Wal-Mart is marking handgun ammunition boxes end flaps inside with resale and selling price stickers.
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Wal-Mart is marking handgun ammunition
Wal-Mart is marking handgun ammunition boxes end flaps inside with resale and selling price stickers.
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So people can tell when a gunstore is gouging them on the price by marking it up double what they paid for it. It also helps them identify stores that are selling ammo to their gunstore buddies instead of letting the general public have a chance at it.
They started this several months ago, but its up to the person at the counter to mark it when its being sold or when stocked, so its always done. Trying to cut down on people reselling.
Yes 115Gr FMJ box of (50)A better question is, did you buy a box of 50 cartridges for $9.97?
If so, I've been shopping at the wrong wal mart
That is the regular price at all 4 WMs where i shop.A better question is, did you buy a box of 50 cartridges for $9.97?
If so, I've been shopping at the wrong wal mart
Quoted for the truth. I doubt Walmart is investing the irremovable adhesive used in those &*$&'ing orange stickers the NCSHP uses on abandoned cars..
My opinion... And lemme start by saying I'm against gouging, but I'm all for capitalism... This is a BS move on Wal-Mart's part...
They sell at prices cheaper than most stores can buy ammo themselves. If someone buys ammo from them and sells it at a REASONABLE(key word) mark up, that's just capitalism, gents. A lot of the stuff you buy from small stores, restaurants, and even online sources come from places like Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Sam's & BJ's and the like. Why should ammo be any different?
If someone owns a small shop that needs to have ammo available to his customers, and either can't get ammo from his suppliers or can't get it as cheap as Wal-mart sells it, why shouldn't he buy from Wal-Mart, mark it up and resell it to maintain his supply? That's how the free market works. No one trying to stock up their larder will be happy with any increase, but what's a fair mark-up? It's a small item individually. So, 10-20% doesn't amount to squat in reality and no one's in business not to make money. $5 dollars a box may not be cost effective. $10 may be reasonable. I know that sounds like a lot, but in the grand scheme of things is it? Not really. Obviously, it's a rip-off selling a $9 box of ammo for $30, but is ammo ever as cheap in a small shop as a chain store anyhow? No, things in small, mom&pop-type shops are marked up more because they have to carry costs and overhead along with the lack of buying power of the mega-chain-little-guy-crushing stores like Wal-Mart.
When shortages happen and demand is up, prices follow. It's the way of the world. Don't want to buy it? Ok. No one says you have to, but obviously folks don't mind so much because it's selling. I know I'm playing devil's advocate, but at the same time, I guess what I'm saying is cut these guys a break(to some extent). They're trying to make it in a tough market during tough times like everyone else.
An extra $10 bucks to hit the range won't kill us in the short term. If it does, you shouldn't be spending your money on ammo anyhow. Things will rebound soon enough and it'll be a non-factor.
Keep this in mind too, the Liberals would love nothing more than to control/moderate the price of everything you buy with their socialist agenda. As much as it sux sometimes, this is an example the system we support working as it's designed to.
Feel free to flame away if you can't flip the coin to see the other side...
They sell at prices cheaper than most stores can buy ammo themselves. If someone buys ammo from them and sells it at a REASONABLE(key word) mark up, that's just capitalism, gents. A lot of the stuff you buy from small stores, restaurants, and even online sources come from places like Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Sam's & BJ's and the like. Why should ammo be any different?
If someone owns a small shop that needs to have ammo available to his customers, and either can't get ammo from his suppliers or can't get it as cheap as Wal-mart sells it, why shouldn't he buy from Wal-Mart, mark it up and resell it to maintain his supply? That's how the free market works. No one trying to stock up their larder will be happy with any increase, but what's a fair mark-up? It's a small item individually. So, 10-20% doesn't amount to squat in reality and no one's in business not to make money. $5 dollars a box may not be cost effective. $10 may be reasonable. I know that sounds like a lot, but in the grand scheme of things is it? Not really. Obviously, it's a rip-off selling a $9 box of ammo for $30, but is ammo ever as cheap in a small shop as a chain store anyhow? No, things in small, mom&pop-type shops are marked up more because they have to carry costs and overhead along with the lack of buying power of the mega-chain-little-guy-crushing stores like Wal-Mart.
When shortages happen and demand is up, prices follow. It's the way of the world. Don't want to buy it? Ok. No one says you have to, but obviously folks don't mind so much because it's selling. I know I'm playing devil's advocate, but at the same time, I guess what I'm saying is cut these guys a break(to some extent). They're trying to make it in a tough market during tough times like everyone else.
An extra $10 bucks to hit the range won't kill us in the short term. If it does, you shouldn't be spending your money on ammo anyhow. Things will rebound soon enough and it'll be a non-factor.
Keep this in mind too, the Liberals would love nothing more than to control/moderate the price of everything you buy with their socialist agenda. As much as it sux sometimes, this is an example the system we support working as it's designed to.
Feel free to flame away if you can't flip the coin to see the other side...
Oh, 115Gr. so 9mm.
The only box I've ever seen like that by Federal sold in a Walmart was .40 cal for like $13 or $14, so I was thinking you got the 40 cal for that price.
I guess that must be what the 9mm boxes at walmart look like now. I wouldn't know, as I haven't seen any handgun ammo at Walmart besides 40 since..... I don't know. Before this time last year maybe?
Another aspect of capitalism is that Walmart can mark their product as they see fit as long as Federal, Winchester, etc don't object.
