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I know I'm beating a dead horse here but I sent CCI an email today asking why the price of primers has gone up, this is their reply.

J.B.

Jeremy:
We've seen unprecedented demand for certain calibers of ammunition and
the primers that charge them over the past several years. We've added
capacity to meet the increasing demand and are fulfilling backorders.
We have not changed our prices since Jan 2009.

Shoot Straight!
Coy Getman
2299 Snake River Ave.
Lewiston, ID 83501
Sr. Technical Coordinator
(866) 286-7436 ext 5351
 
I'd agree. Not upping prices since Jan. isn't special. I'd like to know how much they upped prices in January.
 
Wow. 4 months and no price increase! I doubt there will be a price decrease anytime soon!
 
Guys...

Wholesale prices only went up about 3% in January. If you are seeing more than that, you need to find another shop.

If folks would just stop paying $75 and $100 per thousand, the prices WOULD come down!

It was not like this in November of 2008.

Scott
 
Well Mullc...Welcome to 2009.

I was in Bass Pro the other day looking for Large Pistol primers and they had to put together two boxes to equal 1,000 primers. Then said. "That will be $50.00." I was still laughing as I left the store. This is the original Bass Pro in Springfield, MO...
 
It's called supply and demand, free market economics, or lots of other things similar in thought. The fact that you failed to stock up before hand does not make them the bad guy. Perhaps you would like other country alternatives where primers are not allowed at all to the public, or there is strict rationing?

Learn about economics, realize if it was YOU in their place that you'd be doing the same thing, and then factor inflation, increased costs, and more requirements that you don't know about.........


Here's how you get their attention - buy their competitor's products
 
There is no such thing as price gouging when you have free market principles and competitors in place. Don't like Bass Pro's prices? GO SOMEWHERE ELSE......someone on one of these threads mentioned a gun show where someone was selling primers for $100/1000......as everyone laughed, he left with what he brought, because no one was stupid enough to pay that price. ANY commodity is worth exactly what you are willing to pay for it - nothing more, nothing less........

send them a nasty-gram email, get some friends to do the same, they won't care until they see same-store sales down.......vote with your wallet
 
OneOunceLoad

Yes - there is such a thing as price gouging. And, people take it all the time. $113 per 5000 primers plus hazmat does not equate to $50 per thousand in most folk's book. But then BassPro probably buys a whole lot more than I do so they probably pay a whole lot more...right??

Scott
 
edelbrock Wow. 4 months and no price increase! I doubt there will be a price decrease anytime soon!
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ROFL. There will not be a decrease in prices EVER. You can quote me anytime you feel necessary. :)

Take care,
 
No offense we can complain all we want, but we'll pay it or we'll have to find a different hobby. We would complain and complain with gas where it was a year ago, but we all bought it. It will settle but pricing goes up not down, its the fact of life. Just wait till this inflation hits the fan, got to pay for all that paper coming out of DC somehow. :fire:
 
Yes - there is such a thing as price gouging. And, people take it all the time. $113 per 5000 primers plus hazmat does not equate to $50 per thousand in most folk's book. But then BassPro probably buys a whole lot more than I do so they probably pay a whole lot more...right??
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wrong.....if they are the ONLY supplier in the whole world that is one thing, but you have choices, and the prices are different.....that is NOT gouging, that is pricing to point that the market will bear.......guess what - if NO one ever, buys them, they will reduce the price to move inventory.......

If you're in the middle of the desert, and someone wants to sell you a gallon of water for $100, and it's the only water available, is it gouging?....not if you're thirsty.

Again, vote your displeasure with Bass by not buying and letting the manager know that not only will you not be buying their overpriced products, but you'll tell your friends not to as well.....that does get their attention.
 
Mallc...I have all the primers I need at present. CCI-200s, CCI-300s, CCI-500s, CCI-550s and WLR. And I didn't pay over $28.00 a thousand for them. I, also, shop around...

How 'bout you?
 
We would complain and complain with gas where it was a year ago, but we all bought it. It will settle but pricing goes up not down, its the fact of life.
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The proof that this is a false statement is self contained. The price of gas DID go down. Significantly. Now it's started to rise again, but even with this rise is still far, far lower than it was at its high point last year.

What short memories we have.
 
It's hard to compare gas prices and primer prices.


Gas prices are related to the spot market value of West Texas Light Sweet Crude. It doesn't matter how much gas you buy.

Primer prices are related to how bad you wanna shoot. It ONLY matters how much you wanna buy it.
 
And another thing:


Maybe some day in the far distant future, Bushmaster and I might pay $50 for a thousand primers.

But not today...
 
Wholesale prices have not risen since prior to January. I'm still paying $85/5K for CCI primers at wholesale as an OEM ammunition manufacturer.

ETA: Also recall that primers use metal which is a commodity and the priming compound mixture has strict regulations that cost money and that all those fluctuate.
 
yup........

(Maybe some day in the far distant future, Bushmaster and I might pay $50 for a thousand primers.

But not today...) we have been paying 50.00 since early last fall......welcome...:eek:
 
oneounceload,
Try to tone it down a little, will ya. Just because you say something is so doesn't make it so. Everyone has a right to their opinion and no matter how hard you try to make them sound wrong it's still their opinion... C'mon now, play nice... ;)
 
"That will be $50.00." I was still laughing as I left the store.
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Which is how it is supposed to be. That is the consumers side of free enterprise.

And another thing:

Maybe some day in the far distant future, Bushmaster and I might pay $50 for a thousand primers.

But not today...
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Yep, not today, and I doubt in the near future.

It will settle down. The only ones paying that were the ones that were out and were willing to pay it to shoot in the interim.
 
The proof that this is a false statement is self contained. The price of gas DID go down. Significantly. Now it's started to rise again, but even with this rise is still far, far lower than it was at its high point last year.

What short memories we have.
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I agree our memories are very short.

National gas price average of 2005, $1.72, Gas hits almost $5 bucks a gallon last year and here we are today saying that $2.30 a gallon was a price decrease, and celebrate the fact it is so low.

Primers from what I hear a few years ago were going for $15 per K, today they are going on Gunbroker for +$70 per K, in a years time we will all be celebrating the $29 per K low prices.

Like I said, prices go up, not down. When your dealing with products that are produced from heavily exchanged commodities and any sort of demand it can and will happen fast.

I think it is a perfect analogy, you guys remember the buy gas at a flat rate program? Remember you could lock in a bulk rate at $4.30 a gallon or so in hopes that gas went up. A couple months went by and gas fell to $2.60 a gallon. Same with primers on Broker.

All I am saying is the days of $15 primers is done. Guys whom balk at $40 per K can only Balk so long, pretty soon that will be the standard. You can either quite shooting or pay the man.
 
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The days of $15 primers were gone before this all started, metal prices, gas, etc, but they were still under $25.
 
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