How many folks are making you want to strangle them with their incessant inane questions?
It is a free market. There is no "interrupting the supply chain", if I buy ammo and resell it. Regardless of what price I sell for.
Or we could let Obama appoint a "ammo control czar" and pass a bunch of laws to control this.
How about we leave the free market alone?
Criminal, Good grief.
OMG! Is this thing really at 124 responses?!
Amen it seems the only people pissed at the ammo situation are those that don't have any ammo. Quit complaining and be prepared. Its not people buying to resell its an accumulation of a lot of thing going on. Everyone wants to blame everyone else for their problems.
Get over it and realize you just didn't prepare.
Actually, no......y'see, I'm likely better prepared than many on this forum - and it still ticks me off. I understand the free market, and generally support it. BUT - when someone not regularly in a given line of business jumps in it solely to "make a killing" - then, yeah, I think they're wrong. And guess what? It's my RIGHT to think that.<G>
My analogy is likened to an office worker that heads to an area hit by a hurricane with some guys he grabbed off a street corner and a trailer load of shingles and stuff he grabbed at home depot. He then offers "roofing" at 3X the going rate, and cries "free market" when someone calls him on it. The ONLY reason he's doing it is for gross profit - and as soon as he's sold what he brought, he's gonna be gone.
Now, contrast that with a roofing contractor that heads for the same place. He's coming in with experienced crews, material he KNOWS is quality - and will be installing good products in a professional manner. Is he worth 3X the price? In normal times, no - but if no one else is available, at least you're doing business with someone that knows what they're doing, and has a real reason to be doing it.
Oh.....and all these guys going out and buying/selling ammo out of their trunks? Wonder how many of 'em are collecting (and paying) sales tax per the law? Yeah......you're right.
If everyone stopped overpaying for ammo this problem would go away.
If everyone stopped overpaying for ammo this problem would go away.
What is "overpaying"?? Are you suggesting that you have given more money to a seller then you thought the item was worth to you? Why would you give the seller extra money? Why didn't you just walk away?
I haven't overpaid for any. But there are lots that have. Overpaying? Academy cost: $16.50 a box. Gunbroker and "the rapists": $45 a box. Why would anyone pay that premium?
Geez, must have hit a nerve. Good to know what your side business is though.
I haven't overpaid for any. But there are lots that have. Overpaying? Academy cost: $16.50 a box. Gunbroker and "the rapists": $45 a box. Why would anyone pay that premium?
Geez, must have hit a nerve. Good to know what your side business is though.
No, I am not reselling ammo, I am also not paying the "internet" prices because I have enough ammo. The point I have been trying to make is that there is no such thing as overpaying, each transaction occurs at the price that the seller and buyer agree is the correct value for the goods being exchanged.
Are there people here convinced they are good at this point if they never bought ammo ever again? Have you altered your shooting habits? Are you fine making those compromises for forever?
The ones that are truly getting screwed are the new gun owners - the ones who are starting from scratch and having to pay these jacked up prices. Sure, they can find deals if they know where and how to look, but many new owners don't know any better.