N/NE/NW Houston Group Buy - Powder/Primers

[NickXD]

Two of my friends and I are going to make a purchase of powder and primers from Powder Valley (Powder Valley, Inc.)

The order will be placed sometime by February 3rd.

We are planning on getting 1000 LP primers and 2000 SP primers and bottles of W231, Power Pistol, and H335 powder.

That's what we are ordering, you can order anything you want.

If anyone wants to go in on the order and split the shipping and hazmat fees, let me know what you want and how much. Please be specific in your description, quantity and include the PV item number to avoid mistakes.

I live in the Humble area, so that's where everything is going to be shipped. One of my friends lives in Spring so we can meet anywhere between here and there.

So far, the hazmat and shipping is being split three ways, just trying to pass the savings on to everyone.

Thanks,
-Nick

 

[medalguy]

Great idea, unfortunately I just received a BIIIIG order from PV last month. I'm good for a while but I like the idea.

 

[matefrio]

Think you need to get with the site moderator before you can open up a group buy. Honestly they're a pain in the arse and folks get butt hurt over them more often than not.

 

[skinman]

uh...price? Group buy ain't worth a shit if I can get it at Ten Ring for the same price per unit...just saying...

 

[NickXD]

....If anyone wants to go in on the order and split the shipping and hazmat fees,...So far, the hazmat and shipping is being split three ways, just trying to pass the savings on to everyone.

Skinman, I drove to 10ring the other day and got some prices, here are some #'s for what I am going to order (for myself, my friends are ordering other stuff) comparing PV to 10ring.
Just because it's local doesn't mean it's cheaper....

10Ring:
1000x CCI#500 - $42.19 (incl. tax)
1lb Alliant Power Pistol - $22.70 (incl.tax)
1lb W231 - $25.40 (incl. tax)
Total: $90.29

PV (w/ 3 people splitting Hazmat/Shipping-which I already have)
1000x CCI#500 - $24.00
1lb Alliant Power Pistol - $14.30
1lb W231 - $16.90
S/H: $12.96
TOTAL: $68.16

SAVING: $22.13

Seems like a "No Brainer"... Just Sayin

 

[Deavis]

Just a suggestion, you'd save more buying cases of primers and 8lb kegs. $42 for a brick of primers is ridiculous, anything more than $25 per brick (before tax) is too high and more than $20 per lb of most powders is as well. If those were Federal Gold Match, maybe, but CCI500? Come on now.

We do piggybacks on our OEM orders from time to time but as matefrio pointed out, group purchases of any sort don't always work as smoothly as you would like them to.

 

[NickXD]

Like I said, it's just for local (to my location) Houstonians to save since the shipping and hazmat is being split.

You can order what ever you want. I just wrote down what I'm ordering. You could order the moon if you wanted......

I'm not saying you have to buy what I buy, or that I want to do a bulk order of any one particular item... It's cheaper for me to order (with friends) through PV instead of paying $$$ in gas and taxes to drive to 10ring (awesome store).

 

[Deavis]

Sure, I did the same thing before I could max a truck.

 

[skinman]

Looks like you have calculated it all out...I am pretty set with powder, primers, and bullets for now. I haven't needed to buy any primers or powder since last fall and the prices at 10-ring were not that high then. Let us know how this works out for you. I might go that way myself when I start getting low.

 

[Peter M. Eick]

You need to go much bigger to get a better price.

My shooting buddy and I (katy area) went together and bought over 100,000 primers and over 70 lbs of powder at one whack from powder valley a few months back. My primers were $16.49 per thousand. For only a few thousand primers, get them from 10 ring or the like. You need a lot more to make it economic in my opinion.

Also think carefully how you will store and house a large load of primers to meet the fire code rules. That was one of our biggest stumbling blocks until we got some friends to store the excess at their houses.

 

[piledriver]

NickXD sometimes PV has a deal where they waive the haz mat fee or something like that. It's a heck of a deal. I bought 4lbs of a power I just can't find around the Houston area for $96 from PV.

 

[Deavis]

Graf's does a promotion like that every once in a while too, get on their g-blast mailer and look for it.

 

[NickXD]

Thanks Deavis.. Just signed up for the g-blast.
Put in my PV order on sunday.. Saved me $25 than driving down to 10ring.

Sorry you guys missed out.

 

[Deavis]

If I have space on a truck order, I can try to help you out as well. We typically max powder but primers are always a possibility. I'm in Houston almost every month but even with dealer pricing, sometimes the savings aren't always there versus going it alone. It also depends on the discounts we are getting based on our volume (100k v. 500k v. 1000k, etc) that we are ordering, but I'll throw it out there as a possibility for you as well.

 

[NickXD]

I appreciate the offer!! If you have room, give me a buzz and see what I need to stock up on. Can't have too many primers!