danysw
Member
Palmetto State Armory and SG Ammo are my best ammo online bets but now they are running out of everything.
good guys to buy from...vs bad
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Stay away from USCAV I ordered 10 PMags from them on 12/18/2012, when they were in stock and $11.99 each. After Christmas, they changed my order status to "backorder" without even sending me an EMail. I called them to ask "what gives" and this 2o-something girl told me that "it will be months before we get any".
Since then, I've ordered them from other places and re-sold them all.
Since then, I've ordered them from other places and re-sold them all.
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BadKarmaZeroSix
US Veteran
ok, so here's our tally so far, all wrapped up, and hopefully i can keep updating this list:
GOOD GUYS
Cabelas x2
Sportsmansguide.com
Gunsmoke (Denver)
Ace Hardware (Local?)
Bass Pro Shops
Dillon's (Scottsdale)
Wal Mart
SG Ammo x2
Palmetto State Armory x2
Ammo To Go
Scheel's (Midwest USA)
BAD GUYS
CTD x5
Dick's
Ammoman
USCAV
ALMOST BAD GUYS
Gander Mountain
GOOD GUYS
Cabelas x2
Sportsmansguide.com
Gunsmoke (Denver)
Ace Hardware (Local?)
Bass Pro Shops
Dillon's (Scottsdale)
Wal Mart
SG Ammo x2
Palmetto State Armory x2
Ammo To Go
Scheel's (Midwest USA)
BAD GUYS
CTD x5
Dick's
Ammoman
USCAV
ALMOST BAD GUYS
Gander Mountain
scattershot
Member
OK, good or bad??
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BadKarmaZeroSix
US Veteran
****, that's a good question, scattershot...i was assuming GOOD, but we better check so i can edit the list
Popeye77
Member
Just checked some .223 prices at Natchez and they still had some at $12.99 for 20 which ain't bad.
Denversteve
Member
I won't specifically bad-mouth anyone here but I was there once over 10 years ago..... I get anything I need from Blue Star Police Supply in Denver. Never raised prices and no limits. The only bad thing about that is when they get daily ammo in someone can walk in and buy it out. BUT they get it in regularly and will call you when it arrives.
slickracer
Member
Trop Gun Shop in Central PA would rather sell cases of ammo on Gunbroker than have it available for their local customers. Haven't been back since they started this practice.
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+1 for SportsMansGuide.com. Very good site.
I'd also like to add LuckyGunner.com to the GOOD list. Prices range from favorable to downright bad, depending on the product, but stock is updated several times a day, and they only sell ammo they have in stock (even telling you how much they have available) and can ship out that day (before 3PM) or the next business day. The key here is to check the site multiple times per day because when they do get their better priced ammo in, it gets bought up very quickly. Also, as a side note, it seems to me that they are in some way affiliated with, or at least sell from the same stock as, BulkAmmo.com.
Last Tuesday I placed an order with LuckyGunner sometime around midnight, and I had my ammo on my porch before noon on Thursday, which was a day earlier than they had quoted. I will continue to use them and SportsMansGuide as much as I can.
I'd also like to add LuckyGunner.com to the GOOD list. Prices range from favorable to downright bad, depending on the product, but stock is updated several times a day, and they only sell ammo they have in stock (even telling you how much they have available) and can ship out that day (before 3PM) or the next business day. The key here is to check the site multiple times per day because when they do get their better priced ammo in, it gets bought up very quickly. Also, as a side note, it seems to me that they are in some way affiliated with, or at least sell from the same stock as, BulkAmmo.com.
Last Tuesday I placed an order with LuckyGunner sometime around midnight, and I had my ammo on my porch before noon on Thursday, which was a day earlier than they had quoted. I will continue to use them and SportsMansGuide as much as I can.
What % profit would you regulate someone to in order for them to be considered a "good guy"? Does their cost enter into it or do we just go on how you feel?
At what point do you blacklist someone for not selling something cheap enough to suit you? And just how cheap are you? Not being nosy, just need a price point.
I know, maybe you should petition the government to regulate all of this guns and ammo stuff.
Oh wait...
At what point do you blacklist someone for not selling something cheap enough to suit you? And just how cheap are you? Not being nosy, just need a price point.
