lsudave
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I know this is a touchy subject, threads get whacked a lot as we veer off topic, and the topic itself does get repeated and beaten to death. If this belongs in a different forum group, mods please move it...
So that said, within the last month I've noticed a HUGE increase in my email inbox. Every day, I'm getting 20+ "We've Got Ammo!!!" emails from different sites, that I've long had subscriptions to. This is a big change; over the last year a lot had been silent, and only occasionally would I get a notice of a special deal (i.e. log in on Thursday at 7pm EST and we will have 100 cases of blah-blah at this price, limit 1 per household).
Now, I've got 6-7 different sites begging me to come buy their (still expensive, but a bit lower) ammo, usually with 3-4 different brands to choose from. Daily, something a couple times a day.
Does this mean, in the board's estimation, that we've turned the corner on the shortage big-picture? If so, how much longer do you think it will be, before these places start dropping their prices (hey, we're selling this cheaper than those guys, buy from us)? Right now, it seems like 9mm brass is sitting around 70-80 cents a rd, but if sgammo or targetsportsusa drops it to 50, the others would follow quickly. You know (or I assume) it will happen, and once it starts, it should move back to reasonable fairly quick- they will basically get in a bidding war for our dollars.
How much longer before this happens, do you think?
My own guess is maybe this fall. I don't think you can sit on product as a retailer very long, and someone will break ranks.
So that said, within the last month I've noticed a HUGE increase in my email inbox. Every day, I'm getting 20+ "We've Got Ammo!!!" emails from different sites, that I've long had subscriptions to. This is a big change; over the last year a lot had been silent, and only occasionally would I get a notice of a special deal (i.e. log in on Thursday at 7pm EST and we will have 100 cases of blah-blah at this price, limit 1 per household).
Now, I've got 6-7 different sites begging me to come buy their (still expensive, but a bit lower) ammo, usually with 3-4 different brands to choose from. Daily, something a couple times a day.
Does this mean, in the board's estimation, that we've turned the corner on the shortage big-picture? If so, how much longer do you think it will be, before these places start dropping their prices (hey, we're selling this cheaper than those guys, buy from us)? Right now, it seems like 9mm brass is sitting around 70-80 cents a rd, but if sgammo or targetsportsusa drops it to 50, the others would follow quickly. You know (or I assume) it will happen, and once it starts, it should move back to reasonable fairly quick- they will basically get in a bidding war for our dollars.
How much longer before this happens, do you think?
My own guess is maybe this fall. I don't think you can sit on product as a retailer very long, and someone will break ranks.