danez71 said:
Ok, but what about the wonderful effect it has on the truly less fortunate and the fixed-income (retired) folks.... (snip)
1st of all.... they should count their blessing of having a fixed income. Mine can go away at any moment.
Well, if it does, maybe you can mosey on down to WalMart first thing in the morning...
Always good to have a "Plan B!"
.... who now have a small extra revenue stream because they can spend their unemployed time to buy low priced ammo to re-sell it? That's pretty nice for them!
So my tax dollars are subsidizing people and gives them a gaurenteed income so that they can buy retail and then sell it re-retail. That's something to cheer about? Them doing something illegal is great! Sell for profit with out a business license... evade taxes!! I should be cheering
You're making several assumptions there. None of which are necessarily true at all.
I mean, if they've got the gumption to get up in the morning, and the patience to wait for a few boxes of ammo each day, and the smarts to find an outlet to sell it at the upper end of the market, WOW, that's pretty entrepreneurial of them!
Under that scenario, again, my tax dollars is what allows them the opportunity to get up early with out needing to go to work and scalp ammo. That's another win-win!
You don't know they're on assistance. They could be on a pension or just supplementing an income that they work hard to bring in, just like you! Stop projecting your bitter assumptions on these folks.
That's Walmart's decision. There are other places that haven't significantly risen prices just as Walmart. You speak as if there isn't and the scalper pricing IS the market price. But its not.
LOL. If someone's paying a price for a commodity, that is indeed one factor in the MARKET PRICE. What do you think sets the market price? The Federal Ammo Price Fairness Committee?
I buy for $99, you buy for $19, the market price reflects both. If I bought from a high priced "gouger" (because I had the cash and wanted the ammo now) and you bought from a store practicing "loss leader" sales (because you had the time but didn't want to spend more money), neither is exactly reflective of the average market price that second, but both contribute because both influence what the next person will pay.
If WalMart would charge a "reasonable" price, they could balance that price against the demand until those forces equalize. Then we wouldn't have to worry about "gougers" and "flippers."
Whos definition of 'reasonable' are you using? There not loosing money on ammo. They just aren't charging what the scalpers are.
Certainly so. They have their own money-making reasons for charging what they do. (Has to do with their image and sucking in customers.) Who cares whether they're losing money? There are no ethics involved. You don't get to decide that it isn't "fair" that someone makes 100% profit instead of 10%. Or that someone bought low and sold high. All that matters is what someone will sell for and what someone will buy for. Don't like it? Don't pay the higher price. By not paying the higher price you are actually working to lower the market price!
But those poor folks who are un- or under employed wouldn't be able to make a dime, which would be sad for them.
Not really. They're doing something illegal. Reselling with out a business license and not paying taxes. Not very high road but oddly endorsed by you.
LOL. You don't have ANY basis for saying that. You have no proof of any of the allegations you're making, just your own suppositions. That's not very High Road of you!
Heck, I know for a fact (because it has been reported here!) that some of those "scalpers" are local gun shops who go to WalMart and buy ammo to resell off their own shelves at higher prices. Guess what? They have a business license and they pay their taxes. Not a thing in the world illegal about it! How 'bout that?
It also hurts the demographic of those who cant pay those artificially inflated prices... and there is arguably a correlation of that demographic and the higher crime rate of the geographic area they live in.
So...you're actually proposing that there's a significant correlation between people not being able to buy cheap ammo and increased CRIME RATES? Holy stretch, Armstrong!
This kind of statement is indicative of why I, perhaps improperly, suggested you felt that there was some compelling social necessity that cheap ammo be made available to the masses.