Paint online

[Mr.]

Where you guys getting your paint online? Best deal? Best prices? Shipping..

[Chuck E Ducky]

I hate buying paint online. It’s always shit by the time you end up getting it.

[iamthelazerviking]

Haven't in a while but I've purchased from ANS. Bought defy a couple times. They replaced a case that arrived with a lot of breaks, which they only do once then it's store credit.

[Chuck E Ducky]

You don’t have a local proshop? If you do that’s your best bet.

[Mr.]

Nothing within 1.5 to 2 hrs lol

[Chuck E Ducky]

That sucks. What your local field? Can you order it through them.

[Riot]

Pssshhhh, No it's not! All paint sucks. If you can find it cheaperr online, i say do it!

[Trbo323]

Haven't in a while but I've purchased from ANS. Bought defy a couple times. They replaced a case that arrived with a lot of breaks, which they only do once then it's store credit.

Wouldn't that just be the same as replacing it? You can turn around and buy the same case

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[Trbo323]

Just came across this, seems relevant

Empire evil, $45/case

https://ansgear.com/empire-evil-2-000-round-paintball-case-metallic-lime-green-shell-w-tournament-orange-fill-68-caliber-02704/

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[shooter311]

I feel your pain, I think the closest pro shop for me is at least a 3 hour drive. I have played the ordering paint online, and I lose every time.

If I am grabbing paint to shoot for testing in my back yard, I can get paint at Dick's Sporting Goods for cheap. However, when it comes time to shoot others in some rebel ball, I refuse to use Dick's paint, it is way too hard and I am not trying to scare off new players we dragged out into the tick filled woods in Maine.

I have ordered from ANS, and I ordered 100 counts of all different kinds of paint, and shot it all to see which I liked best. Problem is when I reordered the same paint in cases, it just shot different. I assume it is a macro version of the butterfly effect. It might be great coming from ANS's doorstep, but who knows how many times it is transferred tossed around, and in the Winter, how long it sat in freezing temps.

No matter where I order from, or what I order it always shows up heavily damaged, so I have a whole process of rolling it out immediately, and keeping it open in a very dry room (my office has a dehumidifier and I try to keep it at 40% humidity. Then the next day I double bag it in ziploc bags with a handful of desiccant packets (I have a ton of extras from 3d printing). They seem to hold for a very very long time like that.

So I usually order from Virtue for their paint when it goes on sale. It is hit or miss, but seems like better odds that all others I tried. My best bet is buying extra from the fields I play at in the summer and storing it at my place.

[Mr.]

I just bought some from dicks for 23 bucks a case lol, we will see how it looks says it should be here by the 29th. Were just planning on messing aroubd at the moment n e ways im ok with bouncy but i hope its not brittle

[shooter311]

Lol, don't worry about it being brittle.

[Mr.]

When i was playing alot we bought a pallet of xo paint and we think it froze at some point. Worst paint ever lol brittle as shit we tried all the tricks to get it to work but it all didnt work. Lots of shit paint and they didnt want to help at all to exchange, had a hell of a time. Did shitty at the next tourny. We def had alot of practice cleaning our barrels, the tourny paint we bought from xo was good but the non exchange thing really messed up everything

[SignOfZeta]

I’ve ordered Graffiti off Amazon with zero issues multiple times. I’m in a college town though so I even get same day deliveries from Amazon once in a while.

If you live above the article circle or in Guantanamo Bay or Putin’s Palace or wherever you are though…if paint has to travel for days by truck or military helicopter or tunnel boring machine or whatever to get to you…it’s all going to show up broken.

VERDICT: there are advantages to joining civilization.

[Mr.]

Lol, im in civilization but it seems paintball is almost dead in idaho lol

[JeepDVLZ45]

I'm gonna also recommend you bite the bullet and go to the pro shop that's an hour and a half away.  That, or, buy an extra case of paint next time you are playing (I will get a case when I typically only need a bag or two, but I only play pump).

I hate buying paint online and have never had luck doing it.  So I occasionally make the run to the pro shop that is 2 hours away from me....worth it every time! 

If it's still too much to make the run for extra paint, definitely get a squirrel sack or something so you can clean up the paint after it arrives.

[Mr.]

