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hahaha. :P
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Just say you were trying to take a picture and his fat ass blocked the camera. ;)
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Also - I'd be weary of taking a picture of this guy, purely for the amusement of making fun of him online... that's the stuff lawsuits are made of. |
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I dont think even he is that stupid to try something like that after all the years of out right lies and other crap he has but many of us through. Though I could very well be wrong. I mean hell when you open a business people just assume your going to be honest and look how wrong we all were about that one :rolleyes:
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Larry does not own laser trek, but he does run it along with the other pb/laser tag location in the N.E. He and his wife Sylvia have run the two locations for a long time. Good luck if any of you try to talk to the owner Harry at capture the flag outdoor in Cochrane. If you call the booking line for ctf in cochrane, you can probably get a hold of him, if he still does the bookings like he did many years ago when I worked at Trek, but I doubt it. |
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Yea she's from Germany has a German accent. She is actually a real nice lady.
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Wow, that is pretty crazy. I can't beleive he would say that airsoft is a dying sport; if anything, it is picking up IMO, especially with the MUCH more reasonable prices (well unless you buy from him that is) on the guns, compared to awhile back. One thing I can't understand though: why on earth would this guy talk like that about airsoft if he is sitting there and SELLING airsoft guns? That didn't make good sense to me. Did I miss something? LOL! |
I believe that his range of customers are mostly aged 13-15 who want real looking guns. So if i was a kid looking for a realistic gun, it wouldnt matter to me wether its a dying sport as long as i got some action with my super duper awesome bb gun that the other kids dont have.
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Dont forget its mommy and daddy paying for it for the kid that ends up on CBC
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The simple solution to this problem is to play outdoor games, which are way better than indoor anyway. Sure, you don't get to play as frequent but then you don't have to deal with a douche.
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He tells kids that airsoft is dying because he wants to make his place feel more unique and keep his lucrative business. He wants kids to think that the only place to play and buy airsoft is from Lasertrek and that they have no option but spend their money there. He doesn't want people finding out about the other airsoft clubs in Alberta or online like JOC/ASC.
Consequentely, you have kids paying $600 a very used 5 year old stock plastic guns from the wall at that place. |
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also, the reasons that his indoor airsoft is so "original and one of a kind" is cause laserquest wont allow it. i have talked to laser quest (which is a nation wide bussiness) and the only reason they dont allow indoor is because thier insurence company wont shift one policy for one location. it would have to be something covering all locations across canada.....something to look at as this is ASC.....
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dont support laser trek!
Hey i noticed your thread posted and hahah thank god someone else thinks lasertrek is terrible! i was there with some friends and they wouldnt let me play because of the fps on my gun, but the only person who had a problem was the fat guy in the chair! demanding a refund of the arena fee and going home disapointed i swear i will never go there ever again. i think people need to know the truth about airsoft to expand the sport and not get scared off by people like him!
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FYI, JOC limts are 320 fps indoors on all guns. i believe insurance plays apart in setting the fps limits at trek as well. other groups may play with slightly different limits bottomline.... shoot over 320 fps and its too hot for indoors and NOT allowed. |
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They have to cover their insurance. |
Im aware of the indoor rules but it was shooting around 320 and the odd 330 but there was another group playing who when they chrono his gun was around 340 and they told him that he cant shoot closer than 10 feet.
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ok well thanks for being involved on my little delema or how ever you spell it, but i would just like to say what a horrbile experiance it was for me but at least i learned from it. And i obviously sound like a begginer airsofter but ya everybody has ran into an issue here or there when they are getting into something new.
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well im not completely new to the sport and i know the rules but i obviously had more experiance than the kid shooting in the lobby who was yelled at to not, but i guess you would know more since you were there.
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Find it funny we all have had bad dealings with larry and the one guy who gets told "no" for the right reason complains lol. We had a guy last week with a gun above 320 (325 to be accurate) and he was told flat out no period at all could he game that gun. So its not just you, just be thankful he is holding to that bit.
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I have played there many times and never have I heard of someone with a gun shooting hot being told "that he cant shoot closer than 10 feet.".
On a side note...I walked in there with my father and brother in law to see how the renos were going and when we got in and Larry didnt even bother to turn his head to say hello or anything. Normally he would atleast nod his head or say hi. We walked around saw that there was barely anything on the wall or in the cases and the stuff he did have in one case had dust covering everything meaning no one had been in there for a while. There is plywood still over the windows but it looks like things are coming along inside. I think the whole time we were there Larry may have scratched his nose. What ever he was looking at on his computer must have been pretty interesting! |
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Reaper135, it has nothing to do with noob status or otherwise. dont take any comments personally.
as far as trek goes....i was with a group that was allowed their own night there (a group that i am no longer associated with) and we were running a group decided limit of 350 indoors. (no you see why im not with them amung other reasons) and it was never mentions, looked in on, or otherwise..... as far as larry not acknowledging a persons presence....of course not...he only cares that the pay cheques come rolling in |
Wow. My friends and I have had small games in his basement with cheap pistols but we want to get more into airsoft, well avoid this place for sure though.
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I wouldnt say not to play there just do your research before buying ANYTHING there.
