How long until the price gouging stops?
How long until the price gouging stops?
Just stopped by Bullet Trap and they are trying to sell USGI 30 round mags for $40. They have a ton of them but no one is buying.
Hopefully the dealers that were sitting on stuff in anticipation for price gouging loose out. I've had mixed results with Bullet Trap and unless I need a holster I won't be shopping there anymore.
Hopefully the dealers that were sitting on stuff in anticipation for price gouging loose out. I've had mixed results with Bullet Trap and unless I need a holster I won't be shopping there anymore.
DIVIDED WE STAND, UNITED WE FALL
-
- Senior Member
- Posts in topic: 1
- Posts: 1621
- Joined: Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:07 pm
Re: How long until the price gouging stops?
Hopefully everyone will remember the rip-off artists and refuse to service their places...Mr.Scott wrote:Just stopped by Bullet Trap and they are trying to sell USGI 30 round mags for $40. They have a ton of them but no one is buying.
Hopefully the dealers that were sitting on stuff in anticipation for price gouging loose out. I've had mixed results with Bullet Trap and unless I need a holster I won't be shopping there anymore.
Just say NO!
“If you try to shoot me, I will have to shoot you back, and I promise you I won’t miss!”
NRA Endowment Member
TSRA Member
NRA Endowment Member
TSRA Member
Re: How long until the price gouging stops?
I typically look through all the guns there, check out what's on the used wall, go through accessories and see if anything tells me to go home with it. As soon as I saw the mag pricing I turned around and left.
Went down to Gun Master and they had inflated prices on the same mags, but they were $10 less than Bullet Trap. Still high, but I like the guys at Gun Master and gave them a pass as they haven't also jacked the prices up on the actual AR's.
Went down to Gun Master and they had inflated prices on the same mags, but they were $10 less than Bullet Trap. Still high, but I like the guys at Gun Master and gave them a pass as they haven't also jacked the prices up on the actual AR's.
DIVIDED WE STAND, UNITED WE FALL
-
- Senior Member
- Posts in topic: 1
- Posts: 11203
- Joined: Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:15 pm
- Location: Pineywoods of east Texas
Re: How long until the price gouging stops?
Post election opportunistic panic, perhaps?
Our local WalMart was out of .45 acp and 9mm ammo on election day.
Praise the Lord and pass the ammo or...er, uh ... the rocks or something - please hurry.
Our local WalMart was out of .45 acp and 9mm ammo on election day.
Praise the Lord and pass the ammo or...er, uh ... the rocks or something - please hurry.
-
- Member
- Posts in topic: 1
- Posts: 185
- Joined: Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:04 pm
- Location: White Settlement, TX
Re: How long until the price gouging stops?
Order direct from CProducts. The company owner is a viet vet so I'll bet he knows AR mags well. I have read nothing but good reports on other forums. 30 round teflon coated aluminum are $11.50. I just ordered 6.
http://www.cproductsllc.com/shop/produc ... ucts_id=48" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.cproductsllc.com/shop/produc ... ucts_id=48" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Viet Vet
-
- Banned
- Posts in topic: 2
- Posts: 4962
- Joined: Sat Dec 03, 2005 8:40 pm
- Location: Deep East Texas
Re: How long until the price gouging stops?
longhorn_92 wrote:Hopefully everyone will remember the rip-off artists and refuse to service their places...Mr.Scott wrote:Just stopped by Bullet Trap and they are trying to sell USGI 30 round mags for $40. They have a ton of them but no one is buying.
Hopefully the dealers that were sitting on stuff in anticipation for price gouging loose out. I've had mixed results with Bullet Trap and unless I need a holster I won't be shopping there anymore.
Just say NO!
Yup!
Just say NO!
Spartans ask not how many, but where!
-
- Senior Member
- Posts in topic: 1
- Posts: 7874
- Joined: Fri Apr 01, 2005 9:16 am
- Location: Richmond, Texas
Re: How long until the price gouging stops?
