when does it become "gouging" vs supply & demand?

[dbeal]

Last night our local Walmart finally got some ammo in. Found out because my son just happened to ask if they had any 9mm. To make a long story short I picked up 2 boxes of 9mm because I was out. It was 20.00 per 100 rounds. Walmart had a 5 box maximum purchase because one of the local gun shops had purchased that Walmarts entire stock and was reselling it for double what they paid for it. I will not be sending any business to that shop. My choice. Others may feel the need to spend more, but I don't.

[LeJerk]

Walmart had a 5 box maximum purchase because one of the local gun shops had purchased that Walmarts entire stock and was reselling it for double what they paid for it.

May I ask what part of Colorado that shop is in?

[7idl]

May I ask what part of Colorado that shop is in?

now this I have a problem with. (oops, it didn't bring the other quote in,... but it's the one where the local shop is buying out walmart and reselling it at a steep markup. (That's not capitolism, thats fvcking over your customer base))

wanna know why a lot of gun stores go under?

because people remember shit like this and the other things they do to alienate the gun owners. Don't piss off your customer base

[Circuits]

now this I have a problem with. (oops, it didn't bring the other quote in,... but it's the one where the local shop is buying out walmart and reselling it at a steep markup. (That's not capitolism, thats fvcking over your customer base))

wanna know why a lot of gun stores go under?

because people remember shit like this and the other things they do to alienate the gun owners. Don't piss off your customer base

If they weren't buying out walmart, they'd have no ammo to sell at all. Things really are that bad at the distributor/wholesale level.

[ChunkyMonkey]

They are just 'capitalizing' on the situation. Capitalism...Supply and demand... supply and demand!

[GunTroll]

If they weren't buying out walmart, they'd have no ammo to sell at all. Things really are that bad at the distributor/wholesale level.

I hope that at least one other person see's a problem with this. If the mark up isn't bad then I feel its acceptable. If its a total butt rape then shame on the the re-seller.

[68Charger]

I hope that at least one other person see's a problem with this. If the mark up isn't bad then I feel its acceptable. If its a total butt rape then shame on the the re-seller.

this is where my "slight annoyance" with people paying the crazy $$ comes from... if everybody laughed at the 2-3x price they're asking, it would have to come down... and they'd have to settle for making $1-2 per box when they clear the shelves at Wally world... but invariably there's someone desperate enough to pay thru the nose (or some other more painful part of their body)

it's not really rape if they willingly buy it.... does that make them gay?

[GunTroll]

Gay as hell!

[WinterBoarder]

Last night our local Walmart finally got some ammo in. Found out because my son just happened to ask if they had any 9mm. To make a long story short I picked up 2 boxes of 9mm because I was out. It was 20.00 per 100 rounds. Walmart had a 5 box maximum purchase because one of the local gun shops had purchased that Walmarts entire stock and was reselling it for double what they paid for it. I will not be sending any business to that shop. My choice. Others may feel the need to spend more, but I don't.

So I was in Wally World last week (the store on the corner of Colfax and Wadsworth in Lakewood) and noted they had a sign stating that they were limiting ammo purchases to 3 boxes per customer per day. I've heard about some stores with no restrictions and others with different #'s for their restrictions. So I sent an email to the Mother Ship (Corporate), and received a phone call today from the Manager of my local Wally World.

He stated that he just heard from Corporate that they are instituting a new ammo restriction policy across all of their stores. The new policy is a maximum of 6 boxes per customer per day for rifle and handgun ammunition. For example, 6 boxes of 9mm or 3 boxes of 9mm + 3 boxes of .45ACP. He had just printed a sign from Corporate to post on the display case.

He explained to me that he had personally seen local pawn shops, ranges, and gun shops that were coming in and buying everything they had, only to sell it at marked up prices in their own stores. He had instated the 3 box limit to try to prevent this. It looks like Corporate is now also trying to prevent this gouging with their new policy.