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+1 jimmy. Good example of how our freedom isn't something that is handed out to each and everyone of us like an entitlement. It does in fact take a little responsibility and work, but it is well worth it in the end.

Oh, I forgot to reply to your previous post... no need to thank me, but you're very welcome nonetheless.
 
I wonder how many of you would be this supportive if the Government were imposing the limit.
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Just what does the government have in common with this discussion, I am wondering?

If'n I was a firearms retailer (I am not; though I am a business owner), I would probably limit ammo purchases just so maintain some stock available for customers that purchase a gun.

I understand the percentage of markup on a box of ammo is probably greater than a gun, but long after the ammo panic has subsided, I expect there will still be customers that will buy guns and/or ammo. If they are treated poorly, it will probably be remembered. If they can depend on an establishment, it will also likely be remembered, too.

JM2C

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Maybe that's where our economic system has let us down

The little retailer and the small time consumer don't matter anymore. It's all about big boxes, commodity markets and shrewd players who buy massive amounts before anyone else can. I'm tired of it. I don't think I'm alone.

Sorry, the guy who wants it all is just greedy. He doesn't give a rat's rear about you, or me, the free market system or anything but himself.

If the bottom line is all there is, it's not enough, and never will be.
 
Guy 1 takes orders from his buddies,they pool their money. Guy 1 gets a call from his friend inside (a lowly associate)telling him when the next truck arrives
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And what prevents guy two from doing the same thing? If you want the ammo bad enough to go to that length to get it, so be it.

Every one involved has equal opportunity,if you want the ammo that bad go get it.

Seems perfectly fair to me
 
And what prevents guy two from doing the same thing?

Easy, Guy 2 doesn't have an inside man. Nobody but the 1st guy has a shot and there is only ONE first guy. There is no level playing field of opportunity here. I am a firm believer in rewarding those who work hard but that doesn't apply here. My example was hypothetical but plausible non-the-less.
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OK -In the interest of Fair marketing-!
Why dont we all get togeater and open a CO-OPT Ammo and Gun Supply- !
We join for a fee like BJs Sams club ETC, And buy quanity wholesale and supply our members - !
I suggest we set up the wharehouse In KY [I need to find a good job there!!!]]
 
OK -In the interest of Fair marketing-!
Why dont we all get togeater and open a CO-OPT Ammo and Gun Supply- !
We join for a fee like BJs Sams club ETC, And buy quanity wholesale and supply our members - !
I suggest we set up the wharehouse In KY [I need to find a good job there!!!]]
 
And what prevents guy two from doing the same thing?

Sorry double post. (Three year old grand daughter keeps distracting me.)
 
The only store in my area that has .223 in stock most of the time is limiting the amount any customer can buy to 100 rnds per day because a few people, one guy in particular from what I heard, were coming in and buying out their full stock at one time, leaving the store completely out for a week or so. They usually have a few Ar 15s and clones in stock and if someone buys one they'll want ammo for it, and nothing is stopping people from buying 100 rnds a day every day of the week if they want. I don't have a gun in that caliber, but if I did I wouldn't be upset with that policy.
 
Paranoia and hoarding is causing the ammo shortage and I,m taking advantage of the craziness. Just sold a 1,000 rounds of Wolf .223 to my local gun shop for $500.00, nearly twice what I paid for it a couple of years ago.
Will also be selling all my 45 and 9mm surplus ammo at a nice premium! So hoard all you want, cause I'm making alot of money off the current market.
So, a big Thank You goes out to all of you driving prices higher so I can enjoy my retirement in style!
 
There is no level playing field of opportunity here.
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Welcome to life in the real world.

Actually, there is a level playing field of opportunity. Go pay some associate at WM 20$ to call you the next time the truck comes in.

Opportunity doesn't knock, you have to get off your ass, hunt it down and drag it home.

ust sold a 1,000 rounds of Wolf .223 to my local gun shop for $500.00, nearly twice what I paid for it a couple of years ago.
Will also be selling all my 45 and 9mm surplus ammo at a nice premium! So hoard all you want, cause I'm making alot of money off the current market.
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You GO girl!!!

Oh wait, I forgot this is the High Road.

YOU EEEEEVIL CAPITALISTIC PIG!!!!!!!

