ThrottleJockey
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Sell it? or Stash it? A Seller's Market.
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Zundfolge
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Its your property, whatever you do with it is perfectly ethical (in fact I'd suggest it would be UNethical for someone to pressure you into getting rid of the ammo just because you're not using it and even worse to demand you do so at bargain basement prices).
You should decide whether YOU benefit more by sitting on it or selling. Looking out for your own self interest is actually contributing to the common good because there is no coercion used.
If it was me, I'd hold on to it and save it for when I eventually buy a gun it'll work in (I have a 100rd box of 9x19 but no 9x19 guns ... at least not right now. Eventually I'll probably buy a 9mm and then I'll have a box of ammo to go with it).
Suicide*Ride
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I guess I should just throw it away.......
After reading this thread, I guess I can't do anything w/ my extra ammunition.
While I was married, I bought & reloaded for all of our weapons. Because of the way we split, I took with me all of those rounds. What the hell... I bought em', I loaded them, etc.
Now...., I own several diff. calibers for weapons I don't own, & it would seem to 1 or 2 members in this thread that:
A - I can't barter
B - sell for profit
C - trade up (or down)
Just because they don't or can't find their caliber of choice, the rest of us should just "Throw away all extra ammunition we have 'cause we have no use for 'em".
Nowhere in ANY of the OP's postings did he say "I bought these rds. without owning the gun to shoot them in, & now want to sell them for profit."
It's boiling down to the "haves" & the "have nots", & it's starting to show on this forum.
It's really sad to see.....
After reading this thread, I guess I can't do anything w/ my extra ammunition.
While I was married, I bought & reloaded for all of our weapons. Because of the way we split, I took with me all of those rounds. What the hell... I bought em', I loaded them, etc.
Now...., I own several diff. calibers for weapons I don't own, & it would seem to 1 or 2 members in this thread that:
A - I can't barter
B - sell for profit
C - trade up (or down)
Just because they don't or can't find their caliber of choice, the rest of us should just "Throw away all extra ammunition we have 'cause we have no use for 'em".
Nowhere in ANY of the OP's postings did he say "I bought these rds. without owning the gun to shoot them in, & now want to sell them for profit."
It's boiling down to the "haves" & the "have nots", & it's starting to show on this forum.
It's really sad to see.....
ThrottleJockey
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I've noticed that too suicide. The masses are becoming restless and in an unpleasant way it seems.
Tamlin
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Wow, capitalism is being assassinated by those who profess to believe in the Constitution. We are now denigrating those smart enough to enrich themselves because we were not as smart. The Market has a way of making people rich . . . or poor . . . if somebody stocks up on ammo, and then all of a sudden prices plummet, should we all feel sorry for them because they lost money? Why should we feel pissed off at somebody who makes a buck? It's not about ETHICS - ethics has nothing to do with this situation. If I went to Wal-Mart and there were only 10 boxes of .45 acp, and one other guy wanted them as well, then I would offer to split them - 5 apiece. That is an honorable thing to do. BUT, what if you knew that the other guy already had TEN CASES of .45 acp, sitting in his closet? Would that change your opinion? The OP ALREADY HAS this ammo - he is not forcing any potential purchaser to buy it - let him get what he can - or not - and celebrate his American right to do so. Sheesh!
Flyboy
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If I were to go buy ammo tomorrow for a gun I don't own, with the explicit intention of reselling at a profit, we have a name for that:
Investment.
Yes, it might annoy you, TRGRHPY, in that you'd have to pay a little more than the Wal*Mart list price, but it would actually be providing you a service. Buying it now and offering it to you at a convenient time, I'd be saving you from the need to stand in line at Wal*Mart right now, before the next guy in line buys them out. If I didn't invest--and take the risk that the price would fall--you'd be in the same boat (no ammo), but without the opportunity to buy any.
Go read a marketing textbook, and quit whining about the free market functioning as designed. I'm getting damned sick and tired of people thinking they're entitled to goods at a particular price whining when somebody else puts forth the effort to turn a little profit.
Investment.
Yes, it might annoy you, TRGRHPY, in that you'd have to pay a little more than the Wal*Mart list price, but it would actually be providing you a service. Buying it now and offering it to you at a convenient time, I'd be saving you from the need to stand in line at Wal*Mart right now, before the next guy in line buys them out. If I didn't invest--and take the risk that the price would fall--you'd be in the same boat (no ammo), but without the opportunity to buy any.
