FW Cheapr n Dirt ammo prices doubled?

[Purgatory]

Why do gun-owners think that there's something magical about gun shops, like the laws of commerce and greed don't apply? Yeah, Obama's a disappointment, and you guys let your emotions go and bite hook, line, and sinker on gun stores badmouthing government. These so-called gun-loving businesses who pretend to be "on your side" against "them" are screwing you with a smile on their face. They'll demonize anyone if it means more sales no matter what they sell. Why are prices going up? Because we're buying into the fear-tactics (something that works year round on the survivalist sub-culture, but I digress.) Don't blame the sellers, quit listening to them. Just use any of the on-line ammo-pricing sites and get what you want, or just wait out the insanity brought upon ourselves by our gun-loving brothers and sisters.

Certainly your post 'must' be directed at others that have commented on this thread.

The sentence of mine that you quoted was only in response to another post.

I didn't start this thread to drag CTD through the mud at all.

My sole intent was to ask if anybody knew why only 2 kinds of 'ONE' brand of ammo out of all the rest they have in the Fort Worth catalog had gone way up since last month. That's all.

Remington Golden Sabre and UMC was all I was asking about.

As far as the fear tactics you're referring to, I haven't heard anything lately about any reason to be afraid and go out and buy ammo at exorbitant prices so I don't really think that applies to 'this' particular situation.

When the initial Obama scare took place, 'all' ammo sky-rocketed.

At the same time, I'm not too shocked that the thread took this turn due to the multitudes who DO take issue with much of CTD's sales practices. That was not my intent with this thread, though.

 

[mrvco]

I rarely if ever buy from Cheaper Than Dirt anyway since they are rarely Cheaper Than (their) Competitors... But judging by the shipping prices they quote, "Warehouse G" must be located in Guam.

 

[Hacker15E]

Why do gun-owners think that there's something magical about gun shops, like the laws of commerce and greed don't apply?

This.

I continually shake my head when reading complaints about prices going up.

In a free market, sellers may price their wares however they please -- they do not owe consumers any rationale for why they price the way they do.

If consumers don't like it, then feel free to take your business elsewhere.

 

[PowderMonkey]

FYI Cheaper than Dirt is ADVERTISING now on 610WTVN AM Radio in the Central Ohio market.

And the ad is all serious - brooding music with a female voice, "bringing a gun into your house to protect your family is an important decision..."

Until the last 10 seconds of the commercial I had NO idea that is was even pro gun, let alone a retailer, LET ALONE CTD... The mood and word choice of the ad is awkward to say the least.

Bizzare. Never spent a penny with them and never will.

 

[smokey30725]

We are hearing the same radio commercial here in north Georgia. I thought it was going to be an anti gun message for about the first half of it. I agree that CTD doesn't have the cheapest prices always, but I have put my name in for backordered specialty ammo (such as 45 GAP and 50AE) and found that the wait is not usually that bad and the prices were fair.

 

[22-rimfire]

Huckabee said on a recent broadcast that Obama and his administration have been trying to go the ammo route with gun control. I haven't heard of any specific actions, but a doubling of prices would certainly suggest a cause other than simply supply and demand or production costs in the Spring of 2012.

 

[420Stainless]

My experience with CTD has been mostly good. I try to be aware of what is a good price and what isn't and order on that basis. Last time I tried to order some stuff, 2 items were coming from one location, 1 from another, and 3 others from another. A separate shipping charge was added for each of the three locations. That didn't appeal to me much so I put the items on backorder someplace else. But CTD did have it available then if I were to really need it.

 

[jonnyammo]

Yeah.

http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/66861-5.html

Yeah that's ridiculous. Both this and this say only $30.

 

[skoro]

I was a pretty good customer for CTD for a few years.

Now, I wouldn't consider buying anything from those guys again.

Gouge-o-rama, guys. You've been informed.

 

[jrdolall]

The only ammo I buy a lot of is .22 and I generally buy that locally. I did place an order with Cheaper than Dirt last week and was very happy with the prices and shipping charges, After reading the posts here I went to 7 different websites and duplicated the order that I placed with CTD, I have a lot of time on my hands this weekend obviously, and CTD was cheaper than every other site for what I bought. Some sites offer lower prices if you buy 10-20 boxes of some ammo and I took that into consideration. Everything I got came from Warehouse "A" by design and shipping was less than $17. The total order was $287 and the lowest price from any of the other sites was $302.

I guess the others are gouging on different items?