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9mmGunGuy said:
Guess no one is buying newly-imported guns this year.
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Its going to be shocking. :(
Guys that are willing to shop around might find 'old stock' or mistakes.
We noticed this morning that cabelas in canada is selling leica products with US$ pricing. That means, with 1.26 rate and with margins normally there, they are selling at 15% BELOW COST! Hard to compete with that .
 
Sellers have to find more suppliers from countries that will deal in their own or Canadian $, the ones that think outside the box will benefit! There are some very nice firearms manufactured around the world at reasonable prices that we need to access!!
 
bobdbldr said:
Sellers have to find more suppliers from countries that will deal in their own or Canadian $, the ones that think outside the box will benefit! There are some very nice firearms manufactured around the world at reasonable prices that we need to access!!
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^This The CAD has done less poorly against the Euro to say the least. It's actually up about 7 or 8 cents since this time last year. In fact, Euro was around 1.50 CAD last year. It was 1.41 today.

Also, major chains (like Cabela's or Bass Pro) may engage in "country pricing" and while that means we often pay more compared to US prices when our dollar is strong it also softens the blow of a weak dollar.
 
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About 5 years ago I was looking at buying a cooper 17hmr with sporter stock and nothing fancy
they were Selling for $$1599.00 now the same gun is $2399.00 but with or low dollar they are saying another $600.00
Increase that's $3000.00.That is for just the basic sporter model and at that price I think cooper priced them selves out
Of the market.
 
Prices here in Canada are already higher than the US prices. Part of the increase is already built in and always will be. We Canadians always get the short end of the straw. Prices on many firearms that were once considerations for the collection have slowly dropped off due to price increases already. Ie. grand power firearms(once affordable option, now at HK, Sig price points here in Canada)
Soon the customer base will start to shrink and this hobby/sport will only be for the uber rich. I really hope I am wrong, I really love to shoot.
 
So will European guns be going down since our dollar is stronger the the euro? Gas prices are down that means shipping costs should be down for importers. Don't mean to jump on your guys but I'm tired of these posts saying prices are going up due to a weak dollar. I don't recall prices going down when Our dollars was 1.10 to the American. The dollar fluctuates if you want to sell things at a percentage above cost then Change your prices daily.
 
If prices are too high a lot of people will just not buy....kinda like with gas prices, when the price is high a lot of people reduce their traveling to the basic needs. That trip across the province will become a weekend trip to the local lake.

Same with gun prices, theres a lot more at play when purchasing a new gun than just the exchange rate....consumer spending has a finite (measurable) limit.

Time will tell if a 20+% increase is more than that limit will allow...if it is, products will not sell and inventory will back up at both the retail and distributor levels. If this happens prices will drop to move the goods...there is a balance and from what I've been reading, the average family residual income is decreasing not increasing.
 
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Good thing my salary is paid in USD! I am cashing in! Turned a 21000 dollar check into 25500!!
That's a free modern hunter right there!
 
The market for used guns will heat up..and new purchases will drop off..

Special purchases may soften the blow but not planning any new members joining my crew this year unless the deal is too good to pass up..
 
I dont see purchasing slowing down much, us canadian pay too much all the time anyway, why would we stop now? Even for products made here, like BRP atv's and snowmobiles, they've always said "we charge what the market is willing to bare" and we have proven to be willing to pay more for decades now.
The only way I see it slowing is if large numbers of guys actually lose jobs. The cuts going on right now are petty.
 
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So will European guns be going down since our dollar is stronger the the euro? Gas prices are down that means shipping costs should be down for importers. Don't mean to jump on your guys but I'm tired of these posts saying prices are going up due to a weak dollar. I don't recall prices going down when Our dollars was 1.10 to the American. The dollar fluctuates if you want to sell things at a percentage above cost then Change your prices daily.
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Changing prices daily isn't an option. Prices may not have gone down when we were above par but for a few years they did not go up, even with US manufactors bumping prices by a few percentages every year. And, yes, some of our European items like anschutz are actually cheaper now than they were mid summer when we paid over 1.55 for a Euro...
 
I have also been shooting less as well. This year I really won't have much time so I'm will just continue to build up stock.
Not because I can't but because I hate paying that kind of money for ammo.
 
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