Sam Cade
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Sam Cade: I stand corrected.
Maybe my faulty memory was thinking of Scientology.
Scientology membership is legal in Germany.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_in_Germany
Sam Cade: I stand corrected.
Maybe my faulty memory was thinking of Scientology.
Actually I think it’s fitting, the king of the cheap plastic throw away crap store selling a cheap plastic throw away rifle.
I'm all for AR sales at Walmart. Deeper penetration of ownership of such guns into the wider society can only make it harder for legislators to demonize them and push through future bans.
ARs at Walmart... sigh...
Buying guns from wal mart is FAR better than at local stores or gun shows. If you ever need a definition of own worst enemy then look no further than those two places.
I was young and just getting interested in guns when the 1994 AWB passed. I dragged my dad to every gun store we saw anywhere we were. I never saw an AR except at a gun show. Not at pawn shops, gun stores, sporting goods stores, not a single one anywhere except gun shows. Maybe I just wasn't hitting the right places, but we've moved from a time when it was hard to find ARs or modern military style rifles anywhere but gun shows, to having them sold at Walmart, Dick's, Gander Mtn, and Bass Pro. ARs have gone mainstream, and that's good for us, period.I'm all for AR sales at Walmart. Deeper penetration of ownership of such guns into the wider society can only make it harder for legislators to demonize them and push through future bans.
I do.Ask Wal-Mart for a coy of their FFL so you can do a transfer, ask them to get you a custom AR from a company like Black Rain Ordinance, or any Title II (Class 3) item, oh wait, no, no and NO!
You must have some absolutely terrible gun stores where you live. Granted there are some bad ones around me, that's why I opened one up .
ARs at Walmart... sigh...
People don't know that because it isn't true. Buyers set the price. The seller asks a price initially, but there is no transaction until the buyer finds it reasonable and equivalent to the value they assign to the service/item. Sales, haggling, coupons, etc would never exist if the power of price was not in the hands of the buyer. It's really terrible that many consumers think they have no sway in such things.Many people don't know the buyer sets the price.
Its true everyone wants to find some amazing deal on the gun of their dreams, but no reasonable person can really blame a seller for charging what the market will bear. I think the issue here is gun show sellers who overprice things compared to local brick and mortar guns stores. If he's selling things for more than the FLGS are, the buyers are fools for not doing any research on going prices before throwing their money away. If he's not selling things for his inflated asking price, he's either a fool for expecting to make outragous profits, or if he can't make a profit at more reasonable prices he's a fool for getting involved in a losing buisness.The posted price is generally the biggest number the dealer thinks he might be able to get. If he's gotten it before, he'll ask for it again. If he thinks the market is strong enough, he'll price them even higher. As long as people are willing to pay that price, it is not too high in that market. Too high for the OP maybe, but if the Dealer X price for a Gen4 Glock is $579 plus tax, you can bet he's selling them for that amount. In fact, if he brought 50 of them to a show and sold them all at $579, he should have charged $590 or $600.
The posted price is generally the biggest number the dealer thinks he might be able to get. If he's gotten it before, he'll ask for it again. If he thinks the market is strong enough, he'll price them even higher. As long as people are willing to pay that price, it is not too high in that market. Too high for the OP maybe, but if the Dealer X price for a Gen4 Glock is $579 plus tax, you can bet he's selling them for that amount. In fact, if he brought 50 of them to a show and sold them all at $579, he should have charged $590 or $600.
A vendor who sells his products well above market value.../QUOTE]
...is a marketing magician. Market value is whatever they sell for. There is no selling above market value. Items priced higher than the market will bear do not sell.
How many ways do I need to phrase it?
...is a marketing magician. Market value is whatever they sell for. There is no selling above market value. Items priced higher than the market will bear do not sell.
How many ways do I need to phrase it?
Phrase what? If you are referring to market value i suggest start with the correct meaning. Market value is the price at which something will sell in an auction setting. Its not the price at which a small population will be duped into paying.