I did hear stories during Obamascare of places sitting on pallets of ammo and only putting a few boxes on the shelf at over the top prices while telling customers they couldn't get stock.
True or not I don't know .
True or not I don't know .
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I would believe that some unscrupulous gun shops did that more than any manufacturer.I did hear stories during Obamascare of places sitting on pallets of ammo and only putting a few boxes on the shelf at over the top prices while telling customers they couldn't get stock.
True or not I don't know .
That and customers CAN store inventory. Buy it cheap and stack it deep.No manufacturer is going to store inventory in a warehouse. The cost of doing so would be too expensive for them. JIT manufacturing is where it’s at.
I suppose. I would imagine after months of being berated with false accusations he probably got fed up. Its understandable. I had no problem with it.It's not. And it's incredibly stupid and poor optics on their part. You can easily come out and explain everything without starting off like he did.
Edit: Cut out the first minute or so and it's a much better video.
I've heard stories of people holding on to publicly traded stock and only selling a few shares at market pricing, hoping they could sell their remaining inventory at a higher price later.I did hear stories during Obamascare of places sitting on pallets of ammo and only putting a few boxes on the shelf at over the top prices while telling customers they couldn't get stock.
True or not I don't know .
I was thinking the same. What a "great" problem to have.Jesus Christ bro, in 2020 do you know how many f***ing business people would die to be in your shoes and here you are bitching about being bought out? Holy shit.
I used to have that same attitude but with so many new gun owners (especially in MA where one needs an LTC to buy/possess ammo), they didn't know any better or weren't able to buy beforehand.There are billions of rounds of ammo out there.
Sorry, if you waited to buy till even the soby boy libtrards could see the writing on the wall and are now escared!
He needs a better marketing department. Here's Hornady's video on the exact same subject. Now, THIS is how you message without insulting your customers.
I wasn't listening, did he mention when I would be able to get some .380 or .300AAC?
I agree the Hornady video was much better, but the man from federal/CCI dispelled "selling only to specific customers".
Anyone have any stats on how much of that ammo .gov is buying ???
Smart move, put it all out at once, some retard comes in and buys it all at once. Now you have zero product to bring customers into the store. Gun shops don't stay in business selling guns. I've seen wholesale pricing sheets from multiple distributors. The mark up on a single firearm is minimum, in some cases it's about what would cover a transfer fee. Obviously, some guns do have mark ups, I'm talking stuff like Glocks and Midrange AR's.I DO remember Riley's only putting a half dozen cases on the floor at a time.
@xtry51's comment gave me something to think about; something to think about overnight.This is far worse than a 5-10 year event, IMHO. Also, it's capital intensive to make a contingency plan for something at this scale. Unless the plan involved having an extra billion roundsMeh. What we're seeing now has happened before. I would say the real issue is these companies don't seem to have contingency plans to deal with something that happens literally every 5-10 years. Coupled with most gun owners being giant skinflints on stocking ammo.
of ammo just sitting around in warehouses that they never touched in case of a demand spike. Even that probably wouldn't have been enough.
If this was just something on the scope of another Obamascare the price of ammo would have probably just hopped up a bit and stabilized. This is on another planet. Remember the industry has tooled up big time since Obamascare 1, 2, and Sandy Hook.
I know of a New England gun store whose ammo suppliesI did hear stories during Obamascare of places sitting on pallets of ammo and only putting a few boxes on the shelf at over the top prices while telling customers they couldn't get stock.
True or not I don't know .
Beggars can't be choosers.If they lose customers over that video then those were the customers that needed to be fired in the first place.
If the consumer won’t pay a bit more for 9mm, why on earth would any investor pay more to make sure you are not inconvenienced? If you think you have a better way, feel free to raise the necessary capital and open your own ammunition business.
I have a very small ammunition business in my garage. It consists of two XL650's, one dedicated to 9mm, the other used for .38SPCL, .357Mag and .357Sig depending upon market demand.
Like many other small businesses these days, my primary problem is my supply line. Plenty of powder on hand, good quantity of bullets on hand with more coming in - but primers are scarce.
I only have two "customers", more properly defined as "consumers" - my wife and me. That's my "better way".