Solomonson
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Just who were making the big $$$ when ARs were in short supply? Manufacturers, distributors and/or retailers?
If manufacturers cranked up their prices (above any actual cost increases) during a time of unreal demand, it might have been a good short-term strategy to puff-up profits, but in the longer term it can certainly cause some bad will on the longer term I remember Daniel Defense announcing that they would hold their pricing (which is already on the premium end) which sort of impressed me as they seemed to be taking a longer view of things.
I rather doubt it was the distributors but it might have been. I'm sure a great many retailers were charging every bit the market would bear, but I can't believe they were alone in their actions?
If manufacturers cranked up their prices (above any actual cost increases) during a time of unreal demand, it might have been a good short-term strategy to puff-up profits, but in the longer term it can certainly cause some bad will on the longer term I remember Daniel Defense announcing that they would hold their pricing (which is already on the premium end) which sort of impressed me as they seemed to be taking a longer view of things.
I rather doubt it was the distributors but it might have been. I'm sure a great many retailers were charging every bit the market would bear, but I can't believe they were alone in their actions?