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Over time if a skinflint/johnny one box simply bought an extra box every time he or she bought ammo, most of those whiners would have thousands of rounds in reserve. It's not rocket science nor does it require a lot of wealth. We had two plus yeara in the trump slump when 9 and other ammo was cheap. Basic math says a 2 year johnny one box reserve would be 2600 rounds. Not a ton of ammo but all of the whiners i know don't even have 1k around right now... wtaf.
cars and motorcycles also are distributed thru an allocation system
My folks were a little older than yours, but the worst thing was going to a restaurant for a family gathering..My parents were both born in 1925. The lessons of the depression left a mark on their souls...
My folks were a little older than yours, but the worst thing was going to a restaurant for a family gathering..
Every salt, pepper, napkin, ketchup and marmalade packet made it into a purse or suit-jacket pocket... Cannot comment on silverware at this time...
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Something that I still don't understand though is what would prevent an FFL from calling up the distribution account manager and asking if a gun is on allocation and requesting one.
If guns are disappearing from open inventory because they are being moved to allocation, surely there must be some request mechanism in place? It would be really awful if every gun on allocation is only distributed at the sole discretion of the distribution account manager and cannot be requested by the FFL.
It sounds like allocation means they don't have enough stock as a distributor. Every dealer wants 100, but the distributor can't even come close to fulfilling that. Therefore they split stock up based on volume. Your LGS can't order the gun for you because every other LGS also wants 10 more.
OP- so what is your recommendation as to when we should place an order? If I don’t approach you with my order, how will it get on someone’s radar to build and distribute? Was going to pull the trigger on a high end 45 this year..how long do I wait? Not trying to be a wise-arse, just trying to plan..
Something that I still don't understand though is what would prevent an FFL from calling up the distribution account manager and asking if a gun is on allocation and requesting one.
If guns are disappearing from open inventory because they are being moved to allocation, surely there must be some request mechanism in place? It would be really awful if every gun on allocation is only distributed at the sole discretion of the distribution account manager and cannot be requested by the FFL.
Same with supercars, and anything else really desirable not sold through inventory "drops".Which is how rare bourbon works as well.
You have a couple choicesOP- so what is your recommendation as to when we should place an order? If I don’t approach you with my order, how will it get on someone’s radar to build and distribute? Was going to pull the trigger on a high end 45 this year..how long do I wait? Not trying to be a wise-arse, just trying to plan..
How about free with the lone like?Wouldn't expect anything less from you.
I did . I saw the toilet paper shortages in I think it was South Korea. I thought it was rather odd that COVID would be causing a run on TP, but decided to stock up just in case.
My folks were a little older than yours, but the worst thing was going to a restaurant for a family gathering..
Every salt, pepper, napkin, ketchup and marmalade packet made it into a purse or suit-jacket pocket... Cannot comment on silverware at this time...
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Well the fact that there have been four prior lessons on the issue in the past 15 years doesn’t really make it incredible foresight in my opinion.
Now if you had a shitload of toilet paper stocked up prior to 2020.....
Raising your prices to let the person with more money purchase is one method. For ammo that is definitely happening.
But this too shall pass. There will be ample supplies again one day. And once the shelves are stocked those with some inventory we will begin to use up their surplus knowing they can replace it at will. And when that happens put away some ammo and reloading supplies for a rainy day. No doubt there will be another shortage in the future. It's become cyclical although not predictable.
This ^TP is a commodity that most people with a prepper's mindset have had well stocked forever.
This ^
I had (5) 20-roll Scotts TP's in rotation on March 1st. 250 n95 masks and more bleach and disinfectants than would fill a kiddie pool.
Some of us are Deathly Serious about this level of 'Prep'...