To prevent another Fight at Academy ammo shelves....

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The staff lady "bouncer" at the front door explained this. Two guys simply didn't have enough class...
They strictly limit entry into the store near Wolfchase Mall in Bartlett/Memphis--because of the Same ammo flippers who are there every M-W-F..

The ammo (today) was on a double-layer stocking cart near the front door.
I needed some Minwax stain (for gun stocks) from the nearby Loews and simply wanted to go to the normal Academy ammo shelves out of curiosity (having stored my reserve ammo for a few years).

Quite a number of boxes of either .223 or 5.56 "white box" Win. and CCI .22LR was still available at 9:20.

Well.......this must be a semi-uncouth topic. Radio silence--even "on guard frequency".
 
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I'm pleased that I built a semi-decent cache of ammo in the boom times, about 2k per caliber and 10k of 22LR. It will be closer to 5k when things get back to normal. So I've got plenty enough to shoot...but damned if I am not NEAR with it. I find myself stingy at times in letting other blaze away with one of my firearms, when I used to be pretty carefree. And I am far more deliberate in my shooting, and bring less to the range. Oh well.
 
A casual visit to a retail outlet that had established a regulated entry for ammo purchases designed to satisfy a broader customer base - and a lesser conflict between store personal and certain frequent fliers that are using the reasonable pricing of the retail outlet as a supplier of their aggressive capitalistic endeavors - I think?
 
During the ".22" shortage a few years back, WalMart was limiting the sales of ammo to two 50 round boxes per customer. You could tell whenever they were going to get a shipment in because there would be the same half a dozen folks standing by the gun counter. Alerted by someone they knew that worked at the store. Generally all from the same family. Many times they would not let anyone else close to the counter for fear of loosing their place. I often wondered how much more money they could make if they spent that much time and all worked together doing something usefull.
 
I haven't purchased ammunition from them but did go there with a fellow awhile back, they had a sign that said "Limit to 3 units of..." and listed the stuff they didn't want people to clean out.

My buddy asked if I was going to get some as he picked out what he wanted, I told him I was good. He then said, yeah but its here. I told him, not if I take it...
 
My Academy now keeps the 9mm behind the front check out counter, but you can 3 boxes for a regular price, with a few brands to choose from.
 
John_R said:
I don't quite follow the OP, but I haven't finished my coffee yet. There's a bouncer keeping scruffy looking customers out? Ammo is near the front door. Academy cares what you do with the products you buy there (flipping)?
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I want to know how Academy knows they're flipping
 
“Bouncer” was just my name for her job at the front door. She was there to allow one person at a time to -enter-, an look at the ammo cart.
That was her function. That’s all I tried to say.

Nothing in the comments said that she was able to read peoples’ minds about why they wanted ammo.....nor that she was there to “judge” them. :DNein--Yu People Zo Zilly!

Trink den Coffee schneller—
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*The idea that most of these (hardcore regulars) >> seem to be flippers <<< was indicated to me by a guy on the store’s Gun Dept. staff.
 
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Guys at work w new fancy cars and trucks asking to buy ammo off me.

I just laugh at em.

They whine about availability and or prices.
I continue to laugh.

No sympathy

Shoulda bought it 6 months ago.

Not like they were broke.

Spend as one sees fit I reckon. Not gonna scalp em either. Not for sale. Especially to these know it alls.

I did, back when .22lr was impossible to get, GIVE some away. Kids getting a new rifle for Xmas or BD.....
They gotta have something to shoot.

Werent my kids either. Just kids of decent people I know.
 
Ignition Override said:
“Bouncer” was just my name for her job at the front door. She was there to allow one person at a time to -enter-, an look at the ammo cart.
That was her function. That’s all I tried to say.

Nothing in the comments said that she was able to read peoples’ minds about why they wanted ammo.....nor that she was there to “judge” them. :DNein--Yu People Zo Zilly!

