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February 24, 2013, 09:05 PM | #51 |
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February 24, 2013, 09:55 PM | #52 |
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Hoarding... oh, where's my Precious?
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February 24, 2013, 10:05 PM | #53 |
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I think this is a good time for gun owners who have ammunition to start being aware of their fellows ammo situation and help them out if they need it. Simply sell them a little ammo at the price you paid for it so they can have something to defend themselves or hunt with.
I would hate to think that a first time gun owners first experience with fellow gun owners would be having to pay an outrageous amount of money for a box of ammo that one day (They will figure out you burned them eventually) will become available at a much cheaper price. If we can't work together over something as insignificant as a panic ammo shortage, how can we expect to work together and trust each other when things really go south? |
February 24, 2013, 10:09 PM | #54 |
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I am willing to help out someone, but I am not going to supply the scout troop for an afternoon shooting. That requires planning.
As far as fair market price.... most that buy ammo have some idea what it normally costs. You can be very up front with them on pricing if you are selling. But with 22 ammo, I would simply give a friend some ammo and that would be that. A stranger would not likely ask. |
February 24, 2013, 10:11 PM | #55 |
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I was talking to a guy at church today who told me his dad has 100,000 rounds of .22LR and maybe 10,000 each of several other calibers. He bought them when there was plenty of supply and didn't prevent anyone else from buying. Hoarding? Nope, but maybe a bit over the top and certainly in a tax bracket or three higher then mine.
You usually hear hoarding accusations thrown around when necessities like food are in short supply, particularly when someone buys in such a manner, that others in need are prevented from buying and suffer as a result. Buying when prices are low and supply plentiful is not hoarding, no matter the quantities purchased. If I bought a years supply of food or ammunition five years ago and supplies are tight now or five years from now does not make me a hoarder even when others have unfilled needs. Planning and buying ahead is not a crime either legally or morally. Even so, I may be called a hoarder simply by having something someone else wants. Those same people would call me selfish because I bought food or ammo when they spent their money on a cruise. Funny, I didn't think them selfish when they didn't take me on the cruise with them.
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February 24, 2013, 10:40 PM | #56 |
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If I won the lotto, I would buy probably 100 guns, maybe 2-3 houses, enough land for a deer lease and maybe 2-3 vehicles. Hoarding? Nope- my money I can buy what I want! Shoot, if you don't buy anything then people will say you're hoarding your money. Geez. Lol
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February 25, 2013, 01:35 AM | #57 | |
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Now, I won't leave a friend defenseless, but sell it for what I paid? Not hardly. Because I bought back when prices were "normal", years ago. Selling it today for what I paid then? no. Perhaps, if I were in desperate need of cash, selling some of it at what I consider a fair market price (and not the hyper inflated panic prices today), MAYBE.... I didn't set out to be, nor am I equipped to be the Arsenal of Democracy. And I don't think many of the rest of us are, either. let me give you an example, somewhere in the back room I have a case of 7.62mm NATO (still sealed), bought at the then going market price of $165. Looking back now, I should have bought 5 (alas). If I had, then selling one might be an option. But do you seriously think I ought to sell some for what I paid for it? Just to be a nice guy? I try to be a nice guy, but I'm sorry, I'm just not that nice.... Makes me feel like the ant, surrounded by grasshoppers, whining "gimme, gimme, gimme, and gimme it CHEAP!!" Heard a radio talk show host tonight, saying how he was going to take a CCW class, and buy a gun. He wants to be a gun owner, he wants to show solidarity with us. Beome one of us. While I almost laughed, I do wish him well. He can learn our pain, and suffer it with us now. What I do wonder is why this well off middle aged gentleman is only NOW buying a gun?!!! That is part of the problem we have today. Lots and lots of people, for whom it was never any concern or interest suddenly have both. And their money has bought up everything in sight. Leaving very little for the rest of us. And THEY are complaining! I'm rapidly growing deaf ears. I do have sympathy for the young folks just starting out in firearms, most of them with tight budgets. I was there myself once. What irks me is the well off folks, who spent years/decades ignoring the shooting sports/self defense now demanding their share, and claiming those of us who have spent decades building up a collection (and supplies to feed that collection) are HOARDERS!!! You spent you money buying what you wanted. That's your right. I did the same. Good luck stopping the thief, or rapist with those stocks, bonds and gold bullion. Those are fine things, and money (in whatever form) is very useful. Virtually a necessity. But when you need bullets, nothing else will do. The stuff is still out there, buy what you want, at what the market will bear. But insult me, imply I have done something bad (hoarder), and I really don't want to share my toys with a rude snot like you! Why don't you just get your pitchforks and torches and start chanting "Burn the witch!" Sorry for being so snarky, but this really ticks me off. Look at it this way, suppose I had a full tank of gas, and there was no more gas to be had. I'd drive you to the hospital if you needed to go. But I wouldn't siphon some out so you could drive your car to the lake to party. And I certainly wouldn't do it if you offered me $0.39 per gallon! yes, I'm an old grump, especially on this issue. Hoarder!! pffft!
