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<blockquote data-quote="Johnny" data-source="post: 2033446" data-attributes="member: 14057"><p>I hope that everyone does not think that I am bashing local shops for raising their prices. That is not my intent. I do what I can to support the LGS. I rarely leave a shop without making a purchase. Even the guys that are a little high on stuff I still try to show my support by making a purchase of some type. It may be just cleaning supplies or a box of ammo or targets. My intent is to always make a transaction.</p><p></p><p>I have all the mags I need, and do not intend on purchase anymore, so I do not know why this subjects irritates me so much. I suppose it because I dislike greedy people and what they are in search of. I do realize that the consumer is more of the problem here than the retailer, however it does not make it any less irritating. I have no basis for my argument as I am not a retailer and I have no direct contact with the wholesalers. So I do not know what kind of price increases they are quoting. I can understand the manufacturers having a sharp price increase. They have material on order sitting on the floor they have to pay for. They have to order weeks or months in advance. Labor cost will increase with increase overtime to meet the higher order quantities. The wholesalers are probably dealing with a nightmare with the influx of immediate orders and their purchasing departments are trying to find new inventory to replace the recently liquidated inventory and they have to pay premiums for it because the demands are so high. Everyone is scrambling to stay up whit the madness. All of these added costs do have to be passed on to the consumer or the you run the risk of going out of business. I understand all of that and do not think the majority of the shops local or otherwise have any ill intent. </p><p></p><p>My problem lies with places like Dongs and CTD that continually mark there prices up by 100% every day until the products stops moving then they back it off to the previous days prices because that is the highest margin and the product will still move. They do this because the market will support it in the current climate. This mentality is what appears wrong to me. I think this same mentality is what has driven the high cost of living that we have today. Prices go up in times of crisis and they never come back down because the consumer gets used to paying the higher price and then it just becomes the price. In the last few years the same thing has happened with food. Restaurants blame the rise in the cost of food on gas prices and it costs so much more harvest and process and truck the food in when gas is $4.00 a gallon. They damn sure don't reprint the menus when gas goes back down to $3.00 a gallon. I hope I haven't offended anyone with my previous posts.</p><p></p><p> I do not mean anything toward the businesses that are increasing their prices to reflect the current market values. I value all of our sponsors and their continued support of our rights. I am going to leave it at that cuz I have to get back to work and I am starting not to make any sense. Go Dogs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Johnny, post: 2033446, member: 14057"] I hope that everyone does not think that I am bashing local shops for raising their prices. That is not my intent. I do what I can to support the LGS. I rarely leave a shop without making a purchase. Even the guys that are a little high on stuff I still try to show my support by making a purchase of some type. It may be just cleaning supplies or a box of ammo or targets. My intent is to always make a transaction. I have all the mags I need, and do not intend on purchase anymore, so I do not know why this subjects irritates me so much. I suppose it because I dislike greedy people and what they are in search of. I do realize that the consumer is more of the problem here than the retailer, however it does not make it any less irritating. I have no basis for my argument as I am not a retailer and I have no direct contact with the wholesalers. So I do not know what kind of price increases they are quoting. I can understand the manufacturers having a sharp price increase. They have material on order sitting on the floor they have to pay for. They have to order weeks or months in advance. Labor cost will increase with increase overtime to meet the higher order quantities. The wholesalers are probably dealing with a nightmare with the influx of immediate orders and their purchasing departments are trying to find new inventory to replace the recently liquidated inventory and they have to pay premiums for it because the demands are so high. Everyone is scrambling to stay up whit the madness. All of these added costs do have to be passed on to the consumer or the you run the risk of going out of business. I understand all of that and do not think the majority of the shops local or otherwise have any ill intent. My problem lies with places like Dongs and CTD that continually mark there prices up by 100% every day until the products stops moving then they back it off to the previous days prices because that is the highest margin and the product will still move. They do this because the market will support it in the current climate. This mentality is what appears wrong to me. I think this same mentality is what has driven the high cost of living that we have today. Prices go up in times of crisis and they never come back down because the consumer gets used to paying the higher price and then it just becomes the price. In the last few years the same thing has happened with food. Restaurants blame the rise in the cost of food on gas prices and it costs so much more harvest and process and truck the food in when gas is $4.00 a gallon. They damn sure don't reprint the menus when gas goes back down to $3.00 a gallon. I hope I haven't offended anyone with my previous posts. I do not mean anything toward the businesses that are increasing their prices to reflect the current market values. I value all of our sponsors and their continued support of our rights. I am going to leave it at that cuz I have to get back to work and I am starting not to make any sense. Go Dogs. [/QUOTE]
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