Price gouging
- Thread starter lwing
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You missed the point. These guys are buying up stock and flipping it. I have enough powder to not really care myself but I can certainly see how it would chap some others.
I can't speak to who or how the auction inventory is developed. People seem to be paying those amounts. I am disappointed that a vendor would consider weighing shorter sighted gains - in my opinion - in favour of longer sighted business goals like others here value like myself. But I am not in the business and I don't know what the goals are.
I mostly see it like Longwalker, especially the part about passing up on bids that was selling too high for me, but without the deep pockets.
I don't have those. Ronr
Spring fever sportsman has some decent prices with a day to go...
So I snagged some turkey calls and a sidewinder tether system plus 2 armbands for 25
-600x 45cal winchester target (white box) 185 and 230 gr for .44/per (after the fees and tax)
-500 x 230gr Hornady fmj projectiles for .146/per
-11.5lbs of 45 brass for $14.
Think I did alright, primers went for over a hundo a box of 1k I watched, glad I stayed back
So I snagged some turkey calls and a sidewinder tether system plus 2 armbands for 25
-600x 45cal winchester target (white box) 185 and 230 gr for .44/per (after the fees and tax)
-500 x 230gr Hornady fmj projectiles for .146/per
-11.5lbs of 45 brass for $14.
Think I did alright, primers went for over a hundo a box of 1k I watched, glad I stayed back
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I guess as told at my LGS that primer production was stopped for individual sake and they were all going into loaded factory ammo.
I really don't understand your angst here. That's like being POed at the person who bought gold at $25/ounce in Mexico in 1970 and running it across the border to Texas and getting $40/ounce the next day.
It was great while it lasted.
Back when Bitcoin first came out and collapsed to 90 cents each, I picked up a thousand. I couldn't do anything with it, no one wanted it. Then it started going up in price and I "got rid of it at $9"
I felt pretty good about it for a couple of days.
Did I blame the fellow that bought it from me and is now living in the Bahamas in a lovely Villa on the beach??? No, but I'm envious as hell.
You may be confusing your feelings with envy????
$49819.00/ bitcoin today. Selling at $9.00 does feel like you might have missed out.
I literally said I have enough powder not to care. Being somewhat empathetic towards others is not envy, honestly your whole post is just garbage if you thought you were making a point to me. I guess comprehending my post was too much work before typing out a long, snarky reply. Profiteering is a scummy thing to do and considering the global circumstances and the OP's specific concerns with whatever retailer is being talked about, that's what this is.
I know I missed out but at the time, a 10 bagger looked pretty good.
How many times for how many years have the boys on here told everyone to stock up this was coming again and worse than ever
I don't feel one bit sorry for anyone that didnot listen and now cannot find much and when they do it is real expensive
Kudos to the guys that seen an opportunity to make a few dollars from the ignorance or stupidity of others
Just my useless 2 cents and yes I have many years requirement stashed now more than I would normally because I listened to the guys here
Thank you I say to them
Cheers
^ not everyone can afford to “stack it deep”. Many were affected financially by covid.
Surprised so many are justifying blatant profiteering. Life’s not all about making a buck
The more who get priced out of the hobby the less the young generation gets involved in the hobby.
How many hoards get tossed by clueless widows when guys buy “lifetime supplies” they never shoot?
The lack of empathy in this thread is disturbing. I love the free market as much as anyone with half a brain but it’s not an excuse for unethical behaviour
Surprised so many are justifying blatant profiteering. Life’s not all about making a buck
The more who get priced out of the hobby the less the young generation gets involved in the hobby.
How many hoards get tossed by clueless widows when guys buy “lifetime supplies” they never shoot?
The lack of empathy in this thread is disturbing. I love the free market as much as anyone with half a brain but it’s not an excuse for unethical behaviour
I got into reloading two years ago or so. I look at what I paid to get into a Dillon Press with all the fixings then and compare it to now - not sure I could/would have done it now TBH. The actual press hasn't increased too much but all the things you need to create the actual ammo - Caliber Conversion Kits, Dies, Quick Change Kit - plus the components - have gone up dramatically!
Very true, but I am helping out two people that are just getting into loading, so finding them enough components to keep going is tough. I did ,manage to find one guy, an 8lb jug of R-23, which was a nice surprise, and he buys whatever I find for him, so he will get by, but the other guy isn't as quick to react, when I find components, so he still hasn't accumulated much.
I help with wads , hulls and shot but not my primers or powder any more. 90% of my rifle stuff I sold off and kept just enough to take me to the grave
Cheers.
Nice to hear I will take all of your 16 gauge wads and AA and Active hulls.