I bought some from dicks we will see how it goes, and if its all bad we will see there return process lol

[Mr.]

https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p/x-ball-inferno-paintballs-1000-count-18xbluxbllnfrn1kxptb/18xbluxbllnfrn1kxptb?recid=email_PageElement_postpurchase_rr_42886_&rrec=true&ctk=DSG_Order_Confirm_postpurchase_rr_1208_42886&itemid=15xblutrmph2000cnptb%3Fsku%3D13628675;&storeid=&customerkey=&campaignid=DSG_Order_Confirm&camp=EML:DSG_TRN:12272023_DSG_Order_Confirm:Certona_Slot1

https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p/x-ball-triumph-paintballs-2000-count-15xblutrmph2000cnptb/15xblutrmph2000cnptb?recid=cartempty_PageElement_cartempty_rr_2_34462_&rrec=true

[Daltech]

I should start selling broken old paint online. Apparently there’s big money in it. Guaranteed half of the balls are broken and the other half, none of the balls are the same diameter. Guaranteed that I’m going to be rich, all you guys will buy cases just to complain online with your cohorts.

[Mr.]

Free shipping? Lol

[markdem]

Ive bought from dicks, walmart, ansgear, amazon and theyre all about the same. Sometimes you get a good batch, sometimes not. Luck of the draw

[JeeperCreeper]

Since ordering paint online is usually hit or miss, definitely order from a site that has easy returns / good customer service.

[Mr.]

I have a dicks 45 min away but they dont stock paint, but it does say i can do a inperson return. We will see

[Psycho91]

Ahh good ol department store paint, anyone remember that horrible hard ass paint called monsterballs, fields had to ban it cause it wouldnt break on a hard surface 5 feet away, it was some pretty rough stuff, and the tiger stripe paint was just trash, spyder and tippmann paint was ok, but i havent played in about 5 years so idk what's out there for paint anymore

when I was getting paint from Walmart or whatever I always got the 3 star draxxus paint and it was usually half decent but idk if they still even make paint

[Psycho91]

I forgot about the scorch paint, I don't think they had it all the time

[Jonnydread]

RPS had a Walmart-only marb knockoff called Super Swirl back in the day, it was great for outlaw.

[Mr.]

I never bought much from walmart honestly, we would get gap 2nds for 25 a case(they had some that smelled like banana) so we were pretty happy. If we wanted to pay 65-70 we'd go to the shop and grab some allstar or marblizer

[Mr.]

Paint i bought online is susposed to be here on the 4th, ill keep you guys updated. Came from somewhere in pa hopefully its not trashed lol

[MJB360]

Haha, that's funny, I just purchased a case of paint from Dick's yesterday afternoon as well. Let me guess, it's a case of Triumph, and it's coming from York, PA, correct? My package is supposedly coming in on the third, but I highly doubt it as I just placed the order and so far, all they've done is print the shipping label, so realistically I think it'll be here on the fifth. I wish us both the best of luck that it will be fairly fresh within reason though. Oh, and I see above that your concerned that it may be brittle. Well so far, It's the only paint I've really used (PB noob here, plan on becoming active this summer) and I can assure you that it is nowhere close to being brittle as it's pretty much just rebranded G.I. One Star from my understanding, so don't worry, it should be fine for your purposes.

[Mr.]

I bought both triumph and inferno, both came from pa. One order from hunkers and the other ZELIENOPLE. We will see what it looks like says its susposed to show tomarrow lol

[Mr.]

No package today lol, fedex sucks. I checked and 1 package did come butler pa

[Mr.]

Got the paint today, wife says she opened one box(hellfire) and it had some broken paint so ill check it oit when i get home

[MJB360]

Well to my surprise my case of Triumph was delivered today too like FedEx promised, about an hour ago. I wish you luck when you get home though because for me my case was shipped in its original retail box with a simple shipping label slapped on top, that's it. No generic brown shipping box sleeved over its retail box or any bubble wrap inside to protect the bags of paint. As such it arrived at my door freezing and with three out of the four bags having broken paint inside. For $33 total after shipping and tax I'm not really pressed about it as I know it's a cheap practice paint anyway but to be charged an extra $8.99 shipping fee just for them to slap a label on the retail box and dump it off at the local FedEx store rubs me the wrong way. They should have at least packaged it properly. FedEx did their job admirably though with how quick it came. My minor complaint is with Dick's hasty shipping department. I don't know how long this paint is going to last me but if by time I run out and it's still on sale I'm going to try Shop4Paintball's Blood Ball next. Trade my gun has a sale on it at the moment for $30 per case WITH free shipping. Had I come across it before I placed my order for the Triumph paint, I would have bought that instead. Anyways enough rambling on. Good luck with your order and have a great rest of your day man.

[Mr.]

That sucks man but honestly they threw mine in some oversized brown boxes lol, so they just knocked around