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Originally Posted by Dave Lively
I would bet the reason BassPro is cheaper right now is they probably are big enough to have some long term contracts with the price locked in. Good when demand is high, bad when demand is low. SG probably buys what they can when they can. Which means their prices are going to be more volatile.
I like sgammo but like you am not going to pay extra because they had good prices in the past. I bought enough from them over the past five years I am going to sit this shortage out.
In addition to COVID and riots we have an election coming up. Discussion of gun control has drowned out by the media talking about nothing but COVID and BLM protests. But if there is a mass shooting or the murder rate keeps going up the way it has recently in some cities it will become an issue again. Which will bring on another round of shortages. I am guessing prices will return to normal in early 2021 if Trump wins. If Biden wins it could be much longer, if ever.
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you raise a good point about Bass Pro having a bigger contract, and still having stock at a lower rate.
With the uncertainty we face, that has pushed me to take advantage while we still can; because if it does move up, every cheap case I get now adds value. And yeah, I had plenty before. More never hurts.
Regarding the current civil protests, it's very tenuous. People are misbehaving and acting crazy, and police are slow to respond. I'm worried the next "mass shooting" will be someone defending themselves, because things are lawless. If that happens, everything will go haywire.