I know, maybe you should petition the government to regulate all of this guns and ammo stuff.
Oh wait...
beemerphile
Member
I'm wondering what a "fair" percentage profit is to a business that can't get anything to sell. They will lay some people off, but there is still rent, salaries, etc. to cover. Then a lonely case of .22LR comes in and some of this crowd expects them to sell it at the prior price even if they then quietly go out of business and die. No, check that, they expect them to hold it for them until they can get there with their $20 per brick. Oh, and no limits (to them). Companies like CTD are obvious scum, and I won't shop there, and there are others, but the majority of those being classified as "gougers" are just trying to stay afloat in a bad situation that they had no part in creating. I think we knew who the scumballs were before the crisis.
This same group trots down to Wal*Mart every day at 2 o'clock to try to win the daily lottery of three boxes of ammo at "regular price" even though Wal*Mart has joined hands with Mayor Blomberg's "Mayors Against Illegal Guns".
This same group trots down to Wal*Mart every day at 2 o'clock to try to win the daily lottery of three boxes of ammo at "regular price" even though Wal*Mart has joined hands with Mayor Blomberg's "Mayors Against Illegal Guns".
My point exactly, Beemer.
There is a local guy who hasn't changed his prices. On December 1, 2012 he was charging $40 a box for primers and I would not buy them as I could get them elsewhere for $25 -$30. I would have said to anyone I know: "He charges too much. Not a good place to shop."
Now he still charges $40 a box, and he's a "good guy"? Hardly. When he runs out of primers (I imagine he has) and replenishes his stock, he will no doubt maintain the profit margin he did before and mark his 20% higher than everyone else. He will no longer be considered a "good guy" yet has not altered his business model one bit.
When it comes to sellers of anything there are no "good guys" or "bad guys" in my book.
Just "guys" with stuff for sale at a price I am willing to or not willing to pay.
There is a local guy who hasn't changed his prices. On December 1, 2012 he was charging $40 a box for primers and I would not buy them as I could get them elsewhere for $25 -$30. I would have said to anyone I know: "He charges too much. Not a good place to shop."
Now he still charges $40 a box, and he's a "good guy"? Hardly. When he runs out of primers (I imagine he has) and replenishes his stock, he will no doubt maintain the profit margin he did before and mark his 20% higher than everyone else. He will no longer be considered a "good guy" yet has not altered his business model one bit.
When it comes to sellers of anything there are no "good guys" or "bad guys" in my book.
Just "guys" with stuff for sale at a price I am willing to or not willing to pay.
These gouging threads have gotten out of control.
You sell at market price. If you want to sell below market price you gear up and increase efficiency and move a lot of product but make a little less on each sale.
High volume sales are impossible when the supply line dries up though. Look at SG Ammo or any online ammo company. They are sold out. Look at CDNN they have no mags. Look at Bud's guns. They have no guns.
It's that simple folks. Volume sales are great when you have product to sell. Making $5 a box is fine when you are shipping 200,000 boxes a week. But when you only get in 1,000 boxes a week and you have 100 hungry employees in the warehouse what are you going to do?
If a law were pushed through tomorrow taxing ammo or eliminating internet sales, you'd find that $40 a brick for .22 was cheap!
You sell at market price. If you want to sell below market price you gear up and increase efficiency and move a lot of product but make a little less on each sale.
High volume sales are impossible when the supply line dries up though. Look at SG Ammo or any online ammo company. They are sold out. Look at CDNN they have no mags. Look at Bud's guns. They have no guns.
It's that simple folks. Volume sales are great when you have product to sell. Making $5 a box is fine when you are shipping 200,000 boxes a week. But when you only get in 1,000 boxes a week and you have 100 hungry employees in the warehouse what are you going to do?
If a law were pushed through tomorrow taxing ammo or eliminating internet sales, you'd find that $40 a brick for .22 was cheap!
SGammo.com have always been good guys. They continue to be so in the current state of panic. They struggle to keep stuff in stock, but are keeping prices at reasonable levels. Their website shows accurate real-time stock levels. If something appears that you want, better act quickly. Their shipping costs and speed are excellent. Can't say enough good things about these good guys!
