I agree with Spurdan too. If the prices for materials, labor, shipping, etc. are not changing, then there is little reason to expect the prices to drop.
That said, I'm going to go against the grain here because its hard to know what the profit margins are at each stage.
I have been buying (mainly CCI standard velocity & mag game points since Nov......not a lot but say 500 SV and 100game points each week I have maybe 14k of 22 LR total and 1750 of 22mag. Am I the reason it wont go down in price......and/or people like me buying when they dont need it?
If you (or really we) are willing to pay the current price, then as said above, there is no incentive for the price to go down. In terms of economics - it doesn't matter why we are willing to pay the asking. As long as enough stock moves off the shelf that the retailer is not desperate for cash, the retailer will continue to charge that price.
That shouldn't change what you are doing. If you want X amount in your personal stock, so you have enough for your use through (fill in a time frame), then get it.
There is a hidden 'danger' with a consumable product (ammo) when we come to view it as expensive. We don't use it because it is too valuable and precious. Paul Harrell has mentioned this numerous times with respect to specialty ammo. Each of us has to ask ourselves if availability or price changes (up or down!) will that change our usage of what we've bought?
That's sort of a drift from the question, but economics really is about people and our behaviour so I think it ties in.
Joe
