tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844794190793654937.post6793095007456057807..comments2023-08-04T03:35:28.660-07:00Comments on Reiner Schafer's Paintball Blog: Big Box Stores dropping Paintball?Reiner Schaferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11735297279972068471noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844794190793654937.post-3654669408353464672010-01-05T21:46:43.727-08:002010-01-05T21:46:43.727-08:00I agree that Walmart surely analyzes their decisio...I agree that Walmart surely analyzes their decisions with great detail. But they are going to analyze it on the basis of how it will affect their bottom line. I doubt very much that Walmart has ever given a thought about how their sales of paintball gear affect the paintball industry as a whole. They just wouldn't care. They care about what products they can stock to make them profit.<brReiner Schaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11735297279972068471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844794190793654937.post-79406829264595533552010-01-05T08:57:20.034-08:002010-01-05T08:57:20.034-08:00You would be amazed at just HOW MUCH thought Wal M...You would be amazed at just HOW MUCH thought Wal Mart puts into their business practices....it is actually pretty scarry. I can guarentee you that whatever they have decided, they have analyzed it 10,000 times over and 500 different ways. As a vendor who has tried to sell to them, they know their stuff usually as good or better than the people trying to sell to them.<br /><br />To them a decisionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844794190793654937.post-23543761566633993352009-12-22T06:31:31.680-08:002009-12-22T06:31:31.680-08:00Apparently some paintball manufacturers, like JT f...Apparently some paintball manufacturers, like JT for instance, sell a lot of product through WalMart. These sales will be lost. There will be one side that will say that those sales will now go to paintball stores, where the new paintballers will get better service and advice.<br /><br />Others will say that the drop in sales will mean less people will buy their first marker at all, because Reiner Schaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11735297279972068471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5844794190793654937.post-51575774465728222912009-12-20T05:39:01.005-08:002009-12-20T05:39:01.005-08:00NOt sure what the effect ofn the sport this would ...NOt sure what the effect ofn the sport this would be.cheap paintballhttp://thepaintballsniper.com/index.php?cPath=7noreply@blogger.com