Is it time to simmer down a little...

[reddog1]

Previously you sold lower.
Is there a reason to raise your price during this time of price gouging?

Because I can make 14 more bucks per unit, duh.

 

[reddog1]

Manufacturers are already sending out 2013 pricing and there are increases.

He speaks the troof.

 

[vicsinner]

I've heard stories about High&Higher getting their profiteering on

 

[Vamoose]

Because I can make 14 more bucks per unit, duh.

You gotta do what you gotta do to stay in business. If I hadn't procrastinated the way I did I'd have what I need already. It's not like we didn't know we'd be in for a fight when Obama got reelected. We've had plenty of time to get our kit together.

 

[Glocksteady]

Because I can make 14 more bucks per unit, duh.

You're running a business, not a charity. It's called capitalism, and it's what makes this great nation a place everyone wants to come to.

 

[AKguy1985]

Stopped by Kings Guns in Cushing to see if their $75 Pmags were silver plated.

Kings pawn usually has good prices but jeez.

 

[okiebryan]

Previously you sold lower.
Is there a reason to raise your price during this time of price gouging?
I'm not complaining, just wanting to understand the reasoning.

My local FFL has a modern loading shotgun coming for me at the same price as it was 6 months ago. Its well below the MSRP. Nobody in their right mind pays MSRP for a gun.
He gets my business.

Before the craziness, when dealers could order in whatever they wanted, and it showed up, there was more inventory to sell, and the over head of the business was spread out over a large number of sales.

Now, when you have 5 customers coming in looking for every one item that finally shows up, your traffic does not equal a sale. You can only sell what you can get into the store. This means fewer sales. If demand justifies charging MSRP, and you have the only one of that item available, that's not gouging. It's good sense. Why should I sell you something with little to no profit when I can't make a profit from the 4 guys standing behind you, since I now have nothing to sell them?

If your good quality inventory is plentiful and not moving, your prices are too high. If your quality inventory is sold out the minute it arrives, and you are turning away business because you lack inventory to sell customers what they want, then your prices may indeed be too low.

 

[Glocksteady]

Before the craziness, when dealers could order in whatever they wanted, and it showed up, there was more inventory to sell, and the over head of the business was spread out over a large number of sales.

Now, when you have 5 customers coming in looking for every one item that finally shows up, your traffic does not equal a sale. You can only sell what you can get into the store. This means fewer sales. If demand justifies charging MSRP, and you have the only one of that item available, that's not gouging. It's good sense. Why should I sell you something with little to no profit when I can't make a profit from the 4 guys standing behind you, since I now have nothing to sell them?

If your good quality inventory is plentiful and not moving, your prices are too high. If your quality inventory is sold out the minute it arrives, and you are turning away business because you lack inventory to sell customers what they want, then your prices may indeed be too low.

It's tough enough to run a successful business. I don't blame you a bit. It's what the market will bare. Business profits during upheavals all the time. Guns in gun shortages, weapons in times of war, bacon in times of low pork production. This last one bothers me the most.

 

[vicious]

I've been buying things over the years and it's only recently (the past year or so) that I've changed direction. I'm behind the ball with regard to my AR investments, and I'm not motivated to get rid of anything else. Bad timing, I guess.

 

[Tin Star Firearms]

I don't believe selling a non-essential item such as guns or accessories at market inflated prices should be called gouging. That is the capitalism business model that we all claim to cherish.

Andrew