Re: Cheaper then Dirt Boycott
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: azsugarbear</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have never bought anything from CTD, but I can understand their dilemma. Say I am a retailer and that I need 100 AR's (or mags, or ammo, or whatever) on stock at all times to meet the needs of my customers. All of a sudden, the suppliers I buy from jack up their prices by 200%. If I sell my current inventory at the "old" lower price, I will sell them out quickly - but only have enough money to buy 50 new AR's. Pretty soon, I am out of business. Retailer have to price the current product with the replacement cost in mind. Kinda like the gas station. They don't make the gas, just resell it. Same with CTD. They manufacture little if anything of their own. They simply resell what they have ordered from others.
The real pirates are those manufacturers that double their costs overnight. They did not experience any run-up in material or labor costs, they just increased their price to the retailers.
I have a friend/gunsmith who had 20 lower/upper combos on order from a well-know mfg. a full two weeks prior to the massacre in CT. When he later called to check up on his order, he was told it had been cancelled. However, the mfg. offered to sell him 20 new lower/upper combos for more than double the original price. Unfortunately for him, he sold a good portion of his inventory at the older prices and now finds that he only has enough money from the those sales to replace about half of what he normally carries in stock.
I can understand boycotting them for bad service, terrible products, etc. But I do think we need to be certain of our target (and their guilt in price gouging) before pulling the trigger. Not wanting to disagree with anyone...just some observations from recent experiences. </div></div>
Speaking from experience. I have seen since this panick buy kicked off, that not a single distributor of mine has increased prices by a dime. There for I haven't increased anything, I have 8000 Pmags that should show up in the next week or so, and they will continue to be 15.50 like I have always sold them for. So the logic that distributors and suppliers increasing their prices therefor the business increases theirs is flawed, because prices haven't been increased.
Like I have said to all of my customers and employees, we are not going to raise prices, and if we do its because our cost has been raised, so we are only raising what our cost is. This panic buy will blow over and the market will stabilize, but the people who outright got fucked will remember who fucked them and who didnt.