Thanks for the link.135boomer wrote:Order direct from CProducts. The company owner is a viet vet so I'll bet he knows AR mags well. I have read nothing but good reports on other forums. 30 round teflon coated aluminum are $11.50. I just ordered 6.
http://www.cproductsllc.com/shop/produc ... ucts_id=48" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Anygunanywhere
"When democracy turns to tyranny, the armed citizen still gets to vote." Mike Vanderboegh
"The Smallest Minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." – Ayn Rand
"The Smallest Minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." – Ayn Rand
Re: How long until the price gouging stops?
"My" guy, out here in the middle of nowhere, sold me an AR the day after the election...for the retail price in the Rock River catalog, plus tax. He was unhappy because he'd been hearing that some shops in the Metroplex area were already starting to gouge people. So...I'll be going back to this gentleman's shop in the future - I'm sure that he won't mind returning customers. Or being recommended to the rest of my family. :)
Re: How long until the price gouging stops?
At least there are still good people out there that understand customer loyalty is the key to success.Sarah81 wrote:"My" guy, out here in the middle of nowhere, sold me an AR the day after the election...for the retail price in the Rock River catalog, plus tax. He was unhappy because he'd been hearing that some shops in the Metroplex area were already starting to gouge people. So...I'll be going back to this gentleman's shop in the future - I'm sure that he won't mind returning customers. Or being recommended to the rest of my family. :)
A buddy of mine picked up an AR pistol in Forney today for the normal everyday pre-election price. Though we bought him out of Pmags earlier this week. I'll be giving this guy my business before I give it to Bullet Trap.
DIVIDED WE STAND, UNITED WE FALL
-
- Junior Member
- Posts in topic: 1
- Posts: 42
- Joined: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:46 am
- Location: sausageland
Re: How long until the price gouging stops?
More like Wallet Trap, sounds like.
-
- Senior Member
- Posts in topic: 2
- Posts: 2322
- Joined: Wed Dec 21, 2005 1:15 pm
- Location: Sachse, TX
- Contact:
Re: How long until the price gouging stops?
I've been going to the bullet trap since I got here. AFter I saw their gouging, I left my membership card on their table and walked off.
.השואה... לעולם לא עוד
Holocaust... Never Again.
Some people create their own storms and get upset when it rains.
--anonymous
Holocaust... Never Again.
Some people create their own storms and get upset when it rains.
--anonymous
-
- Senior Member
- Posts in topic: 2
- Posts: 2322
- Joined: Wed Dec 21, 2005 1:15 pm
- Location: Sachse, TX
- Contact:
Re: How long until the price gouging stops?
I'd love to give the guy some business, espically if he sells uppers.Sarah81 wrote:"My" guy, out here in the middle of nowhere, sold me an AR the day after the election...for the retail price in the Rock River catalog, plus tax. He was unhappy because he'd been hearing that some shops in the Metroplex area were already starting to gouge people. So...I'll be going back to this gentleman's shop in the future - I'm sure that he won't mind returning customers. Or being recommended to the rest of my family. :)
.השואה... לעולם לא עוד
Holocaust... Never Again.
Some people create their own storms and get upset when it rains.
--anonymous
Holocaust... Never Again.
Some people create their own storms and get upset when it rains.
--anonymous
Re: How long until the price gouging stops?
Then the market is working, and no one is being gouged.Mr.Scott wrote:Just stopped by Bullet Trap and they are trying to sell USGI 30 round mags for $40. They have a ton of them but no one is buying.
Re: How long until the price gouging stops?
According to my better half, Dury (Drury?) guns in Houston area IIRC, is now offering DPMS stripped lowers for $369. Yes, STRIPPED lowers.
-
- Banned
- Posts in topic: 2
- Posts: 4962
- Joined: Sat Dec 03, 2005 8:40 pm
- Location: Deep East Texas
Re: How long until the price gouging stops?
Absolutely right!KBCraig wrote:Then the market is working, and no one is being gouged.Mr.Scott wrote:Just stopped by Bullet Trap and they are trying to sell USGI 30 round mags for $40. They have a ton of them but no one is buying.
30 round mags are hardly an "essential item", there is no real emergency/need at hand, and the item is available from other vendors.
Clearly NOT "price gouging" by definition. The market will or will not bear his price.
Spartans ask not how many, but where!