Quoting Moondog to Cougar428 <=-

A product needs demand from a customer base. A product is worth what
the customer is willing to pay for it. Each time some dummy shoots a bunch of people, ammo or magazine prices go up. They eventually go up
to ridiculous prices where most people won't buy them, however the
owners will persist to gouge in the hopes someone will deviate from the norm and have to have an item regardless of cost.

Kind of like when .22lr ammo was almost unobtainable - UNLESS you
wanted to pay 9mm prices.

After 3 years the price came back down. I'm just a plinker, but
ammo was a big problem for me when that was happening. I just
target shoot...

I went dry there as I would not pay what they were asking. Just my
experience and opinion.

I get what you are saying though...

Cougar

... We're lost but we're making good time.

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Re: How far I've come...
By: Cougar428 to MOONDOG on Tue Feb 07 2023 11:18 pm

Quoting Moondog to Cougar428 <=-

A product needs demand from a customer base. A product is worth what the customer is willing to pay for it. Each time some dummy shoots a bunch of people, ammo or magazine prices go up. They eventually go up to ridiculous prices where most people won't buy them, however the owners will persist to gouge in the hopes someone will deviate from the norm and have to have an item regardless of cost.

Kind of like when .22lr ammo was almost unobtainable - UNLESS you
wanted to pay 9mm prices.

After 3 years the price came back down. I'm just a plinker, but
ammo was a big problem for me when that was happening. I just
target shoot...

I went dry there as I would not pay what they were asking. Just my experience and opinion.

I get what you are saying though...

Cougar

... We're lost but we're making good time.

___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20

The best way to keep shooting is so stack it high and deep when the price is cheap. At one time I used to grab a semi brick of 550 rounds of .22 at
Walmart because their bulk price beat out any of the local gun shops. If I'm buying a pair of socks or some shirts, I'd grab a box of .22. If I'm buying groceries, a trick to the sporting goods counter was justifialble. Over some time I built up a stash to shhot through and stopped picking ammo up. Prices had jumped considerably and I wished I would've kept buying cheaper ammo.

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After 3 years the price came back down. I'm just a plinker, but
ammo was a big problem for me when that was happening. I just
target shoot...

+1.

I went dry there as I would not pay what they were asking. Just my experience and opinion.

Also +1. I did find some on special and bought the limit, which was not
much.


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