Walking into a big box store looking for mass quantities of ammo is the issue. They were breaking cases in distribution to send to their stores, now you want the entire shipment to carry out? Not happening.
And the savvy buyers are lining up on the day that shipment is sent in, first thing before opening. You aren't even trying, just expecting there's going to be ammo on the shelf waiting. Nope, the buying public is smarter than that and getting in line ahead of you.
Distribution of ammo has moved to the rationed basis months ago. What is getting made is being parceled out by the buyers of bulk ammo who made purchases last year on a regular basis. Just because someone adds an order out of the sky for 5,000 or 50,000 rounds doesn't mean they get to shoulder aside another customer who has been regularly purchasing ammo for a decade. You aren't getting priority with the waiting list because that order is just like a hundred others - and the makers are taking care of LOYAL buyers, not panicked suburbanites with a credit card. They are not going to diss their regulars just to satisfy someone off the street who's never established any credibility.
Are they wrong? Nope, those big orders keep getting cancelled - it's been commented on for at least a year, "I placed five orders and when the first shipped I cancelled the others." That kind of consumer behavior is the norm, and why the distributors aren't even listening to the complaints. The ones they are concerned about have been buying for years and have the track record to prove it.
It was said in another thread, but really, when the power is out and you need gas, offering to by 1,000 gallons at the corner gas station just to get some respect for your order ain't going to work. They still can't pump it.
Prove me wrong? Place five orders for double the number, 10,000 rounds, and see when any of those might ship. It's already too late, a few thousand other guys already did, and when all is said and done, most of those will get cancelled. Your credit limit has nothing to do with it. Your credibility is what the distributors are prioritizing, so don't expect much consideration.
It's called supply and demand, right now, the ammo makers and sellers are just trying to keep all their major customers happy. It's the guys buying bricks instead of boxes who are creating the problem, nobody is going out shooting it. They are hoarding it.
BTW, order an AR15 with ten Pmags lately? You can walk out with them today. Supply and demand equaled out.
And the savvy buyers are lining up on the day that shipment is sent in, first thing before opening. You aren't even trying, just expecting there's going to be ammo on the shelf waiting. Nope, the buying public is smarter than that and getting in line ahead of you.
Distribution of ammo has moved to the rationed basis months ago. What is getting made is being parceled out by the buyers of bulk ammo who made purchases last year on a regular basis. Just because someone adds an order out of the sky for 5,000 or 50,000 rounds doesn't mean they get to shoulder aside another customer who has been regularly purchasing ammo for a decade. You aren't getting priority with the waiting list because that order is just like a hundred others - and the makers are taking care of LOYAL buyers, not panicked suburbanites with a credit card. They are not going to diss their regulars just to satisfy someone off the street who's never established any credibility.
Are they wrong? Nope, those big orders keep getting cancelled - it's been commented on for at least a year, "I placed five orders and when the first shipped I cancelled the others." That kind of consumer behavior is the norm, and why the distributors aren't even listening to the complaints. The ones they are concerned about have been buying for years and have the track record to prove it.
It was said in another thread, but really, when the power is out and you need gas, offering to by 1,000 gallons at the corner gas station just to get some respect for your order ain't going to work. They still can't pump it.
Prove me wrong? Place five orders for double the number, 10,000 rounds, and see when any of those might ship. It's already too late, a few thousand other guys already did, and when all is said and done, most of those will get cancelled. Your credit limit has nothing to do with it. Your credibility is what the distributors are prioritizing, so don't expect much consideration.
It's called supply and demand, right now, the ammo makers and sellers are just trying to keep all their major customers happy. It's the guys buying bricks instead of boxes who are creating the problem, nobody is going out shooting it. They are hoarding it.
BTW, order an AR15 with ten Pmags lately? You can walk out with them today. Supply and demand equaled out.
