Anyone know if Amazon is discontinuing AR accessories?

[cryptiq]

I had about 8 items on my Amazon Wish List and I've noticed over the past few days that while they're still available on the Amazon website, none of my items are showing as "Ships from and sold by Amazon." My wishlist had a few Magpul items like a CTR stock, MBUS, and a foregrip, as well as some scopes, RDS, and flashlights. Whereas they previously all said "Ships from and sold by Amazon," today I'm seeing that they're all being sold from other vendors.

This is my first year owning a 15-22 so I didn't know if this is typical because of the holidays and magnified by the run on rifles and accessories following the Sandy Hook tragedy...or is Amazon getting out of the game like Dick's? I see there are other items Amazon is still selling directly like the Bushnell TRS-25, so I'm hoping it's just a supply and demand situation. Does anyone know anything to the contrary?

 

[Majorlk]

The problem is panic buying and Christmas shopping. Amazon is simply out of stock on many items.

Please don't spread unfounded rumors.

 

[cryptiq]

Thanks, my intention wasn't to spread any rumors, I was just inquiring to see if anyone knew what was going on. I'm willing to be wrong here, but I thought when Amazon was out of stock on a particular item the listing would say something along the lines of "Out of stock, more on the way, see other buying options here." I'm not seeing anything like that today so that was the reason for my concern.

 

[ESW]

Nope, plenty of stuff listed today. I was just on that site.
You might spend a few bucks on a NRA memebership instead of another black tidbit.

 

[BobWill]

Panic buying plus Christmas equals shortages. Plain and simple. IMO Amazon is the giant who will continue to do business as usual.

 

[cryptiq]

Thanks, appreciate everyone's feedback. I like buying from Amazon b/c of their customer service, and I have a Prime membership which gets me free 2-day shipping. There are some things I'm hesitant to buy from any other vendor, optics for example. I ordered an NCStar scope when I first got my rifle back in November and as many people have reported, I had about a 5 degree rotation in the reticle. The return to Amazon was super simple, they paid the return shipping and refunded my money as soon as UPS picked up the package.