nwilliams
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I had a question that connects to this thread which has been running for a few weeks now. http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=544880&highlight=556
I picked up a Sig 556 from Bud's when they went on sale and I ended up getting a Classic with the red dot and diopter sight for about $1k.
It seems like all over the internet online dealers are advertising Sig 556's for hundreds less than they were selling for at the end of August. What's going on and shouldn't people who spent $1,500 or more for a Sig 556 in August be up in arms (no pun intended) because now that same gun is selling for around a $1,000?
Also it seems like this is going to be detrimental to gun shops. For example my local gun shop still has Sig 556's for $1,500 - $1,700. I asked the shop manager if he realized that those same Sigs are being sold online for about $1,000. He was very upset because he said that was less than his cost in them. Before I ordered my Sig 556 from Bud's I went into my local shop and asked the manager if he could match the price I got from Bud's and other online dealers and he said that he couldn't even come close and that I might as well order from Bud's. He was upset because he felt that the Sig 556's he had on the wall priced at what they were selling for normally in August would never sell now and that he would loose money on them.
What I also can't figure out is why on Sig's website they still have the Sig 556 Classic listed with a $2,200 MSRP, the Sig Patrol has a $2,000 MSRP and the Classic SWAT has an MSRP of $2,400. So if Sig is still telling us that these guns still have an MSRP of $2,000 or more then why are the selling for half that all over the internet now?
I'm not complaining that the price has dropped on them and I'm very happy with my Sig 556 Classic and even more happy that I paid half of what Sig is saying the MSRP is on it. However I can imagine that there are a lot of very unhappy Sig 556 owners out there that purchased their rifles in August only to find out that they paid hundreds more than someone else did for the same exact rifle a couple weeks later.
Is anyone else as perplexed by all this as me? Of course companies have a right to change the price of their products whenever they choose to, I'm just curious if anyone has any idea why Sig 556's so suddenly dropped in price. Also if Sig decided to start selling the 556 for less then why haven't they dropped the MSRP for these guns on their website?
I picked up a Sig 556 from Bud's when they went on sale and I ended up getting a Classic with the red dot and diopter sight for about $1k.
It seems like all over the internet online dealers are advertising Sig 556's for hundreds less than they were selling for at the end of August. What's going on and shouldn't people who spent $1,500 or more for a Sig 556 in August be up in arms (no pun intended) because now that same gun is selling for around a $1,000?
Also it seems like this is going to be detrimental to gun shops. For example my local gun shop still has Sig 556's for $1,500 - $1,700. I asked the shop manager if he realized that those same Sigs are being sold online for about $1,000. He was very upset because he said that was less than his cost in them. Before I ordered my Sig 556 from Bud's I went into my local shop and asked the manager if he could match the price I got from Bud's and other online dealers and he said that he couldn't even come close and that I might as well order from Bud's. He was upset because he felt that the Sig 556's he had on the wall priced at what they were selling for normally in August would never sell now and that he would loose money on them.
What I also can't figure out is why on Sig's website they still have the Sig 556 Classic listed with a $2,200 MSRP, the Sig Patrol has a $2,000 MSRP and the Classic SWAT has an MSRP of $2,400. So if Sig is still telling us that these guns still have an MSRP of $2,000 or more then why are the selling for half that all over the internet now?
I'm not complaining that the price has dropped on them and I'm very happy with my Sig 556 Classic and even more happy that I paid half of what Sig is saying the MSRP is on it. However I can imagine that there are a lot of very unhappy Sig 556 owners out there that purchased their rifles in August only to find out that they paid hundreds more than someone else did for the same exact rifle a couple weeks later.
Is anyone else as perplexed by all this as me? Of course companies have a right to change the price of their products whenever they choose to, I'm just curious if anyone has any idea why Sig 556's so suddenly dropped in price. Also if Sig decided to start selling the 556 for less then why haven't they dropped the MSRP for these guns on their website?