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#1
Posted 20 December 2008 - 01:57 AM
As you read this page you'll notice the price for these pipes! [size=7]they are amazingly low. [size=2] which you gotta admit it is! buuut some peopl (like myself) don't know how the price is ranged per foot... all does is say i.e. $00.45 for whatever pipe you want but it says Qty: 50 = 5% off, 100 = 10% off ,300 = 15%
So here I am thinking... [size=7]DAAAAYYYYYUUUMMMM!!![size=2] for something such as $12.50 for 300 ft of CLEAR PVC!
can anyone here figure out the pricing system of these said pipes?
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#2
Posted 20 December 2008 - 02:07 AM
#3
Posted 20 December 2008 - 02:11 AM
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#4
Posted 20 December 2008 - 02:12 AM
1/2" Clear Rigid PVC Pipe is 1.48 per foot.
They will only sell it to you in 10 foot sections. So for each 10' pipe it would be $14.80
If you were to order 50 feet worth it would be $74 minus 5% for a total of $70.30
If you were to order 100 feet it would be $148 minus 10% for a total of 133.20
If you were to order 300 feet it would be $444 minus 15% for a total of $377.40
Note that none of these figures include shipping, which for 300 feet worth of piping is going to be expensive.
In my opinion you are better off just buying it at the store or privately.
Edit rather than double post: They specifically say that they are willing to ship via different methods if you don't mind the pipes being cut.
Edited by shoeshine5, 20 December 2008 - 02:13 AM.
#5
Posted 20 December 2008 - 02:16 AM
To give you an example of how their pricing works
1/2" Clear Rigid PVC Pipe is 1.48 per foot.
They will only sell it to you in 10 foot sections. So for each 10' pipe it would be $14.80
If you were to order 50 feet worth it would be $74 minus 5% for a total of $70.30
If you were to order 100 feet it would be $148 minus 10% for a total of 133.20
If you were to order 300 feet it would be $444 minus 15% for a total of $377.40
Note that none of these figures include shipping, which for 300 feet worth of piping is going to be expensive.
In my opinion you are better off just buying it at the store or privately.
Edit rather than double post: They specifically say that they are willing to ship via different methods if you don't mind the pipes being cut.
lol well who here on nerfhaven would actually BUY 50-300 ft worth of CLEAR PVC? xD
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#6
Posted 20 December 2008 - 08:46 AM
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#7
Posted 20 December 2008 - 12:48 PM
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#8
Posted 20 December 2008 - 12:54 PM
Wow, clear PVC? Do you guy's think this may be better then PETG. I don't thin the clear pvc wll be anything like regular pvc, 'cause it's thinner?
Nope. Way, way more expensive than PETG. Doesn't have the right dimensions to fire micro stefans. Same exact sizes of regular PVC. Why would you think its thinner?
#9
Posted 20 December 2008 - 12:57 PM
#10
Posted 20 December 2008 - 12:59 PM
Oh, and, I didn't say it was thinner, I asked if it was.Wow, clear PVC? Do you guy's think this may be better then PETG. I don't thin the clear pvc wll be anything like regular pvc, 'cause it's thinner?
Nope. Way, way more expensive than PETG. Doesn't have the right dimensions to fire micro stefans. Same exact sizes of regular PVC. Why would you think its thinner?
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#11
Posted 20 December 2008 - 12:59 PM
Why? It would be amazing as a Pressure chamber in a SNAP. I am a bit tired of having to do a complete take apart of a gun to see if its all working, and this would save so much time + look really cool.It would be fairly cool to nest PETG into that, make it look like thick PETG...Still really friggin expensive though.
I was actually thinking of something for quick visual checks of barrels with PETG, but Im not sure if its been done before (I know PETG is clear, but not when its nested in PVC)
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#12
Posted 20 December 2008 - 01:19 PM
#13
Posted 21 December 2008 - 08:47 AM
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#14
Posted 21 December 2008 - 09:00 AM
With that being said, the only reason I've been looking into clear PVC was for a non-Nerf project. I don't think clear PVC is a replacement for any barrel material. PETG is much cheaper if you want clear. It might make a cool plunger tube if you want to stick to PVC parts, but compared against clear polycarbonate tubing, it's also significantly more expensive.
#15
Posted 21 December 2008 - 11:49 AM
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#16
Posted 21 December 2008 - 12:09 PM
#17
Posted 21 December 2008 - 01:38 PM
Or you could buy polycarbonate or even polyester thick-wall tubing and end up with something that's much more durable.Get some tap acrylic, it's like $4 for 10 feet.
#18
Posted 21 December 2008 - 04:09 PM
Or you could buy polycarbonate or even polyester thick-wall tubing and end up with something that's much more durable.Get some tap acrylic, it's like $4 for 10 feet.
For future reference: would thick (1/8" wall) polyester be strong/durable enough to use as a plunger tube in a SNAP type design? I would think that clear PVC would be so soft that it would turn into an unattractive mass of scratches in fairly short order. I realize that this would not be cost effective, but then again, that's hardly the point...
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#19
Posted 21 December 2008 - 04:17 PM
It would depend on how its ends are attached to the rest of the blaster. You'll want to use a minimum of four screws at each end.For future reference: would thick (1/8" wall) polyester be strong/durable enough to use as a plunger tube in a SNAP type design?
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