I still play there in the winter |
The future of trek is unknown at this point. Just fom talking with Larry I have found out that he only had liability insurance, after the press with the van going in the window little to no buisness has rolled through the joint. Airsoft doesnt support the rent and bills there the laser tag does. Dont be hating so bad on the place or the people that run it, if it wasnt for them where would we play in the winter? We all have our issues with people.. Thats just human nature, if trek just closed down one day, and we didnt have a place to play then where would we be? Give em a break.
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oh ya i have no problem playing there. All I am saying is if you are planning on buying a gun or a part then probably would be a good idea to hop on google for 5 minutes and do some research so you know what you are buying...goes for anything
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+1 infekted gonzo sleeper
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I saw that he was charging $50 for one high cap AK-47 mag. I swear that I will never buy anything from this man.
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i got aged verified last month......with 3 of my friends........its almost impossible?!?!?!?!?!!?!
what a dumbass, even a noob like me could do better |
Actually, I think it's cool that did a-hole is selling airsoft for such prices. It keep all the kids and the gangsta away from the fire powa!
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Like fuck all you mofo's in Calgary should know and others that have gone to trek, if this place goes down we're all fucked come winter. Who cares about whats going on there pay your 20 fuckin dollars and go about your damn business. If you don't like him don't talk to him. NUFF SAID |
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you have your opinion, and he has his. trek has its place in the airsoft community in calgary if you dont personally like it, then so be it. no need with this continual attack on larry and his way of business |
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EDIT: Mind you, Larry said some very personal things too which i didnt want to include cuz they are irrelevant to the topic of his business practices. He specifically targeted me with snide remarks and kept glaring at me when i was talking to the new guy. In one such comment he implied that i was stupid and a 5 year old girl knew more so when someone says he isnt how i put him to be, i find it really hard to believe. /End of Discussion |
youre right
i wasnt there and so i cant comment on what larry said and how he treated you. nor do i purport to comment on it. further, i am not trying to defend larry or trek i am not trying to convince you larry and/or trek has good business practises what i am trying to say is that you have already said your piece we all know your distaste for larry, trek and its business practises theres no need to go on and on and on about it in my profession, you say your piece, defend your position once or twice, and then let people judge for themselves. |
He's got every right to voice his distaste for larry and/or trek's business practices as much as he wants. As long as he isn't making anything up to support his own point of view, why stop him from airing his displeasure?
If you knew someone who owned a certain business had conducted poor business practices and also personally insulted you, but everyone still seemed to want to go there because they didn't know about it, or they weren't there so they don't believe everything you say, wouldn't you try your hardest to get others to understand that? |
What about the locals getting together and sponsoring their own field? if there's enough of you, everyone pitch in on a rented building or such, and do what larry is doing, only with out the steep prices and stupidity. I know it might not be feasible, but it's an idea at least.
[/end random thought] least favorite airsofter? the kind that sneak up real real close and unload on you, the unload on you again when you call HIT and stand up. |
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And we have plenty of outdoor fields and even private ones that are cheap enough. I'd love a winter game when it's -40. Bundle up more and that means you don't get hurt by bbs at 425+ FPS. Wear some waterproof clothing and boots and you can lie in the snow for an hour. As far as renting or creating a facility, the local clubs are too splintered here in Calgary to get something organized that involved that much cost. There are a lot of strange divisions or grudges and private groups running their own things that don't want to have anything to do with each other and it puzzles me greatly. I think everybody should just get together and try to get along so we can all have bigger numbers and better turnout to all games. Airsoft drama is ridiculous. Most of us are grown adults, Lasertrek provides an indoor facility that I know a lot of Calgary airsofters enjoy. There are hundreds of people that only play at Trek. That's fine. I just don't like misinformation given to new players when this is such a fringe and fragile sport as it is...and especially in this town where there seems to be a lot of division between the two largest airsoft groups for no real tangible reason that I can see. |
Exhibit A... this entire thread. :)
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Complaints and discussion about a way a business is run is one thing but this thread's turned into personal attacks that I'm not sure should be tolerated here.
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Infekted, and burningashes, at any point did either of you read back on any of the things you've said, and realise "Gee. My vulgar language and inability to just let this go, might be a problem for me and the general community around me?"
Time to stop acting childish. On a less bashing note, an indoor field isn't everything. We don't have one here, but my team has gone out in the dead of winter, in snow storms to play. It's not too bad, its usually pretty good. |
hey your not the first, i went a coupe year back when they sold guns at 300 and up to 500 but last year when i went to have another look, the prices rose dramatically, li,ke doubling, and he fed me the same bullshit, after trying to sell me an ak47 for a grand
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that had better be a RS type 56....
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what was it then...
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Im not sure, defineitly not rs grade, not even close, maybe TM but it was a long time ago and i could be mistaken, the reason he was selling it for a grand was because it had a whole bunch of 'upgrades' that he didnt actually name or point out
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wow I feel bad for Rock 'n Roll Outlaw, he just moved to Calgary, sounds like a shitty place for airsoft...
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great place for airsoft huge battlefield game this weekend large indoor game in melville in early august large milsim in late august weekly outdoor games and indoor games three times a week the opinions above are that of a single person and NOT generally of the airsoft scene in calgary |
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