is PSA gouging now?

[avboiler11]

PSA has been a great company to work with. Shipping is pretty good even right now. I'm waiting on LPk right now but it has only been two weeks.

Today is 3 weeks (15 business days) since I ordered a lower build kit.

That's what PSA has said all along it would take to ship.

I hope it does go out today...I've got a complete upper and stripped lower just waiting to become a functional rifle...

 

[lucky4034]

How is this thread still located in the Political Discussion forum?

 

[45calibre]

it was moved? i think i posted it in the long guns section

 

[KG1]

Today is 3 weeks (15 business days) since I ordered a lower build kit.

That's what PSA has said all along it would take to ship.

I hope it does go out today...I've got a complete upper and stripped lower just waiting to become a functional rifle...

I'm 16 business days in on a lower build kit.

 

[Pinchaser]

Please explain how PSA, or any retailer for that matter, can possibly "gouge" anyone? At what point in the relationship between buyer and seller does the "gouging" occur? Is it at the point where you agree to their price and provide your money? Did they force you to buy it?

Please explain this gouging thing a little more clearly.

 

[dagibson1507]

Dunno i order a spikes upper through aim and its here within 7 days. Price went up 9$, i think psa is gougeing.

 

[lester]

There is no such thing as gouging. If a price is higher than you are willing to pay, then you don't pay it. That means someone else will have the chance to buy it. If they do buy it, then it was listed at a price they were willing to pay. What this invisible mechanism does, is allow scarce resources go where they are most valued.

If prices are artificially low, then consumers who don't have the greatest need will buy more even if they don't really need it, leaving none for those who have the greatest need who are willing to pay more to get it. When resources are under-priced, there is none to be had for those who really need it because others took advantage the low prices to get more. Higher prices as goods become more scarce ensures the resource goes to the person who most needs/values it.

 

[dross]

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Exactly.

If I list my mossberg 500 on the classifieds for $1,000, am I price gouging?

No, that's not gouging because people can find one for cheaper. It's only gouging if they really, really want it but they can't get it, and then they or someone else agrees to pay your asking price. THEN it's gouging.

If you follow the logic, the real price gougers are the guys who own stuff but won't sell it. Isn't that the ultimate price gouge? To say your stuff is priceless?

 

[Classic]

Yes - they should be forced to sell their stuff to those who want it.

 

[dross]

Yes - they should be forced to sell their stuff to those who want it.

Not forced, just called price gougers.

 

[avboiler11]

I'm 16 business days in on a lower build kit.

I'll be darned...my MOE lower build kit purchased on 1/3 shipped today; got a UPS tracking notification email this afternoon.

 

[lester]

Not forced, just called price gougers.

Would this be considered a derogatory term?