Cheaper than Dirt again

osbornk · March 17, 2020, 05:32 PM

They are at up to their tricks again. I went to their website a few minutes ago at someone else's suggestion and the same 9MM ammo I paid $8.99 for yesterday at Rural King is over $32 on their website. All of their ammo is priced that way.

Eazyeach · March 17, 2020, 06:30 PM

Case of Winchester 5.56 for $700. Ridiculous.

TXAZ · March 17, 2020, 07:51 PM

I just looked @ the same S&B 9mm I bought yesterday: Almost $700 and 3X what I paid for 1000 rounds yesterday.....

osbornk · March 17, 2020, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by osbornk

They are at up to their tricks again. I went to their website a few minutes ago at someone else's suggestion and the same 9MM ammo I paid $8.99 for yesterday at Rural King is over $32 on their website. All of their ammo is priced that way.

I went back to their site just now and they no longer have it. Somebody is buying it.

FrankenMauser · March 17, 2020, 09:08 PM

Don't worry.
To make things a little different this time, they'll be changing their name to:
"Cheaper than Toilet Paper"

RickB · March 17, 2020, 09:38 PM

In another thread, someone was asking if a dollar a round was a good deal for 115gr JHP 9mm.

**JohnKSa** · March 18, 2020, 12:58 AM

Gave up on them years ago and have had no reason to check them out again. It's too bad. In the beginning they were great.

TruthTellers · March 18, 2020, 03:49 AM

I haven't looked at their website in years and this thread made me go their just to confirm. $30 for 50 rds of Tulammo .38 Special... disgusting.

rickyrick · March 18, 2020, 09:32 AM

I haven’t been to CTD website in years because of their past gouging.

Targa · March 18, 2020, 02:18 PM

I don't know how that clown show of a company stays in business.

TruthTellers · March 18, 2020, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Targa

I don't know how that clown show of a company stays in business.

They do a ton of advertising, even on TV channels. Like, of all the gun/ammo adverts I've seen on TV, it's CTD and maybe MidwayUSA. Usually only see these ads on Fox News late at night.

If only Brownells and SportsmansGuide would advertise as much as CTD, they'd be out of business.

jag2 · March 18, 2020, 03:10 PM

I don't remember the details, last time they did this they had a booth at the Tulsa gun show and there was a very heated argument and a lot of yelling. Very testy exchange.

spacemanspiff · March 18, 2020, 03:49 PM

I never had the chance to get gouged by CTD. The only time I attempted to buy anything from them about 12 years ago, got told by one of their sales reps "Oh you live in Alaska? We cannot send anything to Alaska. You don't have street numbers there!"

Swifty Morgan · March 18, 2020, 06:03 PM

Man, what a filthy organization. I can buy 9mm cheaper than their 22LR.

FITASC · March 18, 2020, 07:16 PM

IF you do not like their business simply do not patronize them, even when things get back to normal. Personally, they are responding correctly - raising prices to prevent those who already have too much from buying more and leaving some for folks who really need it.

No such thing as gouging if both parties agree to the transaction

Swifty Morgan · March 18, 2020, 07:23 PM

So when you sell Purell to a caregiver for an elderly person, and you charge $50 per bottle, everything is swell. Okay. I live in a different moral universe.

I'm really glad I'm not still caring for my dad this year.

In Florida and Tennessee, gouging is a crime. Don't know how many other states have similar laws.

FITASC · March 18, 2020, 07:54 PM

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o when you sell Purell to a caregiver for an elderly person, and you charge $50 per bottle, everything is swell. Okay. I live in a different moral universe.

I'm really glad I'm not still caring for my dad this year.

In Florida and Tennessee, gouging is a crime. Don't know how many other states have similar laws.

Come down off your moral high horse and think for a minute.
BTW, I live in Florida and there is no such thing as gouging

IF two folks agree to swapping money for product, then there is NO gouging. NO ONE is forced to buy anything from anyone at any time.

This is an oldie but a goodie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9QEkw6_O6w

Swifty Morgan · March 18, 2020, 07:58 PM

I'll pass on the video.

FITASC · March 18, 2020, 08:04 PM

Why? Because it proves my point and disproves yours? One should not be so narrow-minded

A mind, like a parachute, works best when open

JERRYS. · March 18, 2020, 08:13 PM

its price based on future production. since no one is making ammo (except for government contracts), what's out there will go up in price.

FITASC · March 18, 2020, 09:16 PM

Same for gas, toilet paper or anything else

Targa · March 18, 2020, 10:01 PM

Price gouging is in reference to necessities but they are still a joke of a company.

Swifty Morgan · March 18, 2020, 10:58 PM

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Why? Because it proves my point and disproves yours? One should not be so narrow-minded

No, because you are rude, immature, and annoying, in addition to promoting substandard morals, and I am not going to let a person like you send me around to look at videos you choose. Welcome to my ignore list. If the forum doesn't have an ignore feature, I'll just scroll past you manually.

Your type of keyboard-commando behavior is what ruins Internet forums.

**JohnKSa** · March 19, 2020, 12:24 AM

I think that's enough for this one.

March 17, 2020, 05:32 PM	#1
osbornk Senior Member Join Date: August 11, 2012 Location: Mountains of Appalachia Posts: 1,598	Cheaper than Dirt again They are at up to their tricks again. I went to their website a few minutes ago at someone else's suggestion and the same 9MM ammo I paid $8.99 for yesterday at Rural King is over $32 on their website. All of their ammo is priced that way. Last edited by osbornk; March 17, 2020 at 05:59 PM.

