Midway Ends Dealer Discount

[Belmont31R]

No one deserves anything from a business.
Pat

Says the union man.

[Alaskapopo]

Says the union man.

This is not a union non union issue. This is a consumer and business relationship issue. But nice try to bait/instigate an argument. I am more than happy with midway. They support our gun rights by helping us support the NRA with every order. They have always had what I have considered fair prices. I just bought another 1000 55 grain Hornady FMN's from them after reading this thread.
Pat

[Belmont31R]

This is not a union non union issue. This is a consumer and business relationship issue. But nice try to bait/instigate an argument. I am more than happy with midway. They support our gun rights by helping us support the NRA with every order. They have always had what I have considered fair prices. I just bought another 1000 55 grain Hornady FMN's from them after reading this thread.
Pat

You said no one. I thought that meant everyone but I now see you didn't mean employees and moved the goal post back a few notches.

[SteyrAUG]

I don't mind supporting local business but I hate it when they try to put their kids through college on one sale. I have stopped going to most of the shops up here except for stuff I have to have and can't order easily.
Pat

It's this simple.

1. Charge too little and you can't sustain your business and you are soon out of business.

2. Charge too much and you can't sustain your business and you are soon out of business.

Despite any honorable intentions and wanting to be one of the "good guy" dealers if you don't charge enough to have the business sustain itself and generate enough profit to support yourself you won't have a business for long.

And that is why more and more FFLs are folding up shop every day. Even guys who don't have showrooms and low overhead aren't going to pay the licensing for a FFL, code and zoning, county, city and sometimes state occupational licenses to generate what is essentially beer money.

There is simply an expectation among too many people that the price of any firearm should be dealer price + a $25 "transfer fee" and nothing more than that.

Now if you were doing 10 transfers a day, every day, that might work. But I don't know any gun shop doing that kind of volume, even the ones who are transfer specialists and cater to such customers.

[Alaskapopo]

It's this simple.

1. Charge too little and you can't sustain your business and you are soon out of business.

2. Charge too much and you can't sustain your business and you are soon out of business.

Despite any honorable intentions and wanting to be one of the "good guy" dealers if you don't charge enough to have the business sustain itself and generate enough profit to support yourself you won't have a business for long.

And that is why more and more FFLs are folding up shop every day. Even guys who don't have showrooms and low overhead aren't going to pay the licensing for a FFL, code and zoning, county, city and sometimes state occupational licenses to generate what is essentially beer money.

There is simply an expectation among too many people that the price of any firearm should be dealer price + a $25 "transfer fee" and nothing more than that.

Now if you were doing 10 transfers a day, every day, that might work. But I don't know any gun shop doing that kind of volume, even the ones who are transfer specialists and cater to such customers.

You made some good points and the smaller shops may be a thing of the past if its not longer a viable way to make a living. More and more people are shopping on line for pretty much everything these days. I know I seldom buy things other than groceries locally anymore.
Pat

[Caeser25]

You made some good points and the smaller shops may be a thing of the past if its not longer a viable way to make a living. More and more people are shopping on line for pretty much everything these days. I know I seldom buy things other than groceries locally anymore.
Pat

I buy almost everything online. I got tires recently online for $550 that sell locally for over $900. I did pay full price for my Glock and Colt Railgun from my local ffl. Mediocre quality locally vs a better model online. Salesmen are there to sell you on what they have in stock, in most of my experiences anyways.

[Gutshot John]

Buy from somewhere else.

Problem solved.

[LowSpeed_HighDrag]

Email just went out a moment ago.

They can get ****ed.

High dollar customers that have an account over 50k to 100k with them deserve a discount.

Scott,

whining and demanding that which you have no right to do not suit you.

[CrazyFingers]

MidwayUSA has been one of my go-to stores for years. Partially because they're close enough that "Pick Up" saves me a lot of time & money vs. shipping, especially on anything that requires hazmat shipping like primers.
But mainly because they have a modern and professional web site, wide selection, and competitive prices. As others have mentioned, nobody "deserves" a discount. They offered one for a time to high-volume customers, and are changing that policy, as is their right. I'm sure there are plenty of other places that will set up a distributor account for a set minimum volume, probably with net-30 terms and other perks not offered to the general public.

The one thing that does get under my skin is how MidwayUSA shows their back-ordered items. I've had a spare turret for a Redding T-7 on backorder since April. Every day they increment the "Date expected in stock" by one day, keeping it perpetually one month away. They've been doing this for six months.
You're not fooling anyone Larry, just tell me you can't get it.

[scottryan]

No one deserves anything from a business. If Midway choses to give a discount or not is their business. Your post screams of an entitlement mentality. I appreciate a discount when its given but I never expect one.
Pat

In almost every other industry, the more you order from a company, the bigger break you get. This is just another example of how backwards this industry is.