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He'll waste all sorts of gas, money, time, and effort tracking down a couple of 30-round magazines, but he can't donate $50 to a 2nd Amendment organization. He'll regale me with his weird and often tasteless political theories, but he won't take the time to write his legislators. Heck, from what I've seen of the voter turnout numbers, he didn't even vote in the last few elections. Once he's got the totem weapon he thinks he needs (and probably won't learn to use properly), his interest in the gun culture will wane to nearly zero. If the storm passes with no significant fallout, he'll grow tired of all that stuff he hoarded, and by late summer, it'll be a buyer's market for unfired military-pattern rifles and sealed cases of ammo. We saw this in the 2008-2009 mess, and we're seeing it now, only on a larger scale.
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February 25, 2013, 07:18 AM | #60 |
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Why do us "newbies" feel so cold in here???
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February 25, 2013, 07:56 AM | #62 |
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I think Amp 44 said it best in post # 57, I bought early, I bought often when ammo was in reason.
Now the mid aged Man/Women who don't own a gun & Jumped on wagon & Can't find ammo,, Times that by a half million or more & bam No ammo.. I'll give a family member a box or two of 22s or a good freind, Other than that well lets say,, I'm keeping my ammo ; ) Y/D
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February 25, 2013, 09:03 AM | #63 |
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This is crazy, and a sign of the times, I suppose, but I just sat down yesterday and did some quick math on the dollar value of the ammo I have. If I use today's prices it would appear the ammo I have for my AR-15 is now worth much more then my two AR-15's. Crazy.
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February 25, 2013, 09:40 AM | #64 | |
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I never said to sell a person a 1000 rounds for what you gave for it. I also did not say to sell to everyone in your community what you paid for it. What I meant was that friends, next door neighbors, closely associated coworkers or family who you have talked to who have NO ammo for a gun whatsoever, especially for those who have just bought a gun for the first time. To sell or simply just give them enough ammo for defense or for serious hunting for food purposes. At least this much I know, that an opportunists is the last person I would trust in a gone south situation. So if you are fine with making a huge profit, at a person in needs expense, than be prepared to understand when you have trouble getting people to trust you for friendship or to have their back and back you up. Of course this directly correlates with those of us who have more than enough ammo and than some to spare. A friend in need, is a friend indeed. |
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We can talk about free markets, the "invisible hand" and personal freedoms all day, but any individual's actions affect everyone else as well. With a finite resource, every widget you buy is a widget that's no longer available for anyone else to buy - that's simple "laws of physics" stuff. So while a buyer may be completely within his legal and moral rights to buy up every single round of ammo he can lay his hands on, even in times of near-universal scarcity, either to stockpile it away or to turn around and sell it for profit, I'm still going to call him out for being the douchebag he is. Last edited by ScottRiqui; February 25, 2013 at 12:14 PM. |
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All that said, and with regard to the shortage and buying all you can get your hands on and so forth... if I saw 10 boxes of .40 S&W tomorrow, I would buy all 10 if they were JHP's at normal pricing. But I am not actively looking to buy ammunition either. I'm not standing in line at Gander Mountain, Dicks or where ever in hope of finding a box or two of 22 ammo. Last edited by 22-rimfire; February 25, 2013 at 11:58 AM. |
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I think that someAmericans are buying lots of ammo for "preparation," above all else. Take that as you wish
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February 25, 2013, 01:04 PM | #69 |
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I've 223 ammo that cost me $3 for 20 rounds when I bought it. Sorry I ain't sellig it for what I paid for it.
I have a neighbor who paid more for one 15 year old AR than I have in all 3 of mine, but had trouble finding ammo for a while. I did give the fellow 3 boxes with the stipulation that he return 3 boxes to me when he could find ammo. He was able to eventually find plenty, (I'm afraid to ask what he paid), and he returned the 3 boxes to me. That seemed fair to me. |
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I'm not buying or selling in this market; just waiting it out. If a friend needed some ammo, I would give him a small amount.
I'm kind of glad I don't have a lot more rifle brass and projectiles stashed; it would be too tempting to start reloading ammo for sale. I wish I had more .22LR stockpiled. I didn't see that one coming.
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I'm just gonna come out and say it.
There's a definite lack of empathy on this forum for folks that recently decided that trouble is brewing, and we needed a little more protection. All I've seen for two months was that we were too stupid to plan ahead. Now I'm reading that the shortage is OUR fault. I, for one, never asked anybody for anything. But I did resent the guy that bribes a clerk to get the 3K rounds before it's put on the shelf so he can resell it at 300% I also figure the guy that has 10K in every caliber, and is still scrambling for more is just a little selfish. After scrambling for two months, I now have enough to see me through. With NO help from anybody on ANY of the forums I visited. I also have a pretty bad taste in my mouth. Who knows??? I might just be the guy you call on to watch your back. I'll do it too, because I was raised that way. Maybe the ME generation is about to learn something. |
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jnichols2, I actually agree with you. And I've mentioned before that smugly saying "should have planned ahead!" isn't really fair to the folks that just came of age in the past few months.
But having said that, what do you expect me to do? I didn't cause this problem, and there's not anything I can do to make it better. I could make it worse I guess; but even that, not significantly so.
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