Trink den Coffee schneller—
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*The idea that most of these (hardcore regulars) >> seem to be flippers <<< was indicated to me by a guy on the store’s Gun Dept. staff.
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Are you sure she wasn't the mask police?
 
buck460XVR said:
During the ".22" shortage a few years back, WalMart was limiting the sales of ammo to two 50 round boxes per customer. You could tell whenever they were going to get a shipment in because there would be the same half a dozen folks standing by the gun counter. Alerted by someone they knew that worked at the store. Generally all from the same family. Many times they would not let anyone else close to the counter for fear of loosing their place. I often wondered how much more money they could make if they spent that much time and all worked together doing something usefull.
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A store in southwest Florida would track customers and limit those sales on a monthly basis.
 
Ignition Override said:
The staff lady "bouncer" at the front door explained this. Two guys simply didn't have enough class...
They strictly limit entry into the store near Wolfchase Mall in Bartlett/Memphis--because of the Same ammo flippers who are there every M-W-F..

The ammo (today) was on a double-layer stocking cart near the front door.
I needed some Minwax stain (for gun stocks) from the nearby Loews and simply wanted to go to the normal Academy ammo shelves out of curiosity (having stored my reserve ammo for a few years).

Quite a number of boxes of either .223 or 5.56 "white box" Win. and CCI .22LR was still available at 9:20.

Well.......this must be a semi-uncouth topic. Radio silence--even "on guard frequency".
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how does Academy know people are flipping ammo, just cuz they are there 3 times a week?

my LGS has limits on ammo purchases like 5 boxes each caliber.

this week alone, i was there 3 days myself, Mon, Tues, and thurs (today) and i can assure you, that i am not flipping, but getting in on some decent prices.

at my LGS, there IS also a limit (due to covid) as to how many can enter the store at a time. but NO "bouncer", and everyone stands in line, talks with one another, no line cuts, no problem.

that Academy store must be in a very BAD neighborhood.
 
buck460XVR said:
During the ".22" shortage a few years back, WalMart was limiting the sales of ammo to two 50 round boxes per customer. You could tell whenever they were going to get a shipment in because there would be the same half a dozen folks standing by the gun counter. Alerted by someone they knew that worked at the store. Generally all from the same family. Many times they would not let anyone else close to the counter for fear of loosing their place. I often wondered how much more money they could make if they spent that much time and all worked together doing something usefull.
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That requires a documented job which would infringe upon the government assistance that is entitled to them. At least that’s the take I had on the riffraff doing the same thing at my local Walmart. What was funny though is that I knew where the stock clerk would hide the bricks for his buddies to buy and I would grab them. A couple times I got 4 or 6 when the limit was 1 per customer that way. If they questioned at the register I would ask to speak to the manager and explain in detail what was happening and then proceed buying what I had in my cart. I would then pass it along to folks who couldn’t find it at cost, or free
 
With a 3 box limit it's kind of silly to think one is buying to flip. I'm glad I don't have to worry with all of this non sense. I get product arrival notifications from more than one ammo house and there is no way I would pay the ridiculous prices they are going for. It's ones own fault for not buying cheap and stacking deep...
 
Trunk Monkey: Her only job seemed to be notifying the next outside customer (in line) when to go inside the store entrance, one at a time.

Her "collateral duty" could have been to watch for masks, but everybody in line wore them.

Hopefully by creating this topic, it helps enrich peoples' awareness of potential retail tactics which Might be needed, to quote a German friend here, "to keep the peace".
 
Well put.
Steve S. said:
A casual visit to a retail outlet that had established a regulated entry for ammo purchases designed to satisfy a broader customer base - and a lesser conflict between store personal and certain frequent fliers that are using the reasonable pricing of the retail outlet as a supplier of their aggressive capitalistic endeavors - I think?
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Ignition Override said:
Trunk Monkey: Her only job seemed to be notifying the next outside customer (in line) when to go inside the store entrance, one at a time.

Her "collateral duty" could have been to watch for masks, but everybody in line wore them.
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In Colorado Springs there are limits on how many people can be in a given store at a time due to Coronageddon.

That's what this sounds like to me
 
Academy and other local stores removed their quota system last spring/summer.

That lady at the A. door said "We are limiting who comes in because of the ammo issue (and the fight)." No other stores here have anybody limiting access at entrances.
 
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