Wooly_Booly Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 There has been some discussion over on Facebook lately regarding UAC having sent out notifications to their retailers about closing shop. There haven't been any reasons given as far as I can tell, but Alpha Airsoft and a few others have confirmed the info. Right now no clue as to whether or not they're gone for good or if this is just temporary.Does anyone have any additional information on this? Link to post Share on other sites
Katotaka Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 they just said they're closing probably not coming back in foreseeable future if not for good Link to post Share on other sites
NonEx Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 Too bad. I liked them as a company and their products Link to post Share on other sites
Katotaka Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 pretty much everyone is struggling just to survive given the current situation in HK so no surprise if anyone closes down Link to post Share on other sites
NonEx Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 What situation in HK? Link to post Share on other sites
Katotaka Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 let's just say economic situation and the atmosphere are really bad for small business right now Link to post Share on other sites
Guges Mk3 Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 That and Evike did not help too. Link to post Share on other sites
1st Commando Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 As I alluded to a few weeks ago this is a permanent closure . It was due to things beyond their control for the most part Link to post Share on other sites
Wooly_Booly Posted March 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 That and Evike did not help too. I really dislike a lot of Evikes business practices. What did they do to UAC specifically? Link to post Share on other sites
Guges Mk3 Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 He has deep pockets now and essentially for the US market...he wrote a lot of checks to get everything into the US directly under his various "house" brands. I am not faulting his business acumen, but he has destroyed the HK Airsoft shops. As for UAC, I am not sure, I am just answering about the business atmosphere in HK of which much of it is caused by the PRC Chinese. Link to post Share on other sites
Wooly_Booly Posted March 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 Not sure I'm following. Do you mean that Evike essentially outmatched the competition by the sheer number of items they have available? Link to post Share on other sites
DrAlexanderTobacco Posted March 7, 2018 Report Share Posted March 7, 2018 Specifically making them available domestically in the US. It's a lot less hassle to order direct domestically even if it can be more expensive than international orders. Link to post Share on other sites
aznriptide859 Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Not sure I'm following. Do you mean that Evike essentially outmatched the competition by the sheer number of items they have available? I think he means Evike is attempting to take over different ACM OEM's and branding it as their "own" stuff (e.g. "Evike" brand). Link to post Share on other sites
Guges Mk3 Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Not sure I'm following. Do you mean that Evike essentially outmatched the competition by the sheer number of items they have available? Specifically making them available domestically in the US. It's a lot less hassle to order direct domestically even if it can be more expensive than international orders. I think he means Evike is attempting to take over different ACM OEM's and branding it as their "own" stuff (e.g. "Evike" brand). He has done all 3. Link to post Share on other sites
aznriptide859 Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Yikes Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 I don't get it. Evike are just a re brander aren't they? If they're killing OEMs, what are they going to re brand? Link to post Share on other sites
sandstorm Posted March 8, 2018 Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 I think they're not killing OEMs, butr rather they are buying them up, killing retailers in HK who have nothing more to sell, when OEM production is all funneled to Evike. Trying to monopolize the distribution, especially to US market. Link to post Share on other sites
mimesis Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 They've done all kinds of things. They have exclusive deals with various RS companies. They've commissioned brand new models from OEM manufacturers. They're the exclusive distributors in the US for various brands. They import a lot more unusual stuff than they used to, making it easier not to order from HK. They do all this crazy rebranding, to Matrix, etc. Obviously, they're primarily in a competition with Airsoft GI; Evike expanded into other areas from its one base, whereas GI has diversified geographically. Who knows, in the long term, that might be the smarter move. Link to post Share on other sites
Katotaka Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 Food for thought: this is making a less healthy business environment for everyone in an even longer term. Link to post Share on other sites
Guges Mk3 Posted March 9, 2018 Report Share Posted March 9, 2018 ^ That Link to post Share on other sites
Amoki Posted March 21, 2018 Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 Oh noes! UAC made some of the best parts for the TM Glock especially the darn aluminium nozzle. Link to post Share on other sites
antroa1985 Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 Noooo! Always been a fan of UAC products, especially pistol parts. I think I have UAC blow back housings in all my custom built guns. Sad to see them go, might be time to stock up on some parts. Link to post Share on other sites
CZFan Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 This doesn't make sense. For years everybody has told us how the US market is irrelevant and now people are sayin evike is killing HK manufacturers (UAC is a manufacturer, not a retailer/reseller) is beyond implausible. Evike isn't killing anything nor are they undercutting prices of imported goods. Airsoft prices vs quality are out of control and this is a normal market correction. I liked UAC but their 50$ nozzles never seal right :\ things like that don't help Link to post Share on other sites
Guges Mk3 Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 The people that said the US market is irrelevant did not have the vision to see a country that has more than 2 guns per citizen is very big market. Going on 20+ years in the US industry. I still run into "rich" old guys that say..."hey have you ever seen this? I just found it at ....it's called an Airsoft pistol." Link to post Share on other sites
1st Commando Posted April 4, 2018 Report Share Posted April 4, 2018 It's nothing to do with competition or Evike or anything like that . It's just really hard to continue when you no longer have any machines Link to post Share on other sites
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