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timber
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Posted: November/06/2008 at 17:28 |
I purchase factory ammo from several internet companies. I noticed today that one of the companies I check had big price increases across the board. If it's okay I'll give the name. I hope this is not going to happen with the others.
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lucytuma
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Wait till Obama takes office, I've heard about a 500% increase. What your seeing now is probably a seasonal price increase.
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timber
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I thought about that - a seasonal increase. But this appears to be isolated (so far) to one company. The increase is about 10% across the board. It looks like gouging.
Edited by timber - November/06/2008 at 19:16 |
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timber
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I checked again and the price increases are more around 20% on ammo for that particular company. There are 4 or 5 sites active on the web (in America) and we all know their names. I'd strongly suggest checking and comparing prices. It will be very obvious who the gouger is.
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Sgt. D
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It is absoulutely gouging!! obama won/
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Take care of Soldiers, Show em how its done and do it with em, Run to the Fight & and hold your ground! I die my men go home! If you're a NCO and this ain't you. GET OUT! GOD BLESS AMERICA!
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timber
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Sgt. D. Although I wasn't thinking about the panic/fear motivation for folks to stock up on ammo (and guns) I suspect this may very likely push prices up - law of supply and demand. It could happen.
But what I was alluding to was a specific example of apparent gouging. If you buy ammo on-line you will be aware of the 4 or 5 biggest ammo sellers. If you are not google discount ammo or something similar and you'll come up with some names. One of these companies prices will astound you when you compare them with the others. I've purchased from them in the past but when I saw the recent +20% increase in price I was outraged. I thought at first maybe it was just one brand or caliber but the more I compared it appears they increased their prices across their whole line of ammo. Please, if you buy ammo on-line, compare prices. If you run across this particular company it will be abundantly obvious their prices are out of line with the other companies. DO NOT BUY FROM THEM. |
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Duce
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I looked through my ammo safe and I see a consistent increase in prices all cal. over the past 2 years with the premium ammo going up more .
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timber
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Duce. I've seen that too. But nothing like the gouging I saw last week. Has anybody else found it?
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timber
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Outdoor Life's December/January issue has an article called 'Copper Crunch'. The author points to dramatically increasing commodity prices because of demand from developing countries, especially China and India, over the past couple of years. This demand has decreased just as rapidly from the world's economies slowing. We should see cheaper ammo as these prices filter down to manufacturers.
This has nothing to do with the price gouging of one on-line seller. I just thought folks would find the information useful. |
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cheaptrick
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Excellent observation, Mr. Duce. Those are my findings as well.
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cheaptrick
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Damn dude, I thought that was just a Air Force "thing"?
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Steelbenz
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.22 .223 whats the difference!!!!
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pyro6999
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what i wanna know is since the prices of copper and steel and everything else is down, if it stays down will the price of ammo go down too?
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They call me "Boots"
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Sgt. D
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Only if demand, or I should say lack of demand forces it. I think, once the rush to stock up drops off then unless something else comes up the over-stocks "Might" bring it in check. Only time will tell. It's like the stock market. If I were ever going to invest, NOW is the time!
I'm hoping Winchester tries to get involved, then if sells drop of, that is when I'll stock up.
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Take care of Soldiers, Show em how its done and do it with em, Run to the Fight & and hold your ground! I die my men go home! If you're a NCO and this ain't you. GET OUT! GOD BLESS AMERICA!
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Urimaginaryfrnd
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some brass started becoming scarce in the last few months, metal prices are up.
Edited by Urimaginaryfrnd - December/03/2008 at 01:30 |
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anweis
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It's the hunting season, and many stores try to make some profit on that.
Second, the Obama price increase has become such an urban legend, that guns and ammo sales are through the roof. Based on that, i bet some companies do some serious gouging.
Now, with US, China, and rest of the world economies in recession, much lower fuel prices, lower demand for materials like copper, tin, and lead, i am pretty sure that we will see lower ammo prices by spring.
As far as the Obama scare goes, the Dems will probably try and succeed in no more that what the Clinton administration achieved: a ban on folding stocks and high capacity magazines, and probably criminal background checks introduced at gun shows.
If they scale down the Iraq operations, and the recession continues, there will probably be plenty of surplus 7.62x51, 7.62x39, and 9mm again available in a year or two. The only question is: will we have money to buy it?
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Steelbenz
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Roll your own, it's cheaper and you really do get a better product.
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timber
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EDIT: SORRY GUYS. I THOUGHT THE PREVIOUS POSTING DID NOT POST SO I TRIED THIS ONE. I'M DELETING THE PREVIOUS ONE AND LEAVING THIS ONE BECAUSE IT EXPRESSES MY THOUGHTS MORE SUCCINCTLY. I agree anweis. If this worldwide recession is as long and deep as predicted unemployment will rise dramatically (some say more than 10%). That will very significantly decrease demand for ammo and push prices down in a big way. We could enjoy lower prices for several years barring bigger problems in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, if all the U.S. bail-outs do not work anything is possible, including a depression scenario. A depression would not have to look like the 30's. I've seen depressions defined as two years of negative growth. This is not out of the realm of possibilities. I'd guess ammo production would be drastically cut (especially the premium stuff) and it could become scarce. |
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lucznik
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I'm hoping that the Dems will remember what a complete trouncing they received after passing that first weapons ban legislation and will think good and hard about trying for a repeat.
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What if the hokey pokey really is what it's all about?
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pyro6999
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ive got a better one for you guys, im thinking that until this whole economy issue is fixed that we shouldnt have to worry about things a ton,they should (if they do there jobs) have priorites with the economy and such so hopefully it takes them a few years to work it out. i expect the prices of ammo to go down starting early next year, the price of fuel and gas is down as is the price of scrap and new metals.
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They call me "Boots"
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