380 200 dollars for 100 rounds is that the going rate?

A dollar a round is what I've been seeing when you can actually find .380

I don't know if that is the going rate or if CTD is gouging

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CTD is known for gouging.......
But it comes down to supply and demand.

Plenty of .380 ACP available for under $1 / round: https://ammoseek.com/ammo/380-auto

... and I saw 200 rd box of Winchester in that list for $80 -- says something dirty about CTD, I think ...

If you're looking for reasonably priced ammo don't go with CTD. Ammoseek.com has plenty of stuff showing around $.80.

Cheaper than Dirt seldom is, and they have a bad reputation for price gouging to the extreme.

A) Possibly wait for the results from PA, WI, MI, unless the overall results go to the Supreme Court. The net results will have a serious influence on the price of some ammo.

B) You might want to buy it now, or wait months - in case of a "very possible, different situation" - for prices to Return back towards today's prices?

CTD is a "911" service for those who were not Able to (financially, young, or overseas), or Chose not to plan ahead for the sudden, (always unknown in advance) panics.

Lots of crazy ammo price stories lately. Everyone who likes to shoot regularly will eventually learn this lesson: buy when it's cheap, not when it's rare.

One of the reasons I have opted to shelve my BG380 for the time being is that I am too low on .380 to feel comfortable carrying it. I have a lot more .38 special on hand, so im going that direction for the time being.

castile said:

I have 150k rounds of ammo in ammo boxes and its not all sorted well.

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Well then it looks like you have something to do while waiting on the election results.

$200 for 2 boxes of any common handgun ammo seems excessive, but that's Treats You Like Dirt. Always ready to take advantage when the opportunity arises..

I will gladly undercut their prices and sell 2 boxes for only $190. LOL (Kidding of course, I don't gouge. Sold a friend 100 rounds of brass .308 for $60 last night, because that's about what I paid for them.)

Thats pretty much Cheaper than Dirt's business model. Even then that sounds extreme. A buddy bought his Wife a 380 right at the beginning of the panic and he calls around a couple time a week looking for some. Occasionally he finds some. They always have a limit, usually a box and its been running $12-$15 a box.

Ah good old cheaper then diamonds. Not sure how they stay afloat.

With a .22LR handgun, in a certain sense, shooting at steel targets seems just as fun as with my five 9mm handguns.
Stored plenty of 9mm ammo the last two years, and with my .22, I very seldom touch Any 9mm guns--

--except to admire their quality, and appreciate having former federal & police types: Czech, German and US.

I would not pay that.

Happened on some pmc 380 at 15 per 50.

I'm no math win, but that's like... 30/100 before tax.

not hardly, don't believe Cheating Thieves & Damned, it is high but not that high



https://ammoseek.com/ammo/380-auto

Meeks36 said:

Ah good old cheaper then diamonds. Not sure how they stay afloat.

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When you charge 3x more, you only need 1/3 as many sales......

I don’t know about purchasing 100 rounds from CTD however, at those prices I’ll take 100 shares of their publicly traded stock!

Look mama....another Cheaper Than Dirt thread!
Really? Do we need another of these OMG look at that price threads?

First, if you don't like the price.....move on. Don't buy it. CTD doesn't make a single penny of profit if no one buys their $200 box of ammunition. That'll show 'em. It's really that simple. I think some of ya'll really believe that Cheaper Than Dirt is selling pallets of ammo at such prices. Likely they sell NONE. In which case why be angry or upset? And they've been showing those prices for oh, THE LAST TWELVE YEARS!!!! So no one should be surprised about their pricing either.

Second, they aren't gouging. Its their property and they can price it as high as they like. No one is forcing you to buy and they aren't selling the last cup of ice water in the Sahara. You might think the price unreasonably high, but remember....it's not your property. You want price fixing? Move. Move to Venezuela. Move to someplace where the government sets the price for goods and services. Then write back and tell us all about the cheap ammunition, food and toilet paper on store shelves.

Thirdly, Cheaper Than Dirt serves a valuable purpose (beyond starting a thread every four days). It's where the unprepared shop. We've had plentiful, cheap ammunition in every caliber for six years now. If you didn't load up you made a big mistake. If you were unaware that ammo and gun panics occur every four years you sure as heck know now. Those that knew and didn't prepare? I have little sympathy. Yeah, its painful to pay $2 per round for ammunition that normally runs twenty five cents a round. But sometimes life is an expensive lesson.

armedwalleye said:

When you charge 3x more, you only need 1/3 as many sales......

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I get that folks will pony up now cause we can't find it. What about during normal times? Everything they sell can be found cheaper using Google. During "normal times".

dogtown tom said:

Second, they aren't gouging. Its their property and they can price it as high as they like. No one is forcing you to buy and they aren't selling the last cup of ice water in the Sahara.

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That's a valid point. The buyer is free to shop elsewhere. And if they choose not to shop around, they're also free to not buy at all.

Still .... taking advantage of the ignorant, lazy or panicked buyers by nicking them for as much as they can is still kind of sleazy, IMO. Something you'd expect from a traveling carnival show skipping town tomorrow, not from an established online business.

castile said:

I have a place locally that has bandoliers of 3006 in M1 garand stripper clips for 45 bucks for two bandoliers. I bought two should by more. They are Korean 82 manufacture.

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Not to change subject - much of that Korean M2 is corrosive primed. Good ammo, little extra cleaning.