Red's charges $531 for Glocks, Academys charges $525 or something near that, McBrides about $540, Cabelas about $580, etc.
Compare that to $499 at Bud's online, $499 on Gunbroker, etc. where you are paying on average $15, or more generally, in a transfer, and another $25 in shipping. Grand total is $549.
Through Red's that same gun, due to tax, is $574. The only real "savings" is because the majority of the sales are out of state and don't have to cover a 8.25% sales tax.
Is Red making more money? Sure. Is he gouging people? Not unless you think a $25 difference, and not having to wait 2 - 3 days, is "gouging".
About the only retailer out there that is really "gouging" in my opinion is Cabelas. Joe and Red offer convenience, Red more so... you can buy a gun and shoot it in less than an hour.
The vast majority of people out there don't want to wait, don't want to deal with internet sales, transfers, etc. and have a multitude of questions about what they want, or need, in a handgun.
That's why we are sold out of 9mm Glocks on nearly a weekly basis.
I order the vast majority of my computer parts online, but I don't rile on Fry's for having the same stuff for $20 more. Fry's offers something that Newegg doesn't... walk in, walk out.
Compare that to $499 at Bud's online, $499 on Gunbroker, etc. where you are paying on average $15, or more generally, in a transfer, and another $25 in shipping. Grand total is $549.
Through Red's that same gun, due to tax, is $574. The only real "savings" is because the majority of the sales are out of state and don't have to cover a 8.25% sales tax.
Is Red making more money? Sure. Is he gouging people? Not unless you think a $25 difference, and not having to wait 2 - 3 days, is "gouging".
About the only retailer out there that is really "gouging" in my opinion is Cabelas. Joe and Red offer convenience, Red more so... you can buy a gun and shoot it in less than an hour.
The vast majority of people out there don't want to wait, don't want to deal with internet sales, transfers, etc. and have a multitude of questions about what they want, or need, in a handgun.
That's why we are sold out of 9mm Glocks on nearly a weekly basis.
I order the vast majority of my computer parts online, but I don't rile on Fry's for having the same stuff for $20 more. Fry's offers something that Newegg doesn't... walk in, walk out.