UNBELIEVABLE

[phatmax]

It is not pure greed, it is temporary genius.

If you were grilling some Bubba Burgers and someone ran up to you and offered you $20 for a burger RIGHT NOW... what would you do? Mind you, they are insistent on giving you the money. And there is a person behind them running up, shouting they will give you $20 bucks for a burger, too....

I don't agree with their practices, but consider that not many people complain about the profit margins of Apple....or the jeans companies that charge $100 for a $10 pair of jeans...

Prices are insane, but the world in which we are living has gone topsy turvy, and I personally expect to see a federal ban of some sort by the end of next week. Permanent, and with heinous restrictions on online purchasing.

 

[COL Jagdog]

I had some fun messing with them today -- called them, they quoted
$69 a box for the 9 mm I inquired about,(which really aggravated me), asked to speak to a supervisor, I told him that it was worth at least $100 a box and I wanted to buy every box they had, but only if they would sell me at least 1000 boxes, he wanted a number to call me back, gave him a 900 number for a "sexy talk" service, (I would have loved to have heard that conversation) -- thanked him and told him I'd await his call. I'd rather stand in line in Wal-Mart for a day than buy ammo from them at that price.

 

[Robotech]

Well, CTD evidently thinks they've achieved the alchemist's dream, turning lead into gold!

The question is: Will anybody believe them? I suspect they will find at least a few fools willing to play the game.

Now some local areas have laws against price gouging and "windfall profit taking" when applied to things like gasoline or groceries in the face of supply hiccups or natural disasters. I wonder if any of these might apply? Ammo is certainly a "necessity" if you are a security or law enforcement customer...

 

[Skunkhome]

Now some local areas have laws against price gouging and "windfall profit taking" when applied to things like gasoline or groceries in the face of supply hiccups or natural disasters. I wonder if any of these might apply? Ammo is certainly a "necessity" if you are a security or law enforcement customer...

Well here you can't legally gouge on events tickets (but there are plenty of ways to circumvent that law by selling packages) and can't raise your prices in the time of an emergency. Don't think the ammo "shortage" qualifies as an emergency. Aside from that, I can sell any legal product or service for what ever I wish if I can find a taker.