They want to keep their general public customers happy, and have the stuff in stock so that the general public will pick up their ammo there and possibly purchase other items while in the store. Part of the value of selling ammo at a low price is the marketing investment in getting more customers in the door (like sales items each week at the grocery store). So, from Walmart's point of view, these local shops that are clearing the shelves to stock their own are stealing their marketing investment. Therefore, it is perfectly fine for Walmart to let their customers know some of their competitions business practices.
I'm not crying boo-hoo for poor Walmart, but it seems like their just trying to protect their business.
They want to keep their general public customers happy, and have the stuff in stock so that the general public will pick up their ammo there and possibly purchase other items while in the store. Part of the value of selling ammo at a low price is the marketing investment in getting more customers in the door (like sales items each week at the grocery store). So, from Walmart's point of view, these local shops that are clearing the shelves to stock their own are stealing their marketing investment. Therefore, it is perfectly fine for Walmart to let their customers know some of their competitions business practices.
I'm not crying boo-hoo for poor Walmart, but it seems like their just trying to protect their business.
Yeah thats what i'm saying. If billy bob wants to buy ammo at wally world and resell it then how is a removable green price tag gonna make him think twice about doing it,he'll spend 10-20 seconds per box of ammo removing the price tag and he's back in buisness.
thats why they make sharpy markers just to mark out the price
cold it be these stickers are in case some of it becomes stolen they have a way to try and id it, maybe some ammo has come up missing in the past before actually getting to the store, like in transit between warehouse and store
cold it be these stickers are in case some of it becomes stolen they have a way to try and id it, maybe some ammo has come up missing in the past before actually getting to the store, like in transit between warehouse and store
My 2% of a buck...
It's Wal-mart's ammunition. They can do what they bloody well please with it. If they want to place price tags on the inside flap...that's their right. If a gun store employee buys it, it's then the store's ammunition. If they want to mark it up and resell it...that's their right, too. They can price it as they see fit. It's theirs...bought and paid for. If we decide that the price is too high...we walk out.
It's Wal-mart's ammunition. They can do what they bloody well please with it. If they want to place price tags on the inside flap...that's their right. If a gun store employee buys it, it's then the store's ammunition. If they want to mark it up and resell it...that's their right, too. They can price it as they see fit. It's theirs...bought and paid for. If we decide that the price is too high...we walk out.
They stick them on the outside of the boxes here and the stickers "stick" pretty good. Out of curiosity I just played around with them. With a new razor blade I could get about 25% of them off without marking the box at all. Of course the slight marks left on the boxes of the rest of them are no big deal, and the gun store could just as easily place their price sticker over this old sticker or the mark left behind.
I think that the point here is that if the gun stores keep buying up all of the WalMart ammo, the prices for ammo will never come back down. This is a way for those that take advantage of a supply situation to artificially control the price. I believe in the fair and open trade system until a group begins to manipulate it to their advantage. Just look at Gasoline if you need another example.
My 2 cents
My 2 cents
i suspect this is what is happening with .380 ammo big time. Every time I go to my local Walmart, they say they usually get a couple boxes in every other day but magically, the same guy comes in and buys them all.....i see why they are trying to curb this kind of practice with the labels but it is still too "big brotherish" for me.....
Price manipulation has always been a part of it, and always will be. Supply and demand.
Want higher prices? Cut the supply. Want lower prices? Boycott. Pretty soon, the prices will fall.
Think of it this way...
During the time that gasoline was climbing toward 5 bucks a gallon...the American people could have put a stop to that, and reversed it had they simply stopped driving on the weekends. No need to go? Don't go. The problem was that it would have required every licensed drive in the country to make it work. Buying on alternate days or boycotting an oil company one week, and another the next week won't do it. Cutting down on the useage just 5 gallons a week per car would do it...and it would do it within just a few weeks.
Then...instead of singing "Happy days Are Here Again" and going back to old habits...stay the course for 6 months. 5 gallons per week for a hundred million cars would result in a 2 billion gallon loss in just a month. That would get their attention.
Ammo? Just don't buy it...any of it. Let it sit on the shelves. The catch is the same as with the gas. It'll take every shooter in the country in a cooperative effort...to see it start to drop. The problem is that they're not gonna do that. They're in a panic, and many will buy all that they see on the shelf if they've got the money. Do it for a month, and the average price will fall a dollar or more per box of 50. Do it for 6 months, and the prices will probably fall below pre-panic levels. Do it for a year, and ammunition will be pretty cheap.
Want higher prices? Cut the supply. Want lower prices? Boycott. Pretty soon, the prices will fall.
Think of it this way...
During the time that gasoline was climbing toward 5 bucks a gallon...the American people could have put a stop to that, and reversed it had they simply stopped driving on the weekends. No need to go? Don't go. The problem was that it would have required every licensed drive in the country to make it work. Buying on alternate days or boycotting an oil company one week, and another the next week won't do it. Cutting down on the useage just 5 gallons a week per car would do it...and it would do it within just a few weeks.
Then...instead of singing "Happy days Are Here Again" and going back to old habits...stay the course for 6 months. 5 gallons per week for a hundred million cars would result in a 2 billion gallon loss in just a month. That would get their attention.
Ammo? Just don't buy it...any of it. Let it sit on the shelves. The catch is the same as with the gas. It'll take every shooter in the country in a cooperative effort...to see it start to drop. The problem is that they're not gonna do that. They're in a panic, and many will buy all that they see on the shelf if they've got the money. Do it for a month, and the average price will fall a dollar or more per box of 50. Do it for 6 months, and the prices will probably fall below pre-panic levels. Do it for a year, and ammunition will be pretty cheap.
Dump it out of the box into a baggie,throw the box away, put your own sticker on it and sell it at a gun show. Most of you guys will buy it and brag to your buddies about it. m49
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