price gouging?

[omegalopez]

Randy,

The way I see it, you have room to increase your price range. Most people your selling to will be first time buyers and those that waited to the last minute are likely to never purchase another firearm again-It will sit in a safe. Most of people here have what they need and know what items are worth and a price increase will not affect most people We are all adults and no one is forcing us to purchase something that we are not willing to pay for. I am guilty for paying MSRP for items because it is something I wanted and I was unable to get it elsewhere. Again, because I wanted it.


From what I witnessed at the tanner gun show you have the lowest price point already, in fact it is lower than your competitor and most people will not notice a price increases most of them have not done their "homework" and will go with the mindset of, "I need a firearm before they're all band". I'm not suggesting to price gouge just be fair and increase your price point leave the gouging to me . I'm considering parting with some item left over from a similar boating accident and tripling the price, in a legal way with a FFL on consignment with a 4473, and if they sell my next hobby is FOOD STORAGE.


If things are this crazy with the firearm community can you imagine if SHTF really happens-WOW........

You have always been fair to members here and always offered fair prices to loyal customers.

[TennVol]

This horse has been beat to death, but here is my $.02 worth.

There is no such thing as price gouging. If you want to offer an item for sale, list it at whatever price you want. If a buyer wants it at that price, he will purchase it. If he doesn't want it at the listed price, he should move along. The term supply and demand actually means something. Any item in the world is worth exactly what someone is willing to pay for it at any given time. Two weeks ago my rifles and magazines were worth a certain amount to me (and potential buyers). Today they are worth more to me (and potential buyers). In two months, who knows what they may be worth? Only time will tell.

No one is screwing anyone if they choose to sell their items at an amount more than they paid for them. No one is forcing the buyer to pay what is being asked, are they? If the price tag is too high, move along. If you can afford it - buy it and don't look back.

I believe there are some folks who are a little hurt they didn't plan ahead. Hopefully next time they will be better prepared...

[sroz]

Is it just me, or are the folks not jumping at the higher prices as quickly. Notice a slowdown in movement on several forums and reductions in asking price. Is anyone else seeing the same?

[TennVol]

I'm not seeing it:

5 windowed PMags - $245 + shipping ($49/ea). Auction closes in 2 hours. http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=323341893

[sroz]

Sorry. Referring to the AR sales. I should have made myself clearer. I'm seeing a lot of people on the forums posting with price drops. Even a couple on here.

[roberth]

Sorry. Referring to the AR sales. I should have made myself clearer. I'm seeing a lot of people not the forums posting with price drops. Even a couple on here.

Market correction already? Maybe people are thinking "if I buy this the gov is only going to take it away". I don't know.

I'm wondering how long this can go on. The 2008 episode lasted until around mid-2009 IIRC, maybe I don't remember correctly.

[sroz]

Maybe just a pause to rethink....till someone or something fuels it again.

[mevshooter]

How many of you own gold and are happy with the HUGE return you are getting on that investment right now? By these estimations, there is a huge amount of "price gouging" going on with gold.

And don't give me that "gold is a precious medal, investments, blah blah blah" crap. Gold is a functionally useless as it has no nutritional value, can not be turned into fuel for a car, and won't protect you from a storm. But it is WORTH something to a lot of people. Because it is a "precious" metal.

And there we find its value.

I agree that the prices are ridiculous, but if I have a product that everyone wants (lets say, apple computers) and people are willing to pay 600 dollars for something that cost 22 and some change to make, that means I have an awesome product that people want.

Gun shops gouging prices? Well, if no one ever shopped there again, they would go out of business, and all of the other shops around town would get the message.

[Squeeze]

I for one will never pay MSRP for anything. I rather wait until the hoopla settles down and then purchase it.

SR

^^^This. As soon as people quit drinking the f'ing Kool-Aid I'll go back to looking at the trading post.

[tmleadr03]

In 3-6 months you will be able to pick them up for less then MSRP as the first time buyers dump them.