Go read a marketing textbook, and quit whining about the free market functioning as designed. I'm getting damned sick and tired of people thinking they're entitled to goods at a particular price whining when somebody else puts forth the effort to turn a little profit.
TRGRHPY, that seems to be a pretty descriptive screen name. If you read the original post a little closer I think you will find that the OP didn't go out and buy ammo out from under you. He was stocked up for a weapon he sold a year ago and you're wanting to rip him a new one for it. Why don't you give him a rash of crap for selling the weapon while you're at it??? C H I L L !
Davionmaximus
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I have been collecting for years... now selling a few guns can cover most of the costs of the collection... why not?? 
geophysicishooter
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I didn't think I was off my rocker. thanks for giving me some assurance that people haven't actually gone nuts.
interesting to note that the poll has tightened up in the past couple of hours. it was decidedly in favor of hold onto it but has evened up to a near dead-heat.
interesting to note that the poll has tightened up in the past couple of hours. it was decidedly in favor of hold onto it but has evened up to a near dead-heat.
And there's the magic word. Most everyone here seems to think they are entitled to buy cheap ammo and components.
Get over it. That's the way capitalism works, and its the best system so far. Got a better idea? We'd like to hear it.
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DAdams
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If you decide to sell now? Are you an ammunition market timer? Actually I think the supply will soon reach near parity with demand, the shelves will be full soon again and prices will start coming down.
Sell, sell, sell, before prices plummet and you are stuck with a low value commodity.
BTW, do whatever you damn well please with your ammunition. It's yours!!
Flyboy pretty much nailed.
The way things are going you will have to turn in your ammunition to the collective where upon it will be redistributed to those who don't have any nor have the ability or desire to earn money to purchase their own.
If you decide to sell now? Are you an ammunition market timer?
Actually I think the supply will soon reach near parity with demand, the shelves will be full soon again and prices will start coming down. Sell, sell, sell, before prices plummet and you are stuck with a low value commodity.
BTW, do whatever you damn well please with your ammunition. It's yours!!
Flyboy pretty much nailed.
The way things are going you will have to turn in your ammunition to the collective where upon it will be redistributed to those who don't have any nor have the ability or desire to earn money to purchase their own.
Ohio Gun Guy
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ECON 101 (A primer):
Free trade is base off of Willing sellers and Willing buyers meeting in the marketplace and exchanging goods and services for a price. The price is determined by what the willing seller and the willing buyer set the price to be. (Exceptions for monopolies)
Free trade is base off of Willing sellers and Willing buyers meeting in the marketplace and exchanging goods and services for a price. The price is determined by what the willing seller and the willing buyer set the price to be. (Exceptions for monopolies)
ThrottleJockey
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"(Exceptions for monopolies)"
And since monopolies are illegal under federal law, we know this won't happen! LOL
And since monopolies are illegal under federal law, we know this won't happen! LOL
CAVHOOAH
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Yeah....its yours....and ill be glad you have some for sale if it comes to it....AT A PROFIT ! I wont care....it will just have to be for hard times.....
I am seriously getting tired of watching people who admit to only shooting once to twice yearly...(maybe 50 rounds a year) buying every box of ammo they find... just today one such man purchase 400 rounds of .40 ammo, the last in the shop, it will last him 8 to 10 years... Frustrating...
wankerjake
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Then sell it and get something you want.
SCBradley
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Where have I heard that sentiment before? Hmmmm...
"...to each according to his needs." - Karl Marx
What is the difference between a man who shoots 50 rounds a year buying 400 rounds, and a guy who shoots 10,000 rounds a year buying 100,000?
None.
They do have something in common though: It's none of your business.
If I could afford to hoard a lifetime supply of every caliber I like the look of, I would.
yes.. you are absolutely right... I am a communist because I get frustrated that people who on any normal day would purchase one or two boxes of ammo are purchasing every box they can find... wasnt aware that that was one of the distinguishing factors between "us" and the free world... My point in all that was, if everyone continues with this rediculous search for every box of ammuntion they can find, this situation is not going to show any improvement whatsoever.. quite similar to the gas crisis last year in the southeast where everyone took their cars, trucks, boats, 4-wheelers, lawn mowers, weed-eaters, and gas cans to the station to fill up and resulted in a complete sell out...but I guess you would have hoarded that too... as long as you have yours... right?
if you want to be ignorant and argumentative then that is your choice, I will entertain your accusations; however, that was not my intention nor does it really seem appropriate for this (or any) thread...
He didn't say that he had sold a gun and had extra ammo.
