Do you not think Magpul won't increase there price eventually as well?
Guns, ammo and magazines are now a mere commodity. Supply and demand regulate pricing just like gold, wheat, and oil.
Magpul sells to 5 distributors, retailers don't pay $8. Even the Pmags we sold for $10 cost us $9 and they were on sale.
I believe you should raise your prices. Your gonna take a pretty big hit in business if legislation passes.
People tend to gripe when prices on anything go up. People griped when peanut butter went up. This is a firearms related forum and firearms and accessories just went way up in price. Please feel free to vent/rant/cry/whine, whatever makes you feel better.
A ban will go through and the target of the rants will focus in more on that, or prices will become stable again as supply catches up and we will find something new. Either way, we will still find something to gripe about.
A ban will go through and the target of the rants will focus in more on that, or prices will become stable again as supply catches up and we will find something new. Either way, we will still find something to gripe about.
Can we not put all of these "gouging" threads into one single, cohesive thread? Holy bat-crap, Robin.
Agreed, temporary sticky until all this dies down
I love how all of the whining folks are doing about gouging is drowned out by those whining about the free market. Who here has asked for legislation to regulate the price of guns? No one - that's who (it's a straw-man argument - much like using the "you're against free speech if you're against folks who call out the gougers"). Legislation is actually what is driving these prices up (specifically Dianne Feinstein's bill) in the first place - so the irony is that those of us griping about gouging (on this board especially), aren't for government manipulation of a market... we're against it.
You had to apply for membership on this board, and thus you as members are subject to the rules of the board. Our members are free to say what they want within the guidelines of the rules of this specific board (part of which is looking out for other members - including newer members who may not know better than to pay too much for something that they can still get for regular prices).
This isn't just a classified/exchange, it's a community and those members who feel like talking about the price (whether praising or bitching) are free to do so within the rules. I don't agree with crapping on someone's ad, but some of the ads are crapping in the middle of our community. Go do that on Gunbroker, Facebook, or Craigs List instead of the very place where you learned how to build that gun, got the parts for a good deal out of pity from a member who took you under his/her wing, and where you look for advice on a regular basis.
I don't see why we have threads on either side of the argument to be honest. Just PM members to warn them against those who would $#!+ where they eat and be done with it.
Stuff like this is why I hang out 95% of the time in the gear section or on Blade Forums. It always brings out the worst in people.
You had to apply for membership on this board, and thus you as members are subject to the rules of the board. Our members are free to say what they want within the guidelines of the rules of this specific board (part of which is looking out for other members - including newer members who may not know better than to pay too much for something that they can still get for regular prices).
This isn't just a classified/exchange, it's a community and those members who feel like talking about the price (whether praising or bitching) are free to do so within the rules. I don't agree with crapping on someone's ad, but some of the ads are crapping in the middle of our community. Go do that on Gunbroker, Facebook, or Craigs List instead of the very place where you learned how to build that gun, got the parts for a good deal out of pity from a member who took you under his/her wing, and where you look for advice on a regular basis.
I don't see why we have threads on either side of the argument to be honest. Just PM members to warn them against those who would $#!+ where they eat and be done with it.
Stuff like this is why I hang out 95% of the time in the gear section or on Blade Forums. It always brings out the worst in people.
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