I got an email from Midway effective 1-1-14 they will no longer be offering dealer discounts for FFL holders. Granted it wasn't much of a discount but it was something. This applies to type 01 FFL holders as well as us 03 C&R FFL holders.
I hope that works for them as I'll take my business elsewhere.It's a common business strategy these days to increase profits by cutting costs rather than by increasing sales. That is, the bottom line is far more important than the top line. That seems to be exactly what Midway is doing -- they've evidently come to the conclusion that the cost-cutting won't affect their sales all that much. It remains to be seen how that strategy is going to pan out for them.
I haven't done any business with midway for some time. Mostly because they use shipping as a profit center. I can always get better shipping rates from any number of other sources than I can from midway.
Uh, what?DoubleMag ......and, won't ship a firearm receiver to my FFL (AR lower). Had to be a dealer. Now how are they going to ship a lower if they don't have a dealer program
There's always something, but really.... can't ship a lower receiver TO AN FFL???
Then all your dealer needed to do was open an account by sending Brownells his FFL and sales tax certificate.............which costs nothing.DoubleMag dt tom,
My FFL on this end can do anything including Class3 but that was irrelavent. I never got to the part of who to ship it to, they wouldn't ship it unless that FFL had a dealer account with them. The term ''dealer'' in my post, as defined by Midway, meant ''a dealer with Midway, an account with Midway''.
So, I don't know how they are planning on doing it of they've deleted dealer accounts, perhaps the normal way! Show us the receiving dealer's FFL, we need a hardcopy, fax, etc
Midway hasn't deleted any dealer accounts....all they did was end the dealer DISCOUNT.
Brownells' non-dealer pricing is not competitive with MidwayUSA (or most any other online parts-n-bits source).Between their discount policy and their poor shipping choices, I don't know how Brownells hasn't forced Midway out of business.