Reloadron
Contributing Member
That covers it nicely in a nutshell. You are still paying the electric, gas, phone and insurance as well as the rent. When you can't restock inventory you find yourself between the proverbial rock and hard place. I played that game during the Clinton years.It's clear to me the people who have managed or owned businesses vs not. Anyone who has run a business that relies upon commodities or products to stay in business knows that times like right now are actually not great for those who rely upon retail sales of ammunition to make a profit. Stores profit from turning over inventory and when you're competing for scraps of inventory it puts you in a very precarious place. Many can't even get the inventory they need to continue to profit off sales and they are having to make much larger cash investments to even capture that inventory. If someone thinks is a good time to be in the ammunition retail business they are sadly mistaken. For scalpers selling small amounts for large profits its a bit different because they don't have to pay to keep the lights on and people employed despite having empty shelves and very little inventory to turn over.
Ron