Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-46802514-20200904220237/@comment-30049823-20200907175839

Only a fool would buy a modded or painted blaster via mailorder from someone who DIDN'T have a good reputation yet, unless it was SUPER cheap. Reason being, it's very difficult to determine whether a quality job was done, just from a couple web-resolution pictures.

It's super easy to do a rattle-can hose-job on a blaster and make it LOOK really good in pictures, even though the trigger is sticky and the paint will flake off if you look at it sideways. For this reason, buyers are VERY cautious about buying modded/painted stuff.

Also, the odds of you painting or modding a blaster that matches the taste of a prospective buyer are astronomically low. (i.e. "That looks cool but I wanted a green one, not a blue one")

So basically, it's a bad business model to start with. Mod and paint blasters for yourself because you enjoy it, first. Sell your extras when you get tired of them and want something different. If they were well done, you'll develop a reputation and eventually people will be knocking down your door and throwing cash at you to do commissions for them.

That's the point where you actually have a chance to make a profit doing mods and paint jobs.