The question: to paint or not to paint. . . pay more to paint?

[hollowedpoint]

Raw dog

[Bobbydigital]

This dawg likes it raw

[Tomasaurus]

How about you just do the edge so we don't have to deal with that or have it rust?

[tinman304]

Raw!

[Crack]

Hi guys,
K here. A recent question has been posed to us that makes us wonder how we should go about it. It's a problem that I'm not proud of, but really gets my knickers in a twist.

The problem is paint,
While we only guarantee ugly paint jobs as in our FAQ http://https://www.rangerabbit.com/pages/about-us this has come up once or twice a year as an issue. Especially as its our busy season and we are trying to get orders out the door sometimes the paint is done the day of shipping in order to keep up with orders. This includes our stands etc.

My mindset is that this target will be shot at and you (the customer) is buying the functional target or stand of which we are happy to replace or modify should an issue of functionality come up. most targets and stands will have the paint shot off of. We keep our prices low in some ways because we aren't investing in a premium of 'looks' department. Especially with Covid prices have gone wonky and we are trying to keep things affordable as best we can.

The reality is our options are:

1) Keep the occasional ugly paint job
2) Up our prices to have everything minty-standard-
3) Stop bothering with the fuss to begin with and sell the products raw dawg steel.

So poll time: What do you guys want from us?

Since you guys like free stuff I'll include a 6" gong freebie for the discourse randomly chosen to settle the 'issue' as it stands. (clairification: poll and comment to be entered into the draw)

Go raw

[JBD]

Raw if it is cheaper you are going to paint them anyway after a few hits.

[Bulriver]

I voted for ugly paint.

The paint on bases and post caps has held up much better than any rattle can job I could do.

[maifire]

As long as the targets do not come rusty or oily, raw is fine to me. Paint is waste. On top of the quality of it, someone will be unhappy with the colour you chose because it does not contrast their background. Let us paint them any way we want.

[270 totheend]

Raw dawg metal is fine. A pristine paint job on steel is only going to last up to the first outing and paint colour is a personal preference choice. The paint will be refreshed between outings and sometimes between long shot strings so the initial paint job is temporary at best and not important.

[Desjard]

I have a ton of half used spray cans, I don't need anyone to paint my plates cause how else will I get rid of these aerosol cans!? Raw.