ammo scalpers

[Fatal_Bert]

If I see some, I grab some, but I don't actually need any...

How does buying ammo you don't need make you any better than someone buying it to resale. You realize you contribute more to the shortage by hoarding than flipping right?

 

[Cadcom]

Reading this article... It could almost be a copy and paste of my arguments for the past year... Some of it is supply and demand, but the bigger problem that takes a minor inconvenience and turns it into a cluster, are the scalpers...

They are scumbags, plain and simple. Vultures.

Its the same thing that the guy who bought the insulin patents did when he jacked the prices up overnight... or the clowns that bought up all the toilet paper and hand sanitizer within 5 counties and then tried to sell it to people for 5x the cost.

They create an artificially low supply, by buying it all up, which they then use to justify the stupid prices.

There are people here doing it, making bank, and as soon as you bring it up, their buddies that are on the take, all circle the wagons to help defend these vultures...

Oh gawd. Now that you have found a source that agrees with you can you stop all the mewing and caterwauling on here?

 

[Cadcom]

How does buying ammo you don't need make you any better than someone buying it to resale. You realize you contribute more to the shortage by hoarding than flipping right?

Because he is better than we all is. Just hold on, he will tell you that in a few minutes.

 

[blazedawg87]

Just because it's in an article doesn't mean it's true, logical, or makes any sense at all. It ain't just scalpers, it's literally 90% of gun owners (just about all of us) that will grab any ammo we see on a shelf at normal retail pricing.

There's no ammo I particularly need, but if I see any on the shelf at the local super store or online I'm grabbing. This is different from my behavior the last few years because **** has changed.

Blame scalpers all you want, fact is if you can't find what you want it's because everyone else is looking too and if you ain't first you're last. And that's the way it will be until supply catches up with demand.

Really? I have NEVER seen people out scooping up turkey loads and odd ball hunting rounds. You can hardly find 3.5in loads. Hell most guns won't even take a 3.5in. So why are they impossible to find? Why is it impossible to find things like 7mm rem, 300win, 260, I could go on. They are hunting rounds and nothing more so why are they disappearing and showing up here way above retail?

 

[JNelson04]

Really? I have NEVER seen people out scooping up turkey loads and odd ball hunting rounds. You can hardly find 3.5in loads. Hell most guns won't even take a 3.5in. So why are they impossible to find? Why is it impossible to find things like 7mm rem, 300win, 260, I could go on. They are hunting rounds and nothing more so why are they disappearing and showing up here way above retail?

Because there’s money to be made.

 

[BIKER13]

Because he is better than we all is. Just hold on, he will tell you that in a few minutes.

which one?

 

[1gunsnotenough]

So do the scalpers include the online dealers selling ammo at high prices?
https://ammoseek.com/ammo/9mm-luger

 

[Cadcom]

which one?

Clark Howard jr. The consumer ammo watchdawg. The one who says he could have written the Outdoor life article.

 

[BIKER13]

So do the scalpers include the online dealers selling ammo at high prices?
https://ammoseek.com/ammo/9mm-luger

why yes, yes they are

 

[roydamnmercer]