How dare you make money because you had the foresight to buy low and sell high. :D
 
Rocwell1, I agree. Life isn't fair and we shouldn't expect it to be. The great thing about capitolism is we can run our buisness the way we want. If one shop wants to limit the amount of ammo sold, so be it. If the shop down the street does not have a limit, more power to them. I know the frustration I haven't found any primers in two months, well I should have been smarter and stocked up. The smarter person who did can now sell his extra primers to me at a premium. That's the way it works, THAT IS LIFE !!!
 
It's not about limiting a customers ability to purchase large amounts.

It's about allowing to purchase a reasonable amount for the stock on hand. most stores don't keep hundreds of thousands of rounds laying in the back. it also doesn't make sense to sell at bulk discount prices when they could be sold per box and maximize profits.
 
I'm in the "free market/American-style" crowd.

If you want something badly enough, you will go check the store every day and pay whatever exorbitant price you are willing to pay. If nobody applies, the store will reduce the price.

The former is happening now. Luckily, our system works in a way that the solution to this problem of nobody getting their "fair" share of ammo is thus:

They'll start making MORE AMMO!

Imagine that! Now everybody's happy and gets as much ammo as they want!

It might take a while, but if the demand remains, the supply will follow. Hence, the sign I saw at "my Wal*Mart" the other day:

"Due to increased customer demand in ammunition our suppliers are increasing supply to meet the demand."

I smiled, wished I had a camera on me so I could have taken a picture, posted it here instead of typing the 1,000 words required to say the same thing, and went home.
 
I wonder how many of you would be this supportive if the Government were imposing the limit.
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And therein lies the greatness of the free market. This particular retailer saw it to be financially advantageous to cater to the "ignorant masses" as you would probably refer to them, those who failed to "prepare", as opposed to the few with the cash, or at least the credit, to buy out the whole inventory. Their business model assumes customer loyalty will come from the restrictions on bulk orders since they will sell to a larger number of clients - time will tell whether or not this particular business model is financially advantageous to the retailer. Personally, I think it will be, and this is how I would choose to do business.

You don't have any right to restrict their way of doing business - that's the free market. To make the analogy of the government restricting their sales is purely non sequitor in nature. They are behaving within the confines of the free market - to infer anything else is intentionally deceiving on your end.

I, for one, think it's great that we have retailers willing to sell their entire stock to one person with a lot of cash, and other retailers who will "ration" out their stock to multiple people. The freedom to choose where to do business is truly great :D
 
Limit Sure But Limit to 100 rounds? no 200 rounds Ok.. But 100 rounds at the range is not as fun as 200
 
Some of us saw this coming and started stocking up well before the panic hit. Lack of preperation on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine
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Saw what coming??? That some of us were gonna overreact and start buying and stuffing ammunition into every crevice they could find? Do you still have your ten year supply of toilet paper that you stocked several years ago because you "say the shortage coming and wanted to be ready when the SHTF?" GIVE ME A BREAK!

Attention! Attention! Nothing was, or is, coming!

The "this" that you so wisely saw coming was a self-fulfilling prophecy that said if we all start stockpiling like crazy, we will drive up the prices and drive down the supply and cause a shortage of reasonably-priced ammunition.

Trust me, if the government ever decides that it doesn't want you to have that ammunition, they WILL come and take it. Your only hope of keeping it would be if your fellow gunowners raised a major protest to dissuade the government from such a move.

Now personally, it really doesn't affect me that much. I can afford the ammunition that I shoot even if it goes to ten dollars a round, and I do shoot every weekend. My concern is for the newbies that are currently joining our ranks, only to find that it is too expensive for them to truly participate because of the "dog in the manger" attitudes that seem to prevail.

Again, trust me when I tell you the only thing standing between your hoard of ammunition and Obama's group is their reluctance to challenge such a large group of citizens as is represented by the current gun owners. Discourage the newbies (and some of us oldies) and watch how those supportive ranks could rapidly diminish.

But as always, I support your RIGHT to buy as much as you wish; however, I do question the ultimate wisdom. (In a year from now, we will know which of us is right.................)
 
If I owned a store and I had a huge quantity of anything that was sitting on the shelves for a long time,I would jump at the offer of someone buying the whole lot.However,if there was a shortage going on I would impose a limit on how much anyone could buy to try to assist more people.
 
I support a free market economy too.
Next big hurricane, I'll be sure to be stocked up on water
ahead of the season and charge $20.00 a gallon.
(Because I can, I guess)...
 
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