Gander Mountain has primers BUT!

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what's with ganders

agree with all of you. just another bunch of crooks. recently moved into the area and found a ganders in chambersburg. the bullets they had were all $10-12 more/hundred than anywhere i had ever seen before. ironically i had just come from a walmart where unbelieveably they were selling bullets and powder, picked up as many as you want 1lb cans of 4064 for $23; not like the old days but most others on the net are around $28 + the haz mat fee. ganders had the 4064 for $32 ! as far as i'm concerned ganders AND cabellas can both go to hell . i'll run out of stuff and wait rather than pay their mortgage ever again. and by the way, primers were also $49 at ganders. a notoriously overpriced little gun shop in the area has all you want and he was charging 39.
 
I went to GM in Wichita looking for Trail Boss powder. They had it, but it was $40 for a 9 oz. can. I decided to wait until they get some at the range.
 
I mail ordered a few things from Gander in the late 60s, they were as good as others at the time but they had a very limited stock. Looked forward to my Gander first store visit in Jacksonville, Fla, couple of years ago. Sadly, once was enough, I didn't buy anything. But, at their prices, they really won't need a lot of customers!
 
Sounds as if they are getting lessons from the feds on how to rip us off
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And yet another person who does not have any idea about business spouts off.

Don't like their prices? Take your money elsewhere - it really IS that simple. But do everyone a favor ane let their home office know WHY you'll never shop there again.

Right now, more folks are willing to pay for the convenience than are willing to walk away and alert management. In short, you lose.

Don't bitch here, complain to HQ

I have gift cards for them and I cannot justify spending them there yet - I'll wait for a sale
 
Buy 1 box of ammo from Walmart, have them pricematch it to use your gift cards.
I did this 2 years ago-prices were to high.

Instead of counseling each other, go buy 10,000 primers each. You both will have warm fuzzy feelings.richard
 
Price gouging is bad business (just because everyone else is doing it) and the memories will last long after the shortage.


If you order 5K/10K primers online, that's like adding $4.50/$2.25 per 1000 to your order.


Also, many larger gun show vendors will gladly help you out between shows. I collect business cards and call them to get price quotes (be sure to write down the show prices and ask if they would honor them, many do or come close). :D
 
Walkalong: I am an unlicensed lay counselor in chemical dependency--and woefully out of date, but sober--and my fee is 1000 primers / hour.

Jim H.
 
I see many of you are seeing the same crap I'm seeing. It's a shame too because like some of you said, GM used to have competitive prices and good stock on most items.

During this "crunch" I haven't had to buy anything. I'd like to claim I saw it coming but I didn't but I did get lucky. Just before everything went bad I was seeing prices climb a little at a time. Instead of buying 1000 0r 2000 primers at the shows I was buying more because I wanted to save money. I ended up with more than enough to ride out the storm and still shoot as much as I want. The only thing I've bought in the past year or so was 3000 CCI #34 NATO primers, 4 lbs of Varget and 2 lbs of IMR4064. All the items were bought at acceptable prices by current standards. (primers were $28.95/K and powder was $24.95/lb) And yes, I'm storing all my components in a safety box as the law required locally.
 
Walkalong, I am south of Huntsville. Can't remember the name of the show, but it was the one in B'Ham.

I haven't been reloading for a year, but I have noticed that I buy primers and powder whenever I have the extra cash to spend. I don't even need it right then. And I am ALWAYS scrounging range brass. Anything reloadable goes in my bucket and gets brought home. I can feel the inner-hoarder slowly coming to light...
 
Price gouging is bad business (just because everyone else is doing it) and the memories will last long after the shortage.
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Except there is no price gouging going on. GM is pricing things at what they believe the market will bear while allowing them to make a profit. No one is being forced to buy their components at GM, therefore, gouging does not exist. If people are willing, in return for instant gratification, to pay a certain price willingly, it is NOT gouging.

As I said earlier, if you do not make your feelings known (in a polite manner please) to the store manager, their HQ, etc., they will still act like their business plan is a great success.
 
Except there is no price gouging going on. GM is pricing things at what they believe the market will bear while allowing them to make a profit. No one is being forced to buy their components at GM, therefore, gouging does not exist. If people are willing, in return for instant gratification, to pay a certain price willingly, it is NOT gouging.
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I agree. If I had decided to sell primers last summer, I'm confident I could have gotten at least $100 per K.

I will remember the business (Bruno's) that capitalized on the situation vs, those who turned a profit without being obscene (PV, BHSS).
 
"..there is no price gouging going on. .. No one is being forced to buy their components at GM, therefore, gouging does not exist. If people are willing, in return for instant gratification, to pay a certain price willingly, it is NOT gouging. ... if you do not make your feelings known.. they will still act like their business plan is a great success."
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I fully agree. I can't be gouged simply because I won't be gouged.

GM wanted more than I was willing to pay for everything in their store and I left with just a "free" GM camo ball cap. (THAT was a good price!)

I noted they had a fairly complete SCUBA shop in the same store, it was pretty high too. My nephew who lives near them says they have closed out that part of their stock; no surprise!

I didn't and won't say a word to their "management" about any of it tho. They know what they are doing and have made a conscious decision to do it, there's nothing I can say that would be a surprise to them. If most of their customers are willing to pay, they are right and the store will succeed. If most agree with me, the store will close. Doesn't matter to me.

I live in western North Carolina and only visit relatives in Jacksonville a couple times a year so it's no skin off my butt either way. It's very easy for me to stop at the Sportsman's Warehouse in Columbia, SC, on each trip. SW has a greater variety of reloading stock and MUCH better prices than GM!

So, however it goes, I'm gonna allow them to figger out the results of their "business plan" for themselves!
 
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I loath Goober Mountain, I mean Gander Mountain. Generally I find they are about 30% higher than the other Big Box stores (Cabelas, Bass Pro, local mom and pop gun stores, not to mention discounters and online dealers) The local GM honors competitors pricing, the only time I buy anything from them I make them honor Cabelas or Bass pro pricing. However, sometimes this is difficult especially when buying reloading supplies.
 
the one here in norther michigan was asking the same for them. I can see them trying to make a dollar but at those prices the bosses have to be eating caviar!
 
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