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    It's a simple case of supply and demand.

    Try buying a M1 Garand or M1 Carbine. Prices for them have really gone up.
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    Quote Originally Posted by friendlyfireisnt View Post
    Prices fluctuate. I bought two BCM uppers and BCG's during the panic period. Prices have come down since. I've bought more uppers and BCG's since then. Prices have changed again. If the price was good enough for me to order it in the first place, I am happy. I got what I paid for.

    Market forces keep the prices in flux. Prices could sky rocket tomorrow.

    During the last panic, a coworker offered to buy one of my AR's for $6k.
    If you had an extra to spare, you should have sold it to him.... It's not like you twisted his arm or anything. Hell, I sold a RRA Entry Tactical that I had a whole $750 bucks in to a guy for $2250 and he thought he got a good deal because I gave him a couple of PMAGS that I even loaded up for him with VN era tracers....
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    Now if only ammo prices would get back to .25 cents a round...

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    I sold a bunch of 30 rd. PMAGS back then. They were going for $50 or more each on the auction sites. 10 for $500. It was crazy.
    Last edited by LoveAR; 07-25-14 at 23:42.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LoveAR View Post
    I sold a bunch of 30 rd. PMAGS back then. They were going for $50 or more each on the auction sites. 10 for $500. It was crazy.
    Everyone involved in that should be embarrassed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ScatmanCrothers View Post
    Everyone involved in that should be embarrassed.
    Not trying to be an ass, but why is that? CTD was scalping people a lot worse then that. I saw them selling PMAGS for $89.95 with NO Vaseline or even a reach around.

    I have been over this topic before and I know it has to have been discussed here as well, but we didn't create this problem. If we own a commodity that someone else wants / there is a high demand for, then why should we take less then the going market value if we choose to sell.

    We all knew that prices were inflated, but would drop back down eventually. I agree it made things a PITA for a few months, but GI metal mags work just fine and if you don't keep a good stock of mags, ammo you'll wish you did. The old adage, it's better to have and not need, then to need and not have.

    A fool and his money soon shall part....

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    Quote Originally Posted by ryantx23 View Post
    Not trying to be an ass, but why is that? CTD was scalping people a lot worse then that. I saw them selling PMAGS for $89.95 with NO Vaseline or even a reach around.

    I have been over this topic before and I know it has to have been discussed here as well, but we didn't create this problem. If we own a commodity that someone else wants / there is a high demand for, then why should we take less then the going market value if we choose to sell.

    We all knew that prices were inflated, but would drop back down eventually. I agree it made things a PITA for a few months, but GI metal mags work just fine and if you don't keep a good stock of mags, ammo you'll wish you did. The old adage, it's better to have and not need, then to need and not have.

    A fool and his money soon shall part....
    Yeah, I know. It is what it is and fools are definitely finding new ways each day to blow their wad. Not trying to get this debate started up as both sides have valid arguments. Just holding out hope that those who were without last time and were forced to reach deep in their wallets learned a valuable lesson as opposed to just stocking up themselves to be a shark instead of minnow the next go round. And hopefully those sharks from last time found a way to be profitable without having to use the next new guy when this inevitably happens again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ScatmanCrothers View Post
    Yeah, I know. It is what it is and fools are definitely finding new ways each day to blow their wad. Not trying to get this debate started up as both sides have valid arguments. Just holding out hope that those who were without last time and were forced to reach deep in their wallets learned a valuable lesson as opposed to just stocking up themselves to be a shark instead of minnow the next go round. And hopefully those sharks from last time found a way to be profitable without having to use the next new guy when this inevitably happens again.
    I hear ya. In a perfect world we would have a stable market, but then politicians came along. Maybe we should outlaw / ban politicians?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ryantx23 View Post
    Maybe we should outlaw / ban politicians?

    best idea ive heard yet
    "I pity thou, fools who dost not choose BCM" - King Arthur 517 A.D.

    .OlllllllO.

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    This isn't a thread about "alleged price gouging" or to bitch that you bought and upper and now someone is offering a free BCG or Nutrabullet. Shit happens.



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