LGS Ripoff!

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I had a wake up call when I went to the gun show in Phoenix yesterday. 500 rounds of .22 $250, large/small pistol primers $80 and the list goes on and on.
I am ashamed to say I bought a box of primers and cringed while doing it. I know I was getting fleeced BUT after looking for weeks to find 'em locally to no avail and seeing that when you find 'em online then add shipping and hazmat fees it wasn't that much more ($20-$30) at the show. The biggest reason I decided "what the heck, I'll buy 'em" is that as a newbie reloader I wanted to get started experimenting and figuring out what I'm doing so I just paid for the privilege of getting going now instead of waiting for however long. I've already been looking for 2 months just for parts for my press.

Now that I've got at least the basics to start with I will be able to play with it while I pick and choose restocking supplies avoiding whenever possible paying the scramble premium.
 
"I am ashamed to say I bought a box of primers and cringed while doing it. I know I was getting fleeced BUT after looking for weeks to find 'em locally to no avail and seeing that when you find 'em online then add shipping and hazmat fees it wasn't that much more ($20-$30) at the show."



But you miss the point: It did not cost MORE at the show.

Why?

Because it was NOT FOR SALE locally. Not at ANY price.
Goods that are not available are.... not for sale.
$5.00 a box would not have bought them at your LGS.
$1000 a box would not have bought them at your LGS.
So were they worth $5.00 or $1000 a box at your LGS?

The bottom line is that you cannot divide by zero... it's the most basic of math.

Zero goods = an unsolvable math problem = no sale = no value set.
Why? Because you can only determine value if there is a product on the shelf.




The price you paid was FAIR.

Why?

Because BOTH a seller AND a buyer agreed by mutual consent, not by the force of anything other than their own desires, to exchange value for goods in a rate that they both agreed to.


See "Stock Market": I could have bought Berkshire Hathaway stock for $1000 a share a while back too. Now it's over $10,000 a share. Yesterdays price is meaningless to a buyer. It only influences the decisions of the man who already owns it, and the OWNERS DECISION is a binary choice: He can decide to hold it in hopes of additional future gains at the risk of a possible future loss, or to sell it today to achieve the existing gain but to then lock in that decision and to be unable to take advantage of possible future gains.

The ONLY choice a buyer makes is to buy at the offered price, or not. Being a buyer is a LOT simpler from a decision making standpoint than being a seller, especially in the case of a consumable product, like primers or powder or ammo.



Willie

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Im starting to regret I started this thread. My only reason was to disuss my displeasure of how the shop was pricing its goods. I will not shop there ever. Other posters want to talk about economics and supply and demand. I understand economics and how a business is run. I will continue to use my LGS that I have supported over the years. He has remained fair thru out all this. His powders and primers are still within reason, and PMC 223 ammo is going for $9.99 (not $22).
 
Im starting to regret I started this thread. My only reason was to disuss my displeasure of how the shop was pricing its goods. I will not shop there ever. Other posters want to talk about economics and supply and demand. I understand economics and how a business is run. I will continue to use my LGS that I have supported over the years. He has remained fair thru out all this. His powders and primers are still within reason, and PMC 223 ammo is going for $9.99 (not $22).
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There you go. Reputation and "branding" are another aspect of free enterprise. You prefer his "brand" and reputation he has built with you. Excellent.
 
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