Should we start to boycot these high prices?

[gohring3006]

Pertaining to shortages and rising prices with reloading supplies, the first dramatic shortage and price jumps occurred during the Obama administration. Most of my component, emergency back-up supplies that have been rotated/managed since, and can carry me for quite some time, were initiated over 10 years ago. I can distinctly recall the shortages and inflated prices back then that had dramatically effected my high volume competitive shooting and hunting…..Wasn't going to let that happen again!

I agree, I think the complainers and boycotters are just in a panic and didn't prepare plain and simple.
Having several years of stockpile, if I see a pound of 4064 for 50$ I can decide if I want to spend the money or not. If someone is out of powder, they are all most forced to buy it or do without.
It's much easier for me to replace a pound of powder I used out of my stockpile at 50$ than it is for someone that doesn't have any to buy enough powder to sustain a season at 50$ a pound.

 

[LRNut]

I went LR shooting in the AZ desert yesterday and stopped by Bass Pro to pick up some shotgun shells. Yikes! Case was $120!! I stopped reloading shotgun years ago because it wasn't worth it from a financial perspective. Also bought 500 .22LR for $42.

 

[Reelamin]

Boycott the high ammo and reloading prices caused by inflation that is beyond the means of powder, primer, and bullet companies to solve? Find me a distributor that is NOT having to raise prices due to inflation and component availability.

This is one of the dumbest ideas ever.

I find this a unique outlook on what many places are charging for these components. Went to my favorite mom and pop shop to pick up a rifle yesterday. What do you know she has some powder I would like. I also missed out on 8lb of H1000 for $49 a pound. So, if a tiny....as in her entire shop is smaller than three shelves at Sportsmans can obtain and make enough profit at these prices. Who is raping us....manufacturers, middle parasites, or the rip off retailer? I'm not accepting its inflation or higher shipping costs (Same situation here of being taken advantage of).

 

[bigngreen]

Is she providing millions of dollars in insurance for employees, how large is her payroll taxes, how many packages is she shipping out daily. How many thousands of square feet of warehouse does she have. All your overhead is built into every price tag. I can still buy at wholesale and on those powders at what they are marked I wouldn't cover the shipping. That unsustainable, she's either bankrolling the business from else where of there are other product her mark up is high enough to make up for being so low.

At those prices, JUST to pay an employee one day they'd have to sell 64 lbs of it.

She's loosing money on the bullets, so on everything you have pictured she made MAYBE $2!! Without factoring in shipping!!

 

[2ndtimer]

Having read the previous 326 posts ( I am retired, so have the time), I reply to the original poster: No. A boycott of all sellers would not be effective to reduce prices. I encourage the OP to embrace the free market system. If you encounter products you desire at a price you find reasonable, BUY. If you find a great deal on said products, STOCK UP (assuming you have space to store and items have a long shelf life) if the seller is willing to sell in quantity. Otherwise, save your money in the (somewhat feeble) hope that in the future the products you desire will be priced at what you wish to pay. It is what I have always done, and will continue to do. Understand that, long term, prices tend to rise, so delaying acquisition of desired products may likely lead to never acquiring them. That is why it is called a free market system. You are free to purchase, or choose not to purchase. But as others have noted, choosing not to purchase does not give you the right to condemn those that exercised their opportunity to pay the price you chose not to.

 

[Ol' Red]

Having read the previous 326 posts ( I am retired, so have the time), I reply to the original poster: No. A boycott of all sellers would not be effective to reduce prices. I encourage the OP to embrace the free market system. If you encounter products you desire at a price you find reasonable, BUY. If you find a great deal on said products, STOCK UP (assuming you have space to store and items have a long shelf life) if the seller is willing to sell in quantity. Otherwise, save your money in the (somewhat feeble) hope that in the future the products you desire will be priced at what you wish to pay. It is what I have always done, and will continue to do. Understand that, long term, prices tend to rise, so delaying acquisition of desired products may likely lead to never acquiring them. That is why it is called a free market system. You are free to purchase, or choose not to purchase. But as others have noted, choosing not to purchase does not give you the right to condemn those that exercised their opportunity to pay the price you chose not to.

Hats off to you sir. I read the Odyssey by Homer and it took less time.

 

[2buffalo]

I find this a unique outlook on what many places are charging for these components. Went to my favorite mom and pop shop to pick up a rifle yesterday. What do you know she has some powder I would like. I also missed out on 8lb of H1000 for $49 a pound. So, if a tiny....as in her entire shop is smaller than three shelves at Sportsmans can obtain and make enough profit at these prices. Who is raping us....manufacturers, middle parasites, or the rip off retailer? I'm not accepting its inflation or higher shipping costs (Same situation here of being taken advantage of).

How long has it been on the shelf or in a back room? I call B.S.

 

[gohring3006]

I found 4 pounds of h10000 for 35$ a pound with dust on the bottles, the old timer was being fair. If he was selling it for 50$ pound I would've bought it. How many of you would pay 200$ for that stash if you need it?

 

[SEGARE]

Hats off to you sir. I read the Odyssey by Homer and it took less time.

Just finished Homer, and on to Tolstoy.

 

[ultimag43]

Yep, my base has a steam plant and uses clean coal.

No such thing as clean coal it may be cleaner then it used to be do to some advances in tech but coal is coal it's still bad for the environment
It still emits CO2 coal is a dying energy source

 

[ultimag43]

I found 4 pounds of h10000 for 35$ a pound with dust on the bottles, the old timer was being fair. If he was selling it for 50$ pound I would've bought it. How many of you would pay 200$ for that stash if you need it? View attachment 360066

I've paid $200+ for powder price doesn't bother me I'll.pay double that if I need it (which I don't)
I've got a few hundred pounds of powder & close to 50,000 primers so I'm set for many years

 

[jbs2014]

No such thing as clean coal it may be cleaner then it used to be do to some advances in tech but coal is coal it's still bad for the environment
It still emits CO2 coal is a dying energy source

There is over several hundred years of coal available in our country alone at PROJECTED energy demands.

CO2 is fine, plants use it for photosynthesis.

Don't buy the hype of the climate alarmists

 

[dustbag]

I found 4 pounds of h10000 for 35$ a pound with dust on the bottles, the old timer was being fair. If he was selling it for 50$ pound I would've bought it. How many of you would pay 200$ for that stash if you need it? View attachment 360066
I'll take it! PM me how you'd like to be paid

 

[Ol' Red]

I've paid $200+ for powder price doesn't bother me I'll.pay double that if I need it (which I don't)
I've got a few hundred pounds of powder & close to 50,000 primers so I'm set for many years

Sure hope all that powder doesn't catch fire it might warm the earth a couple degrees. Of course my friends in Alaska could grow tomatoes in September then.