prices to increase by 10% ?!!!?

[Cluster Bomb]

I was talking to a local dealer. He said that all gun prices are going to increase by 10% in 2012. He wasnt talking about his prices but everyones.

Is this true?

And if so, does that increase the value of my guns? Or just one purchased?

Why would the increase be so high? To raise prices of guns so no one can afford them?

 

[CoRoMo]

Did you ask him all these questions?

 

[Babarsac]

My guess is that so you would buy one right there and then

 

[walker944]

I would tend to agree with Barbarsac. And, the dealer's comments might be eligible for the other thread "Whats the best lie you had a gun seller tell you". Only time will tell whether it's fact or BS.

 

[mgmorden]

Every dealer says that. Realistically by the time you know "prices are going to go up" then your prices ARE going up.

Consider this: if you hold a lot of gold, and I told you it was going to go up by 10% next year, would you start proclaiming this to everyone in a rush to sell it all off, or would you go ahead and raise your prices so that you either make that 10% now or maintain your stock until you can make that profit? Anybody with half a brain would raise their prices now.

In short, its a tactic to get you to buy. That "10% increase in the next few months" thing has been going around for the last few years.

 

[CoRoMo]

I disagree. I know some very honest dealers who would never say that.

 

[N003k]

I somehow find myself doubting every firearm manufacturer that sells in the US got together and agreed to all raise their prices 10%. Will some prices go up? Probably. Will some go down? Probably. Will it still come down to the variation based on individual gun shop markup based on their cost and their desired profit margin? Definitely.

What he said to you was to try to get you to buy a gun then and there. Go back in a couple weeks, and bet he'll try something else to try to get you to buy a gun right away too. Maybe the UN Gun Ban, or the Obama Gun ban, or the new secret law that was snuck through congress and signed in the middle of the night yesterday by Obama that says that all guns sold in THREE weeks will be registered in a super secret database by use of RFID cards that are hidden in the guns, and that their locations will all be secretly tracked by satallite so that in a year the ATF can swoop in in their helicopters and confiscate all the guns in the country and arrest the owners, so buy now before they get registered!

See where I'm going with this?

 

[WNTFW]

These sort of things get heard from time to time.
Sometimes prices go up sometimes they don't. In general price go up sooner or later.
Where all the people in the gun world get all the inside info is a mystery to me.

 

[Cluster Bomb]

i didnt really have a change, he mentioned it in passing while he was grabbing tools at my store/job

 

[oneounceload]

Why would the increase be so high? To raise prices of guns so no one can afford them?

Gun and ammo makers typically raise their prices in the early Spring, after the SHOT show. Material increases also occur about the same time from their suppliers. Factor in rising taxes, utilities, MANDATED HEALTH CARE, and a whole lot of other costs you, as a customer, do NOT see, (and many here seem to have no knowledge about) and costs do rise. Does it make your guns more valuable? Not really, it means your money is worth that much less

 

[Dr.Mall Ninja]

the new secret law that was snuck through congress and signed in the middle of the night yesterday by Obama that says that all guns sold in THREE weeks will be registered in a super secret database by use of RFID cards that are hidden in the guns, and that their locations will all be secretly tracked by satallite so that in a year the ATF can swoop in in their helicopters and confiscate all the guns in the country and arrest the owners

Did'nt that already pass? Ever since I bought this little Ruger .22 black helicopters keep following me............

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

I thought guns went up 10% every year. And ammo MORE than that............

 

[lobo9er]

Well some are putting RFID chips in guns and there are very powerful RFID readers that the common thief doesnt have access to. I would say that technology, if not already here, will be here soon enough.

 

[DoubleTapDrew]

I heard .223 ammo will be illegal soon too.

 

[SleazyRider]

Perhaps he meant that your dollar will buy 10% less than it did last year due to inflation. In effect, it becomes the same thing.

 

[rich642z]

wholesale prices are going up. WHY????? 1. Obama health care.2. insurance rates for buildings,and supplies going up. 3. Profits are about even or dropping at most stores each quarter[every 3-4 months]. 4. And finally,THE ECONOMY. we wholesalers,dealers don't really know what is going to happen as of yet in the up coming election year. If Obama gets in for another 4 more years,well,you will know what might or will happen.

 

[JustinJ]

Yes, and there will be a major solar flare damaging your smart phone, an earthquake will happen at a major US city, your transmission will go out, and you will stub your toe. Why will these things happen? Obamacare, of course.

 

[Sam1911]

I'm going to close this one as I think it has been answered fully and we're just circling now.

1) No, your dealer doesn't know anything that anyone else with their eyes open doesn't know.

2) Yup, prices will probably go up. And down. And up again, and then maybe up some more. Eventually. It's what prices do.

3) Blame whomever you want. It's all the same.