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<blockquote data-quote="Belthos" data-source="post: 2109372" data-attributes="member: 24944"><p>People seem to think the shelves are empty because of gougers buying up everything.</p><p>This is simply not correct.</p><p>The so called gougers may be making a profit by reselling at a large markup, but remember some of them are spending all night in a line outside of academy or wherever.</p><p></p><p>Any of us could do this if we wanted to, take a day off or just stay up all night to be in line and do without sleep.</p><p>It simply isn't worth it to me and I suspect most of the people here don't want it that bad.</p><p></p><p>The thing to remember is if those people couldn't sell the stuff they would not buy it. If you remove the extra middle man that does nothing to remove the demand, the shelves would still be empty.</p><p></p><p>There is nothing morally wrong about buying low and selling high as long as both parties are willing participants.</p><p></p><p>I haven't felt the need to do it but I'd rather have the option of paying twice the going rate for something I desperately want than having no way to obtain the item other than staying in line for days.</p><p></p><p>There is no right to cheap ammunition and guns.</p><p></p><p>The fair market value of an item has nothing to do with the price you paid for it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Belthos, post: 2109372, member: 24944"] People seem to think the shelves are empty because of gougers buying up everything. This is simply not correct. The so called gougers may be making a profit by reselling at a large markup, but remember some of them are spending all night in a line outside of academy or wherever. Any of us could do this if we wanted to, take a day off or just stay up all night to be in line and do without sleep. It simply isn't worth it to me and I suspect most of the people here don't want it that bad. The thing to remember is if those people couldn't sell the stuff they would not buy it. If you remove the extra middle man that does nothing to remove the demand, the shelves would still be empty. There is nothing morally wrong about buying low and selling high as long as both parties are willing participants. I haven't felt the need to do it but I'd rather have the option of paying twice the going rate for something I desperately want than having no way to obtain the item other than staying in line for days. There is no right to cheap ammunition and guns. The fair market value of an item has nothing to do with the price you paid for it. [/QUOTE]
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