 bag arrived unbroken. This time they put the paint in a bigger box that was TOO BIG without FOAMIES. So the 4 boxes of paint they sent me were sliding around the entire time in transit. It was also delivered to me on it's side. I appreciate the effort, but I now have like 10 cases of paint that needs major work to become shootable. Not what I signed up for at all.

01-24-2008, 07:19 PM	#7 (permalink)
Quacker Active Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 480	Yeah, I'm not too angry because they keep throwing more paint my way...but it's all broken. I'm just going to stop.

01-25-2008, 06:43 PM	#9 (permalink)
Quacker Active Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 480	Well, I told them I don't want any more paint and now they want pictures of the stuff I did get. I took one...we'll see where this goes.