March 17, 2020, 07:51 PM	#3
TXAZ Senior Member Join Date: September 5, 2010 Location: McMurdo Sound Texas Posts: 4,322	I just looked @ the same S&B 9mm I bought yesterday: Almost $700 and 3X what I paid for 1000 rounds yesterday..... __________________ Cave illos in guns et backhoes

March 17, 2020, 09:08 PM	#5
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 26, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,775	Don't worry. To make things a little different this time, they'll be changing their name to: "Cheaper than Toilet Paper" __________________ -Unwilling Range Officer -Unwilling Match Designer -NRL22/PRS22/PRO -Something about broccoli and carrots

March 17, 2020, 09:38 PM	#6
RickB Senior Member Join Date: March 1, 2000 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 8,559	In another thread, someone was asking if a dollar a round was a good deal for 115gr JHP 9mm. __________________ Runs off at the mouth about anything 1911 related on this site and half the time is flat out wrong.

March 18, 2020, 12:58 AM	#7
JohnKSa Staff Join Date: February 12, 2001 Location: DFW Area Posts: 25,566	Gave up on them years ago and have had no reason to check them out again. It's too bad. In the beginning they were great. __________________ Do you know about the TEXAS State Rifle Association?

March 17, 2020, 06:30 PM	#2
Eazyeach Senior Member Join Date: January 14, 2014 Posts: 706	Case of Winchester 5.56 for $700. Ridiculous.

March 18, 2020, 03:49 AM	#8
TruthTellers Senior Member Join Date: October 22, 2016 Posts: 3,962	I haven't looked at their website in years and this thread made me go their just to confirm. $30 for 50 rds of Tulammo .38 Special... disgusting. __________________ "We always think there's gonna be more time... then it runs out."

March 18, 2020, 09:32 AM	#9
rickyrick Senior Member Join Date: March 15, 2010 Posts: 8,387	I haven’t been to CTD website in years because of their past gouging.

March 18, 2020, 02:18 PM	#10
Targa Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2014 Posts: 2,085	I don't know how that clown show of a company stays in business.

March 18, 2020, 03:10 PM	#12
jag2 Senior Member Join Date: June 30, 2009 Location: dallas Posts: 779	I don't remember the details, last time they did this they had a booth at the Tulsa gun show and there was a very heated argument and a lot of yelling. Very testy exchange.

March 18, 2020, 03:49 PM	#13
spacemanspiff Senior Member Join Date: January 16, 2002 Location: alaska Posts: 3,498	I never had the chance to get gouged by CTD. The only time I attempted to buy anything from them about 12 years ago, got told by one of their sales reps "Oh you live in Alaska? We cannot send anything to Alaska. You don't have street numbers there!" __________________ "Every man alone is sincere; at the entrance of a second person hypocrisy begins." - Ralph Waldo Emerson "People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use." - Soren Kierkegaard

March 18, 2020, 06:03 PM	#14
Swifty Morgan Senior Member Join Date: September 13, 2018 Location: FL Posts: 634	Man, what a filthy organization. I can buy 9mm cheaper than their 22LR. __________________ Selling a gun is like selling a child, without the relief over not having to pay for college The Bill of Rights was written largely to prevent rudeness. Infringement doesn't have to be catastrophic to be intolerable.

March 18, 2020, 07:16 PM	#15
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,646	IF you do not like their business simply do not patronize them, even when things get back to normal. Personally, they are responding correctly - raising prices to prevent those who already have too much from buying more and leaving some for folks who really need it. No such thing as gouging if both parties agree to the transaction __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

March 18, 2020, 07:23 PM	#16
Swifty Morgan Senior Member Join Date: September 13, 2018 Location: FL Posts: 634	So when you sell Purell to a caregiver for an elderly person, and you charge $50 per bottle, everything is swell. Okay. I live in a different moral universe. I'm really glad I'm not still caring for my dad this year. In Florida and Tennessee, gouging is a crime. Don't know how many other states have similar laws. __________________ Selling a gun is like selling a child, without the relief over not having to pay for college The Bill of Rights was written largely to prevent rudeness. Infringement doesn't have to be catastrophic to be intolerable.

March 18, 2020, 07:58 PM	#18
Swifty Morgan Senior Member Join Date: September 13, 2018 Location: FL Posts: 634	I'll pass on the video. __________________ Selling a gun is like selling a child, without the relief over not having to pay for college The Bill of Rights was written largely to prevent rudeness. Infringement doesn't have to be catastrophic to be intolerable.

March 18, 2020, 08:04 PM	#19
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,646	Why? Because it proves my point and disproves yours? One should not be so narrow-minded A mind, like a parachute, works best when open __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

March 18, 2020, 08:13 PM	#20
JERRYS. Senior Member Join Date: September 23, 2013 Location: Georgia Posts: 2,985	its price based on future production. since no one is making ammo (except for government contracts), what's out there will go up in price.

March 18, 2020, 09:16 PM	#21
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,646	Same for gas, toilet paper or anything else __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

March 18, 2020, 10:01 PM	#22
Targa Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2014 Posts: 2,085	Price gouging is in reference to necessities but they are still a joke of a company.

March 19, 2020, 12:24 AM	#24
JohnKSa Staff Join Date: February 12, 2001 Location: DFW Area Posts: 25,566	I think that's enough for this one. __________________ Do you know about the TEXAS State Rifle Association?