I'm curious if any of you have ever run your own business? I do so maybe I look at this from a different perspective. Think about this. All gun owners, everywhere, are having extreme difficulties in getting their goodies... be it guns, ammo, magazines, etc. We are frustrated because no store has inventory. Well imagine what it must be like for the store owners. They have nothing to sell & can't get restocked. I'd pee in my pants if my business was put thru that.
I'm new here and don't want to sound like I know every thing, so I'll kinda go easy on this.
Yes I've owned a business for 39 years. I grew up in a family who owned 2 business (Mom had a retail Ben Franklin store and
Dad owned a Print shop) My Grandfather started the Ben Franklin store. I'm just about 70 yr old, so you can see I've been around and owned a business for a long time. My business is Concrete construction.
With that said, only a stupid businessman would Gouge his customers. In business you always have to plan a year or two out, and always think about your customers reaction to everything you do. You NEVER want to shoot yourself in the foot for a quick buck.
The rest of it is not correct. They can sell as fast a they get new stock. There is no shortage. Just folks hording. If we quit hording the dealers would have normal inventories. Same with ammo and guns.
So when I look at someone like 44 Mag, I'm gonna give them the benefit of the doubt. Maybe they are paying extra to be able to get magazines in. Even if not, I'm sure their sales now are a fraction of normal, so if they need to raise their pricing to make up for this... then so be it. As a consumer, I can accept or decline. But I see no need to hold a grudge in these times.
I've never used 44 Mag. And after seeing that price I never will. You can do what you think is right, but when you try to gouge or rip me off you'll never never get another chance.
I don't see how anyone could compare Midway to these folks. Midway is a giant selling absolutely everything under the sun. I'm sure they have lots of items that they still can offer & probably have deeper pockets to weather this storm. 44 Mag seems to be a specialty type shop that happens to specialize in a product that is almost non existent right now.
The product isn't non existent, they can sell them as fast a they get them in. If their suppliers gouge them (I don't think so) find a new supplier, don't take it out on the customer.
Even if you are correct, it would be better to wait it out with nothing than to have no customers down the road.
Just my 2 cents.
I bought two 25 rounders in Jan. for 22 bucks each, wish i had gotten alot more back then. Hopefully the price will go down in the future along with ammo and we can all get back to living and plincking and enjoying our God Given Rights .
Thanks for posting!!
