There's a line between capitalism and profiteering and I'm sorry to say quite a few of these companies have crossed that line. 1000 round cases of wolf ammo going up 30 or 40% is a joke as raw material prices have been dropping like a rock for months and the prices of crap wasr 10 ak-47's going up by double on speculation of a weapons ban that might never happen. Or how about some of these places doubling the prices for mags,maybe I missed something did the cost of labor to manufacture these mags double overnight it sure isn't the prices of the raw materials.
I'm sorry who forced you to buy any of these things? I missed that part. Or is the unsaid implication that you have a right to them at a price you deem fair? In which case who exactly gave you that right?
That doesn't change the fact that CMMG is showing real integrity, and commitment to making their products available for what they think they're worth instead of "what the market will bear." They're sacrificing profits to make it so that people who aren't made of money, who can't afford $2,000 for an AR, can still still get one at the pre-election price.
BS. Thye are making a business descision, gambling that in the long run they will come out ahead with a larger more loyal customer base. And there is nothing wrong with that. If they manufacturer and sell their own product they have an advantage and can exploit it as they see fit for there own long term interest. God Bless America! Isn't it great!
"My gripe is seeing people taken advantage of, after being through 7 hurricanes and seeing so much gouging it just aggravates me.
Just how do you propose to fix that for those so desperately in need of your help? Are you going to decide yourself or would you like a Central Committee? I've heard they work well........
CMMG is a manufacturer, so restocking them costs as much as it did before the buying panic. They happen to sell their products directly, but they are a manufacturer first and a retailer second. Since the actual prices of the materials used to manufacture the product has not changed significantly, it will not cost them any more to resupply than it did before the election rush.
Good for them they have uniquely positioned themselves for their market. And just like anyone else they are free to change their prices as THEY see fit. Once again the market at work . . . helping the guy with the right plan. God Bless America! Isn't this whole freedom thing awesome!
good to hear! i HATE profiteers with a passion! and dont give me any of this "supply and demand" garbage. the guys who do this are just plain greedy!"
Then don't buy from them "plain greedy" folks. No one is holding a gun to your head.
A marxist would argue that the station owner's exploitation of the population is sufficient to warrent both the individual use of force as a primary means of obtaining justice and collective means as the ideal method of obtaining justice. Objectivists like Ayn Rand would argue that greed in the setting of rational self interest is the best means for obtaining justice
Thank you Lord. Someone who gets it! There aren't enough of you out there anymore.
OK I think at this point I have messed with everyone. It's late and I am on call till 7am so to hell with it, I'll read this again in the morning and think why in the world did I bite into this agian. If you wonder why I have such strong feelings about this, look at my screen name and make the connection. Atlas Shrugged is my favorite fiction book of all time. If you haven't read it you should. this bemoaning prices as unfair and gouging undermines freedom becasue people making those argument haven't thought them through to the logical conclusions.
One last thing - RyanM. I hope you get that rifle finished up and running. Then I hope you find some way to open a business or get a skill where you make an absolutely obscene amount of money, buy a bunch of stuff from CMMG, because you can, you want to and you just like the way they do business. (Come to think of it, I hope I do too!) I love the opportunities that you only get in the USA! GOD BLESS AMERICA! (because boy are we going to need it the next four years!)