Maybe some of them.
All of the ammo I've sold so far was to well established shooters. No noobs seriously. They also knew they messed up by waiting and not stocking up themselves.
It's just the market.
I bought silver at $13 an ounce now its 26 an ounce. I'm not selling for 13 if I sell.
Gold, bought some that i have at 1150 an ounce afew years ago. Bought more at 1300. I sold some when it was just over 2000 an ounce.
Supply in demand. Ammo is like stock or precious metals. So are mags and some firearms. It is a volatile market depending on headlines of the day and yet very predictable at the time of key elections.
When I'm selling my pmags one day for 50 a pop or more, I wont regret doing it and the people who "need" them will be happy they found them and glad to pay.
Nope, Armscor brass and Tula steel case fmj for $54.89/50
Nope, The thread is "CTD: At it again. $2 a round for 9mm"
The math I know says that is $1.10 a round, not $2...
You guys crack me up. This thread is pure comedy. If it really irritates you guys so much they "gouge" (what court decides if a retailer is gouging?) why do you dedicate an entire thread to free advertising for them. You might say we are bashing them, and you think you are, but others are saying, "hey, maybe they have inventory", and check them out. And the whole schtick about never ever buying from them will be thrown out the window when they are the last retailer with inventory.
We actually are seeing an interesting phenomenon in online retailing. Some retailers that maintain inventories have products and now want to be paid for storing and handling that inventory. At the same time "just in time" retailers that take your order, then order from manufacturer, and ship it to you, never actually touching the product, have the price they charge showing, but are unable to fulfill orders. It creates the impression in the purchasers mind that the going rate is the "just in time" model, it is not. The going rate is what those with inventory are charging.
I like surge pricing it spreads inventory around to more people, not just the resellers. Those are the the actual market predators! You know, the guy that buys every round RK puts out then immediately puts it for sale a 2-3 times what he paid for it. They learn delivery patterns, bribe employees, etc. then are waiting as soon as it comes off the truck to snap it up. Working folks have no chance and are forced to buy from resellers or use their stash. Resellers suck and so do the policies that enable them.
I learned my lesson after Sandy Hook.
I'm sitting on a great big beautiful 5-gallon bucket brimming full of once fired 9mm Luger brass just waiting to be loaded.
I also have enough 9mm factory ammo that I won't have to touch that bucket of brass for at least a year, regardless of what the market does from here on out.
CTD just cracks me up these days.