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Just got back from Cabela's North. Shelves bare, no primers, few bullets, no gunpowder. It's this way all over. Wal-Mart has been out its .22 LR bricks for months now. I asked the guy at Cabela's what's going on; "We can't find the stuff anywhere." I called HSM on Friday. Three shifts, 24 hours a day production. When the largest outfitter in the world can't buy ammo you know something is crazy. This is a forum, we ask questions and get answers. What the heck is going on? Somebody is buying a lot of ammunition.
My dad and brother went in there today and picked up some ammo, my brother called to let me know that they had 5.7 ammo in stock, I got excited until he told me the price. $75/box.
Quote from: huntnphool on February 27, 2013, 06:33:12 PMMy dad and brother went in there today and picked up some ammo, my brother called to let me know that they had 5.7 ammo in stock, I got excited until he told me the price. $75/box. And people say they are not price gouging Oh.............. wait.................. there being capitalistic
This pic was originally posted up in this thread: ...$85 for a box of .22 and they aren't gouging people? Remington Golden is probably THE worst .22 ammo made too. If you can stumble across it at Cabelas, it's $24.
Quote from: SGTDuffman on March 05, 2013, 12:32:09 PMThis pic was originally posted up in this thread: ...$85 for a box of .22 and they aren't gouging people? Remington Golden is probably THE worst .22 ammo made too. If you can stumble across it at Cabelas, it's $24.There is enough crude supply, high technology, and a supply of qualified workers that gasoline shouldn't cost more than $1.50 a gallon. Maybe we should be little children and bitch at Exxon Mobil for charging $4.00+ for a gallon of gas.
I still agree with the basic principles of supply and demand but I will just choose to not support the places that are making these outrageous markups, just because they can. Its the idiots that are paying these stupid prices that are really gouging us, not so much the retailers. If they are selling 22 ammo by the brick for $90, obviously too many stupid people were paying the $50 a box they were asking before.
I see your point, but it would be different if we were bitching at Chevron for $4 gas, while we could still get it at costco for $1.50, only we had to wait in line for hours and still usually didn't get to fill up because the supply doesn't last. Not sure there would be any money made at $1.50 a gallon, haven't seen what a barrel of crude is at right now but guessing upper 80's, you'd be losing money right off the get go... raw materials for firearms and ammunition has been rising but not by 2 or 300%
Those articles say nothing about cost of raw materials rising 2-300% since November, I think we all know and agree the cost of everything has been steadily rising for some time.
One event caused this price increase, and its not in all places, just the guys who feel the need. I'm not attacking those retailers, just saying, again, that I won't support them
Its just my opinion that people paying these stupid prices are just not smart people. I have seen you comment several times that people were dumb for not seeing this coming and stocking up... how are we different bean? I am one of these stupid people that didn't stock up like you think I should have, honestly never paid any attention to it, all my life I've been able to go to the store and buy ammo or reloading supplies, just never thought it was needed to stock up on something that seemed readily available. Lesson learned, but I'm still not paying these inflated prices, regular prices are around, just got to be patient. I've got a good supply now