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<blockquote data-quote="marksman1941" data-source="post: 2948812" data-attributes="member: 68542"><p>Years in customer service doesn’t make you an expert on any of this. That’s like someone saying “I was in the military, trust me I know how to shoot”. We all know how farcical that line is. </p><p></p><p>Ever heard the anecdote about the cost of medication and why it’s so expensive when it’s so cheap to manufacture? Each pill only costs $1 to make, so why sell it for $10 a pill? Cause the first pill cost $2billion to make, the second and subsequent pills only cost $1 each. But that initial investment needs paid for over time, and eventually the company will be making a profit on it. No difference here. Hornady manufactures bullets that are sold at a reasonable price, by your own admission. Hornady also spent money to research and develop load data for the caliber, which they sell for a relatively paltry sum. Wanting the load data for free is no different than wanting the bullets for free; it cost them money, so they charge to recuperate that cost. Eventually the cost is recuperated and it’s all profit (aside from overhead). That’s literally the American dream; create good product, charge for it, reap the rewards.</p><p></p><p>I don’t know how many other ways there are to state the obvious, but you’re not entitled to a single thing here. If a mfg wants to distribute load data for free that’s awesome. Maybe go use their bullets. But, since their bullets cost dramatically more in most cases, they’re just lumping the cost of the load data in with the bullet purchase every time you buy a bullet. Hornady sells cheap bullets but charges (a tiny one time fee) for the load data associated, which is reasonable by all logic. BUT! You want the cheap bullets AND the free load data from the factory, and then want to cry that Hornady is somehow doing you dirty by not giving you free stuff. This thread is just wild, man.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="marksman1941, post: 2948812, member: 68542"] Years in customer service doesn’t make you an expert on any of this. That’s like someone saying “I was in the military, trust me I know how to shoot”. We all know how farcical that line is. Ever heard the anecdote about the cost of medication and why it’s so expensive when it’s so cheap to manufacture? Each pill only costs $1 to make, so why sell it for $10 a pill? Cause the first pill cost $2billion to make, the second and subsequent pills only cost $1 each. But that initial investment needs paid for over time, and eventually the company will be making a profit on it. No difference here. Hornady manufactures bullets that are sold at a reasonable price, by your own admission. Hornady also spent money to research and develop load data for the caliber, which they sell for a relatively paltry sum. Wanting the load data for free is no different than wanting the bullets for free; it cost them money, so they charge to recuperate that cost. Eventually the cost is recuperated and it’s all profit (aside from overhead). That’s literally the American dream; create good product, charge for it, reap the rewards. I don’t know how many other ways there are to state the obvious, but you’re not entitled to a single thing here. If a mfg wants to distribute load data for free that’s awesome. Maybe go use their bullets. But, since their bullets cost dramatically more in most cases, they’re just lumping the cost of the load data in with the bullet purchase every time you buy a bullet. Hornady sells cheap bullets but charges (a tiny one time fee) for the load data associated, which is reasonable by all logic. BUT! You want the cheap bullets AND the free load data from the factory, and then want to cry that Hornady is somehow doing you dirty by not giving you free stuff. This thread is just wild, man. [/QUOTE]
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