[madwell]

i just went out and bought a GP 100 this morning. the first store i went had it on an internet special for $460. when i got there it was labeled $599. they told me that do to the election demand and prices have sky rocketed. long story long i bought the gun else where has anybody else seen a spike in prices since the election?

[Seafarer12]

He was just a sleaze trying to line his pockets. He paid the same price for the gun as always.

[22-rimfire]

Haven't priced anything since the election seriously. I have no problem with a dealer raising their prices if guns are hard to obtain from their supplier; it's supply & demand. Raising prices reduces demand somewhat. It is a calucated decision. It works both ways and dealers should know it however. If a dealer takes advantage, I don't go back.

[Walkalong]

i just went out and bought a GP 100 this morning. the first store i went had it on an internet special for $460. when i got there it was labeled $599. they told me that do to the election demand and prices have sky rocketed.Horses***. The gun buying surge has not affected GP-100's much, if any. He was just trying to take advantage of you.

[jakk280rem]

when i picked up my beretta a302 from my dealer the day after the election, he said he wasn't raising his prices, so as to not alienate his customers. he said ar 15 sales had remained steady, but there had been a small run on handguns. alot of first time buyers. said he didn't want to turn a first time buyer into a one time buyer. wants to keep everyone coming back because of his fair prices.said he wasn't raising prices until his replacement costs went up.

[Eightball]

If it was that price before the election, he just jacked his prices. It's one thing to charge more after ordering more (and, after the election, getting charged more by the manufacturers), and THEN raise prices; it's entirely different for him to have been sitting on something for the last 4 months, and then "Oh, Obama won," and immediately raise prices.

You did well to go elsewhere.

[Daizee]

I just handled what looked like a never-fired 4" GP100 w/ a trigger smoother and lighter than my Smiths, for $369. Last thing I need is another service-sized revolver, so I let it pass. The "black rifle" wall was severely depleted, tho.

-Daizee

[ctjoe]

checked BUds gun shop today, still great prices, no change. Think this guy was taking advantage of situation

[BigBlock]

I don't think the election should have any immediate effect on revolvers or their prices. Our new communist president is going after high capacity "assualt weapons"....whatever he decides that may be. Revolvers are probably the last thing he can cram into that category.

[BlkHawk73]

He was just a sleaze trying to line his pockets. He paid the same price for the gun as always.

1. supply and demand

2. recall the AWB and all the "pre-ban" stuff being sold by dealers and private folks. they were all sold way above what they paid for them. That I guess makes all those folks "sleaze" as well. :banghead:

[Seafarer12]

Well banned stuff is a little different. It is not made anymore. It is considered to be collectable in my book. Then it is worth whatever some fool is willing to pay for it. A Ruger revolver in current production dosen't have any collector value. It is just some guy feeding on the fear that the man is going to take your guns away.

[Big Daddy Grim]

My local shop just went down on prices to move more merchandise while there is Obama mania

[smee781]

My local dealer pulled his ar's and ak's off the shelf 1 day before the election was over, then marked them up and put them back out to sell after the election :fire::mad::cuss: some people! That is why I dont shop there if I can help it.

[BlkHawk73]

My local dealer pulled his ar's and ak's off the shelf 1 day before the election was over, then marked them up and put them back out to sell after the election some people! That is why I dont shop there if I can help it.


Someone that would use that trick wouldn't get ANY of my business regardless. Would make me wonder what other tricks he's playing.

[goon]

The guy was trying to screw you. Locally they're $100 less than what they were trying to charge you.
I know because I've also been planning to buy a GP-100.

On the military styled rifles, the word I'm getting is that they'll be basically unobtainable once the current stock is sold. Distributors are sold out and when they get more of them they'll be gone in minutes.
The reason you have to pay more for an AK today than you did last week is because an AK is going to cost your dealer more to replace today that it would have last week. Actually, your dealer may not even be able to replace an AK this week.

[Gun 4 Fun]

It shouldn't cost a dealer more to replace anything. The cost of the materials didn't go up because of the election, and besides the guns your dealer is going to have to order was already made before the election. If it does cost him more, it's only because the manufacturer is gouging.
Everyone in the gun industry needs to do what they can to keep loyal customers or they are going to price themselves out of business.
Raising prices doesn't do anything to increase supply or decrease demand, it just lines the pockets of greedy fools.
It's just like it's been with gasoline, the cost went way up, but the demand didn't go down. People still need to get to work, so all that happened is the oil companies recorded record profits.
Any dealer that does something like that should be boycotted right out of business.

[Redhawk1]

The only thing I seen go up are the AR's and AK's.

[JaxNovice]

It is the same mentality of those gas stations who jack their prices during an emergency. We should introduce a sticky here that lists "gouging gun dealers". Not those who re-ordered from vendors at a higher price and marked it up to maintain a specific margin. I am talking about dealers that the original poster has to deal with.

Last year when HR1022 was being discussed the moderators on this board very carefully monitored the classified section and locked threads they deemed to be gouging threatened weapons. A sticky would be very appropriate.

[brockgl]

My local gun shops are great. Haven't seen any of this bologna. One of my dealers has at least 15 AK's on his wall. I bought one from him 2 days after the election, and the prices hadn't changed a bit. He's very open about when and why his prices change. For instance he said he just re-ordered cases of 7.62x39 and the price per case had gone up by $30, so he raised the sale price by $35 to reflect the increase.

Store owners have no obligation to give out information about their cost, etc... But he does, and I like that, so he gets a lot of my business.

[19-3Ben]

Everyone in the gun industry needs to do what they can to keep loyal customers or they are going to price themselves out of business.
Raising prices doesn't do anything to increase supply or decrease demand, it just lines the pockets of greedy fools.

Everyone in the gun industry needs to survive. If they are expecting very hard times ahead, they need to make as much profit as they can now so they they can ride out the next 4 years...maybe 8.
Put yourself in their position. Knowing that your business might be legislated into a small corner where you can only bring in a fraction of the money that you could have previously... well, that would make anyone a might skittish.

[19-3Ben]

I'll add to what I just said. Aside from the fact that they might need to earn heavy now so that they can survive the next 4-8 years (think like the story of Joseph. 7 fat years followed by 7 lean years), there is one more thing we need to consider.

They may need to fight in courts in the near future and legal battles are expensive. If they don't earn the money now, they may not be able to fight the legal battles in the future.

And now i'm headed back over to THR.us. So I'l see ya there.

[22-rimfire]

...as much profit as they can now so they they can ride out the next 4 years...maybe 8.

I have no problem with raising prices on guns that are in demand for whatever reason. Where I shop the most, the Ruger LCP sells for full retail price because they have orders for many and only get a few in. As far as EBR's, if the distributor is raising prices, the dealer has no choice but to raise prices. I would do the same with existing stock as you do need to replenish it from the higher priced stuff following the sale.

I doubt most gun shops can last 4 years let alone 8 lean years. If that is the case, you will see less stuff on display and they will take orders rather than tying up $1000's in stock. Certainly the well stocked dealer will do better, but the smaller folks are trying to survive and they do it anyway they can.