Not $1200. Lol.
Price gouging
- Thread starter lwing
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Not $1200. Lol.
mmcintyre1220
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Tillsonburg, Ontario
I am thoroughly convinced that there are two guys working for a certain auction house that simply crank up the bids in hopes to get a bite. If the item is won by one of them, you will see it on the next auction. Now, at the end of the day, no one is forcing you to bid however its a shady business practice. When I get into auctions I bid the max I am willing to pay for that item right off the bat and I stick to it. I have watched some pretty rediculous things occur in recent auctions. Last auction someone paid 175 bucks for 23 rounds of 410 bird shot lol.
Me, I sit back and laugh. Everyone on here or gun post who I see trying to rip others off gets blocked right away. Any store I see ripping people off gets added to my black list. When the smoke clears and the availability is back, I will begin buying again. Just last week I sold a guy 2k large rifle Mag for $90. I will never be someone who rips others off on a sale. I sleep well at night knowing I'm not a POS like many others online
Me, I sit back and laugh. Everyone on here or gun post who I see trying to rip others off gets blocked right away. Any store I see ripping people off gets added to my black list. When the smoke clears and the availability is back, I will begin buying again. Just last week I sold a guy 2k large rifle Mag for $90. I will never be someone who rips others off on a sale. I sleep well at night knowing I'm not a POS like many others online
I've been wondering if it's just plain old price fixing and buddy-buddy action to extract more from actual customers, or how much of it is done to launder money. I think one or both of those could be at work here.
Not sure how anyone from any store can make you bid more than you are willing to. You clicked the button and agreed to whatever price you agreed to.
I both bought and sold from that auction - both times I have been happy with the amount payed.
$175 for some 410 shells is outrageous - but no one forced anyone to bid that amount. Somebody overpayed - plain and simple. Maybe drinkin and biddin? Maybe typed in a wrong digit? Maybe just really wanted those shells. Who knows
There are three prices to every thing we want to buy. What we want to pay. What we are willing to pay. And what we have to pay. Some people confuse the three. The way I see it is, the components I don't sell this year will only be worth more next year!
- Location
- WMU248 near Edmonton
well I'm sitting on about 100lbs of once fired brass that is going to go to auction soon. Just need to bag it up, its sorted by type and weighed, too many to count.
we'll see how that goes.
we'll see how that goes.
what is the material difference between this ad and guys asking $2800 for a Ruger 96 in 44 Mag?
No difference IMO. If you think the price is too much, don't buy it.
If you think it is the right price, buy it.
- Location
- Western Manitoba
Bigbubba - maybe re-read that ad - is $2800 asking for a Ruger 96 in 22 Mag, not 44 mag ... I do think that I heard a squeak or a "purr" from the 96-22M in the cabinet beside me though, when I saw that ad!!!
The point being, they didnt cost $2800 to buy new, any more than a Rem 660 in 222 or 6mm cost $1200 to buy new
But if people are willing to pay any amount then so be it.
Its not gouging when people are selling "wants" vs "needs" like milk and eggs...that's gouging.
This is just a classic case of supply and demand
- Location
- Western Manitoba
For sure!! I have to feel somewhat sad for the person that pays that price for that rifle, but it is that buyer's decision, not mine, to make. Even milk and eggs, though - at some price level, I will find an alternative - has been done around the world, and for centuries - so, to each their own - pay what they think they have to, for what they want to buy, or "make do" another way.
Or the $1200 for 8lbs of Varget listed this morning.
Or $800 for 5lbs of H1000
Its a funny thing, some guys that complained about gouging are now selling some of there own stash as the prices have gone crazy.
We will see what the Calgary gun show brings this weekend, I have always had a good time and a good laugh at some of the prices at gun shows. I like going though, picking up a few small items that are hard to find, or a rifle I like that I have not come across in a long time, I keep buying Remington BDL Varmint Specials in one particular type everytime I see one for a decent price, as I love these rifles, and have never handled one that did not shoot exceptionally well for me.
Or $800 for 5lbs of H1000
Its a funny thing, some guys that complained about gouging are now selling some of there own stash as the prices have gone crazy.
We will see what the Calgary gun show brings this weekend, I have always had a good time and a good laugh at some of the prices at gun shows. I like going though, picking up a few small items that are hard to find, or a rifle I like that I have not come across in a long time, I keep buying Remington BDL Varmint Specials in one particular type everytime I see one for a decent price, as I love these rifles, and have never handled one that did not shoot exceptionally well for me.
To be fair, I’m not one of the ones that have sold their stash on the EE, but people they know I have it have offered me big $$$ for some stuff, if they seek it out and ask me to buy it at a high price should I feel bad for selling it?
Had a gentleman on another forum I was on that had all his hunting loads developed in varget, offered 150$ for a lb as he was desperate to get loads done up before his bear hunt… those lbs were $50 a few months ago, should I feel bad for profiting? Or feel good for helping this guy who was more than happy to pay the price ? Now he can load 150 hunting rounds.. that’s years worth.
- Location
- Western Manitoba
And you just became a buyer in that same market that you sold into - unless you did not really have a use for that Varget in the first place.
- Location
- SE corner Sk
Yeah, charging over a $100 a pound for powder is a bit of a rip off. If it's a really hard to find type of powder, maybe $70.
Otherwise, I'm ok paying $50 a lb. That's the problem starting reloading in the middle of shortages, not the nicest on the pocket book.
Otherwise, I'm ok paying $50 a lb. That's the problem starting reloading in the middle of shortages, not the nicest on the pocket book.
I don't have a problem with the average joe selling their own powder to another Joe for some profit, that's not why the thread was started. But it is fun to see the prices people ask, I recently noticed I was low on large rifle primers, that's going to be a tough pill to swallow.
What I do have a problem with is one vender cleaning out other vendors to sell at a higher price. Then you actually are driving the market up because you are controlling supply and cost.
What I do have a problem with is one vender cleaning out other vendors to sell at a higher price. Then you actually are driving the market up because you are controlling supply and cost.
Yup that is the biggest issue.
I have as well been offered a pile of cash for my Varget, as currently I have no use for it the guns I am loading for at the moment I don't use Varget for. But maybe in the future I will. I would rather trade for a powder for one that I use, but no dice. So I will keep it, also feel bad charging $100 a pound more than a guy can buy it for now if you can find it.
Yeah, charging over a $100 a pound for powder is a bit of a rip off. If it's a really hard to find type of powder, maybe $70.
Otherwise, I'm ok paying $50 a lb. That's the problem starting reloading in the middle of shortages, not the nicest on the pocket book.
$50 per pound at the counter is history.
Any recent Hodgdon orders that landed in Canada and don’t go straight to auction is $75 to $80 per pound now.
mmcintyre1220
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Tillsonburg, Ontario
As per my post "Now, at the end of the day, no one is forcing you to bid ". What I am saying is that I believe there are people affiliated with said auction house that are bidding up items in hopes people take the bait and bid at a higher price. Like I said, at the end of the day its up to the bidder to bid however, its a poor business practice and it causing many items to sell for much more than they are worth. Its only working because people are desperate. Primers from 1990 are not worth $100/k. If these jacka*sses would stop this crap the prices would come down.
People get caught up in the moment when bidding in auctions. It a very common and dirty practice to have "fake" bidders driving up the bids. Nothing new or uncommon here.