If you have extra ammo left over from a gun that you had/have and want to sell it for whatever the market will allow, then all the power to you. But to buy ammo for something that you don't own or even plan on owning (his own words), in a market where the ammo is hard enough to come by, regardless of what store or brand it is from, is greedy.
And if you want to know what people are thinking of when they see that person at the range selling wwb ammo from walmart for twice what they paid, pm me and I'll tell you what they're saying 'cuz it isn't high road.
Ammo is in short supply.
There are lots of people who don't stock up on ammo and only buy it when they decide to go shoot. I am not one of those people...I try to have enough for a 2 or 3 range sessions. But...
...There are a LOT of new gun owners and a lot of people getting back into it. They are not as "in" to it as some of you, or I.
Everyone wants to complain about the price of everything right now and the lack of availability, and yet when someone admits to gouging, some of you want to stand up for him and say "well, it's just capitalism, get over it".
The outrageuous gas prices we had 6 months ago was capitalism as well.
My main issue has more to do with the already low availibility of ammo and someone standing at the counter buying up what's left for something they don't own, and then telling me in the parking lot that they'll sell it to me for twice what they just screwed me out of it for. If that seems ok to you, then whatever...hopefully Santa's watching. But if you already have it and are just looking to unload it and you can make a nice profit, then fine. There is a big difference between the scenarios, one is being opportunistic and the other is just greedy and screwing your fellow enthusiasts.
However, if the first scenario is the way you want to run business, then expect people to remember that when things slow down. Customers or not, you will see those people again and they will remember you. What comes around, goes around.
Didn't say or mention anything about being entitled or cheap ammo. This is the problem that I am having:
I was talking with one of the employees here and he said that recently a guy from the outskirts of town came in a bought the entire shelf of ammo, something around $5k worth, and he was taking it to a gun show out of town for resale.
I could care less what he's selling it for. I do think, however, that the people that came in for the next week who were unable to go shooting have a right to be pissed.
If you have extra ammo left over from a gun that you had/have and want to sell it for whatever the market will allow, then all the power to you. But to buy ammo for something that you don't own or even plan on owning (his own words), in a market where the ammo is hard enough to come by, regardless of what store or brand it is from, is greedy.
And if you want to know what people are thinking of when they see that person at the range selling wwb ammo from walmart for twice what they paid, pm me and I'll tell you what they're saying 'cuz it isn't high road.
Ammo is in short supply.
There are lots of people who don't stock up on ammo and only buy it when they decide to go shoot. I am not one of those people...I try to have enough for a 2 or 3 range sessions. But...
...There are a LOT of new gun owners and a lot of people getting back into it. They are not as "in" to it as some of you, or I.
Everyone wants to complain about the price of everything right now and the lack of availability, and yet when someone admits to gouging, some of you want to stand up for him and say "well, it's just capitalism, get over it".
The outrageuous gas prices we had 6 months ago was capitalism as well.
My main issue has more to do with the already low availibility of ammo and someone standing at the counter buying up what's left for something they don't own, and then telling me in the parking lot that they'll sell it to me for twice what they just screwed me out of it for. If that seems ok to you, then whatever...hopefully Santa's watching. But if you already have it and are just looking to unload it and you can make a nice profit, then fine. There is a big difference between the scenarios, one is being opportunistic and the other is just greedy and screwing your fellow enthusiasts.
However, if the first scenario is the way you want to run business, then expect people to remember that when things slow down. Customers or not, you will see those people again and they will remember you. What comes around, goes around.
Didn't say or mention anything about being entitled or cheap ammo. This is the problem that I am having:
I was talking with one of the employees here and he said that recently a guy from the outskirts of town came in a bought the entire shelf of ammo, something around $5k worth, and he was taking it to a gun show out of town for resale.
I could care less what he's selling it for. I do think, however, that the people that came in for the next week who were unable to go shooting have a right to be pissed.
ThrottleJockey
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My god, you are beginning to sicken me. Get the phawk over it. It is a dog eat dog world, and you got bit. Deal with it for crying out loud.
Oh, and you must have missed this one, or just choose to ignore it.
"hold on there.. I'm just leveraging one commodity against another. and not that it matters, but I sold the piece that I used to stock this stuff for over a year ago.."
Oh, and you must have missed this one, or just choose to ignore it.
"hold on there.. I'm just leveraging one commodity against another. and not that it matters, but I sold the piece that I used to stock this stuff for over a year ago.."
ThrottleJockey
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Spend a little more time looking for ammo, and less time whining about everyone else that found it.
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