A little Ammo Justice!

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Okay, I shouldn't really be proud of myself for this but here's the story:

Last night the good 'ol walmart app alerts me that 100 pack .223 and fed automatch are in stock in a semi-local walmart (20 miles away)

I snag up my stepdaughters to lend a "helping hand" to get more than the perquisite 3 boxes -(so I can stock up enough to take the grand kids out a couple times, mind you) Along the way, a pair of shooting buddies also happen to call and they head along with too. So now I have a carload of crusty old smelly guys just off work, and a pair of malcontent teens (no wifi on the highway - lol) loaded for a happy joy ride, crammed into my truck, in the rain.

Anyway, to the point. We show up at the walmart, and the shelves are, of course, empty. Manage to actually flag down a competent employee who goes off in search of said ammo. While we're waiting the "horde" shows up. I've run into this bunch before in my hometown walmart and fleet farm. There's about 10 of them, and they do the shelf raiding thing as a group. I've been behind them several times only to find that they've wiped out the supply.

True side story: I ran into them the first time saw the armloads of ammo
and begged a single box off them. The one guy laughed at me and said
"This stuff's like gold, you can buy one from me online" THAT sure made
my day. :fire:

So, MY horde is inline first and they(other horde) kinda start muscling their way to the front when the guy comes back with all 30 remaining boxes of 22. We're not the only ones there either. There's 5-6 others waiting in line too. Well, the walmart guy is a good guy, He remembers that we were in line first and tells the horde that it's first come, first serve. In the confusion, my hands are quicker than his eyes - if you catch my meaning. I only had enough muscle to pick up 18 boxes. but somehow the other people managed to have a few boxes handed back to them as we were getting our batch - if you catch my drift... I think the stock guy handed out about oh.... 30 of them before I got my 3, lol.

Well... Horde guy kinda made a stink a bit when he came up to the counter and, well, all 3 cases were empty! :what: and several other patrons all had at least one box in their hands....:evil:

Darn glad that guy doesn't know what I drive, wow, with that look he gave me - even my wife would have been impressed.
 
you can download the plain old walmart app from the google store, and then use it to search for ammo. it's pretty good (although not perfect though) at keeping up with the local inventory. Often it's ahead of the employees. It takes advantage of automated shipping. when a box of ammo is scanned on delivery, the app updates to state that it's in stock in that store. Generally for me, it's been good to within 45mins of actual supply.
 
So your horde beat their horde? I'm failing to see what justice there is besides FCFS being upheld in either case.

Mike
 
Arizona_Mike said:
So your horde beat their horde? I'm failing to see what justice there is besides FCFS being upheld in either case.
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I think it's pretty obvious that his "horde" is going to, you know, actually shoot the rounds, whereas the other "horde" was going to list them on gunbroker for a 200% markup.
 
I think it's pretty obvious that his "horde" is going to, you know, actually shoot the rounds, whereas the other "horde" was going to list them on gunbroker for a 200% markup.
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It is important for all of us to remember that it is morally superior to use up a consumable resource than to use that resource to make a profit.
 
Well, congratulations on getting your stepdaughters and friends together to grab as much as you all could, I guess. Don't know if you've been to my local WalMart, but, IIRC, I've been able to buy precisely one box of 9MM there since the frenzy began. I'm not offended though. Other people are just quicker, have "Apps" and bring more friends and relatives. Of course, not to sell, just for the Grandkids, so it's morally superior...
 
There is a difference when you work during the times when these places [walmart] gets their stock in, . . . but a store can send workers out during that time to get all they can to resell for a large profit. At some point, the "first come first serve" benefits only a few.

I got lucky finding 3 boxes [all that was left] of 7.62x39 when I dropped by Walmart, last night. $5.15 a box, BTW.
 
my 14 year old snagged the 4 remaining boxes of .223 for us
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Don't you have to be 18 to buy ammo?

My wally world wouldn't accept my 17 y/o brother as a helping hand since he wasn't legally allowed to but the ammo.
 
Sounds like poetic justice to me in the case of the profiteers getting there a little too late to make off with their usual FCFS share of the ammo.
 
Yes indeed, my "horde" was me and my 2 stepdaughters and we were indeed buying ammo for ourselves to shoot. I just happened to drag along a couple other shooting buddies who also purchased ammo for themselves as well.

Yep - gotta be 18, but the walmart 3 box limit is aggregate (at least at this one) max of 3 boxes per caliber. and yep, I had her snag the boxes before the ammo reseller horde got them. I kept 2, and the other two went home with 2 equally happy owners.

I won't go so far as to claim any moral superiority in this situation. I, like others am short on certain ammo, and I used what resources I had available to acquire it. Did I go there with the intent to buy the store out? no. I did buy 6 boxes for myself, my buddies all bought 3 each for themselves. I will never win any awards for being christian about it, but when I saw the reseller horde show up, I admit - the rest of the 22 got handed out to everyone else in line with a rather extreme prejudice.
 
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Okay, I shouldn't really be proud of myself for this but here's the story:
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Wrong! You should be proud for beating that bunch of (incert appropriate names) at their own game. Also for shareing with the other legit customers. Good on ya!
 
Ooooh, maybe I should leave that up to the reader to decide! That way, folks who are wholeheartedly against someone buying a commodity low and selling it high can cheer me -- and so can folks who think, or know, or think they know that I was engaging in a little illustrative sarcasm.

I mean, it's good not to lay out you opinions too transparently! Some folks (in other threads this very day!) have called for the violent DEATHS (by lynching, no less!) of their neighbors who buy ammo to resell it at a profit! Who knows what such bloodthirsty, homicidal Marxists will do to those who oppose their views? :eek:
 
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Sam, was that a joke? Sarcasm? Please tell me you didn't just channel the ghost of Karl Marx...
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Haha. He didnt. But about 90% of this board seems to.


And, I might add, post 18 wins my vote for post of the week. I am ready to cast it now.
 
One day my local walmart actually had 9mm in stock when I was there after work around 5:30. So I did what any rational person would, I grabbed three boxes, checked out, repeated three more times for a total of all 12 boxes on the shelf.

It's really hard to keep a stockpile of rounds while continuing to shoot a high volume of rounds while rounds are scarce and readily available rounds are triple price if one doesn't take presented opportunities. (that's probably a run-on, but hopefully you get the gist)
 
Sam1911, you once again have made my day. Your posts nearly caused me to spew my coffee across my monitor. Well done, sir.
 
:)

But lest you think I'm kidding:

Someone in another thread said:
I say lynch them. Treat them like the sympathizers in occupied countries. They do nothing but prey on the gullible.

... I will give up shooting before I buy. I am so disgusted, I could donate to Obama, Finstien, Brady any ammo money to stop them.
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Pretty serious stuff! So, I do try to keep on EVERYONE's good side. So you know, if you think I'm for, or against, you're probably right! :D
 
Who knows what such bloodthirsty, homicidal Marxists will do to those who oppose their views?
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Last I checked, they were mobbing public parks and refusing to leave unless banks stop charging interest. A lot of them smell like sweat and patchouli. Surprisingly, not many of them have actually read Marx.
 
so one guy out hoards the hoarders. it makes no difference what you do with the ammo the thing is the next guys cant get any. I would not doubt if the OP might have 1000's of rounds at home anyway
 
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