Walmart Threads Merge

[Lurch]

http://cnsnews.com/blog/gregory-gwyn...ntrol-decision

I hope this is false. But going to run over right now and see if they have anything.

[Kraven251]

yay, fuck walmart.

[ChunkyMonkey]

I spoke to a friend who is a local store GM since we had another thread on this. She said basically the policy reflects on their inventory management. Whenever there is a recall pending, federal law pending and so on, walmart will review and in most cases stop ordering inventory that it may not be able to sell. It has nothing to do with being 'anti-gun.' Translate that whatever you think. SAfriday probably has a better insight.

[Ashton]

Smart business practices IMHO. Don't buy shit you won't be able to sell.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Why in God's name would any retail business order accept orders for something they were uncertain about being able to get or sell? Don't attribute to malevolence anything that can be adequately ascribed to neglect or uncertainty.

[hollohas]

What would make them think they couldn't sell ammo?

[BuffCyclist]

Little disappointed in Walmart on this, though I understand their reasoning. I've been trying to pickup some ammo for a while now, to take my Fiancee shooting, but Walmart is sold out of everything! The one LGS doesn't have anything beyond SD ammo at ridiculously high prices ($45 for 25rds of Speer Gold Dot 9mm)

Yes, I do have some ammo on hand that she could go shoot, but depending on whatever legislation is pushed through, it may be hard to come by ammo for a while now and I already am lower than normal.

[Singlestack]

This is disappointing, and seems to me to be an overreaction by Walmart. I'm not hearing anyone suggesting that local ammo sales will be suspended. The proposals I'm hearing are limiting or eliminating online ammo sales.

[mtnrider]

It is smart business sense and I wonder how many others are following suit? Magpul for instance. They have a million 30 round mags on backorder. Do you think they are actually trying to produce them now or waiting to see what happens? If they get banned outright they could be stuck with a lot of inventory.

Smart business practices IMHO. Don't buy shit you won't be able to sell.

[BuffCyclist]

It is smart business sense and I wonder how many others are following suit? Magpul for instance. They have a million 30 round mags on backorder. Do you think they are actually trying to produce them now or waiting to see what happens? If they get banned outright they could be stuck with a lot of inventory.

I don't think thats a fair comparison. As you said, MagPul has millions of mags on backorder, that customers have ALREADY paid for. They will continue cranking out their product UNTIL the mags are banned. At which point they will contact their clients and say they can not fulfill the orders as requested, and those clients will then refund our money (unless they charge at shipping).

Walmart orders ammo to stock it, which isn't sold until someone comes in. If they took backorders for ammo and then stopped ordering it, there'd be major backlash, kind of like with Dick's Sporting Goods and the Troy Carbines.