price gouging?

[R&S]

Is selling something at MSRP price goughing? I know car dealers sell cars for more than MSRP when then get a "hard to get" car/truck. What is your opinion? What about firearms?

[alxone]

Is selling something at MSRP price goughing? I know car dealers sell cars for more than MSRP when then get a "hard to get" car/truck. What is your opinion? What about firearms?

no msrp is not gouging , but seeing as people seem to think everything comes to the vendor free , you can sell it for half that

[Rooskibar03]

Supply and demand. I have it, no one else does and you want it. Time to pay up.

Ive never been a fan of the market adjustment on MSRP but I don't see anything wrong with selling at MSRP if you can get it.

[henpecked]

nice guys finish last........... I was reasonable once then the guy I sold it to turned right around and sold it for 3 times what he paid for it.
within 2 weeks. charge whatever you like and dont feel bad

[brokenscout]

These are want items, its only going to get worse.. Make what you can

[sabot_round]

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

SR

[tmleadr03]

"Price Gouging" is a made up liberal phrase.

[Great-Kazoo]

WELLLLLLLLL.
IMO. Did it cost you that much originally? WHO CARES. What's it going to cost you to replace it, if you could get your hands on one?
I have an item that i am wavering on. Do i sell now or wait until the NRA either capitulates OR stands it's ground? Do i buy 100 mags for X with a definite return investment (hopefully) or does the market tank and i have another $$$$$$$$$$$ on my CC.

Up side of all this is Obama and the anti-gun crowd has done what no one could to spur the economy, no one.

Gun buyers have flooded other firearms retailers too. The Hyatt Gun Shop in Charlotte, North Carolina, racked up more than $1 million in sales yesterday for the best single-day performance since the store opened in 1959, according to Justin Anderson, director of online sales. At the top of shoppers' lists was the Bushmaster AR-15, the model of rifle used at Newtown that sells for as much as $4,000 and had almost sold out, he said.

[TFOGGER]

I guess it really depends on whether you are looking at a short term profit as a last hurrah for your business(assuming that a potential ban will put you out of business anyway), or if you are looking to retain customers in the long term. Beer at the ball park is 7 bucks for what you can get across the street for a buck and a half, but nobody is going to the ballpark to drink beer if the team isn't playing.

Selling at MSRP in times of high demand isn't gouging, charging several times that playing on customer's fears is, and is short term strategy. When the media finds something else to sensationalize, the market will settle down, and customers will remember those that tried to profiteer.

[SAnd]

I have it, you want it. If you think my price is too high just walk away or negotiate. You aren't entitled to my property. Complaining about gouging is the same as wanting for me to pay for your free obama phone. Accusing someone of gouging is declaring yourself a thief.

There is one exception. I would consider it unethical if it was a life or death item. For example charging a diabetic $1000 for a hit of insulin that you only paid a dollar for. I would consider that a moral wrong.