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price gouging in Alabama
Posted on 12/20/12 at 10:32 am
Posted on 12/20/12 at 10:32 am
we are be gouged big time in the Gadsden AL area. a wk ago you could buy a Ruger 10/22 for $225.00.
A buddy of mine is looking for one for his son for chritmas every place he has call has raised the price by $100 to $200. One store wanted $499.00 for a simple 10/22 carbine.
are yall seeing the prices increase in your area this fast and this high?
A buddy of mine is looking for one for his son for chritmas every place he has call has raised the price by $100 to $200. One store wanted $499.00 for a simple 10/22 carbine.
are yall seeing the prices increase in your area this fast and this high?
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Posted on 12/20/12 at 10:34 am to bigtiger440
It's not just Bama
Posted on 12/20/12 at 10:37 am to bbvdd
Bowie Outfitters has rasie dtheir prices on AR type weapons and acc. Only on certian things. I looked at lowers on 11/5/2012 that were 250. Now they want 450, but say they added a new tigger. I looked closer and it was the same trigger as before...
Posted on 12/20/12 at 10:49 am to Mako
That shite pisses me off. Raise the prices if you want but dont lie to me. I called Bowies yesterday asking for a price on a suppressor and their price wasnt too high but higher than other places. I cant even get Jims to answer the phone so they can go sit on a bedpost.
Landry's will get all of my class 3 business in the future. A 5 minute phone call convinced me of that yesterday.
Landry's will get all of my class 3 business in the future. A 5 minute phone call convinced me of that yesterday.
Posted on 12/20/12 at 11:01 am to Ice Cream Sammich
I agree about the lying but can't say I blame them about raising prices. It's the nature of the beast in the business world and these guys are trying to make a living
Posted on 12/20/12 at 11:01 am to bigtiger440
One thing I'm definitely taking away from this time is a list of businesses that will not be getting any more of my money. I'll waste their time and use them like a showroom, but will purchase elsewhere.
Posted on 12/20/12 at 11:14 am to Langston
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I agree about the lying but can't say I blame them about raising prices. It's the nature of the beast in the business world and these guys are trying to make a living
Yea I'd be doing the same thing. And this isn't like generators during a hurricane (which arguably isn't that bad either, they're not a necessity, but I digress), but these are just things people want right now. It's not like their kids will starve if they can't buy that AR right now. Market value is what it's worth. If people are willing to pay twice as much for it all of a sudden then that's what it's worth. IMO.
Posted on 12/20/12 at 11:15 am to bigtiger440
How do you differentiate free market pricing from price gouging?
Free to own firearms but the biz owner not free to adjust prices to market demand?
Free to own firearms but the biz owner not free to adjust prices to market demand?
Posted on 12/20/12 at 11:17 am to Grassy1
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How do you differentiate free market pricing from price gouging?
I assume by whether or not its a neccesity?
Posted on 12/20/12 at 11:19 am to Grassy1
If I owned a gun store, I'd be gouging the shite out of the AR stuff. The majority of people buying that stuff are doing it b/c it's the "cool" thing to get right now.
Posted on 12/20/12 at 11:21 am to guttata
Yeah I hate it but that's how the free market works.
Posted on 12/20/12 at 11:30 am to Cold Pizza
Just dont buy a 10-22 this week.
They'll be back down by end of january.
They'll be back down by end of january.
Posted on 12/20/12 at 12:25 pm to Langston
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I assume by whether or not its a neccesity?
This. If people dont have to buy it to live their normal lives (gas, milk, water) then they are free to price it however they think they can maximize their profits (thats why they sell them to begin with - profits) If you feel they have unfairly raised prices, then its your choice not to purchase that item until prices go down or to purchase from another business.
Posted on 12/20/12 at 12:33 pm to CaptSpaulding
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One thing I'm definitely taking away from this time is a list of businesses that will not be getting any more of my money
Had a guy I've been buying shite from for years do this. I already pay a litte more to shop local. I told him to go f$%k himself. And I buy ALOT of stuff!
Posted on 12/20/12 at 12:34 pm to SmackoverHawg
Then I pissed all over his bathroom and on the TP and papertowels before I left! 
Posted on 12/20/12 at 12:41 pm to Ice Cream Sammich
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I cant even get Jims to answer the phone so they can go sit on a bedpost.
I wouldnt answer the phone for people price shopping either, they have people in the store willing to pay whatever price.
Posted on 12/20/12 at 12:45 pm to mommas boy
They do have the freedom to raise prices. We also have the freedom to not shop from them ever again. I may get my ffl and put his arse outta business. I may feel different if I hadn't supported the business so well for years.
Posted on 12/20/12 at 12:46 pm to SmackoverHawg
I don't jack up the price of office visits during a flu epidemic, so f$%k'em all.
Posted on 12/20/12 at 1:27 pm to bigtiger440
Bought a Marlin 795 about a week before all this crap. Tried to buy some extra magazines for it yesterday and CCI mini-mag and no one in Baldwin or Mobile county had any.
Finally found a gun shop that had one magazine left but academy, bass pro, dicks, wal-mart were all out.
People are going crazy right now.
Finally found a gun shop that had one magazine left but academy, bass pro, dicks, wal-mart were all out.
People are going crazy right now.
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